Samantha Jade Gibbs was born in Perth, Western Australia on 18 April 1987. Her father, Kevin Gibbs is of Anglo-Indian descent, while her mother, Jacqueline Deans Gibbs was of Scottish descent. She also has two younger brothers, Alex and Thomas "TJ" Gibbs. Her mother died on 8 June 2014 after a short battle with cancer. Samantha began modelling at the age of four and at age nine she won a talent onyesha after imba "Amazing Grace". She attended Good Shepherd Catholic Primary School and Hampton Senior High School. In 2002, Jade's friend sent her demo to a record producer in Los Angeles, who then decided to send Jade and her family to Hollywood for a meeting. The following year, they moved to Los Angeles. In 2004, she signed with US record label Jive Records and began recording a few demo tracks. That year, a song she co-wrote, "Secret Love", was recorded kwa JoJo for the soundtrack of the 2004 film papa Tale.
In 2006, Samantha recorded the title track "Step Up" for the 2006 dance film Step Up. The song was written kwa Diane Warren and produced kwa rapper Wyclef Jean. The single which had little promotion appeared for one week on the Billboard Pop 100 peaking at number 92. In 2007, Jade released her follow-up single "Turn Around". It was sent to mainstream radio in the United States on 14 August 2007, as the lead single from Jade's debut album, My Name is Samantha Jade. Upon initial release, "Turn Around" debuted and peaked at number 83 on the ARIA Singles Chart, but upon Jade winning the fourth season of The X Factor in 2012, the song re-entered and peaked at number 53. After three years with the label, My Name is Samantha Jade was never released. In 2007 Jade co-wrote and sang back-up vocals on the track "Positivity" on Ashley Tisdale's debut album Headstrong. The following year, Jade co-wrote and sang back-up vocals on the song "Can't Walk Away" on Tiffany Evans' album Tiffany Evans.
Samantha Jade was later dropped from Jive Records and attempted to continue to work on muziki independently with American record label Affinity West Entertainment. Jade recorded the controversial Golden Touch album for the label which would later result in issues regarding the release of the album, as it wasn't released until 2012. In 2010, Jade made her uigizaji debut in the film Beneath the Blue, a sequel to Eye of the Dolphin. The film was released in 2009. Jade notably recorded a track the following mwaka with David Guetta and Laidback Luke for David Guetta's fourth studio album One upendo which was released in August. The track did not make the final track-listing but is featured as a bonus track on certain international releases. In July 2009 Jade released her third single, "Secret", in Australia, which failed to chart. The official muziki video for the single was directed kwa Valerie Babayan.The video for "Secret" shows her narrowing down an old lover so she can confront them about there "Secret". In 2010, Jade relocated to Perth and began working at her father's mining factory counting stock.
In a final attempt to return to the muziki industry, Jade successfully auditioned for the fourth season of The X Factor in 2012, imba The Script's "Breakeven", during which judge Guy Sebastian notably teared up.[23] Jade progressed to the super bootcamp stage of the competition, where she sang "It Ain't Over 'til It's Over" kwa Lenny Kravitz and "No Air" kwa Jordin Sparks.[2] She then advanced to the nyumbani visits round as part of the Over 25s category, which was mentored kwa Sebastian.[2] He later selected Jade, along with Justin Standley and Nathaniel Willemse, for the live finals—a series of ten weekly live shows in which contestants are progressively eliminated kwa public vote.
For the first live performance onyesha on 17 September 2012, she sang Katy Perry's "Wide Awake" and received praise from all four judges. Keating alisema "I'm going to get in trouble for saying this but that was better than Katy Perry", while Sebastian added that "Every singer in the country just literally went 'Oh my gosh'." However, Jade fell into the bottom two alongside Adil Memon but was saved after Keating, Bassingthwaighte and Sebastian all opted to eliminate Memon. In the fifth week, Jade fell into the bottom two alongside Angel Tupai. After they received two kura each, the result was deadlock and reverted to the earlier public vote leading to Tupai receiving the fewest kura and being eliminated. In the seventh week, Jade fell into the bottom two alongside Willemse but was saved via deadlock. In the semi-finals of the competition, Jade sang "Heartless" and "Where Have wewe Been", she advanced to the finals.During the grand final decider, on 20 November 2012, Jade was announced as the winner. She received a recording contract with record label Sony muziki Australia and a Nissan Dualis car.
In January 2013, Jade headlined The X Factor Live Tour performing shows in the dhahabu Coast, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth. The lead single from Jade's sekunde studio album, Firestarter, was released on 28 June 2013. It debuted and peaked at number nine on the ARIA Singles Chart and was certified Platinum, for selling 70,000 copies. Jade co-designed her own jewellery line with Diva accessories. In August 2013, Jade performed in Indonesia for RCTI's 24th anniversary televisheni special, X Factor Around the World, along with The Collective, Jahméne Douglas, Melanie Amaro, Novita Dewi and Fatin Shidqia. Jade performed "Firestarter" in the first week of the fifth season of The X Factor. During her performance on The X Factor, it was announced that Jade is working on her sekunde album. She won 'Best Video' for "Firestarter" at the 27th ARIA muziki Awards. Jade released a sekunde single from her upcoming album, entitled "Soldier" on 15 November 2013, which peaked at number 17 and was later certified Gold, for selling 35,000 copies. On 24 January 2014, Jade released a cover of "I Am Australian" with Dami Im, Jessica Mauboy, Justice Crew, Nathaniel Willemse and Taylor Henderson, to coincide with the Australia siku celebrations.The song peaked at number 51 on the ARIA Singles Chart. Jade played Kylie Minogue in the mini-series INXS: Never Tear Us Apart, televised on the Seven Network in February 2014. Jade was nominated for "Most maarufu New Talent" at the Logie awards for the role. Jade released a third single from her sekunde album on 11 April 2014, entitled "Up!". It peaked at number 18 and was later certified Gold, for selling 35,000 copies. On 3 September 2014, Jade performed in Los Angeles as part of Nova FM's Red Room Global Tour. Jade's inayofuata single "Sweet Talk" was released on 21 November 2014, with her sekunde album scheduled for release in 2015. On 17 July 2015, Jade released a new single, "Shake That", featuring American rapper Pitbull. It served as the lead single for her long-awaited sekunde studio album. On 5 September 2015, it was announced that Jade had joined the cast of the long-running soap opera nyumbani and Away as Isla Schultz.
Samantha Jade's sekunde studio album, Nine, was released on 20 November 2015. Jade confirmed in March 2016 that she is currently working on her third album and is hoping to release it kwa the end of 2016. It could contain the upcoming singles 'Crushed' and 'Ooh Ooh Ooh' that are mentioned on the Ascap website. In 2016 it was announced that Jade had been cast as Tracey Tyler in the Nine Network mini-series House of Bond.
On October 28, 2016, Jade announced a new single "Hurt Anymore" in collaboration with Cyrus Villanueva, to be released on November 4.
In 2006, Samantha recorded the title track "Step Up" for the 2006 dance film Step Up. The song was written kwa Diane Warren and produced kwa rapper Wyclef Jean. The single which had little promotion appeared for one week on the Billboard Pop 100 peaking at number 92. In 2007, Jade released her follow-up single "Turn Around". It was sent to mainstream radio in the United States on 14 August 2007, as the lead single from Jade's debut album, My Name is Samantha Jade. Upon initial release, "Turn Around" debuted and peaked at number 83 on the ARIA Singles Chart, but upon Jade winning the fourth season of The X Factor in 2012, the song re-entered and peaked at number 53. After three years with the label, My Name is Samantha Jade was never released. In 2007 Jade co-wrote and sang back-up vocals on the track "Positivity" on Ashley Tisdale's debut album Headstrong. The following year, Jade co-wrote and sang back-up vocals on the song "Can't Walk Away" on Tiffany Evans' album Tiffany Evans.
Samantha Jade was later dropped from Jive Records and attempted to continue to work on muziki independently with American record label Affinity West Entertainment. Jade recorded the controversial Golden Touch album for the label which would later result in issues regarding the release of the album, as it wasn't released until 2012. In 2010, Jade made her uigizaji debut in the film Beneath the Blue, a sequel to Eye of the Dolphin. The film was released in 2009. Jade notably recorded a track the following mwaka with David Guetta and Laidback Luke for David Guetta's fourth studio album One upendo which was released in August. The track did not make the final track-listing but is featured as a bonus track on certain international releases. In July 2009 Jade released her third single, "Secret", in Australia, which failed to chart. The official muziki video for the single was directed kwa Valerie Babayan.The video for "Secret" shows her narrowing down an old lover so she can confront them about there "Secret". In 2010, Jade relocated to Perth and began working at her father's mining factory counting stock.
In a final attempt to return to the muziki industry, Jade successfully auditioned for the fourth season of The X Factor in 2012, imba The Script's "Breakeven", during which judge Guy Sebastian notably teared up.[23] Jade progressed to the super bootcamp stage of the competition, where she sang "It Ain't Over 'til It's Over" kwa Lenny Kravitz and "No Air" kwa Jordin Sparks.[2] She then advanced to the nyumbani visits round as part of the Over 25s category, which was mentored kwa Sebastian.[2] He later selected Jade, along with Justin Standley and Nathaniel Willemse, for the live finals—a series of ten weekly live shows in which contestants are progressively eliminated kwa public vote.
For the first live performance onyesha on 17 September 2012, she sang Katy Perry's "Wide Awake" and received praise from all four judges. Keating alisema "I'm going to get in trouble for saying this but that was better than Katy Perry", while Sebastian added that "Every singer in the country just literally went 'Oh my gosh'." However, Jade fell into the bottom two alongside Adil Memon but was saved after Keating, Bassingthwaighte and Sebastian all opted to eliminate Memon. In the fifth week, Jade fell into the bottom two alongside Angel Tupai. After they received two kura each, the result was deadlock and reverted to the earlier public vote leading to Tupai receiving the fewest kura and being eliminated. In the seventh week, Jade fell into the bottom two alongside Willemse but was saved via deadlock. In the semi-finals of the competition, Jade sang "Heartless" and "Where Have wewe Been", she advanced to the finals.During the grand final decider, on 20 November 2012, Jade was announced as the winner. She received a recording contract with record label Sony muziki Australia and a Nissan Dualis car.
In January 2013, Jade headlined The X Factor Live Tour performing shows in the dhahabu Coast, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth. The lead single from Jade's sekunde studio album, Firestarter, was released on 28 June 2013. It debuted and peaked at number nine on the ARIA Singles Chart and was certified Platinum, for selling 70,000 copies. Jade co-designed her own jewellery line with Diva accessories. In August 2013, Jade performed in Indonesia for RCTI's 24th anniversary televisheni special, X Factor Around the World, along with The Collective, Jahméne Douglas, Melanie Amaro, Novita Dewi and Fatin Shidqia. Jade performed "Firestarter" in the first week of the fifth season of The X Factor. During her performance on The X Factor, it was announced that Jade is working on her sekunde album. She won 'Best Video' for "Firestarter" at the 27th ARIA muziki Awards. Jade released a sekunde single from her upcoming album, entitled "Soldier" on 15 November 2013, which peaked at number 17 and was later certified Gold, for selling 35,000 copies. On 24 January 2014, Jade released a cover of "I Am Australian" with Dami Im, Jessica Mauboy, Justice Crew, Nathaniel Willemse and Taylor Henderson, to coincide with the Australia siku celebrations.The song peaked at number 51 on the ARIA Singles Chart. Jade played Kylie Minogue in the mini-series INXS: Never Tear Us Apart, televised on the Seven Network in February 2014. Jade was nominated for "Most maarufu New Talent" at the Logie awards for the role. Jade released a third single from her sekunde album on 11 April 2014, entitled "Up!". It peaked at number 18 and was later certified Gold, for selling 35,000 copies. On 3 September 2014, Jade performed in Los Angeles as part of Nova FM's Red Room Global Tour. Jade's inayofuata single "Sweet Talk" was released on 21 November 2014, with her sekunde album scheduled for release in 2015. On 17 July 2015, Jade released a new single, "Shake That", featuring American rapper Pitbull. It served as the lead single for her long-awaited sekunde studio album. On 5 September 2015, it was announced that Jade had joined the cast of the long-running soap opera nyumbani and Away as Isla Schultz.
Samantha Jade's sekunde studio album, Nine, was released on 20 November 2015. Jade confirmed in March 2016 that she is currently working on her third album and is hoping to release it kwa the end of 2016. It could contain the upcoming singles 'Crushed' and 'Ooh Ooh Ooh' that are mentioned on the Ascap website. In 2016 it was announced that Jade had been cast as Tracey Tyler in the Nine Network mini-series House of Bond.
On October 28, 2016, Jade announced a new single "Hurt Anymore" in collaboration with Cyrus Villanueva, to be released on November 4.