Sylvia Elva Garcia (born 29 June 1987 in Chile), more commonly known under the stage name as Jena Lee, is a French singer, songwriter, and composer.

Biography

Born in

Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the eas ...

, Sylvia Elva Garcia was adopted by a French family at the age of nine months. She grew up in

Oloron-Sainte-Marie Oloron-Sainte-Marie (; oc, Auloron e Senta Maria; eu, Oloroe-Donamaria) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine (before 2015: Aquitaine), southwestern France. History The town was founded by th ...

Pyrénées-Atlantiques Pyrénées-Atlantiques (; Gascon Occitan: ''Pirenèus Atlantics''; eu, Pirinio Atlantiarrak or ) is a department in the southwest corner of France and of the region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Named after the Pyrenees mountain range and the Atlant ...

Music career

2007–2009: Popstars and Urban Music Nation

In 2007, Jena Lee met Sulee B Wax, who was interested in her work. When the fourth season of ''

Popstars ''Popstars'' is an international reality television franchise aimed to find new singing talent. Serving as a precursor to the ''Idol'' franchise, '' Popstars'' first began in New Zealand in 1999 when producer Jonathan Dowling formed the girl gr ...

'' started, he asked Jena to try writing the instrumentals. Jena Lee wrote six songs of the thirteen that comprise Sheryfa Luna's album, including the song "Quelque part". Following the composition of these songs, she received other requests, such as from Mathieu Edward with the title "Comme avant" as well as for a composition for the musical theater show ''Cléopâtre''. In 2008, Lee won the Urban Music Nation contest organized by radio operator Skyrock; the finale was on 26 December 2008.

2009-2010: First released albums

Her first single, "

J'aimerais tellement "J'aimerais tellement" is a 2009 pop and emo R&B song recorded by French singer-songwriter Jena Lee. It is her debut single from her 2009 album ''Vous Remercier''. It managed the feat of becoming number one on French Physical Singles Chart, alt ...

" ("I Would Really Love"), was released in April 2009 along with a music video. It was at the top of the French singles charts for a total of eleven weeks and had most downloads in November 2009. Lee's first album, ''Vous remercier'' ("To Thank You"), was recorded with Bustafunk . It was released on 2 November 2009 on the Internet and to stores on 9 November 2009 on the label

Mercury Records Mercury Records is an American record label owned by Universal Music Group. It had significant success as an independent operation in the 1940s and 1950s. Smash Records and Fontana Records were sub labels of Mercury. In the United States, it is ...

, a division of the group

Universal Music France Universal Music Group owns, or has a joint share in, many of the record labels listed here. According to UMG official site, the main labels are Abbey Road Studios, Bravado, Capitol Music Group, Decca Records, Def Jam Recordings, Deutsche Grammopho ...

. In 2010, Jena Lee released the follow-up to ''Vous remercier'', which contains the singles "US Boy", "Éternise-moi", the duet with French group Eskemo, and "Mon ange" ("My angel").

Artistry

Influences and musical style

Jena Lee has defined her own musical style as "Emo R&B" or "Emotional R&B", having incorporate several musical genres such as R&B,

Emo-pop Emo pop (also known as emo pop punk and pop-emo) is a fusion genre combining emo with the melodies of pop punk and/or pop music. Emo pop features a music style with more concise songs and hook-filled choruses. Emo pop began in the 1990s with ban ...

EDM EDM or E-DM may refer to: Music * Electronic dance music * Early Day Miners, American band Science and technology * Electric dipole moment * Electrical discharge machining * Electronic distance measurement *Entry, Descent, and landing demonstra ...

pop Pop or POP may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Music * Pop music, a musical genre Artists * POP, a Japanese idol group now known as Gang Parade * Pop!, a UK pop group * Pop! featuring Angie Hart, an Australian band Albums * ''Pop'' (G ...

Electropop Electropop is a hybrid music genre combining elements of electronic and pop genres. Writer Hollin Jones has described it as a variant of synth-pop with heavy emphasis on its electronic sound. The genre was developed in the 1980s and saw a r ...

Electronic Electronic may refer to: *Electronics, the science of how to control electric energy in semiconductor * ''Electronics'' (magazine), a defunct American trade journal *Electronic storage, the storage of data using an electronic device *Electronic co ...

Pop-rock Pop rock (also typeset as pop/rock) is a fusion genre with an emphasis on professional songwriting and recording craft, and less emphasis on attitude than rock music. Originating in the late 1950s as an alternative to normal rock and roll, ear ...

, Dark-pop ,

Dance-Pop Dance-pop is a popular music subgenre that originated in the late 1970s to early 1980s. It is generally uptempo music intended for nightclubs with the intention of being danceable but also suitable for contemporary hit radio. Developing from a ...

and

Rock Rock most often refers to: * Rock (geology), a naturally occurring solid aggregate of minerals or mineraloids * Rock music, a genre of popular music Rock or Rocks may also refer to: Places United Kingdom * Rock, Caerphilly, a location in Wales ...

. According to her, it is above all . Controversy existed as to the relevance of this term at the time of its claim . The term "Emo R&B" would not correspond to "Emocore R&B" but to "Emotional R&B".

Discography

Albums

Singles

¹ Digital downloads

References

External links

Official website
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lee, Jena 1987 births Living people Chilean emigrants to France French-language singers 21st-century French singers 21st-century French women singers French women singer-songwriters French singer-songwriters Pop rock singers French contemporary R&B singers French sopranos Dance-pop musicians French pop singers Alternative R&B musicians