It wasn't hard to forget about the price tag when Jessie J took to the stage at Bedgebury Pinetum as part of the Forest Live tour.

It's hard to believe but Jessie only arrived on the music scene at the end of 2010 and, after becoming the first female UK artist to score six top ten hits (including two number ones) from a studio album - the multi-platinum selling debut Who You Are - has followed up that early, and impressive, success with appearances as a mentor on BBC's The Voice and a second album, Alive, which was released last year.

London-based singer Leah McFall, who finished runner-up in last year's The Voice on BBC television, got the evening off to a lively start with her expressive vocals providing the perfect aperitif ahead of the main course.

And what a sumptuous main course it was. Jessie arrived on stage dressed in a pale blue crop top and high-waisted pants and proceeded to demonstrate just why she is of the UK's hottest musical properties.

Jessie's appeal spans the generations, from the very young to the, ahem, not so young.

It’s impossible to place Jessie into a single musical category, and that’s a large part of her appeal.

From princess pop to R&B hip hop, it’s all present and correct.

The fact that she performs it all with such ease only serves to highlight her very real and rare talent.

Because of Jessie’s multiple musical personalities, it’s between songs we get to learn more about the real Jessie than we do when she’s singing.

She demonstrates an excellent rapport with her fans, particularly the young ones, who welcome her words with frantic screams.

One thing that was consistent, throughout the concert, is Jessie’s positive, upbeat vibe, and an encouraging message to be Who You Are.

It’s clear that Jessie feels a sense of responsibility towards her fans.

Highlights of Jessie’s set included the brilliant Nobody's Perfect - which showcases her powerful, soaring and almost certainly underrated vocal ability perfectly - and Do It Like A Dude, which brought Jessie to the world’s attention.

Jessie also performed a couple of new songs including Ain't Been Done, which is so new, Jessie declared, that she could get the words wrong and no one would even know.

Jessie also gave us an excellent rendition of Oasis’s Wonderwall which caused some confusion among a group of people nearby as they struggled to identify the song.

Jessie rounded the night off, of course, with Price Tag accompanied by probably one of the youngest backing singers ever to grace the stage, a two-year-old called Ellie-May who was plucked from the audience.

And what a backing singer she turned out to be. Admittedly, she was only asked to throw in the odd ‘money, money’ but she did so with aplomb, and note perfect.

Bedgebury Pinetum is a wonderful venue - though I do think that a couple of big screens for those people not lucky enough to squeeze in near the stage would be appreciated - and it’s a fantastic place to enjoy your live music al fresco.

It’s a big, open space and it takes a big personality to fill it. Fortunately, that’s exactly what Jessie has.

Visually it wasn’t the most spectacular set, but it didn’t need to be, not with the sparkling Jessie J as the centerpiece.