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Jessica Hilda Mauboy (/ ˈ m aʊ b ɔɪ /; born 4 August 1989) is an Australian singer.Born and raised in Darwin, Northern Territory, she rose to fame in 2006 on the fourth season of Australian Idol, where she was runner-up and subsequently signed a recording contract with Sony Music Australia.
The Sapphires is about four Yorta Yorta (Aboriginal Australian) women: Gail (Deborah Mailman), Julie (Jessica Mauboy), Kay (Shari Sebbens), and Cynthia (Miranda Tapsell); who are discovered by a talent scout (Chris O'Dowd), form a music group named The Sapphires, and travel to Vietnam in 1968 to sing for troops during the war.
Mauboy served as the creative director and Zoë White was the cinematographer. [5] [13] [14] The clip was filmed in Mauboy's hometown of Darwin with her family and friends involved. [14] It features appearances by Mauboy's parents Ferdy and Therese, her sisters Cathy, Jenny, Sandra and Sophia, and her grandmother Harriett. [14]
Aussie singer, songwriter and actress Jessica Mauboy, 30, has accomplished a lot in the last decade-and-a-half following her rise to fame as a fresh faced teen on the fourth season of Australian Idol.
Mauboy appeared on the show as herself and performed at the Summer Bay Groove Festival. [80] 2017 Jessica Mauboy – All the Hits Live: Herself — A television special of Mauboy's headlining tour, All the Hits Live – The Australian Tour, filmed in Sydney in April 2017. The special premiered on Foxtel's V Hits channel on 21 July 2017. [81] 2018
"This Ain't Love" was written by Mauboy, David Sneddon and Carl Ryden, who also handled the production. It is a drum and bass song, which contains elements of soul music. The song marks a new musical direction for Mauboy as it is a departure from her usual pop and R&B style. "This Ain't Love" received mostly positive reviews from music critics ...
[1] [5] Mauboy told The Daily Telegraph that it "is just about a relationship all gone wrong but also a celebration." [ 4 ] Her manager David Champion said "Inescapable" was a dedication to Sony Music record-label executive Jay Dee Springbett , who was found dead at his Sydney apartment on 30 June 2011. [ 4 ]
Jessica Mauboy, star of 2013 Australian breakout hit “The Sapphires,” returns to a leading film role for the first time in over a decade in family feature “Windcatcher.” Directed by Tanith ...