Jump5

Jump5 was an American Christian teen pop group active from 1999 until 2007.^[1] The group was made up of five members from Nashville: Brandon and Brittany Hargest, Chris Fedun, Lesley Moore, and Libby Hodges. After Libby Hodges left in 2004, Natasha Noack joined the group temporarily, but the group eventually set on with the four remaining members. In December 2007, the group separated.

Jump5
Jump5 poses before their final concert, at a special VIP meet-and-greet in December 2007
Background information
Origin	Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.
Genres	Pop dance-pop pop rock teen pop CCM
Years active	1999–2007
Labels	Sparrow, Nevaeh, Slanted
Past members	Brandon Hargest Brittany Hargest Chris Fedun Lesley Moore Libby Hodges Natasha Noack

The group released five traditional studio albums together with two Christmas albums. Five of them reached the top 20 of the Billboard Top Christian Albums chart.^[2]

History

Jump5 released their self-titled debut album on August 14, 2001. The album was re-released twice, first with an additional bonus track, then with a cover of Lee Greenwood's "God Bless the USA" after the September 11th attacks. Over the following two years they released three more albums: All the Time in the World, a Christmas album, All the Joy in the World, and Accelerate.

They opened one show for Aaron Carter in 2002.^[3]

In January 2004, Hodges decided to leave the group as she wanted to "take a deep breath and see what exactly God wants me to do at this point in my life".^[4] In April, the group released the remix album Mix It Up. Natasha Noack joined the group and took part in recording a cover of the J. Geils Band's "Freeze Frame" for the Sleepover soundtrack. Noack left the group in June 2004.

On September 21, 2004, the group released Dreaming in Color, their first release as a quartet.

In 2005 they recorded Radio The World but it was never released.

Instead, on March 15, 2005, a greatest hits album, The Very Best of Jump5, was released. The group subsequently parted ways with Sparrow Records and released their next album, Rock This Christmas on November 22, 2005, independently, under Nevaeh Records.

The song "Both to Blame" was released for online streaming on November 30, 2006.^{[citation needed]}

On October 9, 2007, Jump5 released their final studio album, Hello & Goodbye, through Slanted Records.^[5] It included the titular song, "Hello, Goodbye", which was recorded with former Jump5 member Libby Hodges. Jump5 also embarked on a final tour for the album.

Christmas Like This was digitally released on November 20, 2007, and featured 10 of the 11 songs from Rock This Christmas (8 songs are remixed or re-recorded, 2 songs are kept in the original release version).

Jump5 officially disbanded on December 16, 2007.^[5][6]

Discography

Main article: Jump5 discography

• Jump5 (2001)
• All the Time in the World (2002)
• All the Joy in the World (2002)
• Accelerate (2003)
• Mix It Up (2004)
• Dreaming in Color (2004)
• Rock This Christmas (2005)
• Hello & Goodbye (2007)

References

1. group), Jump 5 (Musical (December 2003). Jump5: Accelerate. Hal Leonard. ISBN 978-0-634-06837-9. Retrieved December 28, 2021. 10-song matching folio to the 2003 release from these teen Christian power-pop sensations who've played the White House.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
2. "Jump 5 (Top Christian Albums)". billboard.com. Billboard.
3. "Jump5 Gigography, Tour History". Songkick. April 23, 2007. Retrieved April 3, 2020.
4. "Libby Leaves Jump5". January 9, 2004. Retrieved August 30, 2016.
5. Jackson, Kevin (July 6, 2007). "Teen Group Jump5 to Hold Final Farewell Tour". Retrieved September 14, 2019.
6. Tong, Sharon. "Brittany Hargest: Jump5 Years Later". Retrieved September 14, 2019.

External links

 

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Jump5.

• Jump5 at ChristianMusic.com