Question: When did the American singer-songwriter, best known as a solo performer release her debut album?
Context: My Heart is the debut album by R&B singer Donell Jones, released on June 4, 1996.  After the dissolution of his group Porché, Donell turned to songwriting and production.  He wrote songs for the R&B group Jade from their 1994 second album "Mind, Body & Song" as well as co-writing "Think Of You" from Usher's self-titled debut album in that same year.  He signed a recording contract as a solo performer with LaFace Records under Untouchables Entertainment- a production company and record label founded by Heavy D. & The Boyz member Edward "Eddie F." Ferrell.  Most of the album was produced by Donell himself with additional help from Ferrell's Untouchables Entertainment production team.  The album featured three singles- "In the Hood", "Knocks Me Off My Feet" and "You Should Know". Zain Javadd "Zayn" Malik ( Urdu: ‎ ; born 12 January 1993), who records mononymously as Zayn, is a British singer and songwriter.  Born and raised in Bradford, Malik aspired to pursue a career in music from a young age, and auditioned as a solo artist for the British music competition "The X Factor" in 2010.  After being eliminated as a solo performer, Malik was brought back into the competition, along with four other contestants, to form the boy band that would become known as One Direction.  Malik split from the group in March 2015 and signed a solo recording contract with RCA Records.  Adopting a more R&B music style with his debut studio album "Mind of Mine" (2016) and its lead single, "Pillowtalk", Malik became the first British male artist to debut at number one in both the UK and US with a debut single and debut album.  Malik is the recipient of several accolades, including an American Music Award and a Billboard Music Award. I'm Sorry That Sometimes I'm Mean is Kimya Dawson's debut solo album, released in 2002. Anne Loree is a Canadian singer-songwriter from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.  Best known as the writer of "Insensitive", an international Top 40 hit for Jann Arden in 1995, Loree has also released four albums as a solo performer.  She was also previously a member of Jr.  Gone Wild. Josh Doyle is a British-American singer-songwriter and musician best known as a solo performer as well as being the frontman of UK rock group Dum Dums Kimya Dawson (born November 17, 1972) is an American singer-songwriter, best known as a solo performer and as one half of The Moldy Peaches. Randy Yeuell Owen (born December 13, 1949) is an American country music artist.  He is best known for his role as the lead singer of Alabama, a country rock band which saw tremendous mainstream success throughout the 1980s and 1990s.  Alabama became, undoubtedly, the most successful band in the history of country music, releasing over 20 gold and platinum records, dozens of #1-ranked singles, and selling over 75 million records during their career.  Although Alabama currently only records new albums on occasion, Owen himself has maintained a career in country music as a solo performer.  He released his solo debut "One on One" in late 2008 and charted two singles from it. Jori Lance Chisholm (born September 23, 1975) is an American professional bagpipe player and teacher who lives in Seattle, Washington.  Chisholm is a successful solo competitor winning the United States Gold Medal four times and has placed in the top three in Scotland's Argyllshire Gathering Gold Medal competition.  He played with the six-time Grade One World Champion Simon Fraser University Pipe Band and was a featured solo performer for the band on multiple occasions.  Chisholm has performed in front of sold-out audiences with The Chieftains and with ex-Grateful Dead rocker Bob Weir and his band Ratdog, and has been featured as a soloist or band member on over 20 recordings.  His debut solo album Bagpipe Revolution was nominated for Album of the Year by Pipes|Drums magazine.  He writes the "Sound Technique" column for the National Piping Centre’s bi-monthly Piping Today Magazine.  The New York Times featured Chisholm's online teaching program, BagpipeLessons.com, and described him as a "top-tier teacher" in a front page story about the growth of Skype music lessons.  A cover story in American Profile Magazine named Chisholm one of the "world's elite pipers." Chris Taylor is an American singer-songwriter, based in San Antonio, Texas.  He is the former lead singer of Love Coma and later a solo performer. Solista Pero No Solo (Soloist But Not Alone) is the debut album by Puerto Rican salsa singer Frankie Ruiz following his departure from Tommy Olivencia's band.  The album reached #1 on the Tropical Album chart which made Ruiz the first solo performer to achieve this feat.
Answer: 2002