Cassadee Blake Pope (born August 28, 1989) is an American singer-songwriter, musician, and is the lead vocalist of the pop rock band Hey Monday, which is currently on hiatus as of December 2011. With the band she released the studio album, Hold on Tight and three extended plays.

Pope embarked on a solo career which was announced in December 2011, but reassured fans that the band had not "broken up." In early 2012 she played her first acoustic solo tour before releasing her debut solo EP in May later that year.

She took part in the third season of NBC's The Voice and was crowned the winner on December 18, 2012, becoming the youngest and the first female contestant to win.

Biography

Early life

She began as a singer in the award-winning St. Ann School Jazz Band while in middle school in West Palm Beach. While in Wellington High School in Wellington, Florida, Pope formed the band Blake (titled after her middle name) with good friend Mike Gentile. The project disbanded before being signed.

Personal life

Pope has been dating Rian Dawson, the drummer of All Time Low. Pope's best friend is Ali Tamposi, girlfriend of Maroon 5 guitarist James Valentine and songwriter for artists including Kelly Clarkson. Tamposi co-wrote the hit single Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You).

Hey Monday

In 2008, she and Gentile along with Alex Lipshaw, Michael "Jersey" Moriarty, and Elliot James founded the pop punk band Hey Monday. At the end of 2009, Pope confirmed via her Twitter that Elliot James had departed the band.

On October 7, 2008, Hey Monday released their first studio album, Hold on Tight. Pope wrote two songs and co-wrote the other nine songs.

With Hey Monday was being sponsored by clothing company Glamour Kills, Pope did modeling for their online store.

On March 15, 2010, Pope announced that she had finished recording vocals for Hey Monday's EP Beneath It All, and that it was to be released on August 17, 2010. She also made a brief appearance in All Time Low's CD/DVD, Straight to DVD, released in May 2010.

The Christmas EP was released on December 6, 2011. It was followed later that month by an announcement that Hey Monday had taken an indefinite hiatus on good terms, while the band members pursue individual side projects, with Pope going solo.

Hey Monday toured with bands such as Fall Out Boy, All Time Low and Yellowcard.

Other appearances

She appeared in Fall Out Boy's video for "America's Suitehearts", from their 2008 album Folie à Deux. In the video, Pope plays a girl wearing large glasses talking by the telephone who is then kidnapped. She also provided guest vocals for The Cab's remix version of their song "Take My Hand" that appeared on Fall Out Boy's mixtape, Welcome to the New Administration, and appeared in the music video for it the following summer of 2009. She had a guest appearance as herself in the Degrassi: The Next Generation TV Movie, Degrassi Goes Hollywood, along with Pete Wentz.

Cassadee along with her Hey Monday bandmates as well as band members of Stereo Skyline appeared on an episode of MTV's Silent Library. She has performed guest vocals live for We the Kings's song "We'll Be a Dream" replacing Demi Lovato (original vocals on the song) as well as live vocals for Yellowcard, The Academy Is..., All Time Low, Attack Attack!, The Cab, Cobra Starship, Fall Out Boy, This Providence, and I See Stars. In early 2012, she embarked on her first solo acoustic tour across the east and west coast. She released her debut self titled EP (self-labeled) on May 22, 2012, featuring four songs; "Original Love", "Secondhand", "I Guess We're Cool", and "Told You So". All of the songs on the EP were written by Cassadee herself.

The Voice

She auditioned for season 3 of the popular singing competition, The Voice, which aired on NBC on Tuesday, September 25, 2012. Her audition was controversial as she already had some professional experience as had competitors Terry McDermott and Jordan Pruitt. She sang "Torn" and had all four coaches offer her a place on their teams. She ultimately picked Blake Shelton to be her coach.

Pope won her battle round singing "Not Over You" by Gavin DeGraw against Ryan Jirovec and then won her knockout round singing "Payphone" by Maroon 5 against Suzanna Choffel. She performed "My Happy Ending" by Avril Lavigne for her first live performance and was voted through to the next round by the viewers. Pope sang "Behind These Hazel Eyes" by Kelly Clarkson for her second live performance and was voted through by the viewers. The next round, Pope performed a heartfelt song, "Over You", co-written by Blake Shelton about his older brother who had died in a car accident. The song reached number one on the iTunes chart, knocking PSY's "Gangnam Style" down to number two. In the Top 8, Pope sang "Are You Happy Now?" by Michelle Branch and was again voted through. For the Top 6 round, Pope sang "Stand" by Rascal Flatts (as chosen by her coach, Blake Shelton) and "I'm with You" by Avril Lavigne (her own pick). She was voted through again and was the only female contestant to advance to the Top 4 round. In the Top 4 round she performed "Stupid Boy" by Keith Urban, which also reached number one on iTunes. Based upon America's votes, she advanced to The Voice finals, which aired on December 17, 2012 winning the title on the live finale results day on December 18, 2012 with other Team Blake contestant Terry McDermott finishing as runner-up.

An album compiling her performances on The Voice entitled "The Voice: The Complete Season 3 Collection" bowed at No. 1 on the Heatseekers and sold 11,000 copies, and 8,000 more copies in the following week. Her self-titled EP also re-entered the chart at No. 42, selling 1,000 copies.

Post-The Voice

Pope is currently signed to Universal Music Group and will reportedly release her upcoming album in the first quarter of 2013. When asked what direction she'd like to take her debut solo album in, Pope responded:

"If you were to take Taylor Swift, make it edgier with a just a little hint of country and make the lyrics a little more mature, that would be the direction I'd like to take,"

Pope performed "Stand" on New Year's Eve with Carson Daly, and later performed that night with Grammy award winning group Train at NIVEA Kiss Stage in Times Square in New York City.

Pope performed in the first annual Trump Invitational hosted by Donald Trump in West Palm Beach, Florida.

On January 17, 2013, she signed with Republic Nashville, an imprint of Big Machine Records best known for country music artists.

Tours

Tour name	Participating acts	Continent	Participating from - to
Solo Acoustic Tour	Cassadee Pope Stephen Jerzak Justin Young Darling Parade It Boys	North America	January 27 - February 24, 2012

Discography

Albums and EPs

With Hey Monday

Date of release	Title	Record label
2008	Hold On Tight	Columbia/Decaydance
2010	Beneath It All	Columbia/Decaydance
2011	Candles - EP	Columbia/Decaydance
	The Christmas EP	Self-Released

Solo

Date of release	Title	Record label	US Peak
2012	Cassadee Pope EP	Self Released
2012	The Voice: The Complete Season 3 Collection, Cassadee Pope	Universal Republic Records	125
2013	TBA	Universal Music Group

Singles

Year	Single	Peak chart positions
		US Country	US	CAN
2012	"Over You"	3	25	15
	"Are You Happy Now?"	"	95	92
	"Stupid Boy"	4	40	28
2013	"Cry"	14	60	53
	"Steve McQueen" (with Blake Shelton)	42	"	"
""" denotes items which failed to chart.

Guest appearances

Albums

Date of Release	Band	Album Title	Song Title	Record label
2008	Various Artists	CitizensFOB Mixtape: Welcome to the New Administration	"Take My Hand Machine Shop Production"	Decaydance
2009	The Cab	The Lady Luck EP	"Take My Hand (Remix)"	Decaydance/Fueled By Ramen
2011	Vonnegutt	$FREE.99	"When I Come Around"	Purple Ribbon Records
	Yellowcard	When You're Through Thinking, Say Yes (Acoustic)	"Hang You Up"	Hopeless Records
	It Boys!	Introduction	"Shy"	Hollywood Waste Records
2012	I See Stars	Digital Renegade	"Electric Forest"	Sumerian Records
	Yellowcard	Southern Air	"Telescope"	Hopeless Records
	All Time Low	Don't Panic	"Backseat Serenade"	Hopeless Records
	I See Stars	The Hardest Mistakes - Single	"The Hardest Mistakes"	Sumerian Records

Live

Song	Band	Performed On
Take My Hand	The Cab	The Why So Serious? Tour Alternative Press 2010 Tour Warped Tour 2010
Down and Out	The Academy Is...	Bill & Trav's Bogus Journey Tour
The Test
Check Yes Juliet	We the Kings
Snakes On A Plane (Bring It)	Cobra Starship	Believers Never Die Tour Part Deux
Sugar, We're Goin Down	Fall Out Boy
Waste Myself	This Providence	The Let's Make A Mess Tour
Remembering Sunday	All Time Low	The Glamour Kills Tour The Dirty Work Tour The Gimme Summer Ya Love Tour
Smokahontas	Attack Attack!	Warped Tour 2010
Brat Pack	The Rocket Summer
We'll Be A Dream	We the Kings
Only One	Yellowcard	The Dirty Work Tour
View From Heaven

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