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When I was 15 I became a full-time singer in a band. At 18 I made my first record.

I started singing when I was 18 and landed my first record deal with RCA when I was 26 after a lot of grafting singing in pubs and clubs.

When I was 13, I told my dad I needed to record myself because I sounded awesome, even though I didn't. By 18, I was a lot better. Then I got a publishing deal, so I was writing songs for other people professionally.

I was 17 when I released my first record. I didn't really figure out what I wanted to say, how to get a message and put it together.

I started writing songs at 17.

I started out when I was about 12, playing drums. I started singing when I was about 15.

I started making music professionally when I was 14.

I was writing rap at 12 years old and began writing songs as a 20-year-old. I think I wrote my first song in the winter of 2008-2009, when I was in Buenos Aires. I was writing about growing up and my boys back home.

Fame came quickly. I was only 19 when I secured my initial recording contract and my first two hit records - 'Are 'Friends' Electric?' and 'Cars' - were number ones.