Jewel is 34 years old (1974/5/23) and grew up in Alaska. She is regarded as one of the most talented and outstanding singers in pop music. So far, she has sold as many as 23 million records around the world. Jewel 1995' s debut album Pieces Of You won a very famous diamond record because it sold more than10 million copies in the United States (now it has reached110 million copies). This album contains the best-selling single What do you mean to me? Who will save your soul? Stupid game. It stayed on the billboard album list for 1 14 weeks, ranking fourth at the highest.
Gemstone's second album Ling was released on 1998 and was a great success. Spirit is made by Patrick Leonard and contains a list? Quot Hand, Let It Go So Long, and Jupiter (Swallowing the Moon) won the third place in billboard album and platinum record. It sold 6 million copies worldwide, making it one of the most successful second albums.
1999, Joy:A Holiday Collection produced by legendary producer Arif Mardin was released. In this album, Jewel sang some of the most popular Christmas songs and new versions of some old songs, including the unique Christmas version of "Hands". The two songs in the platinum album Joy show that the singer's talent and vision are increasing day by day and more diverse: The Face of Love, which strongly expresses faith, and the Latin song Gloria.
Gemstone also participated in Mel Haggard 1999 album "For the Record". The album contains two songs sung by Jewel and the legendary country music singer/songwriter-"This is Love" and "Blade".
Jewel has always been a live singer with great public charm, whether she is wearing a guitar alone or leading a band on the stage. Lead singers Bob Dylan and neil young praised her and invited her to warm up for their concert. Since Pearl released her first album six years ago, she has established a strong and close relationship with concert audiences all over the world. In addition to many tours in North America, Jewel has also traveled to Asia, Australia and Europe. She was praised as "the most creative female singer since Joni Mitchell" by the influential London Times.
19971February, Pearl sang at the Nobel Peace Prize awarding ceremony in Oslo, Norway. 1998 1 month, before the football world cup in San Diego, she sang the stars and stripes. In the same year1February, Jewel sang for Pope John Paul II at the 6th Natale In Vaticano Concert. In this concert, Jewel sang "Hands" with the accompaniment of 100 symphony orchestra and 40 chorus. The concert was broadcast on TV stations all over Europe on Christmas Eve.
In addition to her many full-court concerts, Jewel also participated in some important large-scale concerts, including Woodstock 1999. At this music festival, Jewel and her band faced the largest live audience in their whole singing career, not to mention millions of TV viewers all over the world. Pearl's singing was regarded as one of the highlights of the weekend, except that it suddenly rained cats and dogs in the middle of singing "Stupid Game".
Later that year, Jewel sang for President Clinton and his wife at the annual "Christmas in Washington" charity concert, which aims to raise money for the American Children's Health Center. In August 2000, Vice President Al Gore announced in Nashville that he would run for president with Senator Joseph Lieberman. Jewel sang a song at the party and later became a strong competitor of this group of candidates.
Jewel's extraordinary achievements in singing and songwriting only represent a part of her creative career. Her first book of poetry, Night Without Armor, was published in 1998, and soon became a best seller list in The New York Times. The book was reprinted 29 times and sold millions of copies. In addition, the audio book published by this collection of poems has achieved unprecedented success, and Jewel won the Audie Award from the Audio Publishing Association at 1999. In the autumn of 2000, Jewel's second book, Private and Frank? #092; Chasing Dawn was published. This book records a singer's chaotic tour life-most of it was written by Pearl during her 1999 "Soul" world tour. This book contains photos taken by Jewel, paintings painted in Alaska as a child, and her mental journey as a daughter, sister, girl and artist.
1999, Pearl made her first attempt to appear in Ang Lee's films Civil War and Ride of the Devil. Stephen Holden of The New York Times said, "Under the red tape of the19th century, Jewel has a strong sense of humor. Roger ebert of The Chicago Sun wrote: "Jewel's convincing and unpretentious performance is commendable. In the film, she is an actress, not a pop star who tries a new hobby. 」
Pearl also released the first documentary video "Pearl: An Extraordinary Life" on 1999. This autobiographical documentary contains one-hour clips of Jewel's life when he was on tour and not on tour, as well as interviews with Jewel's closest relatives and friends. In addition, the video also includes four songs sung by Jewel/Kloc-0 in Los Angeles on April 25th, 1999. The organization aims to raise funds for the better side of human nature (HGH). 1999 1 month, Lenedra J. Carroll, the mother of Pearl and her agent, founded HGH to encourage the whole world and individuals to improve the world.
The main project of HGH, Shimizu Project, was started in 10, 1999, which was linked to Jewel's performance in NetAid. NetAid is a global live music activity, which aims to eradicate extreme poverty for a long time. The water purification project wants to create a world where everyone can drink clean and safe water. In addition to cooperating with local communities to provide simple and reliable safe drinking water manufacturing technology, this project also has many educational courses and other activities.
Jewel's stage achievements include three Grammy nominations, an American Music Award and an MTV Music Video Award. In June, 1999, recording arts and Science College awarded Jewel the Governor Award. The award aims to recognize the members of the academy who "break all music barriers and are regarded as the assets of the music industry".
In that year, Jewel also won many other awards, including the 1999 "Founder's Choice" award awarded by the non-profit organization Peace Times. She was also named "Woman of the Year" by Glamour magazine in its 10 anniversary edition.
In addition to her artistic and charitable efforts, Jewel has been actively using modern media technology, and the results are displayed on her official website. The website provides the latest news, surrounding commodities and, most importantly, links to websites of Gems and humanitarian organizations supported by HGH.
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