This Boston-area singer (real name: Joanna Levesque), who will turn 16 on Dec. 20, recently landed a Top 10 hit with "Too Little Too Late," the first single off her second album, The High Road.

ON HER FIRST SPLURGE When [my first album] went gold, I bought a diamond "J" ring that my mom didn't know about. She was mad, so she took away my credit card. However, I still wear it to this day.

ON HER EX-BEAU, TEEN SOCCER PRO FREDDY ADU We were together a year and a half. He was my first love. We're still friends. I'm single now. It's tough to find boys that want to talk to me.

ON PESKY FANS It's weird when fans follow me into the bathroom. And once I was fighting with a boy at dinner and someone came up to us. I smiled and put on a happy face. Then we resumed our fight.

ON LIP-SYNCING I don't think I'd be the kind of person who would sacrifice the [live] vocal to dance. I just wouldn't want to.