Jessica Frech is an American pop/folk singer-songwriter from Nashville, Tennessee. Jessica is attending Belmont University, majoring in songwriting.
Frech gained worldwide notoriety with the release of the "People of Walmart" music video on YouTube. The comedy video features images from the People of Walmart photo blog along with an original score written by Frech. Shortly after release, the video went viral with multi-millions of views. The video has been featured on G4's Attack of the Show, Fox News, Billboard, Jimmy Fallon, AOL, and MSNBC "People of Walmart" video gained the attention of Hyundai which hired Jessica to create two commercials for their 2011 holiday campaign.
On August 20, 2009 Frech released her debut album "Grapefruit". The album features six original songs recorded by Grammy nominated, Bart Pursley
Frech released her first Christmas album "Pull My Finger To Hear Jingle Bells" on December 6, 2011. The album contains two traditional Christmas songs "Jingle Bells" and "We Wish You A Merry Christmas" along with two originals.
On December 18, 2011 Frech started a Kickstarter Campaign to fund her first full-length album "Reality". The original goal of $8,000 was met in less than 72 hrs. On February 5, 2012 the project was successfully funded by 718 backers pledging a total of $28,938.
Frech joined the second annual national DigiTour for two shows in Houston, TX on March 15, 2012 and Dallas, TX on March 16, 2012.
Frech's first full-length album "Reality" was released on March 20, 2012. The album has 12 songs. One track, "I Tried to Die Young", features Melanie Safka.
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YouTube
Frech's YouTube channel has over 12 million views.
Videos
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Awards and achievements
Break.com named music video "People of Walmart" as the #1 viral video of 2011
Named Hot-Up-N-Comer of 2010 by Woman's Radio
The Independent Singer Songwriters Association 2009 Honorable Mention for the song "Grapefruit"
Placed 5th on OurStage.com for 2009 Folk Song of The Year for the song "Reality"
Discography
Albums
Singles / Tracks
References
External links
- Official website
- Jessica Frech on YouTube
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