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Jessica Frech
Background information
Born	(1991-10-30) October 30, 1991 (age 33) Orlando, Florida
Origin	Nashville, Tennessee
Genres	Folk/Pop
Occupation	Singer-songwriter
Years active	2009–present
Labels	unsigned
Website	www.jessicamusic.com

Jessica Frech is an American pop/folk singer-songwriter from Nashville, Tennessee. Jessica is attending Belmont University, 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 viral with multi-millions of views. The video has been featured on G4's Attack of the Show!, Fox News, Billboard, Jimmy Fallon, AOL, and MSNBC. "People of Walmart" video gained the attention of Hyundai 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 Pursley

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 Kickstarter Campaign 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 Houston, Texas on March 15, 2012 and Dallas, 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 Melanie Safka.

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"

Discography

Albums

Singles / Tracks

References

1. Daily Discovery: Jessica Frech
2. ^ "The Internet Star: Jessica Frech". Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved March 30, 2012.
3. People of Walmart Song Released
4. People of Walmart Photo Blog
5. Jessica Frech Dashes onto the National Scene
6. "Photoblog spawns hilarious song, music video". Archived from the original on December 29, 2011. Retrieved March 30, 2012.
7. Auto Tune: Who's The Girl In That Hyundai TV Commercial?
8. "YouTube Sensation Jessica Frech Premieres People of Wal-Mart Part Two". Archived from the original on January 2, 2014. Retrieved April 8, 2012.
9. ^ Jessica Frech Hitches A Ride With Hyundai
10. Singer-Songwriter Jessica Frech Releases Grapefruit EP
11. ^ Artist Information Jessica Frech
12. "Jessica Frech Walks in a Windy Wonderland with Pull My Finger To Hear Jingle Bells". Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved April 8, 2012.
13. ^ Jessica Frech + YOU = NEW ALBUM
14. Broken Records Talks to Jessica Frech
15. "Catching Up With Jessica Frech". Archived from the original on August 9, 2017. Retrieved April 17, 2012.
16. Houston DigiTour Jessica Frech
17. Artist Interviews Dallas DigiTour
18. Billboard Chart Beat Meet & Greet: Jessica Frech
19. Jessica Frech: YouTube Channel
20. "2011's 15 Most Viewed Viral Videos". Archived from the original on November 11, 2012. Retrieved April 10, 2012.
21. About Jessica Frech

External links

• Official website
• Jessica Frech on YouTube

• 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