Jade Valerie Villalon of Sweetbox commonly known as Jade (born August 12, 1980) is a singer. She was born in San Diego, California. She was raised in Japan from the age of three. She did her first commercial in Japan as a child, and that was a Chinese noodle commercial. Jade of Sweetbox is known by video game players as the singer for the American version of Final Fantasy X-2, the direct sequel to Final Fantasy X. Koda Kumi, who is two years younger than Jade, was the singer for the Japanese version of Final Fantasy X-2. Both performed the song, 1000 Words.
Jade's first major audition was at the age of seven on Broadway in New York City, for Gypsy. At the age of seventeen, Jade was a guest star, as Melanie, a teenager in the camp of HIV-positive teenage girls, in the television program "Touched by an Angel" (Episode 70: The Pact). She returned to the United States, relocating to Los Angeles, California at the age of 18. Tina Harris was her predecessor as the lead vocalist of Sweetbox.
Jade's successful singles with Sweetbox include:
For The Lonely (2001)
Read My Mind (2002)
Lighter Shade of Blue (2003)
Life Is Cool (2003)
Chyna Girl (2004)
Killing Me DJ (2004)
Discography
Classified (Japanese edition) (2001)
- 01. Cinderella
- 02. For The Lonely
- 03. Everything's Gonna Be Alright (Jade's Version)
- 04. Boyfriend
- 05. How Does It Feel
- 06. Interlude-Every Time
- 07. Every Time
- 08. Superstar
- 09. Sacred
- 10. That Night
- 11. Brown Haired Boy
- 12. Crazy
- 13. Trying To Be Me featuring Mucky
- 14. Interlude-Not Different
- 15. Not Different (I laugh, I cry)
- 16. For The Lonely (Geo's Remix)
- 17. Trying To Be Me (RMX) featuring Mucky
Classified (European, Korean, & Taiwanese Versions) (2001)
- 01 .Cinderella
- 02. For The Lonely
- 03. Boyfriend
- 04. How Does It Feel
- 05. Interlude-Every Time
- 06. Every Time
- 07. Superstar
- 08. Sacred
- 09. That Night
- 10. Brown Haired Boy
- 11. Crazy
- 12. Trying To Be Me featuring Mucky
- 13. Interlude-Not Different
- 14. Not different (I laugh, I cry)
Classified (Special Chinese Versions) (2001)
- 01 .Cinderella
- 02. For The Lonely
- 03. Boyfriend
- 04. How Does It Feel
- 05. Interlude-Every Time
- 06. Every Time
- 07. Superstar
- 08. Sacred
- 09. That Night
- 10. Brown Haired Boy
- 11. Crazy
- 12. Trying To Be Me featuring Mucky
- 13. Interlude-Not Different
- 14. Not different (I laugh, I cry)
- 15. Everything's Gonna Be Alright
- 16. Shout (Let It Out)
Jade (Japanese Version) (2002)
- 01. Human Sacrifice
- 02. Read My Mind
- 03. Unforgiven
- 04. Lighter Shade of Blue
- 05. Utopia
- 06. Don't Push Me
- 07. On The Radio
- 08. Alright
- 09. Stay
- 10. Falling
- 11. Fool Again
- 12. Easy Come, Easy Go
- 13. Always On My Mind (Japan Version Only)
- 14. One Kiss (Acoustic Version) (Japan Version Only)
Jade (Korean Version) (2002)
- 01. Human Sacrifice
- 02. Read My Mind
- 03. Unforgiven
- 04. Lighter Shade of Blue
- 05. Utopia
- 06. Don't Push Me
- 07. On The Radio
- 08. Alright
- 09. Stay
- 10. Falling
- 11. Fool Again
- 12. Easy Come, Easy Go
Jade (Taiwanese Version) (2002)
- 01. Human Sacrifice
- 02. Read My Mind
- 03. Unforgiven
- 04. Lighter Shade of Blue
- 05. Utopia
- 06. Don't Push Me
- 07. On The Radio
- 08. Alright
- 09. Stay
- 10. Falling
- 11. Fool Again
- 12. Easy Come, Easy Go
- 13. Read My Mind (Acoustic Version)
- 14. Unforgiven (Geo's Mix)
Jade (Silver Edition) (2003)
Part I - Private Session
- 01. Alright
- 02. Don't Push Me
- 03. Utopia
- 04. Lighter Shade of Blue
- 05. Not Your Doctor
- 06. Human Sacrifice
- 07. Unforgiven
- 08. Easy Come, Easy Go
Part II - Remixes
- 09. Read My Mind (Acoustic Version)
- 10. Unforgiven (Geo's Mix)
- 11. Here On My Own (Lighter Shade of Blue) (European Version)
- 12 Read My Mind (Jazztronic Remix)
DVD (Video Clips)
- 01. Read My Mind
- 02. Unforgiven
- 03. Lighter Shade of Blue
Adagio (Japanese edition) (2004)
- 01. Liberty featuring RJ
- 02. Life Is Cool
- 03. Somewhere
- 04. Hate Without Frontiers
- 05. Far Away
- 06. Testimony featuring RJ
- 07. I'll Be There featuring RJ
- 08. Lacrimosa featuring RJ
- 09. Sorry
- 10. I Don't Wanna Be featuring Nicco
- 11. Chyna Girl
- 12. Everybody featuring Meguo
- 13. Miss You (Japan Only)
- 14. You Can't Hide (Japan Only)
- 15. real Emotion (Special Bonus Track)
- 16. 1000 Words (Special Bonus Track)
Adagio (European, Korean, & Taiwanese Versions) (2004)
- 01. Beautiful (Bonus Track)
- 02. Life Is Cool
- 03. Somewhere
- 04. Hate Without Frontiers
- 05. Testimony featuring RJ
- 06. Liberty featuring RJ
- 07. Far Away
- 08. Lacrimosa featuring RJ
- 09. Sorry
- 10. I'll Be There featuring RJ
- 11. Chyna Girl
- 12. Everybody featuring Meguo
- 13. I Don't Wanna Be featuring Nicco
13 Chapters (European Version) (2004)
- 01. Piano In The Dark
- 02. After The Lights
- 03. Killing Me DJ featuring Toby
- 04. Life Is Cool
- 05. More Than Love
- 06. Waterfall
- 07. God On Video
- 08. Beautiful
- 09. Hate Without Frontiers
- 10. Chyna Girl
- 11. Time Of My Life
- 12. Pretty In Pink
- 13. Sorry
- 14. This Christmas (Bonus Track)
13 Chapters (Taiwanese Version) (2004)
CD
- 01. Piano In The Dark
- 02. After The Lights
- 03. Killing Me DJ featuring Toby
- 04. Life Is Cool
- 05. More Than Love
- 06. Waterfall
- 07. God On Video
- 08. Beautiful
- 09. Hate Without Frontiers
- 10. Chyna Girl
- 11. Time Of My Life
- 12. Pretty In Pink
- 13. Sorry
- 14. This Christmas (Bonus Track)
VCD
- 01. More Than Love (Music Video)
- 02. Interview with Jade
- 03. Life Is Cool (Studio Footage)
- 04. More Than Love (Studio Footage)
After the Lights (2004)
- 01. This Christmas
- 02. After The Lights
- 03. Killing Me DJ featuring Toby
- 04. Piano In The Dark
- 05. More Than Love
- 06. Waterfall
- 07. God On Video
- 08. Time of My Life
- 09. Pretty In Pink
- 10. Girl From Tokyo
- 11. O Come All Ye Faithful
- 12. Silent Night
- 13. Merry X-Mas
The Greatest Hits (2005)
- 01. Everything's Gonna Be Alright Reborn
- 02. Life Is Cool
- 03. For The Lonely (Even Sweeter Version)
- 04. Waterfall
- 05. After The Lights
- 06. Killing Me DJ
- 07. Hate Without Frontiers
- 08. Read My Mind
- 09. Don't Wanna Kill You
- 10. Piano In The Dark
- 11. Every Time (All Grown Up Version)
- 12. Crown of Thorns
- 13. Utopia
- 14. Lighter Shade of Blue (European Version)
- 15. On The Radio
- 16. Somewhere
- 17. Chyna Girl
- 18. Cinderella (Electric Spice Mix)
- 19. Everything's Gonna Be Alright (Classic Mix)
- 20. Unforgiven (Unreleased Demo Version)
Best Of Sweetbox 1995-2005 (2005)
- 01. Everything's Gonna Be Alright Reborn
- 02. Life Is Cool
- 03. For The Lonely
- 04. Waterfall
- 05. After The Lights
- 06. Killing Me DJ (European Version)
- 07. Hate Without Frontiers
- 08. Every Time (All Grown Up Version)
- 09. Piano In The Dark
- 10. On The Radio
- 11. Lighter Shade of Blue
- 12. God On Video
- 13. More Than Love
- 14. Chyna Girl
- 15. Crazy (Unreleased Demo)
- 16. Tour De France (Unreleased Demo)
- 17. Cinderella (Electric Spice Mix)
- 18. Don't Push Me
- 19. Booyah Here We Go (Bonus Track)
- 20. Shakalaka (Bonus Track)
For more information, see the Official Sweetbox Website.