- Brittany Hargest
Infobox musical artist
Name = Brittany Hargest
Img_capt = Brittany Hargest belts out a song
Img_size = 250 px
Background = solo_singer
Birth_name = Brittany Lynne Hargest
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Born = birth date and age|1988|8|2
Died =
Origin = Durham,North Carolina , USA
Instrument = vocals
Genre = Contemporary ChristianChristian rock PopTeen pop
Occupation =singer ,musician ,songwriter ,dancer
Years_active = 2001 – 2007 (withJump5 ) 2007 - present (solo artist)
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Associated_acts =Jump5
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Past_members =Brittany Lynne Hargest (born
August 2 ,1988 inDurham, North Carolina ) is aChristian singer and dancer and was the youngest member of the Christian/pop groupJump5 , whom she was in with her big brotherBrandon Hargest . She is the daughter of Greg Hargest and Robin Hargest. Hargest is aMethodist Christian. She grew up in theNashville suburb ofFranklin, Tennessee with her close-knit family, singing, dancing, and competing in gymnastics competitions. She has a dog named Jumper who has she past deemed as Jump5's mascot.Personal life
Since the age of two, she has been studying voice,
piano ,guitar , dance andgymnastics . Along with her brother, she has appeared in many videos and has recorded for several different compilation albums. When she was six years old, she landed a part in "A Country Christmas " at the star-launching theme parkOpryland USA , at which she was given the nickname of "Injury Girl" because of a string of unfortunate happenings during each show. When she tried out for the group that would become Jump5, she sang "Somewhere Over the Rainbow ". She says she didn't sing well - she started on the wrong key - and got in on her talent for dancing.Brittany is a
soprano . She has done some songwriting in addition to singing. She cowrote "Feels Like Falling" Jump5's 2004 release "Dreaming in Color" and several for their most recent holiday release, "Rock This Christmas ". She also cowrote three songs on theJump5 albumHello and Goodbye . Hargest has recently started a pop/rock brother-sister duo named Guest with brother Brandon Hargest, who tentatively has an EP scheduled to release soon.External links
* [http://www.myspace.com/imarockstarrr Official MySpace]
* [http://www.streetbrand.com/interviews/jump5-the-final-interview.html Brittany Hargest speaking to STREETBRAND Magazine]
* [http://www.brithargest.com/ Official Fan Site]
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