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While the “Price Tag” singer has experienced much success throughout her solo career, Jessie J began her time in the music industry by writing songs for other famous artists, such as Chris Brown and Miley Cyrus. In fact, Jessie J was the mastermind behind Cyrus’s 2009 hit “Party in the U.S.A.” — and it proved quite lucrative.
“You’ve got to write songs, that’s where the money is, being an artist. ‘Party In the U.S.A’ paid my rent for, like, three years,” she told Glamour U.K. in 2014. “Actually, it was longer than that. That’s where I get most of my money. I write songs. I’m a singer. I love doing endorsements and stuff, but that’s all added on.”
It was definitely a pivotal experience for the artist. “You know what’s more weird though, is that you’re not actually there when they record it,” Jessie J added in an interview with RWD (via Business Insider). “I recorded ‘Party In The U.S.A.,’ played it for the label but they didn’t think it was right for me. So they pitched it and two weeks later it was number one in six countries.”
While the song became the sixth best-selling digital single that year, by 2012, it was Hollywood Records’ fastest and best-selling single with 6 million copies sold worldwide, per Business Insider. If that isn’t proof of Jessie J’s enduring talent, we don’t know what is!
Written by: Nicki
