Rangarira ndima iri pasi apa uye ipapo pindura mubvunzo gare gare mumutauro mumwe chetewo sechikamu:  Passage: Pazera ramakore matanhatu, JoJo akapihwa chibvumirano chekurekodha, asi amai vake vakachiramba nekuti vaifunga kuti JoJo aive mudiki kwazvo pabasa remimhanzi. Mushure mekuonekwa pane dzakasiyana siyana hurukuro, iyo McDonald's Gospelfest, ichiita Whitney Houston's "Ini Ndinotenda Mauri Uye Ini" uye kukwikwidza pachiratidziro cheterevhizheni, America's Most Talented Kids (kurasikirwa naDiana DeGarmo), mugadziri werekodhi Vincent Herbert akabata naye ndokumukumbira kuti aite odhiyo yeBlackground Records. Panguva yaaiita audition yaBarry Hankerson, Hankerson akamuudza kuti mweya wemwana womunun'una wake, muimbi mushakabvu Aaliyah, akanga amuunza kwaari. Akasainwa kunyoresa, uye aive nezvirongwa zvekurekodha nevagadziri The Underdogs naSoulshock & Karlin. JoJo's live demo, Joanna Levesque, yakanyorwa muna 2001, inoratidzira mapepa emweya uye R & B nziyo, kusanganisira Mack Rice's 1965 "Mustang Sally", Etta James's 1989 "Haisi Nguva Dzose Zvaunoita (Ndiani Anokutendera Kuti Uzviite)", Aretha Franklin's 1968 "Chain of Fools" uye 1969 "Imba Yakavakwa naJack", The Moonglows '1956 "Ona Saw", Stevie Wonder's 1972 "Superstition", uye The Temptations' 1975 "Shakey Ground".Muna 2003, pazera remakore gumi nemaviri, JoJo akasaina neBlackground Records uye Da Family uye akatanga kushanda nevagadziri vealbum yake yekutanga. JoJo's gold-certified debut single "Leave (Get Out) " yakaburitswa muna 2004. Asati aburitswa dambarefu, JoJo akatanga rwendo rwake rwekutanga, iyo Cingular Buddy Bash nemuimbi wepop rock Fefe Dobson, hip hop duo Young Gunz, imwe nzira yesimbi band Zebrahead, uye vechidiki pop nyeredzi Ryan Cabrera naBusted. Kufanana nekutanga kushanya kwaTiffany naBritney Spears pamberi pake, yakamira pazvitoro zvipfumbamwe, kutanga kuAtlanta's Northlake Mall uye ichipera kuSouth Shore Plaza padyo neguta rake rekumusha reFoxborough. Apo iyo imwe chete yakasvika nhamba imwe chete paMainstream Top 40 chati, iye akava, pazera remakore gumi nematatu, muimbi wechidiki wechidiki kuti ave nenhamba imwe chete muAmerica. The yokutanga chete akanga nominated nokuda Best New Artist panguva 2004 MTV Video Music Awards, izvo akaita JoJo gotwe MTV Video Music Award nominee. Album yake yokutanga,...  Mubvunzo: Makopi mangani ealbum yokutanga yaJoJo akatengeswa muvhiki yokutanga?
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