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Skye Alexandra Sweetnam (born May 5, 1988) is a Canadian singer, actress, and music video director. She first entered the music industry in 2003 with the release of her debut single "Billy S." More than a year later, her debut studio album, Noise from the Basement, was released along with the singles "Tangled Up in Me" and "Number One". Sweetnam is also known for her voice work in The Barbie Diaries. In 2006, she was nominated for a Juno Award for New Artist of the Year. Her second studio album, Sound Soldier, was released in 2007. She is currently the lead singer of the band Sumo Cyco;[3] upon joining the band, she took the stage name Sever.

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Skye Sweetnam
Skye Sweetnam of Sumo Cyco performing in England, 2019
Background information
Birth name	Skye Alexandra Sweetnam
Also known as	Sever
Born	(1988-05-05) May 5, 1988 (age 34) Bolton, Ontario, Canada
Origin	Bolton, Ontario, Canada
Genres	Pop punk[1] pop rock[2] hard rock alternative metal
Occupation(s)	Singer actress music video director
Instrument(s)	Vocals guitar piano
Years active	2002– present
Labels	Capitol (2002–2007) EMI (2002–2009)
Website	sumocyco.com

Early life

Skye was born on May 5, 1988, to Deirdre and Greg Sweetnam.[4] She was named after the Isle of Skye in Scotland. Along with her sister, Aurora, and her brother, Cam, she was born and raised in Bolton, a community in Caledon, Ontario, where she studied dancing and singing from a young age. She began singing at the age of five, performing for family members and friends.

Music career

2003–2006: Noise from the Basement

In 2003, Sweetnam worked with Canadian producer and instrumentalist James Robertson on what would later become Noise from the Basement, her Capitol Records/EMI debut. The single "Billy S." appeared in July 2003 on the soundtrack to the movie How to Deal and quickly took off in Canada. Two more singles were released from the debut album; they fared moderately on the charts. In 2004, Sweetnam went on tour over Europe and North America as the opening act for Britney Spears on her Onyx Hotel Tour.

Sweetnam also provided the theme songs for various television shows including The Buzz on Maggie for Disney Channel, Wayside for Teletoon and Radio Free Roscoe. She also covered "Part of Your World" from the 1989 Disney film The Little Mermaid for the compilation albums Disneymania 3 and DisneyRemixMania. In 2006, Sweetnam provided the singing voice for Barbie in The Barbie Diaries. Her songs "Girl Most Likely To", "Note to Self", "Real Life", and "This Is Me", were also included in the soundtrack to The Barbie Diaries.

2007–2008: Sound Soldier

In March 2007, Sweetnam and Rancid frontman Tim Armstrong released the single Into Action, a song written by Armstrong for Sweetnam's upcoming Sound Soldier album. The song also featured The Aggrolites. Sweetnam was the opening act for Canadian Idol winner Kalan Porter on tour.

Her album Sound Soldier was released October 30, 2007; its lead single, "Human", was nominated for a 2008 MuchMusic Video Award for Best Cinematography, but lost to Hedley's "She's So Sorry". For the second single EMI picked "(Let's Get Movin') Into Action", a rework of her previous single with Armstrong. Sweetnam directed two music videos herself for "Music Is My Boyfriend" and "Babydoll Gone Wrong". Throughout 2009 and 2010, she released a number of songs from Sound Soldier. Meanwhile, in her YouTube make-up tutorials, Sweetnam has used the songs "Rock n' Roll Baby", "Love Sugar Sweet", "Heartbreak", "Boomerang", "MuSick", and "Wolves and Witches". Sweetnam also released a song entitled "Stay", along with "Boomerang", "MuSick" and "Wolves and Witches", on her MySpace page.

Sweetnam also recorded "Lava Rock" for the video game Super Monkey Ball: Step & Roll, provided vocals for a song on Jun Senoue's album, The Works, and directed a music video for Leah Daniels' song "Northern Señorita" as well as for Ashes' song "Explode (Makes My Head)". Sweetnam also co-wrote two songs for Ashes.

2009–present: Sumo Cyco

Sweetnam began working on new music in 2009 and formed a new band, Sumo Cyco, a four-piece heavy metal and punk rock band that opened for Hollywood Undead in Toronto in April 2011. Sweetnam now went by the name Sever, which was her current alter-ego.

As of July 2012^[update], Sumo Cyco has released six singles: "Mercy", "Limp", "Interceptor", "Danger", "Loose Cannon", and a cover of Oingo Boingo's "Who Do You Want To Be?". With each new song, Sumo Cyco would direct and put together their own music videos for their YouTube channel which, as of July 2022^[update], has received over seven million views.

Sweetnam's song "(Let's Get Movin') Into Action" was also used in an episode of the Canadian teen drama Degrassi: The Next Generation, in one deleted scene from Bandslam, and in the films Balls Out: Gary the Tennis Coach, Hotel for Dogs, and the 2010 popular film Ramona and Beezus (starring Joey King and Selena Gomez). It was also included in the soundtrack for Music from Degrassi: The Next Generation.

On June 9, 2012, Sweetnam posted a video on her YouTube channel that promised that a new material will eventually be released.

In April and May 2014, Sumo Cyco toured Ireland and the UK after their performances at Indie Week Ireland. Then, on June 10, 2014, they released their debut album, Lost in Cyco City, in Canada.

On March 10, 2015, Sumo Cyco announced that they had signed with TKO (The Kirby Organization) Booking Agency, known for its representation of hard rock and metal acts, for worldwide representation.[5]

Sumo Cyco released their second album Opus Mar in 2017.

In January 2020, the band announced that they had signed a deal with Napalm Records. They released their third album Initiation through Napalm Records in 2021.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2003-2005	Radio Free Roscoe	Herself	Theme song singer
2004		Sydney DeLuca	Episode: "The Bad Boy"
	Switched!	Herself	Episode: "Megan/Skye"[6]
2005-2006	The Buzz on Maggie	Herself	Theme song singer
2005; 2007-2008	Wayside	Herself	Theme song singer
2006	The Barbie Diaries	Barbie	Singing voice
2011	My Life Me	Herself	Theme song singer

Discography

Skye Sweetnam

• Noise from the Basement (2004)
• Sound Soldier (2007)

Sumo Cyco

• Lost in Cyco City (2014)
• Opus Mar (2017)
• Initiation (2021)

See also

• List of Skye Sweetnam songs

Awards and nominations

Year	Result	Award	Category	Nominated work
2006	Nominated	Juno Awards	New Artist of the Year	Herself
2008	Nominated	MuchMusic Video Award	Best Cinematography	"Human"

References

External links

• Skye Sweetnam on Facebook
• Skye Sweetnam's YouTube Channel
• Skye Sweetnam at IMDb

На других языках

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- [en] Skye Sweetnam

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[es] Skye Sweetnam

Skye Alexandra Sweetnam es una cantante, Compositora, actriz y directora de videos musicales canadiense de pop rock/pop punk nacida el 5 de mayo de 1988 en Bolton, Ontario (Canadá). Skye Sweetnam debutó en el 2003 con su sencillo debut "Billy S.", un año y medio después lanza su álbum debut "Noise from the Basement", del cual desprendió los sencillos "Tangled Up In Me" y "Number One". En 2006 fue nominada en los Juno Awards en la categoría "Artista Nuevo del Año". En 2007 lanza su segundo álbum de estudio titulado "Sound Soldier" del cual desprendió el sencillo "Human", que fue producido por The Matrix. En 2011 Sweetnam sorprendió al mundo por dejar de ser solista y crear una banda de la cual es la vocalista y líder. llamada Sumo Cyco, dejando por un lado al Pop rock/Pop punk para trasladar su estilo al Heavy metal. Actualmente es conocida por su sobrenombre "Sever" y su banda lanzó en 2014 su álbum debut titulado "Lost In Cyco City".

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[ru] Суитнем, Скай

Скай Александра Свитнем (род. 5 мая 1988 года) — канадская поп-рок-певица и автор песен. Скай Свитнем появилась на музыкальной сцене Канады в 2003 году с дебютным синглом «Billy S.». Через год вышел её дебютнй альбом Noise from the Basement. В 2006 году Скай Свитнем была номинирована на Juno Awards в категории «Лучший новый исполнитель».

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