Jump5
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Siblings Brandon and Brittany HargestBrittany Hargest
Brittany Lynne Hargest is a Christian singer and dancer best known for being a member of the Christian/pop group Jump5, which also featured her older brother Brandon Hargest.- Personal life :...
had competed on the same dance team as Lesley Moore, and were familiar with Chris Fedun and Libby Hodges through the competitive dance circuit. The mother of Hodges held an open casting call to find additional members to form a new pop group with her daughter, and the Hargest siblings along with Fedun and Moore were selected. The group was originally known as Jump Start, but the name was changed to Jump5 due to trademark conflicts. Norman Miller, the group's would-be manager, went to see the group perform and immediately referred them to Sparrow Records
Sparrow Records
-Background:Sparrow Records was founded in 1976 by Billy Ray Hearn, then A&R director at Myrrh Records. Purchased by EMI in 1992, it is now part of the EMI Christian Music Group, and has been named by Billboard Magazine as "America's Best Christian Music Record Label"...
. Jump5 became the only teen act signed to the label to date.
Jump5 released their self-titled debut album
Jump5 (album)
Jump5 is the self-titled debut album from Christian pop group Jump5. It was released on August 14, 2001 through Sparrow Records. It was re-released twice: first with the bonus track "Start Jumpin'" and then, after the events of September 11th, 2001, with a Radio Disney remixed version of "Start...
on August 14, 2001. The album was re-released twice, first with an additional bonus track, then with a cover of Lee Greenwood
Lee Greenwood
Melvin Lee Greenwood is an American country music artist. Active since the early 1980s, he has released more than twenty major-label albums and has charted more than 35 singles on the Billboard country music charts....
's "God Bless the U.S.A." after the events of September 11th. Over the following three years they released three more albums: All the Time in the World
All the Time in the World (Jump5 album)
All the Time in the World is the second album from Christian pop group Jump5.- Track listing :- DVD release :A DVD acting as a companion for the album was released on August 13, 2002, the same date as the album...
, All the Joy in the World and Accelerate
Accelerate (Jump5 album)
-DVD release:Start Dancin' with Jump5 was released on DVD on November 18, 2003. The DVD featured the group teaching the choreography for "Spinnin' Around," "All I Can Do," and "Do Ya." It also contained music videos from the group's previous DVD releases, including the music video for "Do Ya."...
.
Jump5 toured with Aaron Carter
Aaron Carter
Aaron Charles Carter is an American singer. He came to fame as a pop and hip hop singer in the late 1990s, establishing himself as a star among pre-teen and teenage audiences during the early-first decade of the 21st century....
, Play, A*Teens, Baha Men
Baha Men
The Baha Men are Bahamian singers in a Bahamian band. They play a modernised style of Bahamian music called Junkanoo.-Early career as High Voltage :...
, Zoegirl
ZOEgirl
ZOEgirl was a Christian pop rock band. It was formed of singers Chrissy Conway-Katina, Alisa Childers and Kristin Swinford-Schweain. In 2002, ZOEgirl received a GMA Dove Award for New Artist of the Year. Before disbanding, the band released three more studio albums, as well as a remix album and a...
, No Secrets
No Secrets
No Secrets was an American girl group with five members: Angel Faith, Carly Lewis, Erin Tanner, Jessica Fried and Jade Ryusaki. The group debuted in the United States in 2002 with their single "Kids in America".-Debut album:...
, Nobody's Angel
Nobody's Angel
Nobody's Angel was an American pop girl group of the late 1990s. The group consisted of four members Ali Navarro, Alitzah Wiener Amy Hardy and Sarah Smith. The band was put together after they became friends and discovered they had something in common: a shared taste for music, dancing and...
, Dream Street
Dream Street
Dream Street was an American pop boy band that was formed in mid 1999 by Louis Baldonieri and Brian Lukow. Dream Street later disbanded in 2002 after a legal dispute between the parents and the group's managers...
, ATC, Youngstown
Youngstown (band)
Youngstown is the name of a boy band formed circa 1998. The band is named for their hometown, Youngstown, Ohio.The band's first single, "I'll Be Your Everything", featured on the Inspector Gadget soundtrack is also on their debut album Let's Roll. Their second album, Down For the Get Down, was...
, and Radio Disney Live, and had a string of popular hits on Radio Disney
Radio Disney
Radio Disney is a radio network based in Burbank, California and headquartered out of the Disney Channel headquarters on West Alameda Ave., from where it has been based since November 2008. Prior to that, the network was based in Dallas, Texas...
.
In January 2004, Hodges decided to leave the group as she wanted to "take a deep breath and see what exactly God wants me to do at this point in my life." In April, the group released a remix CD titled Mix It Up
Mix It Up
Mix It Up is a remix album by Christian pop group Jump5. It was released on April 6th, 2004. It includes nine remixes of songs from their previous studio albums , as well three tracks containing audio of the group in the studio...
. That spring it was revealed via the group's official fanclub that Natasha Noack had joined the group as Jump5's fifth member. She participated in the Radio Disney Spring Thing Tour, and took part in recording a cover of the J. Geils Band's "Freeze Frame
Freeze Frame
Freeze-Frame is the 12th album by American rock band The J. Geils Band, released in 1981 . This was the band's only #1 album and their biggest seller. The album reached number one on the Billboard 200 album chart in February 1982, and remained at the top for four weeks. The album featured the hit...
" for the Sleepover soundtrack. In June, it was revealed that Noack was only in the group on a "trial basis" and it was mutually decided that she not continue with Jump5.
On September 21, 2004, the group released Dreaming in Color, their first release as a quartet. In 2005, a new studio album with the working title of Radio the World was set to be released, but the project was scrapped. Instead, a greatest hits
Greatest hits
A greatest hits album is a music compilation album of successful, previously released songs by a particular artist or band...
compilation album titled The Very Best of Jump5
The Very Best of Jump5
* The versions of "Do Ya" and "Dance with Me" that appear here are slightly different than they appeared on their original releases.- Jump5 Video Director :...
was released on March 15, 2005.
The group subsequently parted ways with Sparrow Records and released their next album, Rock This Christmas
Rock This Christmas
Rock This Christmas is the ninth album, and second Christmas album, by Christian pop group Jump5. It was released on November 22nd, 2005. It contains seven original songs, three traditional Christmas carols, and the Christian hymn Amazing Grace...
, independently, under Nevaeh Records.
On October 9, 2007 Jump5 released a final album entitled Hello & Goodbye
Hello & Goodbye
Hello & Goodbye is the tenth album and the seventh and final studio album by the Christian pop group Jump5. The album includes a cover of the Beatles song Hello Goodbye which former Jump5 member Libby Hodges performs vocals on, a re-recorded version of "Throw Your Hands Up," and a recording of the...
with Slanted Records. It included the titular song, "Hello Goodbye", which was recorded with former Jump5 member Libby Hodges. Jump5 also embarked on a final headlining tour coinciding with the album. The tour lasted 25 dates and they played to over 45,000 people during the tour. The tour ended in Nashville, Tennessee on December 16, 2007 at Rocketown.
Jump5 released a new Christmas album Christmas Like This
Christmas Like This
Christmas like This is the third and last Christmas album from the Christian pop group Jump5. It was released on November 20, 2007. It was made available only via digital download....
exclusively through major digital outlets on November 20, 2007. The album featured songs from the group's 2005 indie release Rock This Christmas, but all the tracks had been re-recorded and remixed.
Jump5 officially disbanded on Sunday, December 16, 2007.
After Jump5
Brandon and Brittany Hargest formed the group Guest. Their debut release Perfect EP was made available on iTunesITunes
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, Amazon
Amazon.com
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and all digital music sites. Their full-length record titled Change of Scenery came out in December 2010. They went on tour with 7eventh Time Down in December 2010 for the "Rock Before Christmas" tour.
Brittany Hargest signed a deal with SoulStride Records/EMI in February 2011. Her debut solo record, Love All the Way, will be released on September 27, 2011.
Albums
- Jump5Jump5 (album)Jump5 is the self-titled debut album from Christian pop group Jump5. It was released on August 14, 2001 through Sparrow Records. It was re-released twice: first with the bonus track "Start Jumpin'" and then, after the events of September 11th, 2001, with a Radio Disney remixed version of "Start...
(2001) - All the Time in the WorldAll the Time in the World (Jump5 album)All the Time in the World is the second album from Christian pop group Jump5.- Track listing :- DVD release :A DVD acting as a companion for the album was released on August 13, 2002, the same date as the album...
(2002) - All the Joy in the World (2002)
- AccelerateAccelerate (Jump5 album)-DVD release:Start Dancin' with Jump5 was released on DVD on November 18, 2003. The DVD featured the group teaching the choreography for "Spinnin' Around," "All I Can Do," and "Do Ya." It also contained music videos from the group's previous DVD releases, including the music video for "Do Ya."...
(2003) - Mix It UpMix It UpMix It Up is a remix album by Christian pop group Jump5. It was released on April 6th, 2004. It includes nine remixes of songs from their previous studio albums , as well three tracks containing audio of the group in the studio...
(2003) - Dreaming in Color (2004)
- The Very Best of Jump5The Very Best of Jump5* The versions of "Do Ya" and "Dance with Me" that appear here are slightly different than they appeared on their original releases.- Jump5 Video Director :...
(2005) - Shining Star (2005)
- Rock This ChristmasRock This ChristmasRock This Christmas is the ninth album, and second Christmas album, by Christian pop group Jump5. It was released on November 22nd, 2005. It contains seven original songs, three traditional Christmas carols, and the Christian hymn Amazing Grace...
(2005) - Top 5 HitsTop 5 Hits (Jump5)Top 5 Hits is a compilation album by Jump5, released on December 19, 2006. It is part of the Top 5 Hits series.-Tracklist:...
(2006) - Hello & GoodbyeHello & GoodbyeHello & Goodbye is the tenth album and the seventh and final studio album by the Christian pop group Jump5. The album includes a cover of the Beatles song Hello Goodbye which former Jump5 member Libby Hodges performs vocals on, a re-recorded version of "Throw Your Hands Up," and a recording of the...
(2007) - Christmas like This (2007)
- Greatest Hits (2008)
- The Ultimate Collection (2009)
DVDs
- Jump5 (2001)
- All the Time in the World (2002)
- Start Dancin' with Jump5 (2004)
- Jump5: Hello & Goodbye (Limited Edition) (2007)