Jasmine Ying Thompson is a British singer and songwriter. She began her career at the age of ten by filming herself singing and uploading the videos to YouTube. In 2014, she was featured on German deep house producer Robin Schulz’s song “Sun Goes Down” which charted within the top 10 in multiple countries including Australia, Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. As of March 2019, her YouTube channel has amassed over 3.3 million subscribers and over 570 million views.
Her acoustic cover version of Chaka Khan‘s original “Ain’t Nobody” reached number 32 on the UK Singles Chart in 2013; this success led to the song being featured in an advertisement by Sainsbury’s. The remixed version from Thompson was then remixed again by DJ Felix Jaehn—as “Ain’t Nobody (Loves Me Better)“—in 2015 and became a huge hit, peaking at number two in the UK, and charting in several other countries. Her voice has been described as “eerie”, “soft”, and “enchanting”.
Nick Name: Jas
Years active: 2010–present
Born: November 08, 2000, 23 years old and 11 months, London, England
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Hair Color: Light Brown
Eye Color: Hazel
Height: 5 ft 8 in – 1.73 m
Measurements: 35-26-36 in – 89-66-91.5 cm
Bra Size: 34A US – 75A EU
Genre: Pop, teen pop, dance-pop, R&B
Instruments: Vocals, piano, guitar
Education
She has attended a theater school and in 2015, she opted for homeschooling.
Ethnicity
She has English ancestry on her father side while she is of Chinese descent on her mom side.
Early life
Siblings – Jed Thompson (Older Brother)
Jasmine Ying Thompson was born to an English father and a Chinese mother. In 2017, Thompson opened up about the divorce of her parents, at an interview about Wonderland, which inspired her latest EP at that time. Thompson has an older brother, named Jed.
Career
2013: Bundle of Tantrums
In July 2013, Thompson self-released a cover of Naughty Boy‘s single “La La La“. In August, she released three different covers: a cover of Taylor Swift‘s “Everything Has Changed” (as a duet with Gerald Ko), a cover of Passenger‘s “Let Her Go“, and a cover of David Guetta‘s “Titanium“. In September the same year, she self-released her debut album Bundle of Tantrums, which included the singles “La La La”, “Let Her Go”, and “Titanium”.
In September 2013, Thompson released a cover of Chaka Khan’s “Ain’t Nobody”. The song featured in an advert for UK supermarket chain Sainsbury’s for their by Sainsbury’s range. The song has peaked at number thirty-two on the UK Singles Chart. In October 2013, she released the extended play Under the Willow Tree. One of the songs, named “Run”, enjoyed moderate success in Europe and the United States.
2014: Another Bundle of Tantrums
On 20 April 2014, Thompson released her second album, Another Bundle of Tantrums. The album peaked at number 126 on the UK Albums Chart. 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. Jasmine also released a cover of Clean Bandit‘s song “Rather Be” on 13 April 2014.
2015–2016: Adore EP
On 12 June 2015, Thompson released her first single on Atlantic Records’s label, entitled “Adore“. Later that year, on 18 September, Thompson released her third extended play, Adore. It included 5 songs: “Adore”, “Do It Now”, “Great Escape”, “Let Myself Try”, and “Crystal Heart”.
In 2015, German music producer and DJ Felix Jaehn released a remix of “Ain’t Nobody”, originally released by Thompson in 2013 titled “Ain’t Nobody (Loves Me Better)”. The song became a worldwide hit, topping the charts in Austria, Germany, Hungary, Israel, and the Netherlands, and peaking within the top ten of the charts in Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Romania, Sweden, and Switzerland.
In 2016, her cover of “Mad World” was used in the trailer for Ewan McGregor’s film American Pastoral. In the same year, her cover of “Mad World” was also used in the French movie Ares. It is played at the end of the movie leading to the credits.
2017: Wonderland EP
On 19 May 2017, Thompson released her fourth extended play, Wonderland.
2019: Colour EP
On 29 March 2019, Thompson released her fifth extended play, Colour.
2020: New music
On 16 July 2020, Thompson collaborated with German DJ Zedd on the song “Funny“.
Distinctive Features
Unique voice (Her voice has been described as “incandescent” and “eerie”)
First Album
She released her debut studio album Bundle of Tantrums on September 6, 2013, independently. It was only available as a digital download.
It reached #8 in the US Top Heatseekers list and #160 at the UK album charts.
First Film
She appeared in 2014 adventure, comedy film Angry Video Game Nerd: The Movie for her role as AVGN Webcam Fan.
Jasmine Thompson Favorite Things
Color – Red
School Subject – Art
Song – None because it keeps on changing
Clothing Store – United Colors of Benetton, New Look
Singer – Changes all the time. She was listening to Florence and the Machine, and Bjork (at the time of writing)
Jasmine Thompson Facts
Jasmine started singing at 9 by taking singing lessons.
She took piano lessons at 8 and guitar lessons at 12.
She has with her a white cat named, Lily.
Theo James is her celebrity crush.
As of August 2014, she uses a Rode microphone (NT1) and Tascam US-144MKII to record her YouTube videos.
She loves traveling and already has been to Spain, France, Greece, Portugal, China, Hong Kong, United States and still counting.
She has also done ballet dancing for a couple of years.
Her singing style has been inspired by singer Pink and rock band, Florence and The Machine.
As of 2014, she is using Cubase 7 recording software.
She doesn’t do much editing on her homemade YouTube videos. Most of them are taken in one shot.
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