With Skye Sweetnam landing a major record deal and travelling outside her native Canada, does she get a jealous reaction from pals when she returns home? “If they’re jealous, they haven’t told me,” she tells Chart magazine. “They act so excited when they’re around me, and they’re always talking — ‘Oh, Skye was on this, you have to watch her!’ and ‘This is my favorite song!’ They always want to learn the lyrics and they’ll sing it to me. They’re great and I’m always making sure I have time for them.”

ChartAttack.com caught up with 15-year-old Skye Sweetnam to ask how she feels about preparing to launch as a pop newcomer with the release of her debut album in September. “I guess that’ll be cool…” she replied, blushing, “I don’t know, it’d be cool to have fans; I’ve never had that before, you know, people who admire what I do or…. admire how I look… it’d be fun, I guess…” Read more, including the mixed reaction she’s gotten from message boards, here.