However, while Decker had always considered herself a country artist, the album was produced and marketed with a pop audience in mind. Jessie James was reasonably successful and featured "Wanted," a single that brushed the Top 40 of the singles charts. Her first album, a self-titled effort under the moniker Jessie James, arrived in August 2009. Reid, head of the affiliated Island/Def Jam label group, and Reid signed her to a record deal. When Mercury Records president David Massey heard Decker's demos, he passed them along to L.A. She was 17 when she caught the ear of a representative of independent label Big Yellow Dog Records, who began shopping her songs to artists and labels. She'd started writing songs, and was paying regular visits to Nashville, making the rounds of record companies and music publishers, looking for a deal. By the time she was nine, Decker's family was living in Louisiana, where she won a regional talent contest with a cover of Patsy Montana's "I Want to Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart." By 15, Decker was living in Georgia. Born Jessica Rose James, Decker's somewhat exotic birthplace was a product of her being raised in a military family. A singer whose style blends country sounds with a pop sensibility, Jessie James Decker was born in Italy in 1988.
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