Jessica Frech is an American pop/folk singer-songwriter from

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, majoring in songwriting. Frech gained worldwide notoriety with the release of the "People of Walmart" music video on YouTube. The comedy video features images from the People of Walmart photo blog along with an original score written by Frech. Shortly after release, the video went

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/ref> "People of Walmart" video gained the attention of

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which hired Jessica to create two commercials for their 2011 holiday campaign. On August 20, 2009 Frech released her debut album ''Grapefruit''. The album features six original songs recorded by Grammy nominated, Bart PursleyArtist Information Jessica Frech
/ref> Frech released her first Christmas album ''Pull My Finger To Hear Jingle Bells'' on December 6, 2011. The album contains two traditional Christmas songs "Jingle Bells" and "We Wish You A Merry Christmas" along with two originals. On December 18, 2011 Frech started a

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/ref> to fund her first full-length album "Reality". The original goal of $8,000 was met in less than 72 hrs. On February 5, 2012 the project was successfully funded by 718 backers pledging a total of $28,938. Frech joined the second annual national DigiTour for two shows in

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, Texas on March 16, 2012. Frech's first full-length album ''Reality'' was released on March 20, 2012. The album has 12 songs. One track, "I Tried to Die Young", features

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YouTube

Frech's YouTube channel has over 12 million views.

Videos

Awards and achievements

Break.com named music video "People of Walmart" as the No. 1 viral video of 2011 Named Hot-Up-N-Comer of 2010 by Woman's Radio The Independent Singer Songwriters Association 2009 Honorable Mention for the song "Grapefruit" Placed 5th on OurStage.com for 2009 Folk Song of The Year for the song "Reality"About Jessica Frech
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Discography

Albums

Singles / Tracks

References

External links

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Jessica Frech
on YouTube {{DEFAULTSORT:Frech, Jessica American folk singers 1991 births American women singer-songwriters Living people Singer-songwriters from Tennessee American folk-pop singers 21st-century American singer-songwriters 21st-century American women singers