Justine Skye

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Justine Skye
File:Justine Skye by Dinner Land.jpg
Justine Skye in 2015
Born Justine Indira Skyers
(1995-08-24) August 24, 1995 (age 28)
Fort Greene, Brooklyn, New York, United States
Occupation
  • Singer
  • Model
Parent(s) Nova Perry
Website justineskye.com

Justine Indira Skyers, also known as simply Justine Skye (born August 24, 1995), is an American singer, songwriter, model.

Early life

Skyers was born August 24, 1995, in Fort Greene, Brooklyn, New York. Her mother, Nova Perry, is a music attorney of Afro-Jamaican and Indo-Jamaican descent, and her father is of Afro-Jamaican descent.[citation needed] Justine Skye tagged along with her mother to a music panel held by performance rights organization BMI. During the question-and-answer session, Justine surprised everyone in attendance by asking to sing. In front of various music executives, she performed a cover of Sam Sparro's "Black and Gold." The Brooklyn native subsequently took singing lessons and honed her songwriting, then worked with August Rigo and Eric Hudson. Glyn Brown made her famous. Their sessions led to Everyday Living, a confident contemporary R&B EP released on Atlantic in August 2013.

Career

Justine got her start at a professional singing career when she performed songs to go with the book “Rules To Rock By”. She is known for having made a cover about "Headlines" by Drake which received 2 millions of views on youtube. Her debut EP, Everyday Living, helped the Brooklyn kid with the purple-hued hair ink a deal with Atlantic Records in 2013 and release with them the album Emotionally Unavailable. During that time she made a song "Collide" featuring the rapper Tyga. In october 2015, she performed at TIDAL10X20 an event created by JAY Z and at a Tommy Hilfiger show in Brazil .She also made an apparition in some tv shows like the final of House of DVF

In 2016 she left Atlantic and signed to Roc Nation[1] and Republic Records and is preparing a new album.

Discography

EPs

List of albums, with selected chart positions
Title Album details Peak chart positions
US US
R&B/HH

[2]
US
R&B

[3]
US
Heat

[4]
Everyday Living 44[5] 23[6] 22[7]
Emotionally Unavailable 37 14 13
"—" denotes a title that did not chart, or was not released in that territory.

Mixtapes

Skye High (2012)

Singles

As a lead artist

List of singles as lead artist, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name
Title Year Peak chart positions Album
US US R&B/HH
[citation needed]
US
R&B
US
R&B/HH
airplay

[8]
"Everyday Living" 2013 Everyday Living
"Hard Work"
Collide
(featuring Tyga)
2014 38
"Bandit" 2015 5 Emotionally Unavailable
"A Train"
"I'm Yours"
(featuring Vic Mensa)
"—" denotes a title that did not chart, or was not released in that territory.

References

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  2. http://www.billboard.com/artist/6449982/justine-skye/chart?f=333
  3. http://www.billboard.com/artist/6449982/justine-skye/chart?f=1235
  4. http://www.billboard.com/artist/6449982/justine-skye/chart?f=324
  5. http://www.billboard.com/biz/search/charts?f0=ss_chart_search_title%3A%22Everyday%20Living%22&f1=itm_field_chart_id%3A333&refine=1
  6. http://www.billboard.com/biz/search/charts?f0=ss_chart_search_title%3A%22Everyday%20Living%22&f1=itm_field_chart_id%3A1235&refine=1
  7. http://www.billboard.com/biz/search/charts?f0=ss_chart_search_title%3A%22Everyday%20Living%22&f1=itm_field_chart_id%3A324&refine=1
  8. http://www.billboard.com/artist/6449982/justine-skye/chart?f=364

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