NOTICE (UNDER CONSTRUCTION)
Hi guys sorry this thread is still under construction. I will say though that you watch out for her Korean release of Out of the Box, which has fused tracks wfrom her Japanese release Bittersweet Sympony and leaving two out from Out of the Box. At the moment she is very underated world wide but in Asia, she's very well known - especially in Korea. She has recently shifted from sweetbox into her own name Jade Valerie. I'm trying my best to get people to know her

Jade's Korean record label SONY BMG KOREA is already getting started with her promotion in Korea for her Korean release of her first album OUT OF THE BOX (set for April 22nd) and has already released her first single Just Another Day digitally, which you can pre order at major online services such as Melon, Cyworld, KTF DOSIRAK, M.NET, BUGS and JUKEON.

JADE has also recorded 2 TVshows this week in Korea that will be broadcasted as follows:

Mnet Pop Magazine on this Sat at 08am (Mnet) and at 08pm (KMTV) as well as on this Sun at 10am (KMTV) and Wed
at 02am (Mnet).

Bling Bling Pop is available on Mon~Sat 01pm/ 01am (KMTV) and on Sun 08am (Mnet)

That's it for now! Sorry if this is going to take you a while! Do please check out the thread intro page below and do leave suggestions or questions which I'm more than willing to answer, if you feel you must! In the meanwhile, you can also look at the Jade intro thread I made months ago. I'll also be taking the information typed there to here and tweak it here and there. Do also check out The Success of sweetbox (2001~2004) (click to watch) video to get yourself the idea of the music she has done in her sweetbox days and now.

*If you don't have intentions in liking her or if you're here to bash her, please do pass on. It's already in the rules that we do not do so anyway. Thank you


Keep you posted ! Josh

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Bioghraphy

Jade Valerie Villalon, also known by her stage name, Jade Valerie (born August 12, 1980) is an Filipino-American pop singer, songwriter and actress.[1] She is sometimes known as Jade from Sweetbox. She was the former lead singer of Sweetbox until she quit in September 2007, to pursue her own career under her new stage name. She had been with the band for 7 years between 2000 and 2007, solidifying the success of the band which previously had a hit with Everything's Gonna Be Alright in 1998 when the frontwoman was Tina Harris. Roberto Rosan (a.k.a. Geoman) has also left the project band and is now a full time producer with Jade. The two has accomplished much through their sweetbox years together in producing and writing music together and has brought hits such as Korea's flavour favourtie Don't Push Me, Life Is Cool along with other hits such as Addicted, Cinderella, For The Lonely, Read My Mind and After The Lights. These hits has brought Oricon success to her GREATEST HITS and ADDICTED album and most recently released sweetbox COMPLETE BEST (avex Japan) and has scored Double platinum sales in their JADE, Adagio and BEST OF album in Korea reaching DOUBLE PLATINUM in sales. Their success also gained them a DIGITAL award for massive online sales.

Villalon first entered the music world when she joined the band Gemstone along with Christina Vidal and Crystal Grant. After Gemstone broke up, at the age of eighteen, she entered the pop project/group Sweetbox, and became a star.

She is perhaps best known in the western world by video game players as the singer for the English release of Final Fantasy X-2. She was given the opportunity to sing for the INTERNATIONAL version for the two theme songs in the game: real Emotion and 1000 Words (1000nokotoba in Japanese), which was originally sung in Japanese by KODA KUMI.

Her music with Sweetbox is most famous in Asia, although her lyrics are entirely in English. She is also famous in the eastern world for contributing two songs, "World Without Frontiers" and "Addicted", to various Subaru Automobile commercials (the former song was included on her Adagio album under the title "Hate Without Frontiers"). Her music has also been featured in other popular commercials, including a commercial for Coca-Cola. In Korea, she is also well known for her Christmas Eve and New Years concerts. She also released a cover of "A Whole New World" on the Asian release of a Disney soundtrack called "DisneyMania!".

As announced public from September 4th 2007 on the official JADE VALERIE website, it had been made public that Jade, along with Geo, has quit Sweetbox to pursue her own new direction as a solo artist, for they both thought it was time she gained the name as JADE VALERIE. With her 7 years of experience with sweetbox, it was time that Jade spread her own wings.


She has already started her solo career, along with Geo, under the name Jade Valerie, and has already redebuted with her first [mini] solo album Out of the box under Uninversal Music Japan released along with her recently released 2nd albulm Bittersweet Symphony in Japan. Jade has made thus far to her 8th original in her 8 year music career.

Discography

Out of the box [mini album]
Release date: 17.10.2007
Label: UNIVERSAL MUSIC JAPAN

BUY: (CD-ONLY) YesAsia ( Global | US ) | CDJapan | HMV J | Amazon J
(CD+DVD First Press Limited Edition): YesAsia ( Global | US ) | CDJapan | HMV J | Amazon J |

Track listing

01. Tuned Up
02. Just Another Day
03. Show Me
04. Uh LaLa
05. Crush
06. Mr. Pay Me
07. You Don't Know Me
08. Goodbye

Bittersweet Symphony
Release date: 05.03.2008
Label: UNIVERSAL MUSIC JAPAN

BUY: YesAsia (Global | US ) | CDJapan | HMV J | Amazon J | TSUTUYA

Track listing

01. Unbreakable
02. Like A Bird
03. Out In The Sea
04. Razorman
05. Living By Numbers
06. The Last
07. We Can Run
08. Stuck With You
09. Lucky Lady
10. Piece Of Love
11. Always Mine
12. Undone
13. No, You Don't
14. Empty Pages


Out of the box [Korean Release]
Release date: 22.04.2007
Label: SONY BMG KOREA

BUY: YesAsia (US/Canada | Global)

Track listing

01. Tuned Up
02. Just Another Day
03. Uh LaLa
04. You Don't Know Me
05. Crush
06. Show Me
07. Razorman
08. Like A Bird
09. Empty Pages
10. Lucky Lady
11. We Can Run
12. Undone
13. Stuck
14. The Last
15. You Don't Know Me (Duet with Kim Dong Wan)




Promotional Videos

01. Just Another Day [Out of the Box]
02. Unbreakable [Bittersweet Symphony]



Past [sweetbox] MVs:
More Than Love (2004)
Everything's Gonna Be Alright -Reborn- (2005)
Addicted (2006)
Read My Mind (2002)
For The Lonely (2001)

Past Performances [sweetbox] (some links has been taken down ):
M.Net performance with 20th Centurary boys (Don't Push Me) (august 1st 2006) <-- Fans are REEEAL Crazy loud here !!!
MBC For You performance (Don't Push Me 2006
MBC For You performance (For The Lonely 2006
MBC Christmas Special (2005) pt. 1/3 (Everything's Gonna Be Arlight)
MBC Christmas Special (2005) pt. 2/3 (This Christmas/Life Is Cool)
MBC Christmas Special (2005) pt. 3/3 (Don't Push Me)
For The Lonely @MBC 2006

Other:
an interview with Jade in Korea (CLICK HERE)
Jade at CLUB AUDITION (Interview)
Baek Ji Young and Jade interview on collaborated CRUSH single (2007)


MINI TRIVIA:
- it has been said that 1 in 30 person in Korea owns Jade's/sweetbox music
- over 2,000,000 [legal] downloads was made over sweetbox music that she even got a DIGITAL AWARD
- She's a big fan of Baek Ji Young
- She's witnessed the Super Junior performing their hit single "U"

Links

Jade Valerie Official Site
Jade Valerie Official Universal Site
Jade Valerie Myspace

I'm really interested in knowing who this artist is .. so i'll be coming back once in a while.. however, what do mean by FILOpino? is it actually FILIPINO?

Haha good thing I had this thread UNDER CONSTRUCTION Thanks for pointing that out. Salamat! I'll fix that now.

And yeah I'll be back in this thread but will be slow at it for the moment. Do bookmark this I promise that I'll be back

EDIT:
I guess I'll post the seventh news letter that was e-mailed to us fans *remember to subscribe if you want to keep up to date, as well as subscribing her myspace blogs (both links available at the top of page).










And as of today (March 17th), the digital single Just Another Day Hit no.1 in DOSIRAK TOP 100 POP CHART and no.43 in DOSIRAK's HOT 100.
http://www.dosirak.com/Genre/SubGenre/Deta...re=02&SSO=f


UPDATE 2008.03.17: Jade Valerie now has a FACEBOOK (click) account

That's so awesome!! Best news for Jade! Just Another Day IS my most played song on iTunes, so it should be number 1!

Wow, I didn't know she was Flipino-American! I really liked Life is so Cool, can't wait for her debut!

As said from her MySpace post blog (click here), Jade's video comment from M.Net POP MAGAZINE is NOW ONLINE

Direct link here.

And her appearance in POP MAGAZINE NEWS < - - this I haven't checked out yet since I'm at a bad computer that can't handle both these sites or links.

Click http://player.mnet.com/VODPlayer2/WebVodPl...;Scraps=N"" target="_blank">here.

I love her song, "We can run"!!

I actually like her new album, it's really her style my favorite is definately "Like a Bird."

No doubt I loved it. It was the most sentimental album Jade has ever sung and written. Roberto produced this album very well also.

Anyway....


Jade @ BLING BLING POP
*My computer as usual, can not handle Korean sites and their Internet Explorer based (so use that instead of Mozilla) and hopefully some of you may be able to watch it. My computer yet fast, is too slow for it...there are other videos there too if you look along the side.

Other new videos:

JADE VALERIE - Instore live in Japan (HMV SHIBUYA ~ TOWER RECORDS SHINJUKU ~ HMV SANNOMIYA). (YouTube links)"
Like A Bird
Unbreakable (Moonlight Sonatta)


Promotion in Tokyo (YouTube)


Source
*Don't forget to subscribe to her blog in MySpace (recomended) and Facebook to keep up in all the latest news !!!

Out of the box [Korean Release]
Release date: 22.04.2007
Label: SONY BMG KOREA

BUY: YesAsia (US/Canada | Global)
Item Description:
스위트박스의 프론트 우먼이자 송라이터였던 제이드가 자신의 이름을 걸고 새 앨범을 발표한다.
그녀의 데뷔작 [OUT OF THE BOX]는 오랫동안 그녀와 함께 "DON'T PUSH ME", "LIFE IS COOL", "CINDERELLA" 등 스위트박스의 모든 히트곡들을 함께 만들고 프로듀싱 해 온 핵심 인물 GEO가 함께 한 결과물임과 동시에 이들 콤비가 3년만에 내놓는 신작이다. 새로운 출발을 알리는 첫번째 싱글 "JUST ANOTHER DAY" 외에도 제이드와 GEO의 장기라 할 수 있는 경쾌한 비트와 달콤한 멜로디가 혼합된 두번째 싱글 "YOU DON'T KNOW ME", 앨범이 발매되기도 전에 국내 네비게이션 TV 광고에 삽입된 "UH LALA", 백지영과 듀엣으로 선보였던 히트곡 "CRUSH"의 솔로 버전, 그리고 "LIKE A BIRD", "THE LAST", "RAZOMAN"등 앨범 전 수록 곡들이 국내 히트 예상곡이라 해도 과언이 아니다. 백지영과의 듀엣 "CRUSH"의 뒤를 잇는, 김동완과의 듀엣곡 "YOU DON'T KNOW ME"는 앨범 발매 직전에 공개될 예정이어서 팬들의 관심을 더하고 있다.
*Can anyone translate the item description for me? I pretty much know what it says in there but no better than others. Greatly appreciated

Track listing

01. Tuned Up
02. Just Another Day
03. Uh LaLa
04. You Don't Know Me
05. Crush
06. Show Me
07. Razorman
08. Like A Bird
09. Empty Pages
10. Lucky Lady
11. We Can Run
12. Undone
13. Stuck
14. The Last
15. You Don't Know Me (duet with Kim Dong Wan)
Source

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KIM DONG WAN (Shinhwa) to collaborate with the 2nd Out of the box single, You Don't Know Me

It appears that the 2nd single (15th track) will be the collaborated version in the Korean release of Out of the box. The first single Just Another Day has already topped the Pop charts as a digital single and will be included in the album as the 2nd track. Jade in the past has also collaborated with Baek Ji Young in the past with Crush as a digital single and now you can find the solo version in this release (as well as the Japanese releases).

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WAAAH THIS IS CRAZEEEE A member from the LEGENDARY BOYBAND is now collaborating with JADE !!! To be honest, I would have chose another song but this is not bad when you know the lyrics of the song. I hope there will be a music video produced for it otherwise there wouldn't be. As of now, Kim Dong Wan is admitted to to the hospital so I'm not sure if promotional activities with him will be happening. Regardless, health comes first. So sad

You can read about it here:
[08.04.12][News] KimDongWan admited to hospital due to acute colitis
KimDongWan, admited to the hospital due to acute colitis and intestinal blockage (i think it's call like that?) , Album release delay.

Artist KimDongWan (29) admited to the hospital due to acute colitis and there were blockage, as his 2nd album release date is getting near to the date, accumulate there will be a delay due to his health.

On 11th when he was doing his 2nd album recording he was sent to the nearest hospital in Seoul Kangnam and receive an emergency treatment. The doctor noted that it is due to acute colities and intestinal blockage.

After SHINHWA 10th anniversary concert, he had not been slowing his schedule down and continue with his busy recording schedule thus had mislead his own health and ended up feeling a great pain on his tummy.

The management company related staff express "Although he had been complaining that he felt pain on his tummy a few days before but due to the 2nd album release date is getting near so he hold back all the pain and keep insisting on doing the recording. But now after receive the analytic results from the hospital, there will be needed 3 to 4 days for him to receive medical treatment."

The 2nd album which had set to be release on April 24th had became uncertain.

Source:osen
Cn Trans:咖啡@Dongwan Baidu
Eng Trans: amane86@myshinhwa, shinhwa.biz

MYSPACE UPDATES (08.04.23~08.04.24) (JADE VALERIE's Official comments regarding You Don't Know Me Duet with KIM DONG WAN
You can read it at the front page of www.jadevalerie.com or you can read it at her Myspace:
Click to read

Jade talks about the difference in the Korean release of Out of the box and at the same time, talks about the duet with Kim Dong Wan in You Don't Know Me and at the same time, the new mix of Like A Bird (Geo's mix) as the main track for the Korean release.
The three videos can be watched here (CLICK).

This is so exciting! Poor Dong though. D: The coverart for the Korean Out of the Box is SOO good and the entire album is just awesome! Man I feel sorry for people who miss out on knowing about Jade!