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Joss Stone Joss Stone on the 2007 MuchMusic Video Awards red carpet in Toronto on 17 June 2007 Background information Birth name Jocelyn Eve Stoker Born 11 April 1987 (1987-04-11) (age 21) Dover, Kent, England Genre(s) Soul, R&B, blues Occupation(s) Singer-songwriter, actress Years active 2003–present Label(s) Relentless, Joss Stone (born Jocelyn Eve Stoker[1] on 11 April 1987) is an English soul and R&B singer-songwriter and actress. Stone emerged to fame in late 2003 with her multi-platinum debut album, The Soul Sessions, which made the 2004 Mercury Prize shortlist. Her second album, the equally multi-platinum Mind, Body & Soul, topped the UK Albums Chart for one week and spawned the top ten hit "You Had Me", Stone's most successful single on the UK Singles Chart to date. Both album and single each received one nomination at the 2005 Grammy Awards, while Stone herself was nominated for Best New Artist. Stone's latest album, Introducing Joss Stone, released in March 2007, has achieved gold status by the RIAA. Throughout her career, Stone has sold over ten million albums worldwide, and has won two BRIT Awards and one Grammy Award. She also made her acting debut in late 2006 with the fantasy adventure film Eragon, as the witch Angela, and she will make her television debut portraying Anne of Cleves in the Showtime series The Tudors in 2009.[2] Contents [hide] 1 Early life 2 Music career 2.1 The Soul Sessions (2003) 2.2 Mind, Body & Soul (2004) 2.3 Early life Stone was born at Buckland Hospital[3] in Dover, Kent, and spent her teenage years in Ashill, a small village in Devon. She is the third of four children born to Richard and Wendy Stoker.[4] Her father owns a fruit and nut import/export business;[5] her mother, who used to manage holiday cottages,[5] worked as Stone's manager until October 2004.[6] Stone made her first public appearance at the Uffculme Comprehensive School—which she attended[7]—in Uffculme, Devon, with a cover of Jackie Wilson's 1957 song "Reet Petite".[8] Because of her dyslexia, Stone left school at age sixteen with only three GCSE qualifications. "It wasn't that I was stupid. I'm just a little bit dyslexic and I wasn't very academic. I'm more artistic", she says.[9] Stone grew up listening to a wide variety of music including 1960s and 1970s 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. "My first CD that I owned was Aretha Franklin: Greatest Hits. And I saw the advert on TV and it was just like little clips | ||||
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