Jewel Kilcher (born May 23, 1974) is an American singer-songwriter,
musician, producer, actress, author, and poet. She has received four
Grammy Award nominations and, as of 2015, has sold over 30 million
albums worldwide.Jewel was raised in Homer, Alaska, where she grew up
singing and yodeling as a duo with her father, a local musician. At
age fifteen, she received a partial scholarship at the Interlochen
Arts Academy in Michigan, where she studied operatic voice. After
graduating, she began writing and performing at clubs and coffeehouses
in San Diego, California. Based on local media attention, she was
offered a recording contract with Atlantic Records, who released her
debut album, Pieces of You, in 1995; it went on to become one of the
best-selling debut albums of all time, going 12-times platinum. The
debut single from the album, "Who Will Save Your Soul", peaked at
number 11 on the Billboard Hot 100; two others, "You Were Meant for
Me" and "Foolish Games", reached number two on the Hot 100, and were
listed on Billboard's 1997 year-end singles chart, as well as
Billboard's 1998 year-end singles chart.Jewel was raised in Homer,
Alaska, where she grew up singing and yodeling as a duo with her
father, a local musician. At age fifteen, she received a partial
scholarship at the Interlochen Arts Academy in Michigan, where she
studied operatic voice. After graduating, she began writing and
performing at clubs and coffeehouses in San Diego, California. Based
on local media attention, she was offered a recording contract with
Atlantic Records, who released her debut album, Pieces of You, in
1995; it went on to become one of the best-selling debut albums of all
time, going 12-times platinum. The debut single from the album, "Who
Will Save Your Soul", peaked at number 11 on the Billboard Hot 100;
two others, "You Were Meant for Me" and "Foolish Games", reached
number two on the Hot 100, and were listed on Billboard's 1997
year-end singles chart, as well as Billboard's 1998 year-end singles
chart.Her subsequent album, Spirit, was released in 1998, followed by
This Way (2001). In 2003, she released 0304, which marked a departure
from her previous folk-oriented records, featuring electronic
arrangements and elements of dance-pop. In 2008, she released
Perfectly Clear, her first country album; it debuted atop Billboard's
Top Country Albums chart and featured three singles, "Stronger Woman",
"I Do", and "'Til It Feels Like Cheating". Jewel released her first
independent album, Lullaby, in 2009.Jewel has also had endeavors in
writing and acting; in 1998 she released a collection of poetry, and
the following year appeared in a supporting role in Ang Lee's Western
film Ride with the Devil (1999) which earned her critical acclaim. Jewel (singer) Top Movies & Young Movies