Her voice has been used on many historic Grammy Award-winning, gold, and platinum albums, as well as performing live with many artists such as Elton John, Andraé Crouch and Martha Reeves.

Jean Johnson was born in East Los Angeles, California to the late Pastor John and Veasther Corbin.

Johnson has performed with leading artists, such as Michael Jackson on the songs "Bad",[1] "Man in the Mirror"[2] "Will You Be There" and “Unbreakable”; Madonna on the album Like a Prayer;[3] Quincy Jones on the soundtrack for the film The Color Purple; Stevie Wonder; Julio Iglesias; and Gladys Knight.

Soon thereafter, Johnson placed first in the National Dream Girls Contest with Jennifer Holliday and landed a role as the leading vocalist in The Little Shop of Horrors and Date With an Angel.

Her big break came when she was asked by Sandra Crouch to perform as the lead vocalist for the singles "He's Worthy", "My Soul Loves Only You" and "Completely Yes".