Jump5 was an American Christian teen pop group active from 1999 until 2007. The group was made up of five members from Nashville: Brandon and Brittany Hargest, Chris Fedun, Lesley Moore, and Libby Hodges. After Libby Hodges left in 2004, Natasha Noack joined the group temporarily, but the group eventually set on with the four remaining members. In December 2007, the group separated. The group released five traditional studio albums together with two Christmas albums. Five of them reached the top 20 of the ''

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'' Top Christian Albums chart.

History

Jump5 released their self-titled debut album on August 14, 2001. The album was re-released twice, first with an additional bonus track, then with a cover of

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's " God Bless the USA" after the

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. Over the following two years they released three more albums: '' All the Time in the World'', a Christmas album, '' All the Joy in the World'', and '' Accelerate''. They opened for

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in 2002. In January 2004, Hodges decided to leave the group as she wanted to "take a deep breath and see what exactly God wants me to do at this point in my life". In April, the group released the remix album '' Mix It Up''. Natasha Noack joined the group and took part in recording a cover of

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's " Freeze Frame" for the '' Sleepover'' soundtrack. Noack left the group in June 2004. On September 21, 2004, the group released '' Dreaming in Color'', their first release as a

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. In 2005 they recorded ''Radio The World'' but it was never released. Instead, on March 15, 2005, a

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album, '' The Very Best of Jump5'', was released. The group subsequently parted ways with

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and released their next album, ''

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'' on November 22, 2005, independently, under Nevaeh Records. The song "Both to Blame" was released for online streaming on November 30, 2006. On October 9, 2007, Jump5 released their final studio album, ''

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'', through Slanted Records. It included the titular song, "Hello, Goodbye", which was recorded with former Jump5 member Libby Hodges. Jump5 also embarked on a final tour for the album. ''Christmas Like This'' was digitally released on November 20, 2007, and featured 10 of the 11 songs from ''Rock This Christmas'' (8 songs are remixed or re-recorded, 2 songs are kept in the original release version). Jump5 officially disbanded on December 16, 2007.

Discography

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Jump5 Jump5 was an American contemporary Christian music, Christian teen pop group active from 1999 until 2007. The group was made up of five members from Nashville: Brandon and Brittany Hargest, Chris Fedun, Lesley Moore, and Libby Hodges. After Lib ...

'' (2001) * '' All the Time in the World'' (2002) * '' All the Joy in the World'' (2002) * '' Accelerate'' (2003) * '' Mix It Up'' (2004) * '' Dreaming in Color'' (2004) * ''Rock This Christmas'' (2005) * ''

'' (2007)

References

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