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Jessica Marquez is a french singer born on October 30th, 1978 in Thionville, France.

Biography
Passionate about music, Jessica Marquez tried her luck in Nuit des Stars in 1998. She doesn't win but it allows her to sing in front of a hall of 10,000 people. Three years later, she was selected for Star Academy (French TV series) on TF1 in 2001 after being eliminated from Popstars on M6 (TV channel) in 2001. At Star Academy, she would go to the semi-finals.

After the show ended, she released a her first single, Si Fragiles, then a second in December 2002, Tout se dire. In September 2003, she released a 3rd single, Maria Magdalena, which is a cover of singer Julie Pietri's first hit. Thanks to the success of this title, Jessica Marquez publishes her first opus entitled A Fleur de Peau. Following the album's success, Universal released a fourth track, Ce que les filles ont sur le cœur. This one is disseminated less by the media. Jessica Marquez in disagreement then decides to leave her record company in the course of 2004.

In March of 2007, she released a single with pop sounds, On s'abîme, under the label Heben/Sony BMG. The same year, she was invited by rapper Kamelanc' in his album Le Charme en personne.

Listed January 31st 2009 on the site Spidart, on March 8th, 2009 the sum of the 50,000€ necessary to launch the production of her second album. The album De tout et de rien was set to come out in 2010, before being cancelled after the judicial liquidation of Spidart on January 19th, 2010.

In February of 2012, she participated in the show Encore une chance, which aired Tuesday at 8:35 PM on the channel NRJ 12.

Jessica Marquez is listed co-author and co-composer for the album Les Filles du Calvaire where she supervised the musical orientation. It was produced by Sphère France and Selyba Production. The singer got closer to authors (André Petiteau, Sandrine Roy, François Welgryn), composers (Isabel Cramaro, André Petiteau ...), renowned musicians (Laurent Vernerey, Denis Benarosh, Thomas Cœuriot, Karen Brunon, Christophe Morin ) and especially Marc Chouarain, to whom she entrusted the arrangements. The single Conne d'amour, released February 14th, 2012, benefits from the video clip, after a friendly encounter with Pierre Nogueras a young director.

In May 2013, through her Facebook page Jessica announced the end of her musical career and her commitment to humanitarianism. After the failure of her album, Les Filles du Calvaire (300 copies sold), she now admits "[aspiring] to a peaceful, serene and light life far from any media coverage".

Notes and reference
http://www.justmusic.fr/albums/jessica-marquez-arrete-la-musique-48049 is no longer a page on www.justmusic.fr