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Singer-songwriter Joan Armatrading was born in Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis, on this day in 1950 (December 9)
In the 1970s, Armatrading became the first Black British female singer-songwriter to enjoy international success, and in 1980 her popularity skyrocketed with the release of the LP “Me, Myself, I” which became her highest ever charting album both in the UK and the US, while the title track became her second UK Top 40 hit single.
This popularity continued into the 80s with 1983’s Top 10 LP “The Key” producing the hit single "Drop the Pilot", Armatrading's third UK Top 40 hit single (UK #11), which was also Top 10 in Australia and New Zealand and #1 in South Africa.
She has continued to perform and record throughout the 90s and 2000s, and in 2014 and 2015, Armatrading embarked on her last major tour, the “Me Myself I Tour”, the first to feature her solo on stage.
In a recording career spanning nearly 50 years, Armatrading has released 20 studio albums, as well as several live albums and compilations, and her latest LP “Consequences” was released in June 2021.
A three-time Grammy Award nominee, Armatrading has also been nominated twice for BRIT Awards as Best Female Artist. She received an Ivor Novello Award for Outstanding Contemporary Song Collection in 1996.
In April 2016, she was presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2016 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards in recognition of her "influence on a generation of singer-songwriters [as] one of the outstanding voices in British music since the 1970s".
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