Sweetnam, Skye (Singer/Songwriter)

Skye Alexandra Sweetnam (born May 5, 1988 in Bolton, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian pop rock singer of the early 2000s. She released her first single, “Billy S.”, in 2003; it appears on her first album, Noise from the Basement, which was released on September 21, 2004. This CD features 13 songs, including the singles “Tangled Up In Me” and “Number One”. Sweetnam has also guest starred on the television show Radio Free Roscoe, to which she sings the theme song. She also sings the theme song to The Buzz on Maggie, which is named “Just the Way I Am”. In 2006, Sweetnam was nominated for a Juno Award for new artist of the year.

Background

Born to parents Deidre and Greg Sweetnam, she was named after the Isle of Skye in Scotland. Along with sister Aurora and brother Cameron, Sweetnam grew up in the small town of Bolton, where she studied dancing and singing from a young age. By her early teens she had moved on to songwriting, and recorded a demo with the help of a local Bolton music school. Sweetnam was also a full-time student at Mayfield Arts School in Brampton, Ontario, majoring in Drama. She worked with local producer and instrumentalist, James Robertson. Together, Robertson and Sweetnam worked on what would later become Noise from the Basement, her Capitol Records debut. The single “Billy S.” appeared in July 2003 on the soundtrack to the Mandy Moore movie How to Deal, and quickly took off in the U.S. and Canada. In 2004, Sweetnam went on tour over Europe and North America, as the opening act of Britney Spears, although her part was cut short when she got the flu. Sweetnam’s new album, which she describes as “Nine Inch Nails meets Britney Spears”, will come out Summer 2006, possibly in August.

Discography

• Noise from the Basement

Albums

• 2004 Noise from the Basement
• 2005 Noise From The Basement (Special Edition)
• 2006 Upcoming Album (Summer 2006)

Singles

• 2003 “Billy S.” #14 CAN
• 2004 “Tangled Up In Me” #9 TAI #22 CAN
• 2005 “Number One”

Non-Album Tracks

• “Cruella DeVil” – from Disneymania 4 (bonus track)
• “Wild World” – from Billy S Single
• “Part of Your World” – from Disneymania 3
• “Just The Way I Am” – from Buzz On Maggie Theme
• “Sugar Guitar” – from “LOVE for NANA ~Only 1 Tribute~”
• “Fly By The Wayside”
• “Superstar” – From Noise From The Basement (Korean Edition)
• “This Is Me” – From The Barbie Diaries (March 2006)

Source: Skye Sweetnam . (2006, May 24). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 02:23, May 31, 2006.