Her single “Crush” was a hit in the 1990s. Later she sang for the Pope. What’s up with Jennifer Paige?

Jennifer Paige showed great interest in music from the beginning, especially singing, and at the age of eight she started performing with her brother in local cafes and bars. Later, she started learning to play the piano and piano and set her goal to become a musician. Consistent work and perseverance allowed her to quickly achieve her first great successes.

She was only 17 years old when she started cooperation with a renowned producer. He helped her create a hit song

In 1996, Paige moved to Los Angeles, where she started working with Andy Goldmark, producer of, among others, and Natalie Cole. Shortly afterwards, she signed a contract with Edel Records and started working on her debut album, which was released on the recording market in 1998. The single “Crush” from it quickly won the hearts of listeners and for many months topped the charts in many countries around the world, mainly in Australia, Canada and New Zealand.

After her success, she was called a rising star, and everyone admired her extraordinary voice. In 1999, she even sang for the Pope at the Vatican and later at the World Music Awards, where she won public praise from Albert, Prince of Monaco. In the 2000s, however, her career slowed down. She first released the album “Positively Somewhere” and later “Flowers (The Hits Collection)”, but it did not impress listeners and she withdrew from the music industry for some time. She returned only in 2008, when she released the album “Best Kept Secret”, which also went unnoticed. It was then that she decided to put her career on hold. What was the cause?

First the death of parents, and then illness. What’s up with the 50-year-old singer?

Paige’s decision to withdraw from show business was dictated by a combination of many different situations in her private life. First she had to face the death of her mother, and two weeks later her father died. – It just took the wind out of my sails – on his website. When she finally started to regain her balance, doctors diagnosed her with melanoma. Painful experiences and the fight for recovery discouraged her from performing in front of audiences. “Music has always been a great way for me to unwind, but I wasn’t sure if I wanted to continue going through the ups and downs of an artist’s life when I felt this way,” she said.

However, she did not completely disappear from the public space, because in the meantime she recorded her own podcast, in which she talked about the behind-the-scenes of working on stage, and also created a Christmas album “Holiday”, released at the end of 2012. Four years later, she started cooperation with producer Jeremy Bos and started working on new songs, which, although not as successful as “Crush”, won the hearts of her most loyal fans. On September 3, 2023, Jennifer Paige celebrated her 50th birthday. She is still professionally active, writing and composing, but without any pressure or specific expectations. Privately, she is a wife and mother of nine-year-old Stella Rose.