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Jill Scott
12+ albums
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Jill Heather Scott (born April 4, 1972) is an American singer, songwriter, model, poet, and actress. She gained recognition with her 2000 debut album, "Who Is Jill Scott?: Words and Sounds Vol. 1", which was certified platinum. Her subsequent albums, "Beautifully Human: Words and Sounds Vol. 2" (2004) and "The Real Thing: Words and Sounds Vol. 3" (2007), were both certified gold. She released her fourth album, "The Light of the Sun", in 2011, followed by "Woman" in 2015, and her sixth album, "To Whom This May Concern", in February 2026. Scott was born in Philadelphia and grew up as an only child, raised by her mother and grandmother. She traces part of her maternal ancestry to the Jola people of Guinea-Bissau and was raised as a Jehovah’s Witness. She attended the Philadelphia High School for Girls and later studied secondary education at Temple University with the intention of becoming a high school English teacher, but left college after working as a teacher’s aide. Scott began her career as a spoken word artist and was discovered by Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson of the Roots, leading to a co-writing credit on the song "You Got Me". She collaborated with artists such as Eric Benet, Will Smith, and Common, and toured in a production of the Broadway musical "Rent". She was the first artist signed to Hidden Beach Recordings. Her debut single "A Long Walk" earned a Grammy nomination, and she won a Grammy in 2005 for Best Urban/Alternative R&B Performance for "Cross My Mind". She
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albums
Who Is Jill Scott? Words and Sounds, Volume 1
Beautifully Human: Words and Sounds Vol. 2
Beautifully Human
Who Is Jill Scott? - Words and Sounds, Vol. 1
The Real Thing: Words & Sounds Vol 3
The Light Of The Sun
Beautifully Human: Words and Sounds, Volume 2
Woman
Who Is Jill Scott?: Words and Sounds, Vol. 1 (2020 Remastered)
To Whom This May Concern
Who Is Jill Scott? (Words And Sounds Vol. 1)
Who Is Jill Scott?: Words and Sounds, Vol. 1