60 Facts About Joss Stone

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Joss Stone rose to prominence in late 2003 with her multi-platinum debut album, The Soul Sessions, which made the 2004 Mercury Prize shortlist.

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Joss Stone became the youngest British female singer to top the UK Albums Chart.

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Stone's third album, Introducing Joss Stone, released in March 2007, achieved gold record status by the Recording Industry Association of America and yielded the second-ever highest debut for a British female solo artist on the Billboard 200, and became Stone's first top-five album in the US.

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Joss Stone released her fifth album, LP1, in 2011, which reached the top 10 on Billboard.

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Joss Stone has earned several awards including two Brit Awards and one Grammy Award out of five nominations.

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Joss Stone made her film acting debut in 2006 with the fantasy adventure film Eragon, and made her television debut portraying Anne of Cleves in the Showtime series The Tudors in 2009.

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Joss Stone is the third of four children born to Wendy and Richard Stoker.

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Joss Stone has dyslexia and left school at age sixteen with three GCSE qualifications.

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In 2001, aged 13, Joss Stone auditioned for the BBC Television talent show Star for a Night in London, singing Aretha Franklin's 1968 Goffin-King hit " A Natural Woman" and Whitney Houston's 1999 single, "It's Not Right but It's Okay".

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Joss Stone appeared on and won Steps to the Stars.

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Joss Stone then performed on a charity show, where she drew the attention of the Boilerhouse Boys, composed of London-based producers Andy Dean and Ben Wolfe, who contacted S-Curve Records founder and CEO, Steve Greenberg in December 2001 telling him "they had just heard the greatest singer they'd ever heard from their country".

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Joss Stone flew to Miami and Philadelphia to start work on her debut album, The Soul Sessions, released on 16 September 2003.

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Joss Stone collaborated with people with solid credentials in the Miami soul scene such as Betty Wright, Benny Latimore, Timmy Thomas and Little Beaver as well as contemporary acts Angie Stone and the Roots.

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Joss Stone joined Band Aid 20 on 14 November 2004 in benefit of Sudan's troubled Darfur region.

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Joss Stone, who was born two years after the release of the original single, was not initially aware of who Bob Geldof was, with media reporting that she repeatedly referred to him as Bob Gandalf.

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In March 2005, Joss Stone was named the spokesperson for the Gap clothing company, replacing the actress Sarah Jessica Parker.

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Joss Stone appeared in a television advertisement for that store chain singing a cover of Ray Charles's 1958 song "Night Time Is the Right Time".

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Joss Stone appeared in one of Gap's Fall 2005 "Favorites" commercials, singing the Beach Boys' 1966 song "God Only Knows".

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However, Gap later denied the rumours, stating that they were very happy with Joss Stone and telling BBC Radio 1 that the claims were "absolute tosh" and "a complete fabrication".

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Joss Stone performed a medley of "It's a Man's World" and "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag" with James Brown on BBC One's chat show Friday Night with Jonathan Ross on 1 July 2005.

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Joss 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" for Hancock's 2005 album Possibilities.

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That same year, Joss Stone was featured along with Sean Paul on Santana's "Cry Baby Cry", and worked on a remake of Patti LaBelle's 1985 song "Stir It Up" for the soundtrack to the Disney animated film Chicken Little.

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Joss Stone collaborated with Lemar in 2006 on his third studio album, The Truth About Love, on the track "Anniversary".

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Joss Stone made her film debut in the fantasy adventure film Eragon, directed by Stefen Fangmeier and released on 15 December 2006, playing the fortune teller Angela.

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Joss Stone caused controversy at the 2007 BRIT Awards ceremony on 14 February 2007 while presenting the award for British Male Solo Artist.

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Joss Stone sampled Franklin's "Respect", taking the texture and sound of the song, but keeping her own composition.

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Joss Stone was photographed by Canadian singer-guitarist and photographer Bryan Adams for Phonak's Hear the World initiative, whose main goal is to raise global awareness for the topic of hearing and hearing loss.

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On 7 July 2007, Joss Stone performed at the South African leg of the Live Earth concerts at the Coca-Cola Dome in Johannesburg, to promote awareness of global warming.

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Joss Stone covered Nat King Cole's 1965 song "L-O-V-E" for an advertising campaign for Chanel's Coco Mademoiselle fragrance.

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On 29 November 2007, Joss Stone joined Jeff Beck on a duet of the Impressions's 1965 song "People Get Ready" as part of his series of concerts at London's Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club, documented on the DVD Performing This Week: Live at Ronnie Scott's.

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In mid-December 2007, Joss Stone was named the new Flake girl to star in a series of television adverts for the Cadbury Schweppes product in the spring of 2008.

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In March 2008, Joss Stone landed the role of lesbian bingo caller Stephanie in the British romantic comedy film Snappers, for which she wrote music.

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Joss Stone made her television debut portraying Henry VIII's fourth wife Anne of Cleves in the third season of the Showtime series The Tudors.

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Joss Stone reprised the role in the show's final season in 2010, appearing in two episodes.

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Joss Stone launched a legal battle in a bid to leave her record label, EMI, and free her of her current three-album deal with the record label in April 2008.

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Joss Stone performed at the 19th Annual GLAAD Media Awards at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles on 26 April 2008.

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On 26 October 2008, Joss Stone sang the British national anthem, "God Save the Queen", before the NFL match between the San Diego Chargers and the New Orleans Saints, held at Wembley Stadium in London.

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On 7 December 2008, Joss Stone performed the Who's 1965 song "My Generation" on CBS's Kennedy Center Honors TV special at the Kennedy Center, Washington, DC, honouring Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey.

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In 2010, Joss Stone provided vocals on two songs for the charity-focused audio drama production, A Voyage For Soldier Miles.

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Joss Stone said that her record company fought her about the original cover of her new album, calling it "offensive".

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In late August 2010, it was reported that Joss Stone had left EMI and formed her own independent record label, Joss Stone'd Records.

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In 2010, Joss Stone collaborated with Puerto Rican recording artist Ricky Martin for "The Best Thing About Me Is You", and peaked at No 74 on the USBillboard Hot 100 and which topped the Hot Latin Songs and Latin Pop Songs chart, this was Joss Stone's first number-one on all two charts, which made her the first Briton of non-Hispanic origin to reach No 1 on the Hot Latin Tracks and Latin Pop Songs chart.

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Joss Stone partnered with Surfdog Records to release LP1 on 26 July 2011, through her own label Joss Stone'd Records.

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The album was recorded in Nashville, Tennessee in six days, where Joss Stone co-wrote and co-produced the album with Eurythmics co-founder, David Stewart The lead single, "Somehow", was released on 24 June 2011.

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The album finds Joss Stone largely covering lesser-known soul songs from the 1970s and 1980s by acts including the Chi-Lites, the Honey Cone, the Dells, Sylvia, Labi Siffre and Linda Lewis.

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Joss Stone made an appearance on UK television series Top Gear.

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Joss Stone announced to newspaper La Vanguardia in July 2012 that she would work on a reggae album.

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Joss Stone stated that it would be recorded and produced by her and Damian Marley, who previously worked in SuperHeavy.

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In October 2018, Joss Stone was cast as a guest-star in season 5 of musical drama television series Empire.

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At the beginning of 2019 Joss Stone sang with James Morrison on the song "My Love Goes On", making it four years since both singers last released studio albums.

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In July 2019, Joss Stone was denied entry into Iran, the last stop on her tour.

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In February 2021, Joss Stone won the second series of The Masked Singer masked as Sausage.

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Joss Stone gave a live interview on ITV's This Morning, beamed from her Nashville, Tennessee, home on 15 February 2021, to discuss her winning performance on Series 2 of The Masked Singer, which attracted 8.6 million viewers over Valentine's weekend.

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Joss Stone's singing character was disguised in a sausage and chips suit, with her true identity kept secret until she was revealed as the second series winner.

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Joss Stone possesses the vocal range of a mezzo-soprano and contralto.

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In 2004, Joss Stone began dating Beau Dozier, with whom she co-wrote the song "Spoiled".

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Joss Stone is a lifelong vegetarian and has taken part in various campaigns for animal rights group PETA.

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In September 2020, Joss Stone announced via Instagram that she was pregnant with her first child with boyfriend Cody DaLuz.

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Joss Stone gave birth to a daughter, Violet Melissa on 29 January 2021.

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Joss Stone gave birth to her second child on 18 October 2022, the singer announced the arrival of her new son, Shackleton Stoker DaLuz.