British singer, songwriter and actress, Joscelyn Eve Stoker, known by the stage name Joss Stone was born on April 11th, 1987 at Buckland Hospital in Dover, Kent in the United Kingdom.
Her multi-platinum debut album, The Soul Sessions, which made the 2004 Mercury Prize shortlist, propelled her to fame in late 2003.
The top-ten single “You Had Me,” Stone’s highest charting hit to date on the UK Singles Chart, was released from her second album, Mind Body & Soul (2004), which debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart.
While Stone herself was nominated for Best New Artist, the album Sound of 2004 was voted fifth in the BBC’s annual poll of music critics as an anticipated breakthrough act of 2004.
Both the album and the track earned one nomination each for the 2005 Grammy Awards. She made history by topping the UK Albums Chart as the nation’s youngest female singer.
Biography of Joss Stone
Joss Stone, real name Joscelyn Eve Stoker was born on April 11th, 1987 at the Buckland Hosiptal in Dover, Kent in the United States of America. She is the third of four children born to Wendy Stoker and Richard Stoker.
Her mother served as Stone’s manager from October 2004 to the present. Her father runs an import-export company for fruits and nuts. Stone sang a copy of Jackie Wilson’s 1957 song “Reet Petite” in front of an audience at the Uffculme Comprehensive School in Uffculme, Devon, where she was a student.
Dyslexic Stone graduated from high school at the age of sixteen with only three GCSEs. Stone grew up listening to a wide range of music, including American R&B and soul from the 1960s and 1970s, particularly that of Dusty Springfield and Aretha Franklin. As a result, she imitated her idols’ passionate singing style.
Joss Stone age
Stone was born in 1987, she is 35 years of age.
Joss Stone education
Stone attended the Uffculme Comprehensive School in Uffculme, Devon where she graduated at the age of sixteen with only three GSCE. She claimed that she was dyslexic and not stupid. She added that she wasn’t academic but she was more artistic.
Joss Stone career
Her multi-platinum debut album, The Soul Sessions, which made the 2004 Mercury Prize shortlist, propelled her to fame in late 2003. The top-ten single “You Had Me,” Stone’s highest charting hit to date on the UK Singles Chart, was released from her second album, Mind Body & Soul (2004), which debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart.
While Stone herself was nominated for Best New Artist, the album Sound of 2004 was voted fifth in the BBC’s annual poll of music critics as an anticipated breakthrough act of 2004. Both the album and the track earned one nomination each for the 2005 Grammy Awards.
She made history by topping the UK Albums Chart as the nation’s youngest female singer. When Stone’s third album, Introducing Joss Stone, was released in March 2007, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) awarded it gold record status. It also produced the second-highest debut for a British female solo artist in Billboard 200 history and became Stone’s first top-five album in the US.
In 2009, she released her fourth album, Color Me Free!, which peaked at number 10 on the Billboard charts. In 2011, Stone released LP1, her fifth album, which peaked at number 10 on the Billboard charts.
Stone has amassed a global record sales total of 15 million albums over the course of her career, making her one of the best-selling British and soul musicians of the 2000s.
Her first two albums in the UK have sold over 2 million copies, while her first three albums have sold over 2,722,000 copies in the US.
Out of five nominations, Stone received multiple honors, including two Brit Awards and one Grammy Award. She made her acting debut in the fantasy adventure movie Eragon in 2006, and in the 2009 television series The Tudors on Showtime, she played Anne of Cleves.
With a net worth of £6 million, Stone was the youngest person to appear on the Sunday Times Rich List in 2006. Her estimated $10 million net worth in 2012 placed her as the seventh richest British musician under 30. Her fourth straight album to place in the top 10 on the Billboard 200 is The Soul Sessions Vol. 2, released in 2012.
Joss Stone family
Stone is the third of four children born to Wendy Stoker and Richard Stoker. She has three siblings; Harry Stoker, Lucy Stoker and Daniel Stoker.
Joss Stone parents
Stone’s parents are Wendy Stoker and Richard Stoker.
Joss Stone siblings
Stone shares the same parents with her three siblings; Harry Stoker, Lucy Stoker and Daniel Stoker.
Joss Stone husband
Stone is reportedly married to Cody DaLuz.
Joss Stone children
Stone and her husband have a daughter named Violet Melissa.
Joss Stone net worth
Stone’s net worth is estimated to be about $8 million.
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