Jessica Poland
{{short description|American singer-songwriter (born 1988)}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Jessica Poland
| image = Jessie Poland 2016.jpg
| image_size =
| caption = Performing in 2016 as Laces.
| birth_name = Jessica Charlotte Poland
| alias = Charlotte Sometimes, Jessica Vaughn
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1988|1|15}}
| origin = Wall Township, New Jersey, U.S.
| genre = {{hlist|Pop|indie pop|alternative rock|EDM}}
| occupation = Singer, musician, songwriter
| instrument = Vocals, guitar
| years_active = 2007–present
| label = Sony/ATV
| associated_acts = LACES, BRZY
| past_members =
}}
Jessica Charlotte Poland (born January 15, 1988) is an American singer-songwriter, known professionally as JPOLND, Charlotte Sometimes, and Laces. Her debut album Waves and the Both of Us was released on May 6, 2008. She has released one full-length album and five EPs."[http://blog.ellegirl.com/blog/2008/03/charlotte-somet.html Charlotte Sometimes at SXSW] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090226192348/http://blog.ellegirl.com/blog/2008/03/charlotte-somet.html |date=February 26, 2009 }}". March 15, 2008. ELLEgirl. Retrieved July 12, 2008.https://www.facebook.com/iamLACES?ref=br_tf {{User-generated source|certain=yes|date=March 2022}}{{Primary source inline|date=February 2020}}{{cite news|last=Leebove |first=Laura |title=Charlotte Sometimes strikes balance between powerful and passive |url=https://venuszine.com/articles/music/features/3112/Charlotte_Sometimes_strikes_balance_between_powerful_and_passive |access-date=June 25, 2012 |newspaper=Venus Zine |date=May 7, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120217063024/http://venuszine.com/articles/music/features/3112/Charlotte_Sometimes_strikes_balance_between_powerful_and_passive |archive-date=February 17, 2012 }}{{cite web|last=Fulton|first=Katherine|title=Charlotte Sometimes – Music Biography, Credits and Discography|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/charlotte-sometimes-mn0000990165|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=June 25, 2012}} In 2014, Poland retired her stage name and started a new project called LACES.
Early life and education
Poland was adopted by her parents, Hartson and Tracy Poland, as a baby. She was introduced to her birth mother at age 13.{{cite news|last=La Gorce|first=Tammy|title=It's the Lipstick That Draws Attention, and the Name Helps Too|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/16/nyregion/nyregionspecial2/16singnj.html?_r=2&st=cse&sq=charlotte+sometimes&scp=1&oref=slogin|access-date=June 25, 2012|newspaper=The New York Times|date=March 16, 2008}}
At age 14, Poland started playing guitar and writing songs. Around the same time, she was diagnosed with condylar resorption, a rare disease causing her jaw to essentially break apart, impairing her ability to sing. By age 16, she had undergone surgery by having two ribs extracted to "rebuild her face." She continues to have injections to treat her jaw.{{Cite web|url=http://theclicker.today.com/_news/2012/04/02/10985427-voice-contenders-overcome-drugs-disease-and-tragedies-in-pursuit-of-dream?lite|title=Latest News, Videos & Guest Interviews from the Today Show on NBC|website=TODAY.com|access-date=February 20, 2017|archive-date=March 31, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130331164538/http://theclicker.today.com/_news/2012/04/02/10985427-voice-contenders-overcome-drugs-disease-and-tragedies-in-pursuit-of-dream?lite|url-status=dead}}
Raised in Wall Township, New Jersey, Poland attended Wall High School.
Poland got her first stage name from the children's book Charlotte Sometimes, written in 1969 by Penelope Farmer, about a boarding school student who finds herself transported more than 40 years into the past, into the place of another girl.{{cite news|last=Ortenzi|first=Rob|title=Charlotte Sometimes|url=http://www.altpress.com/recommends/174.htm|access-date=June 25, 2012|newspaper=Alternative Press|date=August 7, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100113082250/http://altpress.com/recommends/174.htm|archive-date=January 13, 2010}}{{cite magazine| last=Savage| first=Lesley| url=https://ew.com/article/2008/05/09/waves-both-us/| title='Waves & the Both of Us' Review| magazine=Entertainment Weekly| date=May 8, 2008| access-date=June 26, 2012}}
Career
=2006 – 2008: Career beginnings and ''Waves and the Both of Us''=
Poland began her career playing in a five-piece band (J. Poland and The Pilots) in early 2006. The group performed around the New Brunswick, New Jersey area. They soon began playing shows in New York and graduated to larger venues, opening for artists associated with producer/songwriter, Alex Houton. Houton produced much of Poland's early work and co-wrote, produced and contributed guitar work to her major label debut.
In 2008, Poland signed to Geffen Records and released Waves and the Both of Us under the stage name Charlotte Sometimes. The album peaked at No. 145 on the Billboard 200 and No. 3 on the Billboard Top Heatseekers chart.{{cite web|title=Charlotte Sometimes – Awards|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/charlotte-sometimes-mn0000990165/awards|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=June 25, 2012}} Poland performed at all venues on the 2008 Warped Tour, and the single "How I Could Just Kill A Man", whose title was inspired by the Cypress Hill song of the same name, was featured on the Warped Tour 2008 Tour Compilation.{{cite web| last=Anitai| first=Tamar| url=http://buzzworthy.mtv.com/2008/06/17/new-charlotte-sometimes-photos/| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090516182738/http://buzzworthy.mtv.com/2008/06/17/new-charlotte-sometimes-photos| url-status=dead| archive-date=May 16, 2009| title=New Charlotte Sometimes Photos!| publisher=MTV| date=June 17, 2008| access-date=June 26, 2012}}{{cite news| last=Lustig| first=Jay| url=http://www.nj.com/entertainment/music/index.ssf/2008/07/shes_a_real_sometimes_girl.html| title=She's a real Sometimes girl| newspaper=The Star-Ledger| date=July 24, 2008| access-date=June 26, 2012}}
=2010 – 2014: EPs and ''The Voice''=
On May 14, 2010, Poland self-released a free EP entitled "Sideways." Her second EP, The Wait, was released on iTunes August 18, 2011.{{cite web| last=Ostroff| first=Craig| url=http://www.montgomerynews.com/articles/2011/09/15/entertainment/doc4e6fcf8d9bfd3028959486.txt| title=Charlotte's music book is wide open| publisher=Montgomery News| date=September 15, 2011| access-date=June 26, 2012}}
In 2012, Poland was a contestant on Season 2 of NBC's The Voice. After having all four judges turn around in the blind audition round, she chose Blake Shelton as her coach. She was eliminated after the first live round.{{cite news| last=Ford| first=Rebecca| url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/voice-elimination-nbc-blake-shelton-christina-aguilera-first-307381| title='The Voice' Results Show: Four Contestants Eliminated After First Week of Live Shows| work=The Hollywood Reporter| date=April 3, 2012| access-date=June 26, 2012}} Later that year, Poland finished working on her third EP, Circus Head, which was initially made available to those who had donated to the album's PledgeMusic campaign. The lead single, "Brilliant, Broke and Beautiful," was released on October 3, 2012,{{Cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/brilliant-broke-beautiful/id568728541|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150211181116/https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/brilliant-broke-beautiful/id568728541|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 11, 2015|title=Brilliant Broke and Beautiful – Single by Charlotte Sometimes on Apple Music|publisher=iTunes Store|access-date=February 20, 2017}} with the commercial release of the EP following on October 30, 2012.{{cite web| last=Parker| first=Lyndsey| url=http://ca.music.yahoo.com/blogs/reality-rocks/kickstart-art-help-reality-tv-faves-music-011831395.html| title=Kickstart Their Art: How You Can Help Your Reality TV Faves Make Music| publisher=Yahoo! Music| date=May 30, 2012| access-date=June 26, 2012}}
In 2013, Poland recorded her fourth (and first acoustic) Charlotte Sometimes EP, entitled "By Request." The lead single, "Magic," premiered on November 18, 2013,{{cite news| url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2013/11/18/song-premiere-charlotte-sometimes-magic/3559259/ | work=USA Today | first1=Edna | last1=Gundersen | title=Song premiere: 'Magic' by Charlotte Sometimes | date=November 18, 2013}} and the full album was released on March 4, 2014.
=2014 – 2016: LACES and BRZY=
In early 2014, Poland announced she had retired her Charlotte Sometimes stage name and would now be writing and recording music under her legal name for a new project, LACES.{{Cite news|url=http://www.axs.com/the-voice-alum-charlotte-sometimes-reinvents-herself-as-laces-12334|title='The Voice' alum Charlotte Sometimes reinvents herself as Laces|newspaper=AXS|access-date=February 20, 2017}}
The first single under her new moniker, "Love Me Sober," premiered on Billboard on March 5, 2015 and was released to retailers on March 16, 2015.{{Cite news|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop-shop/6494359/laces-love-me-sober-exclusive|title=Exclusive: Listen to LACES' 'Love Me Sober'|newspaper=Billboard|access-date=February 20, 2017}} "Love Me Sober" was produced by Dante Jones.
A side project was announced in 2016 titled BRZY, featuring the members of District 76 and LACES.{{Cite web|url=http://www.wolfinasuit.com/2016/10/28/new-music-alert-brzy/|title=New Music Alert: "Cause a little fire" by BRZY|date=October 28, 2016|website=Wolf in a Suit|access-date=February 8, 2017}} The single "Cause a Little Fire" was released digitally on October 21, 2016.{{Cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/cause-a-little-fire-single/1160425563|title=Cause a Little Fire – Single by BRZY on Apple Music|date=October 21, 2016|publisher=iTunes Store|access-date=February 8, 2017}}
= 2016–present: Jessica Vaughn =
In December 2016, "Christmas for the Lonely" was released under the name Jessica Vaughn for the holiday compilation album "SoundRevolver Presents: A Holiday Benefit 2016."{{Cite web|url=https://aholidaybenefitnyc.bandcamp.com/album/soundrevolver-presents-a-holiday-benefit-2016|title=SoundRevolver Presents: A Holiday Benefit 2016, by Various Artists|website=A Holiday Benefit|access-date=February 8, 2017}} In early February 2017, the LACES Facebook account was renamed to "Jessica Vaughn Music."{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/JessicaVaughnMusic/|title=Security Check Required|website=facebook.com|access-date=February 8, 2017}}{{Primary source inline|date=February 2020}}
Discography
=Studio albums=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+ List of studio albums, with selected chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:10em;"| Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:16em;"| Album details ! scope="col" colspan="2"| Peak chart positions |
| scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| US {{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/299012/charlotte-sometimes/chart?f=305|title=Charlotte Sometimes – Chart history|access-date=November 18, 2013|work=charts.org}} ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| US |
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| scope="row"| Waves and the Both of Us
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| 145 || 3 |
| align="center" colspan="12" style="font-size:8pt"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. |
=Extended plays=
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|+ List of extended plays ! scope="col" style="width:9.5em;" | Title ! scope="col" style="width:16em;" | Album details |
| scope="row"| Charlotte Sometimes
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| scope="row"| Sideways
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| scope="row"| The Wait
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| scope="row"| Circus Head
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| scope="row"| By Request
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=Singles=
==As Charlotte Sometimes==
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|+ List of singles, with selected chart positions and certifications ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:16em;" | Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Year ! scope="col" colspan="2" | Peak chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Album |
| scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| US
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| US |
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| scope="row"| "How I Could Just Kill a Man"
| 2008 | — || — |
| scope="row"| "Apologize"
| rowspan="4"| 2012 | — || — | rowspan="3" | Non-album songs were released by The Voice |
| scope="row"| "Pumped Up Kicks"
| — || — |
| scope="row"| "Misery Business"
| — || 24 |
| scope="row"|"Brilliant Broke and Beautiful"
| — || — | Circus Head |
| scope="row"| "Magic"
| 2014 | — || — | By Request |
| align="center" colspan="12" style="font-size:8pt"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. |
==As LACES==
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" border="1"
|+ List of singles, with selected chart positions and certifications ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:16em;" | Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Year ! scope="col" colspan="1" | Peak chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Album |
| scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| US |
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| scope="row"| "Love Me Sober"
| 2015 | — | TBA |
| align="center" colspan="12" style="font-size:8pt"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. |
{{Commons category|Charlotte Sometimes}}
References
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