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'Good To Know': JoJo On Coming Out Of Hardship With First New Album Since 2016

After a drawn out fight with her record label, Good To Know is JoJo's first new album since 2016. "I found my power. And that feels so exhilarating and intoxicating," she says.
After a drawn out fight with her record label, <em>Good To Know</em> is JoJo's first new album since 2016. "I found my power. And that feels so exhilarating and intoxicating," she says.

For Joanna Levesque, who performs as JoJo, the freedom of her new album was over 15 years in the making.

JoJo was just 13 years old when her song "" hit No. 1 on the Billboard pop charts in 2004. At the time, she was the youngest artist ever to hold that spot. "Too Little Too Late," the lead single for her second album, made it even further to No. 3 on the Hot 100, and in that her third album would arrive in time for her 18th birthday.

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