Chart Juice: Elle Varner Debuts at No. 2 on RBHip-Hop Albums. Billboard. Prometheus Global Media.

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In October 2009, she signed with RCA Records along with a co-publishing agreement with Sony Music.

The album debuted at number four on the US Billboard Hot 200.

Roderick released an album on the Dome label in 2007.

Jimmy Varner is a songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist who has collaborated with Gerald Alston, Kool the Gang, and Will Downing.

Her parents, together with Stan Sheppard, formed the group By All Means which was a minor success.

At age six she began to play musical instruments, beginning with the flute, and later she moved on to piano and guitar.

She attended several music programs including actress Wendy Raquel Robinson s Amazing Grace Conservatory starting at age 11 and Alexander Hamilton High School s Academy of Musics Vocal Jazz Group.

Varner then attended New York University s Clive Davis Department of Recorded Music.

She dropped the guitar and became a part of Alexander Hamilton High Schools Academy of Musics Vocal Jazz Group.

Once there, she learned about the complexity of the voice, jazz music and talented jazz artists like Ella Fitzgerald.

Varner was surprised to discover that she had been chosen to be a part of the Grammy in the Schools Mentoring Program.

Through this program, she was taken weekly to the Fox Studio, where she met with mentor Kelly Burgos, and President of Fox Music, Robert Kraft.

Soon after, Varner hesitantly applied to NYU with her C average and was surprisingly accepted.

Not only did she get in, but also she was admitted into the second class of the Clive Davis Department of Recorded Music.

Upon graduating, she was awarded most likely to get signed and most likely to win a Grammy.

Four years later she finds herself a well-rounded and cultured singer-songwriter.

In 2008 Varner graduated from NYUs renowned Clive Davis Department of Recorded Music.

In October 2009 she signed with MBKJ-RCA Records along with a co-publishing agreement with Sony Music.

After honing her skills even further, Varner became one of the first artists featured in BETs Music Matters campaign for 2010.

The song, which serves as the lead single from her debut studio album Perfectly Imperfect (2012), features American rapper J.

Cole. The song peaked at 20 on the US Billboard RBHip-Hop Songs chart.

In October 2011, she was listed as one of TheBoomBoxs 15 Artists to Watch 10 and was one of the artists featured in BET s Music Matters campaign.

On October 7, 2011, RCA Music Group announced it was disbanding J Records along with Arista Records and Jive Records.

In preparation for her debut studio album, Varner released a mixtape on January 23, 2012, titled Conversational Lush as promotion towards her debut.

The second single from Varners debut album Refill was released to iTunes January 31, 2012, and debuted at 78 on the US Billboard RBHip-Hop Songs chart.

Theres fun songs, emotional songs, deep songs, everything you could think about is on that album.

Commenting on Fitzgerald, Varner said I just would always listen to her voice and say Oh my God, how does she do it You know its like she has this enchanting, beautiful voice and Im very enthused by her.

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