Jill Scott (singer)

Jill Scott at the Blacklily Film & Music Festival in Philadelphia May 2007.

Jill Scott at a concert in Hamburg (2000)

Jill Scott (born April 4, 1972 in Philadelphia ) is an American singer of jazz , rhythm and blues and soul . She is a three-time Grammy winner. Musically, Jill Scott joins the artists Erykah Badu , India.Arie and Angie Stone , who are considered representatives of neo-soul .

Music career

Jill Scott was born and raised in Philadelphia, USA. She wrote her first poems in 8th grade. Then she begins to set them to music. She is discovered at an event by Roots drummer Ahmir Khalib Thompson . Together they wrote the song You Got Me , which became a world hit in 1999 and received a Grammy for best rap performance.

In 2000 her debut album Who is Jill Scott? Words and Sounds Vol. 1 , which has been honored with two platinum records and has earned you three Grammy nominations. In the same year she was awarded the Aretha Franklin Award for Entertainer of the Year. Jill Scott works with Common , Eric Benét and Will Smith . In 2001 the double CD Experience: Jill Scott was released , consisting of live recordings and new pieces.

Her next album Beautifully Human: Words and Sounds Vol. 2 was released in 2004, which also earned her a Grammy and a gold record . At the Grammy Awards 2005 she was honored again, this time for the best R&B solo vocal performance. In 2007, after a concert in Zurich, the press emphasized her virtuosity and vocal power.

Private life

Jill Scott has been engaged to drummer Lil Jon Roberts since June 2006. On April 20, 2009, the two parents of a son, Jett Hamilton Roberts.

Discography

Studio albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)			Remarks
		US	UK	CH
2000	Who is Jill Scott? Words and Sounds Vol. 1	US17th × 2 Double platinum (70 weeks)US	UK69 gold (23 weeks)UK	-	First published: July 18, 2000 Sales: + 2,500,000
2004	Beautifully Human: Words and Sounds Vol. 2	US3 gold (27 weeks)US	UK27 silver (4 weeks)UK	-	First published: August 31, 2004 Sales: + 940,000
2007	The Real Thing: Words and Sounds Vol. 3	US4th gold (27 weeks)US	UK79 (1 week) UK	-	First published: September 25, 2007 Sales: + 665,000
2011	The Light of the Sun	US1 (21 weeks) US	UK69 (1 week) UK	-	First published: June 21, 2011
2015	Woman	US1 (3 weeks) US	UK54 (1 week) UK	CH79 (1 week) CH	First published: July 24, 2015

Live albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)			Remarks
		US	UK	CH
2001	Experience: Jill Scott 826+	US38 gold (16 weeks)US	-	-	First published: November 20, 2001
2008	Experience: Live in Paris +	US- gold US	-	-	First published: February 5, 2008

Compilations

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)			Remarks
		US	UK	CH
2007	Collaborations	US12 (8 weeks) US	-	-	First published: January 30, 2007
2011	The Original Jill Scott from the Vault, Vol. 1	US28 (4 weeks) US	-	-	First published: August 30, 2011
2015	Golden Moments	-	-	-	First published: June 16, 2015

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)			Remarks
		US	UK	CH
2000	Gettin 'In the Way Who Is Jill Scott? Words and Sounds Vol. 1	-	UK30 (4 weeks) UK	-	First published: August 19, 2000
2001	A Long Walk Who Is Jill Scott? Words and Sounds Vol. 1	US43 (19 weeks) US	UK54 (2 weeks) UK	-	First published: January 16, 2001
	The Way Who Is Jill Scott? Words and Sounds Vol. 1	US60 (20 weeks) US	-	-	First published: June 5, 2001
2004	Golden Beautifully Human: Words and Sounds Vol. 2	-	UK59 (2 weeks) UK	-	First published: June 15, 2004
2011	So In Love The Light of the Sun	US97 (1 week) US	-	-	First published: April 26th, 2011 feat. Anthony Hamilton

Further single releases

• 2002: He Loves Me (Lyzel In E Flat)
• 2002: Gimme
• 2005: Whatever
• 2005: Cross My Mind
• 2007: Hate On Me
• 2007: My Love
• 2011: Shame ( feat.Eve & The A Group)
• 2011: So Gone (feat. Paul Wall )
• 2012: Blessed
• 2015: You Don't Know
• 2015: Fool's Good

Guest Posts

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)			Remarks
		US	UK	CH
2006	Daydreamin ' Collaborations	-	UK30 (4 weeks) UK	CH82 (2 weeks) CH	First publication: September 11, 2006 Lupe Fiasco feat. Jill Scott

Awards for music sales

Golden record  Canada 2001: for the album Who Is Jill Scott? Words and Sounds Vol. 1

Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.

Country / Region	silver	gold	platinum	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Canada (MC)	-	gold1	-	50,000	musiccanada.com
United States (RIAA)	-	4 × gold4th	2 × platinum2	4,000,000	riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI)	silver1	gold1	-	160,000	bpi.co.uk
All in all	silver1	6 × gold6th	2 × platinum2

Film career

In the BBC film adaptation of the books The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith , A detective for Botswana , she has been the leading actress named Mma Ramotswe since 2008 . In 2010 she starred in Also Love Makes Holidays 2 . In 2014 she can be seen in Love in the Luggage ( Baggage Claims ) at the side of Paula Patton , Derek Luke and Taye Diggs . In 2014 she played James Brown's wife DeeDee in Get On Up , a biopic. In 2018 she has a guest role in Black Lightning .

Web links

Commons : Jill Scott  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

• Official website (English)
• Jill Scott at laut.de
• The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ueli Bernays: Little woman, great voice. The soul singer Jill Scott in the Volkshaus. Neue Zürcher Zeitung, December 1, 2007, accessed on April 14, 2014 . 
2. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Chart sources: US US2 UK CH
3. ↑ ^{a b c} Gail Mitchell: Jill Scott: The Billboard Cover Story. Billboard , June 24, 2011, accessed March 9, 2016 . 
4. ↑ Fox: Press release Love in the luggage , 2014