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
Music Outro
Joss Stone Lyrics
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He or she hides in a the melody?
We say it's hard to find
You know that love divine we're all talking about
Well, I been wasting all of my time
'Cause music is my Mr. Right
And I know this love will love me right
It's taken over me happily, happily, baby
Happily play for me, happily play for me
Happily, baby, happily, play for me
Play for me, Charlie; play for me, baby
Happily
Happily, happily
Happily, baby
In Joss Stone's song Music Outro, she questions whether love can be found in the melody of music. She ponders if love intentionally hides within the notes and rhythms of the songs we hear. The difficulty in finding love is a constant theme in society, and Stone muses whether love is actually found in the form of music. She then goes on to state that she has been wasting all her time searching for love when music was right in front of her all along. Music is her true love, and she knows that it will always love her back.
Stone's lyrics show how music can affect the mind and soul, as it has taken over her with ease. She asks her band to play happily for her, suggesting that music has the power to soothe and bring joy. The repetition of the word "happily" emphasizes the feeling that music brings - one of happiness and contentment. Stone finishes the song by asking Charlie to continue playing happily, showing that she wants this feeling to last.
Overall, Stone's Music Outro is a tribute to the power of music and how it can act as a source of love and happiness. It reflects how music has a profound effect on people's lives and can provide comfort and joy when all else fails.
Line by Line Meaning
Has love intentionally showed me that
Is it possible that love resides within music?
He or she hides in a the melody?
Does love hide within the notes and lyrics?
We say it's hard to find
Many believe love is hard to find
You know that love divine we're all talking about
We all know the kind of love that is being referred to
Well, I been wasting all of my time
I've been looking for love in the wrong places
'Cause music is my Mr. Right
Music is the perfect love for me
And I know this love will love me right
I trust that music will love me just as I need
Confused my mind with ease
Music makes my mind feel at ease and yet puzzled
It's taken over me happily, happily, baby
Music has completely taken over me with joy
Happily play for me, happily play for me
Bring me the music that makes me happy
Happily, baby, happily, play for me
Please, music, make me happy
Play for me, Charlie; play for me, baby
Keep playing for me, Charlie; keep playing for me, music
Happily, happily
Joyfully, without worry
Happily, baby
Joyfully, music
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: TONY REYES, ALONZO STEVENSON, ALONZO MARIO STEVENSON, JOSS STONE
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