Skye Alexandra Sweetnam (born May 5, 1988) is a Canadian singer and songwriter. She released two solo studio albums on Capitol Records/EMI — Noise from the Basement (2004) and Sound Soldier (2007) — and was nominated for a Juno Award for New Artist of the Year in 2006. Her 2003 debut single "Billy S." and its 2004 follow-up, "Tangled Up in Me", both charted in Canada, and she toured as an opening act for Britney Spears on the Onyx Hotel Tour in 2004. She is also known for voicing Barbie's singing parts in The Barbie Diaries (2006). Since 2011, she has been the lead vocalist of the alternative metal band Sumo Cyco, performing under the stage name Sever. She was named after the Isle of Skye in Scotland. She has a sister, Aurora, and a brother, Cam. She began singing at the age of five and studied dancing and singing from a young age.

Career

2002–2006: Noise from the Basement

In 2002, Sweetnam began working with Canadian producer and instrumentalist James Robertson on material that became Noise from the Basement, released by Capitol Records/EMI. The album debuted at number 124 on the Billboard 200 and reached number 15 on the Oricon Album Charts in Japan. The lead single, "Billy S.", appeared in July 2003 on the soundtrack to the film How to Deal and reached number 15 on the Canadian Singles Chart. Two further singles, "Tangled Up in Me" and "Number One", followed. Sweetnam performed "Tangled Up in Me" on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno in September 2004 and was featured in Rolling Stone, Blender, Teen People, and Teen Vogue around the time of the album's release. In 2004, Sweetnam toured Europe and North America as the opening act for Britney Spears on the Onyx Hotel Tour.

Sumo Cyco's second album, Opus Mar, followed in 2017. In January 2020, the band signed with Napalm Records, which released their third album, Initiation, on May 7, 2021. Their fourth album, Neon Void, was released independently in October 2025 and received positive reviews from outlets including Blabbermouth.net and Dead Rhetoric.

Filmography

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| 2003–2005 || Radio Free Roscoe || Herself / Sydney DeLuca || Theme song singer; guest appearance in "The Bad Boy"

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| 2004 || Switched! || Herself || Episode: "Megan/Skye"

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| 2005–2006 || The Buzz on Maggie || Herself || Theme song singer

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| 2005–2008 || Wayside || Herself || Theme song singer

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| 2006 || The Barbie Diaries || Barbie || Singing voice

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| 2011 || My Life Me || Herself || Theme song singer

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Discography

Solo

  • Noise from the Basement (2004)
  • Sound Soldier (2007)

With Sumo Cyco

  • Lost in Cyco City (2014)
  • Opus Mar (2017)
  • Initiation (2021)
  • Neon Void (2025)

Awards and nominations

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! Year !! Award !! Category !! Nominated work !! Result

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| 2006 || Juno Awards || New Artist of the Year || Herself ||

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| 2008 || MuchMusic Video Award || Best Cinematography || "Human" ||

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See also

  • List of Skye Sweetnam songs

References

  • Skye Sweetnam on YouTube