Semi-Finalist on American Song Contest

Broderick Jones | Biography

Singer and Songwriter

• By Anil Pradhan
• Update : April 30, 2022

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Broderick Jones is an aspiring American singer who has mainly gained fame as a contestant on NBC’s American Song Contest. He appears on the show as a Kansas State representative.

Who is Broderick Jones?

Broderick Jones is a Kansas native singer and songwriter. He is best known for his most popular single track 'Pokemon U' which has around 35 million views on YouTube alone. Moreover, he currently represents his state, Kansas, in the NBC reality singing competition, American Song Contest.

Jones’ age, birthday, parents, and education details are not available on verified media sources. However, he was born in Olathe, Kansas, where he grew up dreaming of one day becoming the greatest artist coming out of Kansas.

Jones developed his zeal for singing when he was only a little kid. He dreamt of singing at events like the Super Bowl and Grammys and pretended to be on stage in his living room. Jones mentioned in an interview with The Community Voice in March 2022 that he was initially attracted to music and singing after watching the American Idol. At that time, he was in the sixth grade of school. He said,

“I was watching American Idol in sixth grade, and I thought it was so dope. I wanted to be up there too. But when I first started singing, I was really horrible and my mom told me I wasn’t allowed to sing anymore.”

After his mother disallowed him from singing, Jones gave it up until completing high school. However, after high school, he again picked it back up. In the same interview with The Community Voice, he also mentioned that he gets his inspiration for music from artists like One Direction, Michael Bolton, Drake, and Gavin DeGraw.

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Jones’ Music Career

The Kansas native singer officially announced his music career in 2014 after he dropped his first single, 'Cuddle.' Immediately after its release, he started gaining fame among the locals. Later in 2017, he released his first Extended Play (EP) titled Me.

Jones continued on his journey to making music and released his second EP, Stories Untold, in 2019. It consisted of six songs. After that, in 2021, he launched his first-ever full album titled Maybe Tomorrow.

Among all of Jones' songs, his 2016 track 'Pokemon U' has primarily impacted his music career and made him an overnight success. In an interview with escunited.com in March 2022, he talked about how his song 'Pokemon U' opened a wave of opportunities for him that has changed his life for good. He said,

“That song really changed my life because without that I wouldn’t know crvv, which is one of my brothers. a guy who’s believed in me from the jump and allowed me to be me and bring my vision to life. I probably wouldn’t have met Calio or any other producer who used my voice on their beats during that time! Truly blessed to have been a part of that. And also it gave me credibility in a sense to myself. It was proof that it was possible. That anything is possible.”

Jones has most recently released his single 'XYZ' on 20 November 2021. He uploaded the official music video of the song on YouTube, which has just over 5k views as of writing.

'American Song Contest'

The NBC reality series, American Song Contest, is a singing and songwriting competition. It features 56 contestants, one each from the 50 US States, one from Washing D.C., and five are from the US territories.

Jones came on the show as the representative of his native state, Kansas. In his recent interview with The Community Voice, he talked about his audition for the American Song Contest. He said, “Someone reached out to me and said it would be worthwhile auditioning for the show. I dug into it and did it and now I’m here.”

The reality series first premiered on NBC on 21 March 2022. Currently, it is well underway in its semi-final rounds, and Jones is one of the 22 semi-finalists of the show.

For the semi-final round, the 22 remaining contestants were made into two groups, semi-final 1 and semi-final 2. The 11 members in semi-final 1 are Allen Stone, Jordan Smith, Riker Lynch, Mari, Ni/Co, Ryan Charles, Hueston, Jonah Prill, Ada LeAnn, Jared Lee, and AleXa.

Similarly, the semi-final 2 contestants are Tenelle, Sweet Taboo, Michael Bolton, Stella Cole, Broderick Jones, Enisa, John Morgan, Grant Knoche, Tyler Braden, Chloe Fredericks, and Christian Pagan.