Samantha Jade

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Samantha Jade (born 18 April 1987 in Perth, Western Australia) is a singer-songwriter, actress and former child model. She has written tracks for artists, including JoJo and Ashley Tisdale. Jade later signed with the record label Sony Music Australia. In 2012 she released the single "What You've Done to Me". The single began at #1 on the ARIA Singles Chart.

Jade appeared on the fourth season of The X Factor. She sang "Breakeven" from the Irish rock band The Script. At the first live performance on 17 September 2012, she sang Katy Perry's "Wide Awake". 

In 2018, Jade's third studio album, named as  Best of My Love was released. The album was a cover of late 1970s songs, including "Dancing Queen" from ABBA, "I Will Survive" from Gloria Gaynor and "Hot Stuff" from Donna Summer. Later that same year, Jade released her fourth album of cover songs, The Magic of Christmas. On the album were Holiday songs, like "I'll Be Home for Christmas", "Silver Bells" and "Blue Christmas".

In 2022, she was a contestant on Celebrity Apprentice Australia.

Discography
 Samantha Jade (2012)
 Nine (2015)
 Best of My Love (2018)
 The Magic of Christmas (2018)

Awards and nominations
 Year Type Award Result 2012 Poprepublic.tv IT List Awards Favourite Single of 2012 ("What You've Done to Me")  Favourite Album of 2012 (Samantha Jade)  Favourite Australian Female Artist  Breakthrough Artist of 2012  2013 Cosmopolitan Fun, Fearless, Female Awards Singer  ARIA Music Awards Song of the Year ("What You've Done to Me")  Best Video ("Firestarter" directed by Christopher Frey)  Channel [V] Awards [V] Oz Artist of the Year  Poprepublic.tv Awards Favourite Australian Female Artist  Favourite Single of 2013 ("Firestarter")  2014 Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards Aussies' Fave Homegrown Talent  World Music Awards World's Best Female Artist  World's Best Live Act  World's Best Entertainer of the Year  World's Best Song ("Firestarter")  World's Best Video ("Firestarter")  Cosmopolitan Fun, Fearless, Female Awards Singer  Channel [V] Awards [V] Oz Artist of the Year  WA Music Award Best Pop Act  2015 Logie Awards Most Popular New Talent (INXS: Never Tear Us Apart)  Cosmopolitan Fun, Fearless, Female Awards Singer  2016 Cosmopolitan Fun, Fearless, Female Awards Singer  2017 Cosmopolitan Women Of The Year Awards Performer Of The Year  Auspop Awards Artist Of The Year  2019 ARIA Music Awards Best Adult Contemporary Album ("The Magic of Christmas")  2020 Gold Coast Music Awards Song Of The Year (Sunset City feat. Samantha Jade's "Forget It All") 

References

Category:Musicians from Perth, Western Australia
Category:Australian singer-songwriters
Category:Australian pop singers
Category:1987 births
Category:Living people