Jewel

Jewel is the US-born singer songwriter and actress best known for her folk-pop hit “You Were Meant for Me”.

All-American folk-pop princess Jewel (born Jewel Kilcher) came to prominence in the mid to late nineties after being discovered singing in a coffee house by an Atlantic Records executive. The debut album Pieces of You (1995) eventually sold more than 12 million copies worldwide and spawned the hit singles "Who Will Save Your Soul", "You Were Meant for Me", and "Foolish Games", which also featured in the 1997 film Batman & Robin, starring George Clooney and Chris O'Donnell.

Her second album Spirit (1998) produced three singles -- "Hands", "Down So Long" and a new version of "Jupiter" -- however it didn't manage to equal the success of her debut. In 1999 Jewel made her big screen debut in the film from Ang Lee Ride with the Devil, also starring Tobey Maguire and Jonathan Rhys-Meyers. In 2001 Jewel released her third album This Way, which peaked at No.9 in the US charts without the aid of singles.

In 2003 Jewel moved away from her folk-pop sound and released a dance album. 0304 was her highest debuting album to date, reaching No.2 in its first week of release, and it spawned two hit singles too, "Intuition" and "2 Become 1". In 2006 she released her last studio album with Atlantic Records, Goodbye Alice in Wonderland. The release showed a return to Jewel's roots after the dance-pop of her previous album, but it suffered from sluggish sales.

The now label-less Jewel has recently said she would like her next offering to be a country album.