Artist: Joss Stone
Genre(s):
ROck: Alternative
Other
R&B: Soul
Discography:
Introducing Joss Stone
Year: 2007
Tracks: 14
Duets
Year: 2006
Tracks: 15
Mind, Body and Soul
Year: 2004
Tracks: 14
The Soul Sessions
Year: 2003
Tracks: 10
British vocalizer Joss Stone was only 16 old age sure-enough when she appeared on the universal pop/rock microwave radar in 2003, ready to challenge the pop domination of Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera with a adult sound that belied her brigham Young eld. Positioning herself among the more constituted and credible artists (Norah Jones, Jill Scott, Nikka Costa), Stone presently garnered a devoted audience at home and abroad, number one for her reinterpretations of authoritative soul gems (The Soul Sessions) and, one year later, for her songwriting chops and sultry delivery (Intellect, Body & Soul).
Innate Joscelyn Eve Stoker in 1987, Stone grew up listening to American soul and R&B, peculiarly the throaty stylings of Aretha Franklin. It didn't have long for Stone to realize she possessed an telling vocal style with both depth and emotion, much like her idols. In 2002, Stone left her family unit menage in Devon, England (as well home to Coldplay's Chris Martin), to assist an tryout in New York City. The whitney Moore Young Jr. vocaliser wowed S-Curve CEO Steve Greenberg with her interpretation of Donna Summer's "On the Radio," and a criminal record handle was quick inked betwixt both parties. With her parents' permit, Stone dropped out of shoal and changed her last name and she primed herself for a career in amusement.
R&B/soul pioneer Betty Wright linked Stone for her low gear recording, becoming an inst wise man and friend to the impressionable girl with braggart dreams. Vocalist Angie Stone and the Roots as well aided Stone in the studio in 2003 for what became The Soul Sessions EP. A riveting lay of 1970s classics by the likes of Laura Lee and Bettye Swann, as well as tracks by Wright and Franklin, The Soul Sessions was accentuated by mate Miami soul musicians Benny Latimore, Timmy Thomas, and Little Beaver. Stone crafted the neo-soul record album in precisely four days, hurried by an unquiet judge that couldn't hold off to tell the human beings just about their one-of-a-kind starlet. The Soul Sessions was at last a resonating succeeder, selling over two trillion copies; it also introduced Stone to the MTV generation with the funky strut of "Fell in Love with a Boy" (a rework of the White Stripes hit "Fell in Love with a Girl").
Stone's full-length debut, Mind, Body & Soul, was released by S-Curve in 2004, and its 14 tracks featured 12 written or co-written by Stone. The record album debuted at the top of the U.K. albums chart, qualification Stone the youngest female artist to reach such a high ranking, and finally reached pt status in multiple countries. Stone enjoyed commercial success as good as critical acclaim, garnering three Grammy nominations and winning deuce BRIT Awards for her soulful debut. After performances at London's Live 8 in the summertime of 2005 and Superbowl XL in early 2006, the singer resettled to the Bahamas to record her adjacent album. Introducing Joss Stone, which featured appearances from Common and the ever-elusive Lauryn Hill, was released in March 2007.
