Joy Villa
| Joy Villa | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Joy Angela Villa April 25, 1991 Burbank, California, U.S. |
| Other names | Princess Joy Villa |
| Occupation | Singer, songwriter |
| Years active | 2001–present |
| Spouse(s) | Thorsten Overgaard (m. 2016) |
| Website |
princessjoyvilla |
Joy Angela Villa /ˈviːlə/ (born April 25, 1991), better known by her stage name Princess Joy Villa, is an American singer and songwriter, who gained popularity after wearing the Trump Gown designed by Andre Soriano.
Early life
Villa was born in Orange County, California and started performing at age five. She identifies with a multiracial background of African American, Italian, and Choctaw Indian. Her father, Rev. Joseph Villa, was Italian-American and her mother Mildred Angela Pierce Villa was African American, and Choctaw Indian. Her great uncle on her mother's side was jazz vocalist Kenny Hagood.[1] She attended high school at Lompoc High School.[2]
Career
Villa worked as an actress and producer from age 10. From age 14 to 16, she was with Youth Network TV on Comcast Television. With the exception of Hobgoblins 2,[3] her acting career mostly consists of minor, uncredited appearances on television. These roles include an umbrella-wielding carny in the Heroes Season 4 episode "Orientation", and other appearances on CSI: NY, The Valley Girls and MTV Next.[1][4]
Grammy Award outfits
Villa is known for her attention grabbing outfits which she has worn to the Grammy Awards. These include:
- For the 2015 Grammy Awards, she wore a see-through dress made entirely out of orange construction-fencing material, designed by Andre Soriano.[5] The dress was called "unusual"[6] and "a first."[7]
- For the 2016 Grammy Awards, she wore a similarly see-through dress consisting mostly of fabric spikes. The Huffington Post named it as one of its "Most Outrageous Looks From The 2016 Grammys."[8]
- At the 2017 Grammy Awards, Villa wore a blue dress, again designed by Andre Soriano, promoting President Donald Trump, featuring his campaign slogan "Make America Great Again" and the name "Trump".[9][10] The publicity from the dress resulted in Villa's EP I Make the Static hitting number 1 among digital downloads on Amazon.com, and iTunes in the US.[11] It climbed up the top 100 of several other countries' iTunes charts too, including Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia and Brazil. The album sold over 15,000 copies in the following two days,[12] and debuted on the Billboard charts the next week at number 12 with 29,000 album equivalent units, 27,000 of which were pure album sales. The EP also ranked at number 2 on the Digital Albums chart and number 6 on the Top Album Sales chart,[13] as well as being the top selling rock/alternative album of the week.
Personal life
Villa has lived in Hollywood, Seattle, and Las Vegas, and currently resides in New York City.[2] She credits her practice of Scientology for improving her life and career.[14] In December 2016 she married Danish writer and photographer Thorsten Overgaard.[15]
Discography
Extended plays
| Title | Details | Peak chart positions |
Sales | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [13] |
US Rock |
US Alternative | |||
| I Make the Static |
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12 | 1 | 1 |
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Singles
- "Cold Wind" (2011)
- "Vagabonds" (2014)
- "Run and Hide" (2014)
- "Beautiful" (2014)
- "Get Your Freedom" (2014)
- "Play" (2015)
- "Empty" (2016)
- "Drop Him Off" (2017)
- "Make America Great Again!" (2017)
References
- 1 2 Villa, Joy. "Princess Joy Villa". Retrieved 18 March 2014.
- 1 2 Villa, Joy. "Princess Joy Villa: About Me". Retrieved February 17, 2016.
- ↑ Alex Rees (9 February 2015). "Someone Wore That Orange Mesh Plastic Fencing to the Grammys". Cosmopolitan. Retrieved 13 February 2017.
Villa is, if you were not familiar with her before now, an indie/pop rock recording artist; she is also an actress and assistant director whose IMDB filmography includes 2009's Hobgoblins 2.
- ↑ Villa, Joy. "Princess Joy Villa Acting". Retrieved 18 March 2014.
- ↑ Hannah Lott-Schwartz (Feb 10, 2015). "THAT Grammy Dress Was Designed by a Local". NBC San Diego. Retrieved 13 February 2017.
the orange gown made of recycled snow- or construction-fencing material
- ↑ Elahe Izadi. "Joy Villa wears a ‘Make America Great Again’ dress to Grammys". The Washington Post. Retrieved 13 February 2017.
Villa has a bit of history with unusual red carpet looks: She basically wore orange plastic fencing in 2015
- ↑ Chloe Tejada (9 February 2015). "Joy Villa’s Grammys 2015 Dress Is A First For The Red Carpet". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 13 February 2017.
She’s not a household name yet, but Joy Villa’s 2015 Grammys dress will probably change that. On Sunday, Feb. 8, the aspiring singer wore an outfit that has definitely never been worn before on a red carpet.
- ↑ Michelle Persad (15 February 2016). "The Most Outrageous Looks From The 2016 Grammys". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 13 February 2017.
This year, we saw tons of looks that left us with our jaws on the floor. Singer Jes Brieden got weird in black, Z LaLa made a statement in a headpiece and Joy Villa wore a big bow and ... not much else.
- ↑ Romaine, Jenna (2017-02-12). "Joy Villa Unveils Donald Trump 'Make America Great Again' Dress on the Grammy Red Carpet". Billboard.com. Retrieved 2017-02-12.
- ↑ Makeda Easter (12 February 2017). "'Make America Great Again' Grammy dress is about love, but the Internet's not buying it". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 13 February 2017.
Singer-songwriter Joy Villa chose to get political on the red carpet with a red, white and blue, bedazzled "Make America Great Again" dress.
- ↑ "Sales Skyrocket After Joy Villa Wears Pro-Trump Dress To Grammys". CBS Pittsburgh (KDKA). Retrieved 13 February 2017.
the 25-year-old’s EP “I Make The Static” jumped to number one on Amazon’s top digital albums, and is still there Monday. She was also climbing the charts on iTunes.
- ↑ "Joy Villa's Trump Grammy Dress Driving Possible Top 10 Debut on Billboard 200 Albums Chart". Billboard. Retrieved 2017-02-16.
- 1 2 Hodak, Brittany. "Joy Villa's Pro-Trump Grammy Dress Leads To 26,545 Downloads And Billboard Top 200 Debut". Forbes. Retrieved 2017-02-21.
- ↑ "The Magic of Scientologist and Singer-Songwriter Joy Villa". Scientology Newsroom. 8 October 2016. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
- ↑ "Who The Heck Is The Girl Wearing The 'Make America Great Again' Dress?". TooFab. 12 February 2017. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
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