Misplaced Pages

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Prayer for the wild at heart (talk | contribs) at 21:51, 16 December 2011 (rvv). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Willow Smith
Willow Smith at the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize Concert. (Photo: Harry Wad).
Background information
Birth name	Willow Camille Reign Smith
Also known as	Willow
Genres	R&B, pop, dance-pop
Occupation(s)	Actress, singer, dancer
Years active	2007–present
Labels	StarRoc/Roc Nation
Website	willowsmith.com

Willow Camille Reign Smith (born October 31, 2000), often known simply as Willow, is an American child actress and singer. She is the daughter of Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith, and the younger sister of Jaden Smith. Smith made her acting debut in 2007 in the film I Am Legend and later appeared in Kit Kittredge: An American Girl alongside Abigail Breslin. She received a Young Artist Award for her performance.

Apart from her acting she launched a music career in the fall of 2010 with the release of her singles "Whip My Hair", "21st Century Girl", and signing to her current mentor Jay-Z's record label Roc Nation. The single peaked at #11 on the Billboard Hot 100. The video was nominated for Video of the Year at the BET Awards of 2011.

Personal life

Smith is the daughter of musician-actor Will Smith and actress Jada Pinkett Smith. She has an older half-brother, Trey Smith, and an older brother, Jaden Smith; both are also child actors. Smith is African-American on her father's side, and of West Indian, Creole, and Portuguese-Jewish ancestry on her mother's side. Smith and her brothers are youth ambassadors for Project Zambia, which provides assistance for Zambian children orphaned by AIDS in conjunction with Hasbro.

Acting career

Smith made her acting debut in I Am Legend alongside her father. Her next film, Kit Kittredge: An American Girl, was released on July 2, 2008.

On January 20, 2011, Will Smith announced he is planning to produce a remake of the famous comic strip Little Orphan Annie starring Smith in the title role. Jay-Z is also in talks to provide the music for the film and possibly create brand new songs.

Music career

2010-present: Willow: You Think You Know Me

In June 2010, Smith's mother Jada Pinkett Smith announced in an interview on Lopez Tonight that Smith would be releasing an album. Smith then released her first single, "Whip My Hair", which went platinum in the US and peaked at number 11. In the UK the single peaked a number 2. Smith soon after announced her next single, "21st Century Girl". After she performed the song on The Oprah Winfrey Show, she released it the next day on February 3, 2011. The video was released March 9, 2011. The single had poor chart performance both in the US and UK. On Oct 6th 2011, "Fireball", a collaboration between Smith and rapper Nicki Minaj, was released. Smith's producer announced that they are almost finished working on her debut album, Willow: You Think You Know Me, and it should be done soon. He also said it has a similar style to "Whip My Hair". He confirmed that the next single would be "Rock Star".

Discography

Albums

• Willow: You Think You Know Me (April 3, 2012)

Singles

Music videos

Filmography

Awards and nominations

References

1. "Video of the Year". Black Entertainment Television (BET). Retrieved 2011-11-21. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help); Text "BET Awards" ignored (help); Text "BET" ignored (help); Text "Shows" ignored (help)
2. "Jaden and Willow Smith support Project Zambia". In Touch Weekly. October 7, 2009. Retrieved 2010-06-08.
3. "Actors Jaden and Willow Smith Join Hasbro, Inc.'s Project Zambi as Youth Ambassadors". Project Zambi. October 7, 2009. Retrieved 2010-06-08.
4. Orloff, Brian; Lazaruk, Lauren (December 2, 2007). "Will Smith: My Daughter Wants to Be Paris Hilton". People. Retrieved 2010-06-08.
5. Smith, Krista (2010). "Rising Son: The New Karate Kid". Vanity Fair. Retrieved 2010-06-08. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
6. "Will Smith Planning 'Annie' Remake With Jay-Z". Screen Rant. 2011-01-20. Retrieved 2011-02-20.
7. Morgan, Katie. "Willow Smith Introduces 'Oprah' View res To New Song 21st Century Girl", Billboard, March 2, 2011, accessed March 3, 2011.
8. Caulfield, Keith; Pietroluongo, Silvio (November 4, 2010). "Chart Moves: Taylor Swift, Michael Jackson, Rihanna, Kanye West". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. Retrieved November 4, 2010.
9. Yahoo Video. "Willow Music News & Info". Billboard.com. Retrieved 2011-02-20.
10. "ARIA Top 50 Singles Chart: 29/11/2010". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved November 28, 2010.
11. Steffen Hung. "Willow - Whip My Hair". australian-charts.com. Retrieved 2011-02-20.
12. "Nielsen Music: Canadian Update (November 5, 2010)". Nielsen Business Media, Inc. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 4, 2010. Retrieved November 4, 2010.
13. Steffen Hung. "Willow - Whip My Hair". danishcharts.com. Retrieved 2011-02-20.
14. musicline.de / PhonoNet GmbH. "Die ganze Musik im Internet: Charts, News et-Suche". musicline.de. Retrieved 2011-02-20.
15. "irishcharts.com - Discography Willow". irish-charts.com. Retrieved December 16, 2010.
16. "Charts.org.nz - Willow Smith". charts.org.nz. Retrieved December 13, 2010.
17. "Chart Stats - Willow Smith". chartstats.com. Retrieved December 16, 2010.
18. "RIAA - Gold & Platinum - January 25, 2011". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved January 25, 2011.
19. "ARIA Charts - Accreditations - 2011 Singles". Australian Recording Industry Association. January 31, 2011. Retrieved February 9, 2011.
20. "Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA): Gold & Platinum - January 2011". Canadian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved February 2, 2011.
21. Chart Track
22. Howell, Peter (December 3, 2007). "Will Smith goes it alone". Toronto Star. Retrieved 2010-06-08.
23. Freydkin, Donna (December 11, 2007). "'Legend' premiere has that Smith family vibe". USA Today. Retrieved 2010-06-08.
24. don't forget "testing true"! :). Ashley Argota, YouTube, a.k.a ashargota (official youtube channel). 1:42 minutes in. "Willow Smith, who is Will Smith's daughter, is going to be playing Young True."
25. Stewart, Andrew (2011-01-19). "Will Smith, Sony exploring 'Annie' redux - Entertainment News, Film News, Media". Variety. Retrieved 2011-02-20.
26. Diane Garrett (March 13, 2008). "Smith siblings to star in 'Amulet'". Variety. Retrieved February 26, 2011.
27. D'Zurilla, Christie (March 7, 2011). "'21st Century Girl' Willow Smith wins new-artist NAACP Image Award". Los Angeles Times. Tribune Company. Retrieved March 8, 2011.

External links

• Official website
• Template:Myspace
• Willow Smith at IMDb

Template:Persondata

• 2000 births
• Living people
• Actors from Los Angeles, California
• African American female singers
• African American film actors
• African American television actors
• American child actors
• American child singers
• American people of Portuguese-Jewish descent
• Musicians from California
• People from Los Angeles, California
• Roc Nation artists