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Joss Stone
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Joscelyn Eve Stoker (born 11 April 1987), best known by her
stage name Joss Stone, is a BRIT Award- and Grammy Awardwinning English soul, R&B, and blues singer, songwriter, and
occasional actress who has sold over ten million albums
worldwide.
Joss Stone
Contents
1 Early years
1.1 The Soul Sessions
1.2 Mind, Body & Soul
1.3 Introducing Joss Stone
2 Achievements and notoriety
2.1 2007 BRIT Awards
3 Discography
3.1 Albums
3.2 Singles
4 Filmography
4.1 Films
4.2 Television
5 See also
6 References
7 External links
Early years
Stone was born in Dover, Kent, and spent her teenage years in
Ashill, Devon. She is the third of four children born to Richard
and Wendy Stoker: Daniel, Lucy, and Harry.[1] She made her
first public appearance at the Uffculme Comprehensive School
— which she attended[2] — in Uffculme, Devon, with a cover of
Jackie Wilson's 1957 "Reet Petite".[3]
Joss Stone in interview on MuchMoreMusic's
MuchOnDemand in June 2007.
Background information
Birth name Joscelyn Eve Stoker
April 11, 1987
Born
Dover, Kent, England
Soul, R&B, blues
Genre(s)
Occupation Singer, songwriter, actress
(s)
Years active 2003–present
EMI/Relentless, S-Curve, Virgin
Label(s)
JossStone.co.uk (http://
Website
www.jossstone.co.uk) (UK)
JossStone.com (http://
www.jossstone.com) (U.S.)
Stone grew up listening to a wide variety of music including
American R&B and soul music performed by such artists as Dusty Springfield and Aretha Franklin; as a result, she
developed a soulful style of singing like her idols. In 2001, at the age of fourteen, she appeared on the BBC
Television's talent show Star for a Night singing Donna Summer's 1979 "On the Radio". She told MTV News, "I
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kind of clicked into soul music more than anything else because of the vocals. You've got to have good vocals to
sing soul music and I always liked it ever since I was little".
In 2002, she decided to back her ability by flying out from England for an audition in New York City with S-Curve
CEO Steve Greenberg. She also signed a global music publishing deal with BMG Music Publishing in the UK.
Since then, she has performed with such artists as Blondie and Gladys Knight.
The Soul Sessions
After being signed by S-Curve Records, Stone flew to Miami, Florida to start working on her debut album, The Soul
Sessions, released on 16 September 2003. She collaborated with people with solid credentials in the Miami soul
scene such as Betty Wright, Benny Latimore, Timmy Thomas, and Little Beaver. She also worked with
contemporary acts Angie Stone and The Roots.
The album consists of little-known soul tracks by Wright, Franklin, Laura Lee, and Bettye Swann. Released in late
2003, it reached the top five in the UK Albums Chart, and also made the top forty of the U.S. Billboard 200 chart.
The lead single, "Fell in Love with a Boy", which was a reworking of The White Stripes' 2001 "Fell in Love with a
Girl", reached the top twenty of the UK Singles Chart, as did the second single, a cover version of Sugar Billy's
1974 "Super Duper Love".
It was nominated for a Mercury Prize in 2004.
Mind, Body & Soul
After achieving critical acclaim with The Soul Sessions, Stone recorded her second album — this time made mostly
of songs co-written by her —, Mind, Body & Soul, released on 28 September 2004. It proved to be an even bigger
success than her first album, as it debuted at number one in the UK (breaking the record for the youngest female
ever to top the UK Albums Chart, a record previously held by Avril Lavigne) and just missed the top ten of the
U.S. Billboard 200, after peaking at number eleven. The lead single, "You Had Me", became her first top ten hit in
the UK. Follow-up singles "Right to Be Wrong" and "Spoiled" both made the top forty, and "Don't Cha Wanna
Ride" the top twenty. "Spoiled" landed just outside the top fifty of U.S. Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, peaking at
number fifty-four. The fifth single is "Less Is More" in Latin America and Australia and "Security" in Europe, both
released as airplay only.
Introducing Joss Stone
Stone began working on her third studio album, Introducing Joss Stone, in Barbados, in May 2006.[4] It was
released on 12 March 2007 in the UK via Virgin Records, involving production by Raphael Saadiq and
collaborations with Lauryn Hill, Novel, and Common. Virgin describes it as "an electrifying mix of warm vintage
soul, '70s-style R&B, Motown girl-group harmonies, and hip-hop grooves".[5] Stone herself describes it as "truly
me. That's why I'm calling it Introducing Joss Stone. These are my words, and this is who I am as an artist".[5] She
also revealed on The Tavis Smiley Show that her break-up with Beau Dozier was a source of inspiration while
writing Introducing Joss Stone.[6] The album debuted at number twelve on the UK Albums Chart. "Tell Me 'Bout
It", the lead single, debuted and peaked at number twenty-eight on the UK Singles Chart — where it stayed for
three weeks only — and peaked at number eighty-three on the U.S Billboard Hot 100. It also debuted at number
two on the Billboard 200 selling 118,000 copies in its first week, becoming the highest debut for a British solo
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female artist on the U.S. charts, surpassing the record previously held by Amy Winehouse with Back to Black.[7]
The album has sold 60,000 copies in the UK since its release, gaining Silver status on the charts.
Achievements and notoriety
Known for her barefoot performances and neo-hippie
fashions, Stone became an icon of sorts for stylishly
earthy young women.[8] To promote her 2007 album,
however, she changed her style to a harder-edged,
purple-haired look.
In March 2005, Stone was named the spokesperson for
the megastore Gap, replacing Sarah Jessica Parker.[9]
She recorded two songs for its commercial — a cover of
Ray Charles' 1958 "Night Time Is the Right Time"
(retitled as "The Right Time") and a cover of The Beach
Boys' 1966 "God Only Knows". By that time, rumours
circulated about her being reportedly dropped because
she was living with then-twenty-five-year-old
songwriter/producer Beau Dozier (son of producer
Lamont Dozier) in Los Angeles, California while she
Joss Stone at the 2007 MuchMusic Video Awards.
(Photo by Robin Wong (http://www.robinwong.ca/) .)
was only seventeen.[10] However, this was later denied.[11]
On 14 November 2004, Stone joined Band Aid 20 to benefit Sudan's troubled Darfur region. The group, consisting
of such luminaries as Coldplay lead singer Chris Martin and U2 lead singer Bono, re-recorded the 1984 song "Do
They Know It's Christmas?", written by Band Aid organisers Bob Geldof and Midge Ure. Stone, born two years
after the release of the original single, wasn't initially aware of who Bob Geldof was.[12] The media gleefully
reported that she repeatedly referred to him as Bob Gandalf.[13] Despite some criticism, the single became the UK's
biggest seller of 2004[14] as well as the Christmas number one.[15]
On 9 February 2005, Stone was nominated for three BRIT Awards, of which she won two — "British Female Solo
Artist" and "British Urban Act". She performed "Angels" with Robbie Williams during the ceremony. She also
received three nominations for the 2005 Grammy Awards — "Best New Artist", "Best Female Pop Vocal
Performance" for "You Had Me", and "Best Pop Vocal Album" for Mind, Body & Soul —, where she sang barefoot
on stage with rock performer Melissa Etheridge, in tribute to the late blues-rock singer Janis Joplin. Their
performance of "Cry Baby/Piece of My Heart" was released as a single, and, through the aid of strong digital
downloads, became Stone's first single to enter the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, when it debuted and peaked at number
thirty-two.
In July 2005, she lent her vocal talents to the Fantastic Four soundtrack, singing the title song "What Ever
Happened to the Heroes", written by Pink, billymann, and Christopher Rojas and produced by Beau Dozier shortly
before their break-up in October 2005.
On 2 July 2005, Stone performed at the Live 8 concert at Hyde Park, London, and performed "Papa's Got a Brand
New Bag" with funk legend James Brown on the British chat show Friday Night with Jonathan Ross. On 5
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February 2006, she joined Stevie Wonder, India.Arie, and John Legend at the Super Bowl XL pre-game show in
performing a medley of Wonder's hits. Three days later, on 8 February, she helped perform a medley of hits by the
reclusive singer Sly Stone, the frontman of Sly & the Family Stone, on the night of the 2006 Grammy Awards.
Stone collaborated with jazz pianist Herbie Hancock and blues singer-guitarist Jonny Lang on a cover of U2's 1988
song "When Love Comes to Town", from Hancock's 2005 album Possibilities. She has also recently collaborated
with Lemar on his latest album The Truth About Love, on the track "Anniversary".
Stone made her film debut in the fantasy epic Eragon, based on the 2003 novel of the same name, released on 15
December 2006. In the film, Stone plays the witch Angela.
At the 2007 Grammy Awards, Stone shared a win of the award for "Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group
with Vocals" for her collaboration with Sly & the Family Stone, John Legend, and Van Hunt on "Family Affair".
Stone was named the World's Best Celebrity Dog Owner in 2005 in an online poll conducted by readers of The New
York Dog Magazine and The Hollywood Dog Magazine.[16] She owns two female dogs: Missy (named after rapper
Missy Elliott), a Rottweiler, and Dusty (named after Dusty Springfield, one of her major influences), a Poodle.[17]
She was also voted the World's Sexiest Vegetarian in 2005 by PETA, alongside Chris Martin.[18]
Canadian singer-guitarist and photographer Bryan Adams recently photographed Stone for the Hear the World
magazine (http://www.hear-the-world.com) , a quarterly culture and lifestyle publication dedicated to the topic of
hearing.
Joss was #78 on Maxim's Hot 100 in 2007.
2007 BRIT Awards
Stone caused controversy at the 2007 BRIT Awards ceremony, on 14 February, when presenting the award for
"British Male Solo Artist" (won by James Morrison). Speaking with a faux American accent and walking around
the podium, she gave a speech in which she asked the audience to send "big love" to Robbie Williams, who had
been the butt of earlier jokes made by host Russell Brand. Williams had been reported as going into rehab that same
week. As her speech continued, she made remarks about Brand, implying that he was heading for rehab himself
(while singing a passage of Amy Winehouse's "Rehab"). Brand stated that he was "a bit worried about that poor
cow" at the close of the show.[19]
The BRIT Awards appearance was the beginning of a string of incidents that the UK press reported as examples of
Stone's increasingly erratic behaviour.[20][21]
Discography
Albums
Cover
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The Soul Sessions
Released: 24 November 2003
Chart positions: #4 UK, #39 U.S., #38 U.S. R&B, #19 CAN, #16 AUS, #8 NZ, #4
GER, #23 FRA, #8 ITA, #8 WOR
UK sales: 900,000+
UK certification: 3x Platinum
U.S. certification: Gold
Worldwide sales: 3 million
Mind, Body & Soul
Released: 27 September 2004
Chart positions: #1 UK, #11 U.S., #15 U.S. R&B, #13 CAN, #7 AUS, #5 NZ, #7
GER, #9 FRA, #12 ITA, #2 WOR
UK sales: 900,000
UK certification: 3x Platinum
U.S. certification: Platinum
Worldwide sales: 4.5 million
Introducing Joss Stone
Released: 12 March 2007
Chart positions: #12 UK, #2 U.S., #4 U.S. R&B, #27 IRE, #6 CAN, #15 AUS, #
17 NZ, #6 GER, #22 FRA, #7 ITA, #1 NTH, #1 WOR
UK sales: 60,000+
UK certification: Silver
U.S. sales: 406,900
U.S. certification: Gold
Worldwide sales: 1 million
Singles
Year
2004
Single
Chart positions
UK
U.S.
"Fell in Love with a Boy"
18
—
"Super Duper Love"
18
—
"You Had Me"
9
—
"Right to Be Wrong"
29
—
"Spoiled"
32
—
20
—
—
32
2005 "Don't Cha Wanna Ride"
"Cry Baby/Piece of My Heart" (with Melissa Etheridge)
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Mind, Body & Soul
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2006 "Cry Baby Cry"
(Santana featuring Sean Paul and Joss Stone)
"Tell Me 'Bout It"
2007
71
—
28
83
"Tell Me What We're Gonna Do Now" (featuring Common)
All That I Am
The Trinity (bonus CD)
Introducing Joss Stone
Filmography
Films
Year Title
Role
2006 Eragon Angela
Television
Year
Title
Role
Episode
2005 American Dreams Singer at the Lair "Starting Over" (episode 13, season 3)
See also
List of British Jewish entertainers[22]
List of notable people diagnosed with dyslexia
List of celebrities who have been Punk'd by name
References
1. ^ Joss Stone (http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,18909-1243965,00.html) . Times Online (4 September 2004)
. Retrieved on 2007-01-27.
2. ^ The Guardian profile: Joss Stone (http://arts.guardian.co.uk/features/story/0,,1267463,00.html) . Guardian Unlimited (23
July 2004). Retrieved on 2007-05-11.
3. ^ Joss Stone Tickets (http://www.onlineseats.com/joss-stone-tickets/index.asp) . OnlineSeats.com. Retrieved on 2007-0511.
4. ^ Soul Princess Joss Stone's Favorite Isle (http://www.psychopedia.com/dailynews/2006/10/my_town_barbadossoul_
princess.html) . psychoPEDIA (13 October 2006). Retrieved on 2007-03-09.
5. ^ a b Joss Stone Discusses New Album, Due March 20, With HARP (http://harpmagazine.com/news/
detail.cfm?article=10828) . HARP (18 January 2007). Retrieved on 2007-01-27.
6. ^ Joss Stone (http://www.pbs.org/kcet/tavissmiley/archive/200703/20070319_stone.html) . PBS (19 March 2007).
Retrieved on 2007-03-23.
7. ^ Joss Beats Winehouse (http://www.mtv.co.uk/channel/mtvuk/news/29032007/joss_beats_winehouse) . MTV UK (29
March 2007). Retrieved on 2007-03-29.
8. ^ Joss Stone (http://www.elle.com/coverfullstory/7685/joss-stone-page2.html) . ELLE. Retrieved on 2007-05-19.
9. ^ Gap Replaces Sarah Jessica Parker with Joss Stone (http://www.andpop.com/article/4065) . andPOP (23 March 2005).
Retrieved on 2007-06-17.
10. ^ Stone axed (http://www.fazed.com/musicnews/Stone_axed.html) . Fazed (25 July 2005). Retrieved on 2007-05-18.
11. ^ Joss Stone not axed by GAP (http://www.andpop.com/article/4065) . andPOP (25 July 2005). Retrieved on 2007-06-17.
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12. ^ Top of the Pops - Top 5 - Lord Of The Blings (http://www.bbc.co.uk/totp/news/top5/2005/05/10/19220.shtml) . BBC
(10 May 2005). Retrieved on 2007-01-09.
13. ^ LIVE8: the backlash (http://www.pressureworks.org/frontline/features/LIVE8_2.html) . PressureWorks.com (7 June
2005). Retrieved on 2007-01-09.
14. ^ The UK's Bestselling Singles (http://www.bpi.co.uk/stats/content_file_125.shtml) . BPI. Retrieved on 2007-01-09.
15. ^ UK Top 40 Chart Archive, British Singles & Albums Charts (http://www.everyhit.com) . EveryHit.com. Retrieved on
2007-01-09.
16. ^ Joss Stone Most Canine-Friendly Celebrity (http://www.axcessnews.com/modules/wfsection/article.php?articleid=7097) .
Axcess News (11 December 2005). Retrieved on 2007-03-04.
17. ^ A Few Words From Joss Stone (http://www.popworld.com/pages/newsitem?B0BA998F-4064-472A-A75FBB86D2345BE6) . popworld (16 March 2007). Retrieved on 2007-05-27.
18. ^ The World's Sexiest Vegetarians Are ... (http://www.peta2.com/outthere/o-sexyveg05.asp) . peta2. Retrieved on 2007-0405.
19. ^ the brits. live. (http://assistantbrighton.blogspot.com/2007/02/brits-live.html) . AssistantBrighton.Blogspot.com (14
February 2007). Retrieved on 2007-03-11.
20. ^ Joss Stone is ordered to ditch her friends (http://nowmagazine.co.uk/celeb_news/Celebrity_gossip_Joss_Stone_is_
ordered_to_ditch_her_friends_article_112687.html) . NOW (13 March 2007). Retrieved on 2007-03-26.
21. ^ Incoherent, virtually friendless and depressed - what is happening to Joss Stone? (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/
articles/showbiz/showbiznews.html?in_article_id=443882&in_page_id=1773) . Daily Mail (22 March 2007). Retrieved on
2007-03-26.
22. ^ Education - Anglo-jewry (http://www.liberaljudaism.org/education_anglo_jewry.htm) . Liberal Judaism. Retrieved on
2007-04-11.
External links
Official UK website (http://www.jossstone.co.uk)
Official U.S. website (http://www.jossstone.com)
Official German website (http://www.jossstone.de)
Official Finnish website (http://www.jossstone.fi)
Joss Stone (http://www.myspace.com/jossstone) at MySpace
Joss Stone (http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:tcex97eskrrt) at All Music Guide
Joss Stone (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1510184/) at the Internet Movie Database
Joss Stone chats with Mad Dog & Billie on Toronto's MIX FM (http://www.999mixfm.com/audio_video_
mdb)
Joss Stone's controversial appearance on BBC Radio 1's The Chris Moyles Show (http://
chrismoyles.yellowcheese.com/mw/interviews_2007-02-22_joss-stone.mp3)
Interview and photoshoot on Complex magazine in June/July 2007 (http://www.complex.com/
index.php?task=Articles&id=617&section=2&issue=1)
Joss Stone
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Discography
Studio albums: The Soul Sessions • Mind, Body & Soul • Introducing Joss Stone
Singles: "Fell in Love with a Boy" • "Super Duper Love"
"You Had Me" • "Right to Be Wrong" • "Spoiled" • "Don't Cha Wanna Ride"
"Tell Me 'Bout It" • "Tell Me What We're Gonna Do Now"
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Featured singles: "Cry Baby/Piece of My Heart" • "Cry Baby Cry"
DVDs: Mind, Body & Soul Sessions: Live in New York City
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