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  Img Skye Sweetnam with camcorderjpg
  Img Capt Skye Sweetnam at the Junos in Halifax in 2006
  Background solo_singer
  Birth Name Skye Alexandra Sweetnam
  Origin Bolton , Ontario , Canada
  Instrument Guitar , Piano , Electric Piano
  Genre Pop-Rock <br> Pop Punk <br> Teen Pop
  Occupation Vocalist, Voice actress, Actress
  Years Active 2003 &ndash present
  Label Capitol Records
  URL http://wwwskyesweetnamcom http://wwwmyspacecom/skyesweetnam


Skye Alexandra Sweetnam (born May 5 , 1988 ) is a Canadian Singer of the early 2000s . She released her first single, "Billy S.", in 2003 ; it appears on her first album, '' Noise From The Basement '', which was released on September 21 , 2004 . Her debut album features 13 songs, including the singles " Tangled Up In Me " and " Number One ". Sweetnam has also guest-starred on the television show '' Radio Free Roscoe '', on which she sings the theme song. She also sings the theme song to '' The Buzz On Maggie '', which is called "Just the Way I Am". She also sings the theme song for a new Canadian TV show called Wayside based on the books by Louis Sachar ; the song is called "Fly By the Wayside". In 2006, Sweetnam was nominated for a Juno Award for New Artist of the Year. Her second album is soon to be released, titled ''Sound Soldier''.


BACKGROUND

Born to Deirdre and Greg Sweetnam, she was named after the '' game, and ''Sugar Guitar'',with the song being re-recorded in '' Simlish ''. She is the singing voice of Barbie in the straight to video release, The Barbie Diaries and has recorded songs for the movie. ''Sugar Guitar'' from the Japanese Special Edition of ''Noise From The Basement'' is featured in a new Zellers commercial - for the 2007 back to school shopping television ad campaign. In 2007 Tim Armstrong recorded the song he did with Sweetnam called "Into Action" and released it as his single in March. Sweetnam's vocals are featured in the chorus of the song, and she appears in the video of the song.


SOUND SOLDIER

On both her official Myspace page and website, Skye confirmed that her upcoming album, Sound Soldier will be released in Canada by the end of 2007. On July 21, 2007, Skye uploaded a new track called, "Bring It Back" on her MySpace. She had previously performed the song at her Sea World gig in 2005. On August 30, 2007, Sweetnam performed at the CD release party for Dodger . She performed brand new material including, "Boyhunter", her version of "Into Action", "Makeout Song", "Ghosts", and "Music Is My Boyfriend". Sweetnam also stated that the first single from Sound Soldier would be "Human" and that the album would be out in Canada in early October.


DISCOGRAPHY


Albums



Singles



Non-Album tracks and B-sides

Duets:
  • "Into Action" (Collaboration with Tim Armstrong)


B-sides:
  • " Wild World " - from " Billy S. " single

  • "Tidal Wave" - from " Tangled Up In Me " single (Also rare versions of "Billy S.")

  • "Too Late" - from "Tangled Up in Me" single.


From DisneyMania:

For television & film:

From International Releases:
  • "Superstar" - '' Noise From The Basement '' (Korean Edition)

  • "Sugar Guitar" - ''Noise From the Basement'' (Japanese Special Edition)

  • "Imaginary Superstar" - ''Noise From the Basement'' (Japanese Special Edition)

  • "Tidal Wave" - from ''Noise From the Basement'' (Japanese Special Edition)


Unreleased / demos:
  • "Give It Time" - Pre-career demo

  • "(I'm) Just A Girl" - Pre-career demo

  • "I've Been There Too" - Pre-career demo

  • "Awakening"

  • "Shattered"

  • "Number One" (Alternate Demo Version)

  • "Number One (WNBA Version)" - sung at WNBA



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