Jamie Pineda



Jamie Pineda signed on as the current singer of Sweetbox in September 2007 after the departure of Jade Villalon.

The Early Years
Jamie grew up in Fall River Mills, California, a small town with a population of roughly 648 people as of 2000. When Jamie was 14 she was offered a contract after an executive heard her singing on the balcony of her grandmothers restaurant. However, her family said she was much too young and they passed on the opportunity. Jamie also stood in line to audition for American Idol but was 20 days too young to compete. She has performed at a halftime show for the Sacramento Kings game. She has stated that her musical influences range from Patsy Cline and Etta James to Linda Ronstadt and Alicia Keys. She plays guitar.

The Transition To Sweetbox
After her town raised money for Jamie to move to Los Angeles, Jamie made the move and found herself modeling for an agency. In September 2007, the agency informed Jamie about an audition. Jamie was informed about the international pop project, Sweetbox looking for a new singer after the last singer Jade Valerie left to embark on a solo career. Taking the chance, Jamie auditioned and impressed executive producer Heiko Schmidt. The next day, Jamie did some test recordings for Heiko in the studio of Bernd Burgdorf. Jamie signed on soon thereafter to become the new front woman of the project.

The same month, Jamie got right to work and began traveling around the globe to places such as Stockholm, Gothenburg, New York City and London - just to name a few. Jamie got the chance to co-write songs with the likes Toby Gad, Georgie Dennis and Derek Bramble. Seeing that they worked so well together, Derek was chosen as the producer for the album.

In May 2008, Derek and Jamie got to work on the album, entitled "The Next Generation". As of September 2008, Jamie statedon the backstage blog of the website that she had two or three songs left to record before the album would be finished. The release date for the album was set for the end of 2008 but it looks like the album will appear sometime in 2009.