Every now and then, an artist comes along whose vocal abilities belie their age. Well, don’t "kid" yourself about Pop music’s beautiful new Wonder Girl... although only eighteen years old, Jacynthe (pronounced Jah-saint) has a lifetime of singing experience behind her. Born and raised in Quebec, she began singing at three, and wrote her first song at the tender age of seven!

Most people though, have only lately discovered this young sensation, thanks to the huge success of the singles "This Is The Night", and her most recent smash "One More Time", a track that is sitting pretty on CHR charts nationally, and enjoying heavy video rotation. It was also recorded in French, as "Encore Une Fois". Her first invasion on the house/dancemusic scene was the hit "Try My Love", recorded, and released when she was sixteen. Now, two years, and three chart-topping singles later comes the album  "I GOT WHAT IT TAKES".

Thanks to the huge TOP40 radio success of the singles "This Is The Night"   and  "One More Time", the latter having spent 17 weeks on the TOP40 chart and reached the #2 position on the Musique Plus video play chart for 5 weeks straight!

    Jacynthe is by no means an overnight success. She has been working hard and fast to gain the popularity and respect she so treasures today. She spent her youth singing in choirs, including three years as the soloist in a gospel choir, and is an avid opera lover. For over a year, Jacynthe has also sung the national anthems at all "Montreal Impact" soccer games. Her music has been included on several major compilation releases, and licensed worldwide.
 
 

I GOT WHAT IT TAKES features the current single, a re-make of KC and The Sunshine Band’s classic "Give It Up". In fact, having just finished a glamour photo-shoot in one of Quebec’s leading fashion magazines, Jacynthe caught a last minute flight to Miami to literally pull KC out of a hospital bed (back surgery) to record and shoot this video. KC fell in love with Jacynthe the moment he saw her. Now that’s a story to write about!  "Give It Up" has climbed the Contemporary Hit Radio chart to its present position (#33 and climbing) in just 5 short weeks.

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The album "I GOT WHAT IT TAKES" features her multi-lingual abilities, where she sings in English, French and Italian. A Pop/Dance interpretation of the track "Piu Bella Cosa"(originally recorded by Italian superstar Eros Ramazotti), is outstanding, as is the re-make of KC and The Sunshine Band’s "Give It Up". Six original songs are also included, composed and produced by Michael A. and Paul Galati, (her solid writing team), once again offering their commercially flavored grooves.The album was mastered at the prestigious Absolute Audio Studios in New York (Madonna, Robyn, N-Synch, Ace Of Bass, La Bouche, and Toni Braxton).

Jacynthe will be touring Canada as the opening act for 98 Degrees in February/March 1999. A full press blitz is in the works for the first quarter of the new year as Jacynthe prepares for her Western TV debut on the Gabereau Show (CTV) in January 1999.

If talent, personality, and beauty are the components by which success is measured, then there’s no question - Jacynthe’s got what it takes!
 
 

On pourrait parler de l'arrivée de Jacynthe sur la scène pop comme de l'aboutissement d'une carrière précoce amorcée depuis déjà quinze ans: elle commença à chanter vers l'âge de trois ou quatre ans et écrivit sa première chanson à sept ans! Or, la plupart des québécois viennent à peine de la découvrir avecEncore une fois/ One More Time, les premiers extraits francophone et anglophone deI Got What It takes, en réaction forte sur MusiquePlus (rotation choc, numéro 19), MuchMusic et sur toutes les radios du Québec, au Palmarès (numéro 26 au Top50, numéro 16 au Top25 pop rock) et à l'échelle nationale sur le palmarès de The Record (numéro 43 CHR).

 

Cette talentueuse, versatile et jolie francophone de dix-huit ans née à Québec chante en français, en anglais et en italien, une culture qu'elle affectionne particulièrement. Elle adore d'ailleurs également l'opéra. Jacynthe a passé sa jeunesse à chanter dans des chorales, dont les trois dernières années dans une chorale gospel en tant que soliste. L'Impact de Montréal, qui passait en finale le weekend dernier, l'a remarquée et l'a invité à interpréter l'hymne national à ses matchs du Centre Molson depuis le début de sa saison régulière.

 

Après s'être fait connaître essentiellement du public house/ dance à seize ans, grâce aux succès Try My Love et This Is The Night (figurant sur les compilations MC Mario Mixdown, Superhits 98 et Danse Express 98),Jacynthe entreprend un virage résolument pop et nous présenteI Got What It Takes, son premier album incluant les succès Encore une fois/ One More Time. On retrouve aussi sur l'albumPiu Bella Cosa, une interprétation en italien d'une chanson d'Eros Ramazotti (qu'est-ce qu'on vous disait?), une reprise de Give It Upde KC & The Sunshine Band, et un remix «hi nrg» de One More Time, en plus de cinq autres nouvelles compositions originales de son tandem d'auteurs/compositeurs régulier, Michael A et Paul Galati. Fait à noter, I Got What It Takes a été masterisé au prestigieux studiosAbsolute Audioà New York, responsables de récentes parutions d'Ace Of Base, Robyn, N-Sync, La Bouche, Tony Braxton et Madonna, parmi tant d'autres.

Jacynthe, vous en conviendrez, prouve qu'elle possède ce qu'il faut....   pour développer une carrière internationale avec I Got What It Takes.