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in the pastoral country of Dover, England. Her rendition of "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman on the BBC talent contest, Star For A Night, landed her a New York agent and record label at age 14. Joss' debut album, Soul Sessions came out in 2003 and was hailed by critics as a welcome alternative to the work of disposable teen pop stars like Britney Spears. The It went on to reached the top five on the UK Albums Chart, and also made the top forty of the U.S. Billboard 200 chart. The lead single, "Fell in Love with a Boy", which was a reworking of The White Stripes's 2001 "Fell in Love with a Girl", reached the top twenty of the UK Singles Chart, as did the second single, a cover version of Sugar Billy's 1974 "Super Duper Love". Joss' follow-up album, Mind, Body and Soul, was an even bigger hit; It debuted at #1 in the UK (breaking the record for the youngest female ever to top the UK Albums Chart, a record previously held by Avril Lavigne), and just missed the top ten of the U.S. Billboard 200. Hit Joss Stone songs off the album included, "You Had Me," "Right to be Wrong" and "Spoiled." Her next album, Introducing Joss Stone, peaked at #2 on the Billboard 200, becoming the highest debut for a British solo female act, even surpassing Amy Winehouse's Back to Black.
According to the Web site AskMen.com, "It seems that whenever a new teen pop star comes along, she releases a couple of annoyingly catchy but highly forgettable tunes, only to be replaced by a fresher face; not so with Joss Stone. Once in a blue moon, a young, new talent comes along to shake things up, and Joss Stone is just that." Joss, who was nominated for three Grammys in 2005, including Best New Artist, and also became the spokesperson for the Gap as of that year, taking over for Sarah Jessica Parker, is likely to enjoy all the future fame and accolades that she can handle.