JoJo was 13 years old when she first caught your eye. It was the “Leave (Get Out)” video, and she was sitting down by the lockers after school had let out, singing about how some unworthy dummy broke her heart.
This year is the year JoJo is coming back onto the scene. She released Tringle as a preview for what’s to come in her full-length album, and though much has undoubtedly changed for her over the past decade, her voice is still as compelling (and soulful) as it was when she first started out.
She’s also as well-liked as she was when she first started out. Seriously. She had become friends with everyone who was anyone before you and I hit puberty. Click through the gallery to see early-teens JoJo and all her famous friends.
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1 Lindsay LohanGetty Images
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2 Christina AguileraGetty Images
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3 Benji and Joel MaddenGetty Images
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4 Vanessa Williams, LeAnn Rimes, Ruben Studdard and Michael McDonaldGetty Images
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5 The Jonas BrothersGetty Images
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6 Fergie and Nelly FurtadoGetty Images
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7 Christina MilianGetty Images
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8 Carrie UnderwoodGetty Images
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9 Emma RobertsGetty Images
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10 Robin WilliamsGetty Images
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11 Kristin CavallariGetty Images
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12 Wilmer ValderramaGetty Images
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13 Ashley TisdaleGetty Images
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14 AkonGetty Images
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15 AJ and Aly MichalkaGetty Images
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16 Vanessa Minnillo, Jesse McCartney and Vanessa HudgensGetty Images