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Jessie J says 'Party in The U.S.A.' paid her rent for more than 3 years

"I write songs. I'm a singer," said Jessie J. "I love doing endorsements and stuff, but that's all added on."

By Veronica Linares
Recording artists Jessie J on December 21, 2014. UPI /Gary I Rothstein
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NEW YORK, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- Singer Jessie J opened up about the past and future of her career in an interview for the January issue of Glamour UK.

The 26-year-old singer has become quite the household name in 2014 with hit singles like "Bang Bang" featuring Ariana Grande and Nick Minaj and "Burnin' Up," but long before everyone knew who she was, Jessie was still behind one of the biggest songs of the decade.

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"'Party in the U.S.A.' paid my rent for, like, three years," she said of the party anthem she co-wrote with Dr. Luke and Claude Kelly for Miley Cyrus's first EP, Time of Our Lives.

"Actually it was longer than that. That's where I get most of my money," she added. "I write songs. I'm a singer. I love doing endorsements and stuff, but that's all added on."

As for the next step in her career, she said she'd like to do "charity stuff, a line of perfume [and] another book."

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"I'd like to write an inspirational book, an acoustic album, have kids, and get married. I want to buy my mum and dad a house outright; I want to buy my sisters' houses outright. I'm nearly 27 and I'm nowhere near done. I feel like I've only just got my foot in the door."

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