Facts: - instrument: vocals - years active: 2001 -- present - caption: stone at the stockholm jazz festival , 2009 - birth name: joscelyn eve stoker - label: relentless s-curve virgin stone 'd surfdog - genre: soul r & b blues jazz funk - birth date: 11 april 1987 - name: joss stone - background: solo_singer - image: joss stone @ stockholm jazz fest 01 new.jpg - birth place: dover , kent , england - associated acts: superheavy david a. stewart stevie wonder gladys knight aretha franklin mick angie jagger damien marley ernie isley dusty springfield blondie questlove yes stone sir boss eg white desmond child steve greenberg lauryn hill betty wright smokey robinson - occupation: singer songwriter actress Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of joss stone .
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joscelyn eve stoker -lrb- born 11 april 1987 -rrb- , better known by her stage name joss stone , is an english soul singer , songwriter and actress .stone rose to fame in late 2003 with her multi-platinum debut album , '' the soul sessions '' , which made the 2004 mercury prize shortlist .her second album , the similarly multi-platinum '' mind body & soul '' , topped the uk albums chart for one week and spawned the top ten hit '' you had me '' , stone 's most successful single on the uk singles chart to date .both the album and single received one nomination at the 2005 grammy awards , while stone herself was nominated for best new artist , and in an annual bbc poll of music critics , sound of 2004 was ranked fifth as a predicted breakthrough act of 2004 .she became the youngest british female singer to top the uk albums chart .stone 's third album , '' introducing joss stone '' , released in march 2007 , achieved gold record status by the riaa and yielded the second-ever highest debut for a british female solo artist on the '' billboard '' 200 , and became stone 's first top five album in the us .stone released her fourth album , '' colour me free ! '', on 20 october 2009 , which reached the top 10 on '' billboard '' .stone released her fifth album , '' lp1 '' , on 22 july 2011 , which reached the top 10 on '' billboard '' .throughout her career , stone has sold 14 million albums worldwide , establishing herself as one of the best-selling artists of her time , best-selling soul artists of the 2000s and best-selling british artists of her time .her first three albums have sold over 2,722,000 copies in the us , while her first two albums have sold over 2,000,000 copies in the uk .she has earned numerous accolades , including two brit awards -- winning the 2005 brit awards for best british female artist and best british urban act , and one grammy award out of five nominations .she also made her film acting debut in 2006 with the fantasy adventure film '' eragon '' , and made her television debut...