What to Listen to This Tuesday: 10/16

I still can't get over that this girl is only 14. (Or 15. Same difference.) At 13, JoJo (AKA Joanna Levesque) hit the top of the charts with her single "(Leave) Get Out," becoming the youngest solo artist ever to do so. 13. You know what I was doing at 13? A science project on the periodic table of the elements. I think I was Chromium.

The thing that's the most impressive about JoJo is not her packaging or her marketing - it's that she's singing about topics like relationships where the mere concept of someone so young having a story to tell about it is...well, straight up weird. It's the way she sings it that makes it all work. You buy it.

JoJo is an unbelievably talented singer for someone that's still so young. Listen to her on the radio, and you'll think you're rocking out to someone a lot older. "Been around the block and dated 14 different losers and taught her daughter to avoid them too," older. If she were in your school choir, you would not want to mess with her. You'd join track and cut your losses.

Not only can the girl riff with the likes of Mariah and Christina, she can act and write songs. Hey, I'm jealous.

Her new single "Too Little Too Late" peaked at #3 on the Billboard Top 100, and she shows no signs of slowing.

Pick up a copy of The High Road tomorrow. With production by Scott Storch, Swizz Beatz, and Timbaland, you know this little girl is going to be doing big things.