Joss Stone (born Jocelyn Eve Stoker on 11 April 1987) is an English soul and 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 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 album and single each received one nomination at the 2005 Grammy Awards, while Stone herself was nominated for Best New Artist, Stone was named the number-fifth predicted breakthrough act of 2004 in an annual BBC poll of music critics, Sound of 2004, She became the youngest female singer to top the UK Albums Chart female British act in history to have her first album at number one. Stone's third album, Introducing Joss Stone, released in March 2007, has achieved gold status by the RIAA and she became the yielding the second-ever highest debut for a British female solo artist on the chart on Billboard 200 . Stone released her fourth album, Colour Me Free, on October 20, 2009.

Throughout her career, Stone has sold over 10 million albums worldwide records; altogether, she has sold more albums than any other female soul british artist 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 acting debut in late 2006 with the fantasy adventure film Eragon, as the witch Angela, and she made her television debut portraying Anne of Cleves in the Showtime series The Tudors in 2009.