Joss Stone

Joss Stone at the MuchMusic Video Awards in Toronto (2007)

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Joss Stone (born April 11, 1987 in Dover , England ; actually Joscelyn Eve Stoker ) is a British soul singer and actress . Along with Amy Winehouse and Duffy, she is one of the most popular soul pop singers of the 21st century, and together with them she has helped popularize classic soul and jazz in popular music again. One of her most famous trademarks is that she always appears barefoot .

biography

Joss Stone (2007)

Childhood and career beginnings

Stone grew up in a small village in the county of Devon, mainly playing American soul and R'n'B music. The first album she bought should Greatest Hits of Aretha Franklin have been, which they animated to sing. At the age of 14, she took part in the BBC's Star For A Night talent competition, in which she sang Donna Summers' 1979 hit On the Radio . She received a lot of attention with Aretha Franklin's (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman .

At the age of 16, after adopting the stage name Joss Stone , Stone flew to New York with her mother to audition . Producer and CEO of record label S-Curve , Steve Greenberg was soulful Stones interpretation of On the Radio by Donna Summer enthusiastic and gave her a record deal. Together with soul singer Betty Wright , Greenberg worked on Stone's voice. In four days they recorded some cover songs together with well-known soul musicians such as guitarist Little Beaver , Angie Stone and Questlove from The Roots .

The Soul Sessions

Greenberg was so enthusiastic about the new arrangements of mostly unknown songs from the 1950s to 1970s that he decided to publish the recordings as an album in order to make Joss Stone better known before the actual start of his career. The album The Soul Sessions was released on September 16, 2003 in Great Britain and in Germany on February 20, 2004. It was in the German charts for a total of 37 weeks .

The first single was a cover version of White Stripes ' Fell in Love with a Boy (originally Fell in Love with a Girl (2002)) released (in Germany on March 8, 2004). This was followed by the single Super Duper Love (Are You Diggin 'on Me?) (Part 1) . The Soul Sessions has sold over two million copies worldwide. The album went gold in Germany and the US and platinum in the UK. It reached a top 10 ranking in 13 countries.

Mind, Body & Soul

After the success of The Soul Sessions , Stone's first album, Mind, Body & Soul, followed in 2004 . She co-wrote eleven of the 14 songs on this album and worked with greats like Beth Gibbons from Portishead . With the album she immediately reached number 1 in the UK charts, making her the youngest singer to ever do this. In Germany, the album was released on September 24, 2004 and entered the album charts at number 8. It stayed on the charts for 36 weeks and climbed to number 7 (a total of five top 10 weeks). In February 2005 she received gold for 100,000 albums sold in Germany .

The first single You Had Me was released in Germany a few days before the album on September 13, 2004. This was followed by the singles Right to Be Wrong , Spoiled and Don't Cha Wanna Ride? . As usual with artists outside the mainstream, the singles were not a great success, the single releases only drove the album sales up. Shortly after the album was released, she separated from her previous manager, her mother.

At the end of 2004, Mind, Body & Soul Sessions was released on DVD with a recording of a concert by Joss Stone. It was recorded on September 9, 2004 at Irving Plaza , New York . The DVD contains 13 live songs from her two studio albums and her first three music videos.

Stone as a model

In 2005/2006, Stone worked briefly as a model for the US fashion chain The GAP . During her time as a model, she recorded a song ( see discography ) and made a short video. The Right Time (a cover by Ray Charles ) was made available for free for a few days as a download from The GAP's website and published on a promotional CD. Bryan Adams photographed Joss Stone for Hear the World Foundation magazine .

Introducing ... Joss Stone

Joss Stone in a live appearance in 2010. She is known for always performing barefoot.

Introducing… Joss Stone , Stone's third album, produced by Raphael Saadiq , was released in March 2007 . There are 14 tracks on this album, including Music (recorded with Lauryn Hill ). Tell Me 'Bout It and Tell Me What We're Gonna Do Now have already been released , the latter is a duet with rapper Common . This is followed by Bruised but Not Broken and Put Your Hands on Me for various radio stations.

Stone earned an entry in the Guinness Book of Records for being the first woman to turn one of her video clips ( Tell Me What We're Gonna Do Now ) into a Product Red . This means that the clip can be bought online via iTunes and the proceeds go entirely to (RED) , an organization set up by U2- Frontmann Bono to help women and children in Africa infected with HIV and AIDS .

Color Me Free

Stone's fourth studio album was released on October 20, 2009.

LP1 & Stone'd Records

Stone's studio album LP1 was released on July 26, 2011. It was produced in Nashville together with David A. Stewart , the co-founder of Eurythmics , within six days and was released on Joss Stone's own label Stone'd Records , which she founded in early 2011 to no longer depend on her original record label EMI be. For this album she therefore also worked with Surfdog Records .

Water for your soul

Joss Stone (2018)

The album was released on July 31, 2015 and is characterized by reggae elements. The album was created in collaboration with Damian Marley , whom Stone met as a member of the band SuperHeavy . In connection with the release of the album, Stone played two exclusive record launch concerts in Switzerland in Zurich and Murten .

Project Mama Earth

In 2017 Stone founded Project Mama Earth with four other musicians , which recorded the EP Mama Earth .

Comeback in 2019

On January 17, 2019, after a long musical break, Joss Stone released the single My Love Goes On in collaboration with British singer James Morrison , which made it into the airplay charts of several radio stations at the end of February.

In March 2019, she illegally traveled to Syria as part of her Total World Tour to perform at Al-Malikiyah . In the same month she performed in Turkmenistan and North Korea . In July 2019, Stone was denied entry to Iran , the last stop on their journey.

Podcast

In August 2020, Joss hosted the A Cuppa Happy podcast .

Commitment to animal welfare

Stone is a vegetarian and supports the animal rights organization PETA .

The Joss Stone Foundation supported more than 200 charities around the world as Stone completed its world tour. The primary goal was to help raise public awareness and support these charities.

Attempted kidnapping / attempted robbery

On June 14, 2011, two men, aged 30 and 33, were arrested after a neighbor watched them explore Stone's Devon country home from their vehicle. The called police found swords, ropes and a body bag on the suspects, as well as photos and a floor plan of their property. A possible motive for the act could be the singer's fortune, which is estimated at 10 million euros. The two men were taken into custody and sentenced in April 2013, the older to life imprisonment with at least ten years and eight months without parole, the younger to 18 years.

Acting career

In 2006 Stone made her cinema debut as the fortune teller Angela in the fantasy film Eragon - The Legacy of the Dragon Riders . In the 13th episode of the third season of the American series American Dreams , Stone ended up having a small role as a singer in a club. She sings a country version of her hit Right to Be Wrong . In the third and fourth seasons of The Tudors , Stone plays Anna von Kleve , the fourth wife of Henry VIII .

In the 2010 video game James Bond 007: Blood Stone , Stone plays the Bond girl Nicole Hunter . She also sings the song I'll Take It All by Dave Stewart during the opening sequence. This song was produced especially for the game.

In October 2018, Stone was a guest actor in the fifth season of the musical television series Empire , Wynter is an artist from a London record company.

Discography

Albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
2003	The Soul Sessions	DE4th gold (37 weeks)DE	AT4th platinum (23 weeks)AT	CH14th gold (35 weeks)CH	UK4th × 3 Triple platinum (83 weeks)UK	US39 gold (49 weeks)US
2004	Mind, Body & Soul	DE7th platinum (47 weeks)DE	AT5 platinum (28 weeks)AT	CH6th gold (48 weeks)CH	UK1 × 3 Triple platinum (51 weeks)UK	US11 platinum (57 weeks)US
2007	Introducing ... Joss Stone	DE6 (19 weeks) DE	AT8th gold (17 weeks)AT	CH2 platinum (26 weeks)CH	UK12 silver (5 weeks)UK	US2 gold (29 weeks)US
2009	Color Me Free!	DE26 (4 weeks) DE	AT17 (4 weeks) AT	CH5 (9 weeks) CH	UK75 (1 week) UK	US10 (4 weeks) US
2011	LP1	DE5 (11 weeks) DE	AT15 (11 weeks) AT	CH2 (13 weeks) CH	UK36 (3 weeks) UK	US9 (6 weeks) US
	SuperHeavy	DE2 (9 weeks) DE	AT1 (9 weeks) AT	CH2 (7 weeks) CH	UK13 (3 weeks) UK	US26 (5 weeks) US	Band project SuperHeavy
	The Best of Joss Stone	-	AT58 (1 week) AT	CH57 (3 weeks) CH	-	-
2012	The Soul Sessions Vol. 2	DE7 (6 weeks) DE	AT6 (5 weeks) AT	CH5 (7 weeks) CH	UK6 (4 weeks) UK	US10 (3 weeks) US
2015	Water for Your Soul	DE11 (6 weeks) DE	AT13 (4 weeks) AT	CH1 (13 weeks) CH	UK13 (3 weeks) UK	US34 (2 weeks) US

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
2004	Fell in Love with a Boy The Soul Sessions	-	-	-	UK18 (5 weeks) UK	-
	Super Duper Love (Are You Diggin 'on Me?) (Part 1) The Soul Sessions	DE78 (3 weeks) DE	-	-	UK18 (4 weeks) UK	-
	You Had Me Mind, Body & Soul	DE77 (11 weeks) DE	AT54 (7 weeks) AT	CH40 (12 weeks) CH	UK9 (8 weeks) UK	-
	Right to Be Wrong Mind, Body & Soul	-	-	CH46 (6 weeks) CH	UK29 (7 weeks) UK	-
2005	Spoiled Mind, Body & Soul	-	-	-	UK32 (2 weeks) UK	-
	Don't Cha Wanna Ride? Mind, Body & Soul	DE100 (1 week) DE	-	CH93 (1 week) CH	UK20 (5 weeks) UK	-
2006	Cry Baby Cry All That I Am	DE47 (5 weeks) DE	-	CH29 (12 weeks) CH	UK71 (2 weeks) UK	-	with Carlos Santana and Sean Paul
2007	Tell Me 'Bout It Introducing… Joss Stone	DE64 (5 weeks) DE	AT60 (3 weeks) AT	CH33 (15 weeks) CH	UK28 (6 weeks) UK	US83 (1 week) US
	Tell Me What We're Gonna Do Now Introducing… Joss Stone	DE96 (1 week) DE	-	CH66 (8 weeks) CH	UK84 (1 week) UK	-	feat. Common
	LOVE	-	-	CH75 (3 weeks) CH	UK100 (1 week) UK	-
2009	Free Me Color Me Free!	-	-	CH50 (3 weeks) CH	-	-
2010	I Put a Spell on You Emotion & Commotion	DE72 (1 week) DE	-	-	-	-	with Jeff Beck
2011	Miracle Worker SuperHeavy	-	AT35 (12 weeks) AT	CH63 (3 weeks) CH	-	-	with SuperHeavy
2014	No Man's Land (Green Fields of France)	-	-	-	UK49 (2 weeks) UK	-	feat. Jeff Beck

More singles

• 2005: The Right Time
• 2007: Bruised but Not Broken
• 2007: Baby Baby Baby
• 2010: stalemates
• 2010: Stand Up to Cancer (with Dave Stewart )
• 2011: Back in Style
• 2011: Somehow
• 2011: Karma
• 2011: Don't Start Lying to Me Now
• 2012: While You're Out Looking for Sugar
• 2012: Take Good Care (with Dave Stewart)
• 2012: The High Road
• 2012: Pillow Talk
• 2013: teardrops
• 2013: The Love We Had (Stays on My Mind)
• 2015: Stuck on You
• 2015: The Answer
• 2015: Molly Town
• 2016: This Time (with Mike Andersen )
• 2017: Free Me 2017
• 2017: Oceans
• 2019: My Love Goes On (with James Morrison )

Video albums (including albums by other artists)

• 2004: Mind, Body & Soul Sessions: Live in New York City
• 2007: Concert for Diana : "You Had Me"; "Under Pressure"; "Ain't That A Lot of Love?" With Tom Jones
• 2008: Live at Ronnie Scott’s with Jeff Beck with "People Get Ready"

Soundtracks

Stone contributed titles to the soundtrack of several films, including:

• 2004: Alfie (with Alfie ; Lonely Without You and Wicked Time with Mick Jagger )
• 2004: Bridget Jones - On the Edge of Wahnsinns (with Super Duper Love (Are You Diggin 'on Me?) (Part 1) )
• 2005: Fantastic Four (with What Ever Happened to the Heroes )
• 2005: Himmel und Huhn (with Stir It Up together with Patti LaBelle )
• 2008: Sex and the City - The Movie (with How Can You Mend a Broken Heart with Al Green )
• 2010: If Love Was That Easy (with Girl They Won't Believe It )
• 2010: Valentine's Day (with 4 and 20 )
• 2010: James Bond 007: Blood Stone (with I'll Take It All )
• 2010: Morning Glory (with Free Me and Incredible )

Music videos

year	title	Director
2004	Fell in Love with a Boy	Nzingha Stewart
	Super duper love	David LaChapelle
	You Had Me	Chris Robinson
2005	Right to Be Wrong	Liz Friedlander
	Spoiled	Joseph Kahn
	Don't Cha Wanna Ride	Wayne Isham
2007	Tell me 'bout it	Bryan Barber
	Tell Me What We're Gonna Do Now with Common	Sanaa Hamri
	Gimme Shelter Angélique Kidjo with Joss Stone	Noble Jones
2008	The Anti-Christmas Carol	unknown
2009	Baby baby baby	Brother of Stone
2010	Stand Up to Cancer with David A. Stewart	Jesse Dylan
2011	Miracle Worker a SuperHeavy production with Joss Stone	Paul Boyd
	karma	unknown
2012	While You're Out Looking for Sugar	unknown
	The High Road	Brian Savelson
2013	The Love We Had (Stays on My Mind)	Anit 'On' Bashar
2014	No Man's Land (Green Fields of France) with Jeff Beck	Rupert Bryan
2015	The Answer	unknown
	Stuck on you	Ugo Splash
2017	Oceans	unknown
2019	My Love Goes On James Morrison with Joss Stone	unknown

Awards for music sales

Golden record  Canada 2007: for the album Introducing… Joss Stone  Norway 2004: for the album The Soul Sessions

Platinum record  Belgium 2006: for the album The Soul Sessions  Canada 2004: for the album The Soul Sessions  Netherlands 2007: for the album The Soul Sessions 2 × platinum record  Netherlands 2007: for the album Mind, Body & Soul

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)
Belgium (BEA)	-	-	platinum1	50,000	ultratop.be
Germany (BVMI)	-	gold1	platinum1	0,000	musikindustrie.de
Canada (MC)	-	gold1	platinum1	150,000	musiccanada.com
Netherlands (NVPI)	-	-	3 × platinum3	210,000	nvpi.nl
Norway (IFPI)	-	gold1	-	20,000	ifpi.no ( Memento from November 5, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
Austria (IFPI)	-	gold1	2 × platinum2	15,000	ifpi.at
Switzerland (IFPI)	-	2 × gold2	platinum1	20,000	hitparade.ch
United States (RIAA)	-	2 × gold2	platinum1	1,500,000	riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI)	silver1	-	6 × platinum6th	1,860,000	bpi.co.uk
All in all	silver1	8 × gold8th	16 × platinum16

Concert tours

• Mind, Body & Soul Sessions Tour (2003-05)
• Introducing Joss Stone World Tour (2007-08)
• Color Me Free! World Tour (2009-11)
• LP1 World Tour (2011-12)
• The Total World Tour (2014-19)

Filmography

• 2005: American Dreams (TV series, episode)
• 2005: Punk'd (TV series, episode)
• 2006: Eragon - The Legacy of the Dragon Riders (Eragon) (TV movie)
• 2007: Park City: Where Music Meets Film (Movie made for TV)
• 2008: Snappers (TV movie, the film was never released)
• 2009: American Dad (TV series, episode, voice)
• 2009–2010: The Tudors ( The Tudors , television series, five episodes)
• 2010: The Funeral Planner (short video)
• 2010: James Bond 007: Blood Stone (VS, voice)
• 2013: Top Gear (TV series, an episode)
• 2015: Grace and Frankie (TV series, episode)
• 2016: Tomorrow (TV movie)
• 2017: Nigella: At My Table (TV series, four episodes)
• 2018-2019: Empire (TV series, fifth season, three episodes)
• 2020: The Voice South Africa (TV series, fourth season)

Awards

In February 2005 Stone won two BRIT Awards ; In 2005 she was also nominated for three Grammy Awards . They also won in 2007 along with John Legend and Van Hunt with the song Family Affair the Grammy for Best Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal - R & B .

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1. ↑ Joss Stone - IMDb
2. ^ Joss Stone Official Site
3. ↑ Report from Stone'd Records ( Memento of the original from December 21, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
4. ↑ reporting Stone'd Records ( Memento of the original on 31 March 2012 at the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link is automatically inserted and not yet tested. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
5. ↑ Joss Stone discovers reggae for himself. - Laut.de , accessed on October 30, 2015
6. ^ Joss Stone launches album in Murten , Freiburger Nachrichten , October 2, 2015
7. ↑ Mama Earth at musicreviews.de, accessed on May 1, 2019
8. ↑ Tom Eames: Joss Stone is back on James Morrison's new song 'My Love Goes On' . In: Smooth Radio . January 18, 2019. Retrieved February 2, 2019.
9. ↑ Joss Stone reveals fear of crossing Syria border for gig ( en ) March 3, 2019.
10. ↑ В Ашхабаде с успехом прошёл концерт британской певицы Джосс Стоун
11. ↑ Musical performance by Joss Stone, British singer known worldwide within CRC @ 30 years celebration
12. ↑ Ашхабадцы познакомились с творчеством обладательницы Grammy Джосс Стоун
13. ↑ Joss Stone performs in North Korea on world tour . In: BBC News . Retrieved March 14, 2019.
14. ↑ Joss Stone 'deported from Iran' on last stop of world tour . In: BBC News . Retrieved July 4, 2019.
15. ↑ Joss Stone: singer, lyricist, entertainer, vegetarian ( memento of the original from August 30, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
16. ^ The Joss Stone Foundation .
17. ↑ Der Spiegel: The thieves came with a body bag
18. ↑ Murder plot against Joss Stone: perpetrator sentenced to long imprisonment on Spiegel Online on April 3, 2013
19. ↑ Murder plot against Joss Stone: Man sentenced to 18 years in prison on Spiegel Online on July 10, 2013
20. ↑ ^{a b} Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US
21. ↑ Joss Stone - "Fell In Love With A Boy" . CMT . Archived from the original on February 5, 2015. Retrieved February 5, 2015.
22. ↑ Joss Stone - "Super Duper Love (Are You Diggin 'On Me)" . CMT. Archived from the original on February 5, 2015. Retrieved February 5, 2015.
23. ↑ Be One of the First to 'Hear Music First: Joss Stone' and Listen to Her Latest Album Mind, Body & Soul a Week in Advance Beginning on September 21 Exclusively on VH1.com . VH1 . September 16, 2004. Archived from the original on February 5, 2015. Retrieved February 5, 2015.
24. ^ Joss Stone - "Right to Be Wrong" . CMT. Archived from the original on February 5, 2015. Retrieved February 5, 2015.
25. ↑ Steven Gottlieb: NEW RELEASE: Joss Stone "Spoiled" . VideoStatic. May 2, 2005. Retrieved February 5, 2015.
26. ↑ Steven Gottlieb: SHOT: Joss Stone - Wayne Isham, director . VideoStatic. June 1, 2005. Retrieved February 5, 2015.
27. ↑ Steven Gottlieb: NEW RELEASE: Joss Stone "Tell Me 'Bout It" . VideoStatic. February 13, 2007. Retrieved February 5, 2015.
28. ↑ Steven Gottlieb: NEW RELEASES: Joss Stone "Tell Me What We're Gonna ..." . VideoStatic. May 31, 2007. Retrieved February 5, 2015.
29. ↑ Backbeat . In: Billboard . tape 119 , no. 33 . Nielsen Business Media, Inc., August 18, 2007, p. 69 ( books.google.com ).
30. ↑ Joss Stone: Hello everyone and Merry Christmas! . JossStone.com. Archived from the original on January 7, 2009. Retrieved February 5, 2015.
31. ↑ Jennifer Cooke: Joss Stone - "Baby Baby Baby" (video) . In: PopMatters . December 4, 2009. Retrieved December 15, 2017.
32. ↑ Carla Bevan: Joss Stone's Baby, Baby, Baby: the worst music video ever? . In: Marie Claire . February 26, 2010. Retrieved July 26, 2018.
33. ↑ Mitchell Peters: Dave Stewart Stands Up To Cancer, Talks New Solo Album . In: Billboard . June 14, 2010. Retrieved February 5, 2015.
34. ^ Joss Stone Releases New Music Video For "Karma" . AltSounds . September 5, 2011. Archived from the original on February 5, 2015. Retrieved on February 5, 2015.
35. ↑ Joss Stone: "The Soul Sessions 2" is coming end of August -} with videos . In: music market . July 9, 2012. Archived from the original on February 5, 2015. Retrieved February 5, 2015.
36. ↑ Vevo Premieres Joss Stone's New Music Video For "The High Road" (Broken Bells) From New LP 'The Soul Sessions Volume 2' . September 13, 2012. Archived from the original on February 5, 2015. Retrieved February 5, 2015.
37. ↑ Jimmy Brown: Joss Stone 'The Love We Had (Stays On My Mind)' by Anit "on" Bashar . Promo News. August 14, 2013. Retrieved February 5, 2015.
38. ↑ Jimmy Brown: Joss Stone ft Jeff Beck 'No Man's Land (Poppy Appeal Single 2014) by Rupert Bryan . Promo News. November 12, 2014. Retrieved February 5, 2015.
39. ↑ Eric Renner Brown: Joss Stone shares video for 'The Answer,' dishes about new album . In: Entertainment Weekly . July 1, 2015. Accessed July 31, 2015.
40. ↑ Joss Stone: Stuck on You (2015) . IMDb . Retrieved July 26, 2018.
41. ^ Dan Hyman: Watch Joss Stone's Stripped Down, Underwater Ode to Unrelenting Love . In: Elle . July 28, 2015. Accessed July 31, 2015.
42. ^ Clive Morgan: Joss Stone: Behind the scenes of the recording of charity single We Are the Oceans . In: The Daily Telegraph . June 23, 2017. Retrieved July 25, 2018.
43. ↑ Tom Eames: Joss Stone is back on James Morrison's new song 'My Love Goes On' - watch the video . Smooth radio . January 18, 2019. Retrieved February 2, 2019.

Web links

Commons : Joss Stone  - Collection of Images

• Official Website of Joss Stone (English)
• Johannes Waechter: Interview with Joss Stone: “All in prison” on the Süddeutsche Zeitung website on August 13, 2011
• Video: Interview with TV total on November 16, 2009
• Joss Stone at theInternet Movie Database(English)
• Joss Stone in the German dubbing file