Jessica Riddle

{{short description|American singer-songwriter (born 1980)}}

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| genre = Pop

| years_active = 1999–present

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1980|04|15}}

| birth_place = Los Angeles, California, US

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Jessica Riddle (born April 15, 1980, in Los Angeles, California) is an American singer-songwriter. Riddle attained minor fame with the hit "Even Angels Fall" on her debut album Key of a Minor,{{cite news |title=JESSICA RIDDLE "Key of A Minor" Hollywood |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-563520.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022222118/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-563520.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 22, 2012 |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=December 8, 2000 |access-date=January 11, 2009 }} which was featured in the 1999 movie 10 Things I Hate about You and on its soundtrack. "Even Angels Fall" charted on the Billboard Adult Top 40 chart, topping out at No. 27 on April 8, 2000. It was on the chart for 12 weeks.

Riddle is also a part-time model and actress, who has appeared wearing swimsuits in magazines such as Stuff{{cite news |title=The Hype Riddle's Career No Longer a Question Mark. |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-83409679.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022231348/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-83409679.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 22, 2012 |work=Los Angeles Daily News |date=December 3, 2000 |access-date=January 11, 2009 }} and Maxim.

Although dropped from Hollywood Records, she is still recording, using her married name, Jessica Jacobs. In 2003, she released her second album, called Chapter 2.

Riddle has had two dance tracks released, one entitled "Gone" with DJ Max Graham and "Tell Me" also with Graham as a writer, released

by Tiësto under his "Clear View" moniker.