Joss Stone, is an English soul and R&B singer, songwriter, and occasional actress. She has been a recipient of a Brit Award and a nominee of a Grammy Award; has sold over 7.5 million albums worldwide.
Stone was born in Dover, Kent, England, and spent her teenage years in Ashill, Devon. She is the third of four children born to Richard and Wendy Stoker: Daniel, Lucy, and Harry. She grew up listening to a wide variety of music including R&B and soul music performed by such artists as Dusty Springfield and Aretha Franklin; as a result, she developed a soulful style of singing like her idols. In 2001, at the age of fourteen, she appear ...More