# Jennifer Paige

Jennifer Paige Scoggins (born September 3, 1973) is an American singer. She is best known for her international number-one pop hit "Crush" and another singles "Sober", "Always You" and Ta Voix (The Calling) in duet with French singer Lââm.

## Career
### Jennifer Paige

Jennifer's career as a Billboard 100 pop singer began with her first single, "Crush". The song, written by Andy Goldmark, Mark Mueller and Cosgrove & Clark was initially played by KIIS-FM in Los Angeles in April 1998 and went on to be the most-requested song on the radio station that summer. It became a number 3 Billboard chart hit in the U.S., logged 17 weeks in Billboard magazine's Top 10. "Crush" also topped the charts in Australia, Canada, and New Zealand, and peaked within the top ten of the charts in the United Kingdom.
Her debut album, Jennifer Paige, was released in August 1998, and consisted of guitar-driven mid-tempo songs. Critics took notice of her voice. "Crush" was followed by two other singles, "Sober" and "Always You", the latter reaching #6 on the Billboard Dance Chart.
In the summer of 2000, Paige recorded a new song for the soundtrack of the film Autumn in New York, called "Beautiful".

### Positively Somewhere and Flowers: The Jennifer Paige Hits Collection

Paige toured the world, sang at the Vatican (though Pope John Paul II was not present), and performed at the World Music Awards. Her second album, Positively Somewhere, was anchored by the single "These Days", and was released in September 2001 in United States. The European release launched a modest hit, "Stranded". Positively Somewhere cracked the Top 10 in Japan and both singles became radio hits across Asia.
In October 2003, Paige confirmed she was no longer with either Hollywood Records or Edel Records. Edel released Flowers: The Jennifer Paige Hits Collection as a result of her parting ways with the label. Paige continued writing for other artists, and compiling songs for a new studio effort.

### Later works

In April 2006, "The Calling", was chosen by Lifetime Television for their made-for-TV movie, Augusta, Gone, based on the book of the same name. The song was written by Paige and co-writer/producer Chris Landon of Loudnoize Entertainment.
In 2008, the song named Ta Voix (The Calling) in duet with french singer Lââm top the french charts.
In 2015, she released Is It Ever Enough on her YouTube channel. In the same time, she launched a fundraising campaign to produce her upcoming album Starflower through Kickstarter. In December 2016, her song Let Me Love You, was included in the compilation Nashville Indie Spotlight 2017. The album was released on March 31, 2017, while the lead single The Devil's in the Details was released on February 17, 2017.

## Influences

Paige has said that she has been influenced by singers such as Annie Lennox, Mariah Carey, Sade, George Michael and Etta James.

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Awards | Work | Category | Result | Ref. |
| 1999 | RSH Gold Awards | Herself | Best Newcomer | Won | |

## Discography
### Studio albums

List of studio albums, with selected chart positions :
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions |
| Title | Year | US | AUS | GER | NLD | SWI | UK |
| Jennifer Paige | 1998 | 139 | 44 | 41 | 73 | 40 | 67 |
| Positively Somewhere | 2001 | — | — | 91 | — | — | — |
| Best Kept Secret | 2008 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Starflower | 2017 | — | — | — | — | — | — |

### EPs

* Holiday (2012)

### Compilations

* Flowers (The Hits Collection) (2003)

### Singles

| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) | Album |
| Year | Single | US | US Adult | AUS | AUT | CAN | FRA | GER | NLD | NZ | UK | Certifications (sales thresholds) | Album |
| 1998 | "Crush" | 3 | 19 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 4 | RIAA: Gold ARIA: 2× Platinum BPI: Platinum SNEP: Silver | Jennifer Paige |
| 1999 | "Sober" | — | — | 58 | — | — | — | 78 | — | 45 | 68 | | Jennifer Paige |
| 1999 | "Always You" | — | — | — | — | — | — | 76 | — | — | 81 | | Jennifer Paige |
| 2001 | "These Days" | — | 40 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Positively Somewhere |
| 2002 | "Stranded" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 83 | — | 79 | | Positively Somewhere |
| 2008 | "Wasted" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Best Kept Secret |
| 2008 | "Underestimated" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 26 | — | — | | Best Kept Secret |
| 2008 | "Ta Voix (The Calling)" (with Lââm) | — | — | — | — | — | 37 | — | — | — | — | | Best Kept Secret |
| 2009 | "Beautiful Lie" (with Nick Carter) | — | — | — | 49 | — | — | 19 | — | — | — | | Best Kept Secret |
| 2017 | "The Devil's in the Details" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Starflower |
| 2017 | "Let Me Love You" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Starflower |
| 2017 | "Forget Me Not" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Starflower |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart ||||||||||||||

## Compilations

| Year | Title | Album |
| 2001 | "Come, O Come Emmanuel" | A Musical Christmas from the Vatican |
| 2006 | "Hands and Hearts" | Groundbreakers – Songwriter Series 2 |

## As featured performer

| Year | Title | Artist | Album |
| 1996 | "Now I Know" | Stephen Bishop | Now I Know |
| 1997 | "State of Independence" | Joe's Band | Listen |
| 1997 | "My Life Is Mine" | Joe's Band | Listen |
| 1997 | "Betterman" | Joe's Band | Listen |
| 1997 | "Let Me Stand Next To Your Fire | Joe's Band | Listen |
| 1997 | "High with You | Joe's Band | Listen |
| 1997 | "Sleep Peacefully Tonight" | Joe's Band | Listen |
| 1999 | "Wide Open Door" | Peter Wolf | Progression |
| 1999 | "Different Is Beautiful" | Peter Wolf | Progression |

## Soundtracks

| Year | Title | Album |
| 2000 | "Beautiful" | Autumn in New York |
| 2001 | "Power of Destiny" (English version) | TOKYOPOP Presents: Anime Trax, Vol. 1 |
| 2002 | "Kick It into Gear" | The Country Bears |
| 2007 | "Gimme Gimme" | Grace Is Gone |
| 2008 | "In the Sunshine" | Smart People |

## Writing credits

| Year | Title | Artist | Album |
| 2001 | "Never Say Never" | Tomomi Kahara | Never Say Never (EP) |
| 2004 | "Free" | LaShell Griffin | Free |
| 2009 | "Forever Yours" | Yulianna | Yulianna |
| 2012 | "Magic" | Smash Mouth | Magic |
| 2014 | "Wicked Game" | Lauren Winans | "Wicked Game" (single) |

## Filmography

* 1999: Tumbleweeds
* 2002: The Country Bears