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Alexia Jayy of The Voice Season 29

The Voice will kick off Season 29 with a new format and just three coaches — Kelly Clarkson, Adam Levin and John Legend — on Feb. 23.

Here’s more about Alexia:

* She’s an R&B singer-songwriter from the small town of Irvington, Alabama, with lots of music already released.

* And people have been listening. Her 2022 single “I Need a Man” has over 1.5 million streams on Spotify alone. Her 2023 single “Supposed 2” has more than 1 million. And she has four other singles than have been streamed more than 500,000 times.

* And The Voice has already released a sneak peek of her blind audition. She earns a three-chair turns with a wonderful cover of “A Natural Woman” by Carole King.

* In a 2021 interview, Alexia says she grew up around “all different genres of music.” She sang her first church solo at age 2.

* At age 9, she joined a gospel girls’ group called “Grace” and won Amateur Night at the Apollo. She began writing her own music at age 12.

* In the 2021 interview, Alexia said a turning point for her came when she was working at an Amazon warehouse, thinking a singing career was out of the question for someone from a small town in Alabama. A co-worker approached and asked her why she was there.

* “She said, ‘I’ve been listening to you since you were a little girl and you mean to tell me you wanna do this. Because you have a choice. WE don’t.’ At that moment I knew she was right, and that was the day I knew I had to follow my dream.”

* In 2021, Alexia released her first single, “Who Raised You,” a song written from the perspective of a single mom. She’s been releasing music ever since, including a debut EP called “Mixed Emotions” in August.

* Wrote Alexia on release day: “This project is more than just songs. It’s my truth, my highs, my lows, and everything I’ve carried in between. Every lyric came from a real place, and I pray when you press play, you feel a piece of yourself in it too.”

* She’s since released a new single called “Sprung” And she just released a song called “Feels Right.” Check out an acoustic version of “Sprung” below.

* In a recent social media post, it’s clear she’s expecting big things in 2026. “I’ve been singing my whole life,” she writes. “Sharing my voice, my heart and my stories online. Every late night, every doubt, every prayer … it’s all lining up. This year is shaping up to be the biggest chapter yet.”

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