Georgia native Jennifer Paige was born September 3, 1973 to parents who loved music and encouraged her interest in music from an early age. She began piano lessons before she was ten, and gigged with her brother, Chance, at small venues. Her first big professional break came when she became the lead singer for Vivid Image, a band toured playing covers of then-current top 40 hits. She went into the studio with veteran producer Andy Goldmark, and came out with a self-titled debut album that spawned the hit song “Crush”, which hit number 3 on the pop chart just two days after Paige’s 25th birthday. The song was an international smash, hitting number 1 in over a dozen countries. “Always You”, from the same album, was a top ten dance hit in America. The albums Positively Somewhere and Best Kept Secret followed. The unexpected deaths of her parents in 2008 caused her to stop singing, and she devoted herself to writing songs for other artists. She began to focus on her performing career again, forming The Fury with Coury Palermo. One of their duets appeared on Paige’s Christmas album, Holiday, in 2012. Her own daughter became the inspiration for her 2016 album Starflower.
