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
Proper Nice
Joss Stone Lyrics
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(Catch me, catch me, I'm falling
I'm falling in love with you)
There ain't nothing I can do; I'm way too deep with you
(Catch me, catch me, I'm falling
I'm falling in love with you)
I've only got my heart to lose
Should I be scared of you?
I'm in love with you
I'm in love
Now this picture's so clear
I want to trace you
And I'll make no mistakes
I won't erase you
I can travel high
I can travel low
I can do that in my sight
You're in reach
You're the perfect match
Oh, I'm falling
[Chorus]
Like a star when it falls, it lights up the sky
Found a love, proper nice
It makes me fly
When I'm all alone in my world
I can feel you touching me
In my thoughts
In my mind
You come, carry me
Oh, I'm falling
[Chorus]
The opening lyrics of Joss Stone's 'Proper Nice' express the helplessness of the singer, being unable to resist the intense feelings of falling in love. The chorus emphasizes the same emotion as she repeats the phrase, "Catch me, catch me, I'm falling" to indicate that she is deeply in love and losing control. She seems to be completely entranced by her lover and admits that she is way too deep with them. At the same time, she also seems to be a little scared of the intensity of her feelings, as she wonders if she should be cautious about her emotions.
In the next verse, Joss paints a picture of her desire to be with her lover always. She wants to trace and preserve their beauty within her forever, without making any mistakes or erasing any memory. She asserts that she can travel high and low, and no matter what she does, her lover will always be within reach. She feels that they are a perfect match and cannot help herself but fall in love with them. The chorus repeats once again, signifying the overpowering nature of the feeling.
The final verse expresses the magic of love in Joss's life. She compares falling in love to a shooting star, which lights up the sky and makes her fly. Even when she is alone in her world, she can feel her lover's touch in her thoughts and her mind. When she imagines their feelings for her, she is filled with the sensation of flying. The song ends with the chorus repeated once again, indicating that the singer is entirely and blissfully in love.
Line by Line Meaning
(Catch me, catch me, I'm falling
I'm falling in love with you)
I can't help but fall in love with you and I need you to catch me.
There ain't nothing I can do; I'm way too deep with you
(Catch me, catch me, I'm falling
I'm falling in love with you)
I'm falling in love with you and there's no way I can stop it, so please catch me.
I've only got my heart to lose
Should I be scared of you?
I'm so deep in love with you that I'm afraid of getting hurt again.
In love, in love, in love, in love, in love
I'm in love with you
I'm in love
I'm completely consumed by love for you.
Now this picture's so clear
I want to trace you
And I'll make no mistakes
I won't erase you
I see us together so clearly that I want to make sure I never lose you.
I can travel high
I can travel low
I can do that in my sight
You're in reach
You're the perfect match
Oh, I'm falling
I'm willing to go anywhere and do anything for you because you're the one I've been looking for.
(Catch me, catch me, I'm falling
I'm falling in love with you)
I can't help but fall in love with you and I need you to catch me again
Like a star when it falls, it lights up the sky
Found a love, proper nice
It makes me fly
My love for you is like a shooting star that brightens up my life and fills me with joy.
When I'm all alone in my world
I can feel you touching me
In my thoughts
In my mind
You come, carry me
Oh, I'm falling
Even when I'm alone, I can feel your love and support surrounding me, lifting me up and carrying me forward.
(Catch me, catch me, I'm falling
I'm falling in love with you)
I can't help but fall in love with you and I need you to catch me one more time.
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: CHALMERS E. ALFORD, JOSS STONE, RAPHAEL SAADIQ, ROBERT C. JR. OZUNA
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