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JENNIFER ARMSTRONG Birth Name: Jennifer “Scarlett” Armstrong
Born: July 18, 1991
Genres: Pop Rock, R&B, Pop, Dance-Pop
Occupations: Singer-songwriter, musician, dancer, actress
Instruments: Vocals, Guitar, Piano, Keyboards, Drums
Years Active: 2009 - present
Label: Shooting Star Records!
Associated Acts: Max Armstrong, 4th Street Band, Jaymz Snow
Height: 5, 8
Resides: East Rutherford, New Jersey (Family Home), Los Angeles, California (Home) ’Jennifer “Scarlett” Armstrong’ (born July 18, 1991) is an American female musician. Her first taste of fame was in 2009 when she starred in a string of music videos for her brother’s Alternative Rock band The Junction. She also starred in two music video’s for Alicia Lena in 2010.
In October 2010 her brother, musician, Max Armstrong was involved in a tragic car accident and lost his life after spending the following months with her family in New Jersey she decided to move to Los Angeles, California to focus on getting a record deal.
She has plans for a music career and is an accomplished pianist and guitarist as well as being a singer-songwriter. At the end of January 2011 she signed a two album record deal with Shooting Star Records! and is began working on her debut album in February 2011, releasing her debut single at the end of February.EARLY LIFEJennifer Armstrong was born in Hudson, County, New Jersey to Susan and David Armstrong. Her mother, was an English teacher and her father was a builder. She has 1 younger brother Scott Armstrong 17, 1 older sister Katie Armstrong 19 and her older brother Max Armstrong who was 23 years old when he died in October 2010.
Jennifer always had an interest in music, her brother Max was the first to own a guitar and he taught her the basics. She always had an interest in pop music but seemed to prefer the harder edge to it which developed into a love of pop rock. At 12 she decided to take up piano lessons and quickly fell in love with the instrument, spending hours playing classical pieces from the likes of Bach and Brahms she then began writing her own music and accompanying that with lyrics, she wrote her first complete song at the age of 14 a song which she still has the original lyrics sheet to.
She would often sneak into Max’s bedroom when he was away from home and borrow his rock records but when she was caught with the records she wasn’t expecting Max’s reaction to be so good, “He was delighted because I was Listening to his Springsteen records and his Dylan records and I guess he preferred that more than like a Spice Girls record or a Britney Spears record. He took me over to this youth centre place in New York one weekend and he wrote down the chords for the whole Born To Run album and told me to play each song on the piano. It was such an incredible moment, We were there playing songs like Thunder Road and Jungleland together, I was playing the piano and he was playing guitar and it was magical, that is hands down my favourite memory of Max.”
Unlike her siblings, Jennifer stayed in education beyond the age of 16. She studied at Hudson County College, New Jersey. She achieved a Master Of Arts degree over the two year period. After finishing college she initially planned to move to Los Angeles, California but after the death of Max she opted to stay with her family in New Jersey. MUSIC CAREERIn early 2011 she decided to finally move to Los Angeles, California to focus on her music career. She turned down an acting role in a daytime soap in January claiming that she wanted to focus on music before she turns her hand to other projects. On January 28, 2011 she signed a two album record deal with Shooting Star Records! and she confirmed that she would be performing four "hype" shows in February 2011. It was confirmed on this official website in February 2011 that she would be working on a track with Jaymz Snow.
In February 2011 she began working on the songs that are likely to be part of her debut album in a recording studio in Los Angeles. Her debut single Queen Bee was released on February 26, 2011. She announced the tracklisting, album cover and album title on February 25, 2011. The album will be called Scarlett Fever. The album is likely to be delayed due to her recovery from a possible suicide attempt.ACTING CAREERShe has appeared in a number of music videos for The Junction and as well as staring in two Alicia Lena music videos. Her first appearance was in The Junctions 2nd music video People On The Streets. She then starred in a trilogy of music videos, What’s Going Wrong With The World We Live In, One More Night and Teenage Heartland.
She starred in two of Alicia Lena’s music videos including More Than You’ll Ever Know and New Developments. She starred in her debut single's music video Queen Bee.PERSONAL LIFEShe was always very close with her brother Max. Her older sister Katie claims, “Max saw a lot of his younger self in Jennifer. She was always more interested in music and other artistic endeavours and Max spotted that and encouraged that in her. He really taught Jennifer a lot about music, he even took her on the road sometimes because she was always interested to see what goes into making a live show work. She was always Max‘s favourite and he was very protective of her, he always looked out for her and he‘ll be proud that she‘s trying to make her way in the music industry.”
Following on from the similarities to Max she has a very open and honest personality.
She has only dated once, “I dated my friend called Travis. We knew each other since we were 12 years old and we were kinda inseparable. We dated for 3 years and it was a really great relationship, we still keep in touch but he’s in Jersey and I’m in LA.” and asked if she’s currently single she replied shyly, “Yeah.”
She went to the 2011 Music Hall Of Fame Awards with Dan Richerds and is reportedly set to do a brief club tour of the U.S.A with him in March 2011.
In March 2011, just one week after the release of her debut single, she was rushed to hospital after reportedly attempting suicide.DISCOGRAPHYAlbumsScarlett Fever (March/April 2011)SinglesQueen Bee (February 27, 2011) (#3, Top20)Edited by user 14 March 2011 00:41:57(UTC)
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