Jazmine Sullivan is known all over for her prowess as an R&B, reggae, and soul singer. She has produced hits like Need U Bad (2008), Bust Your Windows (2008), and Love Me Back (2010). Sullivan has won a Billboard Rising Star Award, BET Centric Award, and an ASCAP Award and was nominated for 11 Grammy Awards. Jazmine was in an abusive relationship which led her to depression. She followed a vegan diet to support her mother, who has Cancer.
How Jazmine Lose Her 50 Pounds?
Jasmine Sullivan lost her 50 pounds weight by following a vegan diet. A vegan diet is a diet based exclusively on plant foods. In some cases, it may increase the risk of nutrient deficiencies.
After losing her 50 pounds, she was criticized as sick. Some of her fans also commented on either the skinny bodysuits for her or not. To clarify her fans and haters, Jazmine Sullivan mentioned that :
"There’s nothing skinny abt me but my neck. I’m 5’8 however, so I sometimes photograph a little leaner than I am. But I ain’t skinny and that was never my goal."
Concerning her weight loss, Jazmine mentioned that,
"I have a lot of things to work on in my journey and I’m not nearly the model for health and fitness…But I’m trying. And I’ll continue to do so with my momma! Bless y’all. Love y’all."
She has also mentioned that she was supporting her mother, who has Cancer, by going vegan with her. And the diet helped Sullivan to lose her weight as well.
Jazmine Sullivan Net Worth, Career & Awards
American recording artist Jazmine has an estimated net worth of $7 million from her singing career.
She started her singing career at the age of 13 in choirs with singer Stevie Wonder. Sullivan provided vocals for Kindred the Family Soul's song I Am and background vocals on the song Party's Over in 2003.
Sullivan's debut studio album is Fearless, released in 2008. She released the album Dream Big (2009) and Love Me Back (2010). Songs included in her album Love me Back are Love You Long Time, Don't Make Me Wait, Redemption, Excuse Me, Good Enough, and You Get On My Nerves.
Jazmine announced she was leaving the music industry in 2011. After taking a three-year break in 2014, Sullivan announced her third studio album, Reality Show, later released on 13 January 2015. The album consists of 14 songs and features production from Key Wane and Salaam Remi. This album became the best-selling album of Sullivan and ranked number one at the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums.
She was featured in the visual album Endless by Frank Ocean in 2016. Sullivan lent her vocals to four songs from the album: Alabama, Wither, Hublots, and Rushes.
Sullivan also featured on various TV series like Glee (2009), Dancing with the stars (2010), The Voice of the Philippines (2013), Insecure (2017), and Little Mix: The Search (2020).
R&B singer Jazmine Sullivan released her fourth album Heaux Tales in early January of 2021. Jazmine just performed the national anthem alongside country star Eric Church in Super Bowl LV.
Jazmine Sullivan in The Super Bowl (©: Yahoo News Canada)
At the 51st Annual Grammy Awards in 2009, Sullivan was nominated for three BET awards in Best New Artist, Best Female R&B Artist, and Centric Award for her successful debut album Fearless. She won the Centric Award. She was also nominated for the Outstanding New Artist award at the NAACP Image Awards.
In 2010, Sullivan won the Rising Star award at the Billboard Women in Music. Song Holding You Down from her second studio album, Love Me Back, earned her a Grammy nomination for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance in 2011.
Sullivan's third album, Reality Show (2015), earned her three Grammy nominations and two NAACP Image Awards for Outstanding Female Artist and Outstanding Song for Let It Burn.
At the 49th NAACP Image Awards, Sullivan was nominated for Outstanding Song for Insecure. Sullivan's most notable song, Bust Your Windows was listed number 140 on National Public Radio's list of The 200 Greatest Songs By 21st Century Women.
Sullivan has won a Billboard Rising Star Award, BET Centric Award, and an ASCAP Award and was nominated for 11 Grammy Awards.
Jazmine Sullivan Age & Bio
33 years old Jazmine Sullivan was born on 9 April 1987 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She is also known as Jazmine Marie Sullivan.
Her mother is a former backup singer for Philadelphia International Records. At the same time, her father landed a position as a curator for the city's Historic Strawberry Mansion in the Strawberry Mansion section when Jazmine was five years old.
She has two siblings with whom she shared her childhood memories.
Sullivan has graduated from Philadelphia High School for the Creative and Performing in 2005.
Concerning her physical appearance, Jazmine stands at the height of 5 feet and 7 inches and weighs around 70 kg in weight.
Abusive Relationship And Breakup Of Jazmine Sullivan
Sullivan was in an abusive relationship back in 2010. During the time of the relationship, Sullivan suffered domestic abuse from her boyfriend. Her boyfriend slapped her so hard that she couldn't hear out of one ear. After that, she got separated from him and went into depression.
She talked about her abusive physical relation since it happened. Her second album, Love Me Back ( 2010), was released when she had moved on from the situation. However, she could not be healed from its trauma.
After the breakup, Jazmine stayed away from music. As mentioned by Meaww, Jazmine told that ;
" left music because I was in a really bad relationship. It had gotten abusive. Just having to deal with the industry and that my personal life was so bad, I had to go."
Her song Forever Doesn’t Last from the album Reality Show addressed her break up was therapeutic for her to get through her failed relationship. She also has a track titled Masterpiece from the same album, which she said is about finding her worth.
Later, Jazmine felt a little ashamed about the things that she did after her breakup, and she allowed herself to do.
After the abusive relationship ended, Jazmine has appeared in a happy relationship with a musician Dave Watson. As reported by People, Jazmine told Vulture that:
"We moved fast, but we were probably just on the same page. We don't mind talking things out. We know we don't know everything, and that's where a good relationship starts. You're open to learning."
In back 2017, Jazmine wrote a message to her ex-boyfriend Dave that;
"Haven’t been able to separate since our first date. We didn't know what "this" was, but we knew we didn’t wanna let it go! Then U took this beat-up the heart and made it feel brand new again...So thank u! Thank u for being u! For loving and respecting me daily. U ain't always rt, but ur just rt for ME! So Hbd.. can't wait to spend all of them looking at u the same way! Love u with all my heart baby!."
After 2017, it was not revealed that whether the couple, Jazmine and Dave, were together or not because Sullivan has not revealed her private life and relationship.