Amari McCoy
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Joss Stone, born Jocelyn Eve Stoker, is an English soul and R&B singer, songwriter, and actress. She rose to fame in late 2003 with her debut album, The Soul Sessions. Her second album, Mind, Body & Soul, featured the top ten UK hit "You Had Me," and both the album and single were nominated for Grammy Awards in 2005, with Stone herself nominated for Best New Artist. Her subsequent album, Introducing Joss Stone, released in 2007, topped charts across Europe and the US. Stone has sold over 11 million albums worldwide and won two BRIT Awards and a Grammy Award. In 2006, she made her acting debut as Angela the Witch in the film Eragon, and in 2009, she appeared as Anne of Cleves in the television series The Tudors. Born in Kent, England, Stone spent her childhood in the small Devon village of Uffculme. She was the third of four children. Her first performance was at her village school, singing Jackie Wilson's "Reet Petite." She left school at 16 due to dyslexia, stating, "I left school not because I was stupid, but because I was slightly dyslexic and also because my artistic side was stronger." Stone grew up listening to 1960s and 70s soul and R&B artists such as Aretha Franklin and Dusty Springfield. In 2001, she won a London talent competition, "A Night at the Stars," performing Whitney Houston's "It's Not Right But It's Okay" and Aretha Franklin's "Natural Woman." In 2002, she auditioned for Steve Greenberg of Mercury Records in London, singing Donna Summer's "On the Radio." Since then, she has performed with James Brown, Smokey Robinson, Donna Summer, Gladys Knight, Tom Jones, Robbie Williams, Melissa Etheridge, Rob Thomas, Rod Stewart, and Blondie. In 2003, she went to Miami to work on her debut album. She played Queen Anne of Cleves, wife of King Henry, in The Tudors.
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