Jillian Jacqueline Arciero Brown (born March 8 1989) is an American

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singer. She made her first chart entry in 2001 as a collaborator with

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and

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, and recorded two EPs for

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Biography

Jillian Jacqueline Arciero was born and raised in

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. After her family moved to

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, she began performing at

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s at age seven, and recorded her first album at age eight. In 2000, she was discovered by

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, who included her in a Christmas

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called "Christmas from the Heart". He later booked her as an opening act as well, and signed her to his Dreamcatcher record label. Jacqueline's first chart entry came in 2001, when she and

were both featured on

's single "Keep Mom and Dad in Love". The single, on which she was credited as "introducing Jillian", charted at number 51 on ''

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in May 2001. After this, she formed a band called Little Women Band with her sisters, Olivia, Dominique, and Gabriela. In 2004, the band performed a charity show for the Girl Scouts in

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. She left the band soon afterward in order to attend

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. In 2010, she moved to

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, to resume her musical career. Meanwhile, her sisters founded the group The Lunabelles, which recorded for

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in 2011. Recording as Jillian Jacqueline, she released the single "Overdue" in 2014. This song featured harmony vocals from

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and production work by

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. Although the song received more than a million streams on

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, it did not chart. It also led to Jacqueline and Marx co-writing the single "Take Me Down" from Gill's 2018 album '' Down to My Last Bad Habit''. In 2016, Jacqueline signed with

, a country music record label. The label issued two

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s titled ''Side A'' and ''Side B'' between then and 2017. ''Side A'' contained two singles: "Reasons" and "If I Were You", the latter a duet with

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. "Reasons" peaked at number 53 on ''Billboard''

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in 2018. Jacqueline exited Big Loud in 2020 and released a single titled "Wait for the Light" independently. This was followed in 2022 by "Magic", which she co-wrote with

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and Tofer Brown. Jacqueline's debut album, ''Honestly'' was released on June 10, 2022.

Personal life

In 2018, Jacqueline became engaged to Bryan Brown, who is the brother of her record producer Tofer Brown and guitarist in her road band. The couple married in April 2019.

Discography

Albums

Extended plays

Singles

References

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