Her debut album, The Soul Sessions, consists of classic soul tracks by Betty Wright, Aretha Franklin, Laura Lee and Bettye Swann and was released in late 2003. It reached the top 5 in the UK albums chart, and also made the top forty of the U.S. Billboard 200 album chart.
Joss Stone was nominated for "British Breakthrough Act", and won "British Female Solo Artist" and "British Urban Act", entering the Guinness World Records for being the youngest BRIT Award solo winner at age seventeen.
After achieving critical acclaim for The Soul Sessions, Stone recorded an album full of original songs in 2004 titled Mind, Body & Soul.
It proved to be an even bigger success than her first album, as it debuted at #1 in the UK (breaking the record for the youngest female ever to top the albums charts there, a record previously held by Avril Lavigne).
Stone began working on her third studio album, Introducing Joss Stone, at Compass Point Studios in Nassau, Bahamas, in May 2006.
It was released on 12 March 2007 in the UK on Virgin Records, involving production by Raphael Saadiq and collaborations with Lauryn Hill, Common and Joi.
Stone describes it as "truly me. That's why I'm calling it Introducing Joss Stone. These are my words, and this is who I am as an artist".
The album debuted and peaked at number twelve on the UK Albums Chart. It also debuted at number two on the Billboard 200 selling 118,000 copies in its first week, becoming the highest debut for a British solo female artist on the U.S. chart, surpassing the record previously held by Amy Winehouse with Back to Black. It has sold 60,000 copies in the UK since its release.
Joss Stone was nominated for the MOBO Award for "Best UK Female" in September 2007, but lost out to Amy Winehouse.
Tell Me 'Bout It, the album's lead single, debuted and peaked at number twenty-eight on the UK Singles Chart—where it stayed for three weeks only, and peaked at number eighty-three on the U.S Billboard Hot 100.
The second single, Tell Me What We're Gonna Do Now, a collaboration with rapper Common, made the top sixty-five of the U.S. Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs.
Joss Stone turned its music video to a Product Red — this means that the video is available online over iTunes Store and that the gains from these sales revert to Product Red, an organisation which helps women and children in Africa affected by HIV and/or AIDS.
Joss Stone is the first artist to do this, entering the Guinness World Records once again.
On 4 October 2007, Stone's official website confirmed Baby Baby Baby as the album's third single.
Stone's fifth album, LP1 was released on 26 July 2011. The Somehow Songfacts says that the long player was the first release through Stone's own Stone'd Records and was recorded in just a week at Blackbird Studios in Nashville. Stone fought a legal battle with her record company EMI to release her from her contract and The LP1 album title signifies the fresh start the singer felt she was making.
Trivia:
Worryingly for fans of Stone, she recently confessed that singing is not a career she plans to stick to: she told a journalist recently that she would like to give it up in a few years to become a normal housewife with a husband and children.
Singles:
* 2004 - Fell In Love With A Boy
* 2004 - Super Duper Love
* 2004 - You Had Me
* 2004 - Right To Be Wrong
* 2005 - Spoiled
* 2005 - The Right Time (Cover of Extra for the GAP-Ad)
* 2005 - Don't Cha Wanna Ride?
* 2007 - Tell Me 'Bout It
* 2007 - Tell Me What We're Gonna Do Now
L-O-V-E
Joss Stone Lyrics
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O is for the only one I see
V is very, very extraordinary
E is even more than anyone that you adore and
Love is all that I can give to you
Love is more than just a game for two
Two in love can make it
Love was made for me and you
L is for the way you look at me
O is for the only one I see
V is very, very extraordinary
E is even more than anyone that you adore and
Love is all that I can give to you
Love is more than just a game for two
Two in love can make it
Take my heart but please don't break it
Love was made for me and you
Love was made for me and you
Love was made for me and you
Your love was made for me and you
Love was made for me and you
Love was made for me, for me and you
Love
In Joss Stone's song L-O-V-E, the lyrics highlight the intense feeling of love that the singer has for someone special. The song describes the different aspects of love through each letter of the word "love". The letter L represents the way the person being sung to looks at the singer, which is presumably with love and affection. The letter O represents the fact that the person mentioned in the song is the only one that the singer sees and recognizes. The letter V is described as extremely extraordinary, implying that the love between the two people is truly special and unique. Finally, E is even more than anyone that they adore, suggesting that the love is greater than any other feelings of admiration and affection.
Overall, the song communicates that love is everything that the singer has to offer and that it is something that is worth fighting for. The lyrics also mention that love is not just a game for two, but something that can truly connect people together. The song encourages those in love to care for each other and not break each other's hearts.
Line by Line Meaning
L is for the way you look at me
The first letter of 'love' represents the manner in which you gaze upon me
O is for the only one I see
'O' represents the singular person who captures my attention
V is very, very extraordinary
'V' carries a weight of extraordinary emotion and sentiment
E is even more than anyone that you adore and
'E' signifies a love which surpasses any other adoration you may have experienced
Love is all that I can give to you
The only thing I have to offer is love
Love is more than just a game for two
Love carries more significance than a mere game between two individuals
Two in love can make it
A pair of individuals sharing love can overcome obstacles
Take my heart but please don't break it
Accept my love but do not cause me emotional harm
Love was made for me and you
Love was meant to be shared between us
Love was made for me and you
Love was meant to be shared between us
Your love was made for me and you
The love shared between us was destined to exist
Love was made for me, for me and you
Love was created for us to share between each other
Love
A powerful emotion that can be represented by a single word
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