Jaci Velasquez

Jaci Velasquez: Biography in Details

Who is Jaci Velasquez?

Jaci Velasquez is a Grammy Award-nominated American singer. Jaci Velasquez is an actress who worked in several movies and TV series. She is famous for her contemporary Christian and Latin pop songs. The singer sings in English and Spanish. Her album, Platinum was one of the most sold at almost 5 million albums and songs worldwide.

What are the birth facts of Jaci Velasquez?

Jaci was born on October 15, 1979, in Houston, Texas. Her birth name is as Jacquelyn Davette Velasquez. Her mother’s name is Diana Velasquez and father’s name David Valesquez.

Both of her parents are the professional singer. She grew up with her siblings, two sisters Dion Velasquez & Mindy Velasquez. Her parents had a divorce in 2000, which affected her deeply. The singer started traveling with her father at the age of nine.

Jaci Velasquez: Education History

The information about her education history is unknown. Her interest in music was from the start so it is said that instead of studies, she concentrated on following her dream.

Jaci Velasquez: Early, Profession life

Jaci Velasquez has a very good career. In the history of Christian music, she is the first solo artist who was able to reach Gold status. Her national debut album Heavenly Place in 1996  was hit. The five of the songs of the CD became the super hit. The album was later certified Platinum. The album became one of the fastest selling albums in her genre.

Velasquez signed a four-album recording deal with Sony discos in 1998. She performs Latin music, she does not speak Spanish fluently. She is the singer who releases the Spanish-language album, Llegar a Ti which. Her first single from the album, Llegar a Ti hit the Billboard Hot Lato Tracks Chart. She was nominated for Latin Grammy Award for her single.

She released her second Spanish album, Mi Corazon which also hit the Billboard Hot Latin Tracks. The songs of the albums became the highest selling singles of the year. She won a Grammy Award nomination for her album.

After getting success from her albums. She signed with In pop records and her album named Diamond was released.

Jaci Velasquez: Acting Career

Valesquez has not only built her career in the music industry. She is similarly popular in acting field and plays several movies.

She made her acting debut in 2003 as Patricia in a comedy film, Chasing Papi. The movie starred Roselyn Sanchez, Sofia Vergara, and Eduardo Verastegui. The year, the movie reached no.11 at the box office with a collection of $12.6 million worldwide.

She appears in various of the good movies and TV series including Doc, Los Reyes Magos, The Encounter, and I’m Not Ashamed. She has just appeared in 2017’s American Christian drama film, A Question of Faith. In the drama, she worked with Richard T. Jones and Kim Fields.

Jaci Velasquez: Lifetime Achievements and Awards

She has outstanding performance and receives the GMA Dove Award for Spanish Language Album of the Year for her work. She has won nine Dove Awards from 1997-2017.

Jaci Velasquez: Social Media Profile

Jaci is active on different social media. She is active on Instagram with 116K followers. Jaci is active on Twitter with more than 172K followers. She uses Facebook and has more than 1M followers on her Facebook Account.

Jaci Velasquez: Salary and Net Worth

Jaci is one of the renowned actress and singer and has good earning. Her net worth is $8.5 Million.

Jaci Velasquez: Rumors and Controversy

The actor does not have any kind of rumors. She has good professional and private life. Same goes with the controversy and scandals, she barely has any.

How tall is Jaci Velasquez?

Jaci stands with the height of 5 feet 6 inches and weighs 54 kg. Her body measurement is 32-28-30 inches. She has black colored hair and brown colored eyes. She wears a shoe size of 6 US.

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