Born on December 9th, 1950, Joan Anita Barbara Armatrading is an English-Kittitian singer, songwriter, and guitarist.

Where does Joan Armatrading come from?

Joan Armatrading comes from Basseterre, Saint Christopher, and Nevis, British Leeward Islands

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Around the age of 14, Joan Armatrading began composing her own songs by setting her own limericks to music on a piano her mother had purchased as “furniture.”

Joan Armatrading quit school at the age of 15 to help her family.

Joan Armatrading lost her first job as a result of bringing her guitar to work and playing it during tea breaks.

Three Grammy Awards and two BRIT Awards for Best Female Artist have both been nominated for Armatrading. Joan Armatrading received an Ivor Novello Award for Outstanding Contemporary Song Collection in 1996.

In his nearly 50-year recording career, Joan Armatrading has released 20 studio albums, along with a handful of live albums and compilations.