Joss Stone (born Joscelyn Eve Stoker; 11 April 1987) is an English soul (soul music) and R&B (contemporary R&B) singer-songwriter and actress. Stone emerged 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 equally multiplatinum Mind, Body & Soul, topped the UK Albums Chart for one week and spawned the top ten hit "You Had Me", Stones most successful single on the UK Singles Chart to date. Both album and single each received one nomination at the 2005 Grammy Awards (47th Grammy Awards), while Stone herself was nominated for Best New Artist (Grammy Award 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 in history to have her first album at number one. Stones third album, Introducing Joss Stone, released in March 2007, achieved gold record status by the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) and yielded the second-ever highest debut for a British female solo artist on the Billboard 200 (Billboard 200). Stone released her fourth album, Colour Me Free, on 20 October 2009.

Throughout her career, Stone has sold over ten million albums worldwide records; altogether, she has sold more albums than any other female British soul singer during the 2000s. Her first three albums have sold over 2,722,000 copies in the United States, while her first two albums have sold over 2,000,000 copies in United Kingdom. Stone has won two BRIT Awards and one Grammy Award. She also made her film acting debut in late 2006 with the fantasy adventure film Eragon (Eragon (film)), and made her television debut portraying Anne of Cleves in the Showtime series The Tudors in 2009.