Jena Lee

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Jena Lee
French singer, songwriter and composer
Background information
Birth name	Sylvia Elva Garcia
Born	(1987-06-29) 29 June 1987 (age 34)
Origin	Oloron-Sainte-Marie, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Genres	R&B french pop electropop dark Pop
Occupation(s)	Singer Composer Songwriter
Years active	2007–present
Labels	Mercury France (2008–present), subsidiary of Universal Music France
Associated acts	Sheryfa Luna
Website	Jena-lee.fr

Sylvia Elva Garcia (born 29 June 1987 in Chile), more commonly known under the stage name as Jena Lee, is a French singer, songwriter, composer.

Biography[]

Born in Chile, Sylvia Elva Garcia was adopted by a French family at the age of nine months. She grew up in Oloron-Sainte-Marie in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques.

Music career[]

2007–2009: Popstars and Urban Music Nation[]

In 2007, Jena Lee met Sulee B Wax, who was interested in her work. When the fourth season of Popstars started, he asked Jena to try writing the instrumentals. Jena Lee wrote six songs of the thirteen that comprise Sheryfa Luna's album, including the song "Quelque part". Following the composition of these songs, she received other requests, such as from Mathieu Edward with the title "Comme avant" as well as for a composition for the musical theater show Cléopâtre.^[1]

In 2008, Lee won the Urban Music Nation contest organized by radio operator Skyrock; the finale was on 26 December 2008.

2009-2010: First released albums[]

Her first single, "J'aimerais tellement" ("I Would Really Love"), was released in April 2009 along with a music video. It was at the top of the French singles charts for a total of eleven weeks and had most downloads in November 2009.^[1]

Lee's first album, Vous remercier ("To Thank You"), was recorded with Bustafunk . It was released on 2 November 2009 on the Internet and to stores on 9 November 2009 on the label Mercury Records, a division of the group Universal Music France.

In 2010, Jena Lee released the follow up to Vous remercier, which contains the singles "US Boy", "Éternise-moi", the duet with French group Eskemo, and "Mon ange" ("My angel").

Artistry[]

Influences and Musical style[]

Lee has defined her own musical style as "Emo R&B" or "Emotional R&B", having incorporate several musical genres such as R&B, Emo-pop, EDM, pop , Electropop , Electronic , Pop-rock , Dark-pop , Dance-Pop and Rock . According to her, it is above all

state of mind [of] the texts which have a dark side with a touch of hope

.^[1]

Controversy existed as to the relevance of this term at the time of its claim . The term "Emo R&B" would not correspond to "Emocore R&B" but to "Emotional R&B".

Discography[]

Albums[]

Singles[]

¹ Digital downloads

References[]

External links[]

• (in French) Official website
• Jena Lee on Instagram
• Jena Lee on TikTok