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Skye Sweetnam Profile |
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Birth Date: May 5, 1988
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Birth Place: Bolton, Ontario, Canada
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Birth Name: Skye Alexandra Sweetnam
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Height: 5'4"
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Biography |
Skye Sweetnam is a Canadian
singer of the early 2000s. She released her first single,
"Billy S.", in 2003; it appears on her first album, Noise
from the Basement, which was released on September 21, 2004.
Her debut album features 13 songs, including the singles
"Tangled Up in Me" and "Number One". Sweetnam has also
guest-starred on the television show Radio Free Roscoe, on
which she sings the theme song. She also sings the theme
song to The Buzz on Maggie, which is called "Just the Way I
Am". She also sings the theme song for a new Canadian TV
show called Wayside based on the books by Louis Sachar; the
song is called "Fly By the Wayside". In 2006, Sweetnam was
nominated for a Juno Award for New Artist of the Year. Her
second album is soon to be released, titled Sound Soldier.
Born to Deirdre and Greg Sweetnam, she was named after the
Isle of Skye in Scotland. Along with her sister, Aurora, and
her brother, Cameron, Sweetnam was born and raised in the
small town of Bolton, Ontario, where she studied dancing and
singing from a young age. By her early teens she had moved
on to songwriting, and recorded a demo with the help of a
local Bolton music school. Sweetnam was also a full-time
student at Mayfield Arts School in Caledon, Ontario,
majoring in drama. She worked with local producer and
instrumentalist, James Robertson. Together, Robertson and
Sweetnam worked on what would later become Noise from the
Basement, her Capitol Records debut. The single "Billy S."
appeared in July 2003 on the soundtrack to the Mandy Moore
movie How to Deal, and quickly took off in the United States
and Canada. In 2004, Sweetnam went on tour with dodger over
Europe and North America, as the opening act of Britney
Spears, although her part was cut short due to Spears' knee
injury. Sweetnam's new album, Sound Soldier, which she
describes as "Nine Inch Nails meets Britney Spears", is set
to be released in late 2007. Boyhunter, one of the upcoming
songs from Sound Soldier, was chosen to be in the new The
Sims 2: Pets game, with the song being re-recorded in
simlish. She is the singing voice of Barbie in the straight
to video release, The Barbie Diaries and has recorded songs
for the movie. In 2007 Tim Armstrong recorded the song he
did with Sweetnam called "Into Action" and released it as
his single in March. Sweetnam's vocals are featured in the
chorus of the song, and she appears in the video of the
song.
On her official MySpace page, Skye confirmed that her
upcoming album, Sound Soldier will be released in Canada by
the end of 2007. Her official site also confirmed that
Skye's new album will be out at the end of 2007. On July 21,
2007, Skye uploaded a new track called, "Bring It Back" on
her MySpace. She had previously performed the song at her
Sea World gig in 2005. |
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Other
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Attended Allan Drive Middle School in Bolton, Ontario.
Was named after the Scottish Isle of Skye.
Her TV debut was on the Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn -
Friday 20 June 2003.
She is the opening act for Britney Spears.
Grew up listening to Enya, the Cranberries, Genesis, Weezer
and many songs from musicals such as Cats and Les
Misérables. Loves everything from Coldplay to Outkast,
horror film scores to The Distillers, Led Zeppelin to No
Doubt, and Pantera to Mozart
Made all the animations and graphics for her official site.
Parents are Deidre and Greg.
Two siblings: Aurora and Cameron.
Her hobbies include: singing, dancing, acting, making films,
snowboarding, painting her nails and 'personalising'
clothes. |
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