Jodie Connor

After narrowly missing out on the final stages of 2003's Pop Idol, U.K. R&B singer Jodie Connor became a regular chart presence seven years later, becoming one of the few female artists to occupy the same grime-pop scene as Tinie Tempah, Labrinth, and Chipmunk. Born in Oldham, Manchester, Connor, inspired by the likes of Janet Jackson, Mariah Carey, and Alicia Keys, competed in various talent contests across the North West of England before entering the second series of the hit Simon Cowell show. After making it through to the wildcard stages, she was denied a place in the fin...