  skye alexandra sweetnam (born may 5, 1988) is a canadian singer-songwriter, actress, and music video director. skye first entered the mainstream in 2003 with the release of her debut single "billy s." over a year later, her debut album, noise from the basement, was released including the singles "tangled up in me" and "number one". in 2006, she was nominated for a juno award for new artist of the year. her second album, sound soldier, was released in 2007. now known by the stage name sever, she is currently the lead singer of the band sumo cyco. ==early life== skye was born on may 5, 1988, to deirdre and greg sweetnam. she was named after the isle of skye in scotland. along with her sister, aurora, and her brother, cam, she was born and raised in the small town of bolton, ontario, where she studied dancing and singing from a young age. she began singing at the age of five, performing for family members and friends. ==music career==  ===2003&ndash;2005: noise from the basement=== she worked with local producer and instrumentalist, james robertson. together, robertson and sweetnam worked on what later became noise from the basement, her capitol records/emi debut. the single "billy s."
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