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Jewel

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American singer-songwriter

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Jewel is an American female singer-songwriter whose musical career began in 1994. Her work is categorized under folk pop, pop, rock, and singer-songwriter genres. She has one child and maintains an official website.

In addition to her music, Jewel Adams is an author with 36 works listed on Open Library. Notable titles include *Gladiator's Day of Grace*, *Krisandor Saga*, *Sails in Time*, *Island King*, and *WORDS OF LOVE - How to Write a Romance Novel*. Crossref lists five of her works, while Europeana Sparql records one.

Jewel has 382,288 social media followers. On Last.fm, she has 1,128,125 listeners and a playcount of 16,978,588. Her profile is referenced by 851 other encyclopedia articles.

Synthesized by Vinony from 22 facts across 8 sources: Wikidata, Open Library, Last.fm, Crossref, Wikiquote, MusicBrainz, Europeana Sparql, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Key facts

Born
Jewel Kilcher , ( 1974-05-23 ) May 23, 1974 (age 52) , Payson, Utah , U.S.
Occupations
Singer songwriter poet author activist actress
Years active
1994–present
Spouse
Ty Murray ​ ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2008 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 2014 ) ​
Father
Atz Kilcher
Relatives
Yule F. Kilcher (grandfather), Mossy Kilcher (aunt), Q'orianka Kilcher (first cousin once removed)
Origin
Homer, Alaska , U.S.
Genres
Pop country folk
Instruments
Vocals (soprano) guitar
Labels
Atlantic Valory
Website
jeweljk .com

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Gender
female
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Payson
Occupation
composer
Languages spoken
English language
Native language
English language
Field of work
acting
Instrument
voice
Record label
Atlantic Records
Official website
jeweljk.com
Image
Jewel at Clinton's inauguration party.jpg
Number of children
1
Residence
Telluride
Voice type
soprano
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date of birth
1974-05-23
Commons category
Jewel (singer)
topic's main category
Category:Jewel (singer)
start of work period
1994-00-00
social media followers
286000
writing language
English language
birth name
Jewel Kilcher
name in native language
Jewel
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Works in European collections

1 object attributed to Jewel, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

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Encyclopedic overview

Jewel Kilcher (born May 23, 1974) is an American singer-songwriter. She has been nominated for four Grammy Awards and has sold over 30 million albums worldwide as of 2024.

Jewel was raised near Homer, Alaska, where she grew up singing and yodeling as a musical duo with her father, Atz Kilcher, a local musician. At age fifteen, she received a partial scholarship to 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 signed by Atlantic Records in 1993, which released her debut album Pieces of You two years later. One of the best-selling debut albums of all time, it went 12-times platinum. The debut single from the album, "Who Will Save Your Soul", peaked at number 11 on the Billboard Hot 100. Singles "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.

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