Jasmine Thompson

Jasmine Thompson
Birth name Jasmine Thompson
Born 8 November 2000
England
Origin Central London[1]
Genres
Years active 2010–present
Associated acts Robin Schulz
Website jasminethompsonmusic.com

Jasmine Thompson (born 8 November 2000) is an English singer and songwriter from Central London.[1] Thompson was born in England, and is half Chinese. Thompson became well-known with her YouTube channel, TantrumJas, which has over 1,000,000 subscribers and over 120 million views.[3] Her acoustic reworking of Chaka Khan's Ain't Nobody made number 32 on the UK Singles Chart[4] after being featured in an advert for supermarket chain Sainsbury's[5] for their by Sainsbury's range.[6] "Ain't Nobody" also made number 32 in Scotland.

Music career

In July 2013, Jasmine Thompson released a cover of Naughty Boy's single "La la La". In August she released a cover of Taylor Swift's single "Everything Has Changed" as a duet with Gerald Ko, a cover of Passenger's single "Let Her Go" and a cover of David Guetta's single "Titanium". In September 2013, she released her debut album Bundle of Tantrums which included the singles "La la La", "Let Her Go" and "Titanium".
"Demons - Imagine Dragons (Cover by Jasmine Thompson)"
A sample in which her "particularly smoky, eerie" voice can be heard.
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In September 2013, Thompson released a cover of Chaka Khan's "Ain't Nobody", the song featured in an advert for supermarket chain Sainsbury's for their by Sainsbury's range. The song has peaked to number 32 on the UK Singles Chart and Scottish Singles Chart. In October 2013, she released her first extended play Under the Willow Tree. In early July, Thompson supported Aussie pop phenomenon Cody Simpson on his Acoustic Tour. She finished the Tour in Birmingham, posting a photo of the fans on Twitter and thanking them for their support. In September 2014, Thompson's cover of Everybody Hurts was used in the BBC autumn trailer for EastEnders. The trailer showed characters Kat Moon, Sharon Watts and Linda Carter repeating Thompson's lyrics.

Her voice has been described as "particularly smoky, eerie".[7]

Discography

Studio albums

Title Details Peak chart positions
UK US Heat
Bundle of Tantrums
  • Label: Independent
  • Format: Digital download
 160 8
Another Bundle of Tantrums
  • Label: Independent
  • Format: Digital download
 126 —

Extended plays

Title Details
Under the Willow Tree[8]
  • Released: October 20, 2013
  • Label: Independent
  • Format: Digital download
Take Cover[9]
  • Released: December 9, 2014
  • Label: Independent
  • Format: Digital download

Singles

As lead artist

Year Title Peak chart positions Album
UK
[4]		 SCO
[10]
2013 "Ain't Nobody" 32 32 non-album single

As featured artist

Year Title Peak chart positions Album
AUS
[11]		 AUT
[12]		 BEL (Vl)
[13]		 FRA
[14]		 GER
[15]		 SWI
[16]
2014 "Sun Goes Down"
(Robin Schulz featuring Jasmine Thompson)		 7 3 6 15 2 3 Prayer
2015 "Ain't Nobody (Loves Me Better)"
(Felix Jaehn featuring Jasmine Thompson)		 — 26 — — 5 5 Non-album single

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Jasmine Thompson". StarNow. Retrieved 2 October 2013.
  2. ↑ "Jasmine Thompson". AllMusic. Retrieved 4 October 2013.
  3. ↑ "TantrumJas". Youtube. Retrieved December 16, 2014.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Jasmine Thompson > UK Charts". Official Charts Company.
  5. ↑ "Counting Stars earns OneRepublic first ever UK Number 1 single". The Official Charts Company. Retrieved 8 October 2013.
  6. ↑ "Sainsbury's - By Sainsbury's Range". Tvadmusic.co.uk. Retrieved 2 October 2013.
  7. ↑ "Jasmine Thompson – iTunes". Retrieved April 13, 2015.
  8. ↑ iTunes - Music - Under the Willow Tree - EP by Jasmine Thompson
  9. ↑ "Take Cover – EP". iTunes. Retrieved December 14, 2014.
  10. ↑ Peak positions for singles in Scotland:
  11. ↑ "Discography Jasmine Thompson". Hung Medien. Retrieved January 24, 2015.
  12. ↑ Hung, Steffen. "Discography Jasmine Thompson". Austrian Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung).
  13. ↑ Hung, Steffen. "Discography Jasmine Thompson". Belgian Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung).
  14. ↑ Hung, Steffen. "Discography Jasmine Thompson". French Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung).
  15. ↑ Hung, Steffen. "Discographie Jasmine Thompson". German Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung).
  16. ↑ Hung, Steffen. "Discography Jasmine Thompson". Swiss Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung).