Duba wurin da ke ƙasa sannan ka amsa tambayar daga baya a cikin harshe ɗaya kamar yadda wurin yake:  Passage: A shekara shida, an ba JoJo yarjejeniyar rikodin, amma mahaifiyarta ta ƙi shi saboda ta yi imanin cewa JoJo ya yi ƙuruciya don aikin kiɗa. Bayan ya bayyana a cikin shirye-shiryen tattaunawa daban-daban, McDonald's Gospelfest, yana yin Whitney Houston ta "Na yi imani da ku da ni" da kuma gasa a cikin gidan talabijin, Yara Mafi Kyawun Yara na Amurka (sun yi asara ga Diana DeGarmo), mai rikodin rikodin Vincent Herbert ya tuntube ta kuma ya nemi ta yi gwaji don Blackground Records. A lokacin gwajin ta don Barry Hankerson, Hankerson ya gaya mata cewa ruhun 'yar uwarsa, marigayi mawaƙa Aaliyah, ya kawo ta wurinsa. An sanya hannu a kan lakabin, kuma yana da rikodin rikodi tare da masu samar da Underdogs da Soulshock & Karlin. Demo na JoJo, Joanna Levesque, wanda aka yi rikodin a shekara ta 2001, ya ƙunshi murfin rai da waƙoƙin R&B, gami da Mack Rice's 1965 "Mustang Sally", Etta James's 1989 "It Ain't Always What You Do (It's Who You Let See You Do It)", Aretha Franklin's 1968 "Chain of Fools" da 1969 "The House That Jack Built", The Moonglows '1956 "See Saw", Stevie Wonder's 1972 "Superstition", da The Temptations' 1975 "Shakey Ground".A 2003, yana da shekara 12, JoJo ta sanya hannu tare da Blackground Records da Da Family kuma ta fara aiki tare da masu samar da ita don kundi na farko. An saki waƙar farko ta JoJo da aka ba da lambar zinare "Leave (Get Out) " a shekara ta 2004. Kafin fitowar kundin, JoJo ta fara rangadin ta na farko, Cingular Buddy Bash tare da mawaƙin pop rock Fefe Dobson, hip hop duo Young Gunz, ƙungiyar ƙarfe ta Zebrahead, da taurarin matasa Ryan Cabrera da Busted. Kamar tafiye-tafiye na farko da Tiffany da Britney Spears suka yi a gabanta, ya tsaya a cibiyoyin kasuwanci tara, wanda ya fara a Atlanta ta Northlake Mall kuma ya ƙare a South Shore Plaza kusa da garinsu na Foxborough. Lokacin da guda kai lamba daya a kan Mainstream Top 40 ginshiƙi, ta zama, a shekara goma sha uku, ƙarami solo artist da a yi lamba daya guda a Amurka. Na farko guda aka zabi ga Best New Artist a 2004 MTV Video Music Awards, wanda Ya sanya JoJo da ƙarami MTV Video Music Award gabatarwa. Fitowarta ta farko,...  Tambaya: Kwafi nawa ne aka sayar na farko na JoJo a makon farko?
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