Joan Armatrading

British singer and musician · United Kingdom · On the map · Musicians · Born 1950 · age 75

Joan Anita Barbara Armatrading is an English singer-songwriter and guitarist. Her first major commercial success came with her third and fourth albums, Joan Armatrading (1976) and Show Some Emotion (1977), and she continues to play live and record studio albums.

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2013Honorary DoctorateAward1996Ivor Novello AwardsAward1985“In America you watch TV and think that's totally unreal, then you step outside and it's just the same.”In their wordsMay 1985Quoted in Spin magazine, May 1985Read the whole statement

1950Born9 December 1950

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Honorary Doctorate, The Open University2013

Ivor Novello Awards1996

Member of the Order of the British Empire

Commander of the Order of the British Empire

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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.

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United Kingdom