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American singer-songwriter

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Type
Person
Gender
Female
Origin
United States
Active from
1974-05-23
folk poppopsinger/songwriter

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Jewel Kilcher (born May 23, 1974 in Payson, Utah, United States) is a singer, songwriter, actress, and poet, generally known just by her first name, Jewel. She has received four Grammy Award nominations. Jewel is the daughter of Nedra Carroll, an artist and personal manager, and Atz Kilcher, an elementary school music teacher, folk singer and social worker. Her mother of Irish descent and her father is of Swiss-German origin. She is the cousin of actress Q'Orianka Kilcher. <a href="https://www.

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Quotes

  • I come from the elfin king’s demesne&nbsp;&nbsp;With chrysolite, hyacinth, tourmaline;I have emeralds here of living green;&nbsp;&nbsp;I have rubies, each like a cup of wine;And diamonds, diamonds that never have been&nbsp;&nbsp;Outshone by eyes the most divine!
  • About thy neck a carcanet is bound,Made of the ruby, pearl and diämond:A golden ring that shines upon thy thumb:About thy wrist, the rich dardanium.Between thy breasts (than down of swans more white)There plays the sapphire with the chrysolite.No part besides must of thyself be known,But by the topaz, opal, chalcedon.
  • When your spirit no longer shines,you crave gems.
  • An emerald is as green as grass;&nbsp;&nbsp;A ruby red as blood;A sapphire shines as blue as heaven;&nbsp;&nbsp;A lies in the mud.A diamond is a brilliant stone,&nbsp;&nbsp;To catch the world’s desire;An holds a fiery spark;&nbsp;&nbsp;But a flint holds fire.
  • Inestimable stones, unvalued jewels,All scattered in the bottom of the sea.Some lay in dead men’s skulls, and in the holesWhere eyes did once inhabit there were crept—As ’twere in scorn of eyes—reflecting gems,That wooed the slimy bottom of the deep,And mocked the dead bones that lay scattered by.
  • My daughter! O my ducats! O my daughter!Fled with a Christian! O my Christian ducats!Justice! the law! my ducats and my daughter!A sealèd bag, two sealèd bags of ducats,Of double ducats, stol’n from me by my daughter!And jewels, two stones, two rich and precious stones,Stol’n by my daughter! Justice! find the girl,She hath the stones upon her and the ducats.

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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

Official website
jeweljk.com
Image
Jewel at Clinton's inauguration party.jpg
Number of children
1
Show 6 more facts
date of birth
1974-05-23
Commons category
Jewel (singer)
start of work period
1994-00-00
social media followers
286000
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.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Jewel” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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