She first saw fame when she began writing songs for American singers Chris Brown and Miley Cyrus. The most successful track she co-wrote is “Party in the U.S.A.”, which gained platinum certification in many countries. On 7 January 2011, Jessie J came top of the BBC’s Sound of 2011 list. She followed this in February by receiving Critics’ Choice at the 2011 BRIT Awards.
She released her first single “Do It Like a Dude”, which peaked at 2 in the UK. Jessie released her follow-up single, “Price Tag” which went straight to number-one in the United Kingdom, Ireland and New Zealand and top ten in 19 other countries. It remained at number-one in the UK for two consecutive weeks. Her debut album was released on 25 February 2011 and charted at number-two on the UK Albums Chart.