De'Jon Pier'e first came to prominence via the social networking site MySpace in 2006, garnering over two million profile views and one million song plays. This led to him reaching the number one spot as the "Most Popular Unsigned Indie Artist" on the MySpace charts, a title which he held for five weeks in 2008.[1]
He used this online popularity to market his first album, "Honest" (2006), and follow-up "Individualism" (2008), marketed through Ditto Music and iTunes. He continued to exploit the techniques of online music marketing with his third album "This Is..." (2010), which brought his total album sales to more than 10,000.[2]
As of November 2011, De'Jon's most recent projects have included a fourth album, "Weirdo" (2011)The video for his song "Wasted Energy" has remained in the Channel AKA charts since October 2010, it is now charted at Number 212 plus he has accumulated over 132,000 views on his YouTube channel.
De'Jon Pier'e was also interviewed by Greenwich Times on Page 21 in February 2010, for his efforts in selling his music on iTunes. [3] Page 21
Sadly his mother passed away October 16, 2011 due to kidney failure, in honour of his mother he will carry on and pursue his own clothing line "Xklusive" clothing line, dedicated to her , this will more be in force as of Summer 2012.
In February 5th 2012, he releases an online album of all his well known songs and online hits recorded from 2002-2012 between his four albums, it will be dedicated to his mother called " BLOSSOM" which is a nick name she was called when she grew up in Jamaica, Clarendon. It will be released as a free download on his mother's birthday February 5, 2012. Blossom is a collection of 16 selected songs from his previous four albums which were on iTunes from 2002-2011, + 5 new unheard songs, and are now a 21 track album up for free download. De'Jon Pier'e has worked in various music industry based companies such as EMI, PPL, PRS, Warner and Universal.
