Joan Armatrading

Quick Facts

Full Name	Joan Armatrading
Occupation	Pop Singer
Date Of Birth	Dec 9, 1950(1950-12-09)
Age	74
Birthplace	Basseterre
Country	Saint Kitts and Nevis
Birth City	Saint George Basseterre Parish
Horoscope	Sagittarius

Joan Armatrading Biography

Joan Armatrading is one of the most popular and richest Pop Singer who was born on December 9, 1950 in Basseterre, Saint George Basseterre Parish, Saint Kitts and Nevis. British musician and singer Grammy as well as BRIT Award winner who has released hits like “Drop the Pilot.”

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Joan Anita Barbara Armatrading, MBE (/ˈ ɑːr m ə ˌ t r eɪ d ɪ ŋ / , born 9 December 1950) is a British singer-songwriter and guitarist.

Armatrading first performed in a concert at Birmingham University for her brother at the age of about 16. She only knew her own songs, but her brother asked her to perform something that would be familiar to the audience; she chose “The Sound of Silence”. She then performed her own songs around the local area with a friend from school, and played bass and rhythm guitar at local clubs. In 1968, Armatrading joined a repertory production of the stage musical Hair. There she met the lyricist Pam Nestor in 1970, and they worked together on Armatrading’s debut album Whatever’s for Us, released by Cube Records in 1972. Nestor wrote the lyrics to 11 of the 14 songs on the album, while Armatrading wrote the lyrics to three of them, performed all the vocals, wrote all the music and played an array of instruments on the album. Although Nestor was credited as co-lyricist, Cube considered Armatrading to be the more likely star material. These events produced a tension that broke up the partnership.

She was in a relationship with Maggie Butler in 2012.

Joan Armatrading Net Worth

Joan Armatrading is one of the richest Pop Singer from Saint Kitts and Nevis. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Joan Armatrading 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

She was employed at an engineering tool production firm known as Rabone Chesterman.

It was her first time as a female performer to be nominated in the Blues category at the Grammy Awards.

Joan Armatrading, the third of six children, was born in 1950 in the town of Basseterre on the Caribbean island of Saint Kitts. Her father was a carpenter and her mother a housewife. When she was three years old, her parents moved with their two eldest boys to Birmingham in England, sending Joan to live with her grandmother on the Caribbean island of Antigua. In early 1958, at the age of seven, she joined her parents in Brookfields, then a district of Birmingham. The area, now mostly demolished, has been absorbed into the district of Hockley. Her father had played in a band in his youth, later forbidding his children from touching his guitar. At about the age of 14 Armatrading began writing songs by setting her own limericks to music on a piano that her mother had purchased as “a piece of furniture”. Shortly thereafter, her mother bought her a £3 guitar (equivalent to £59 in 2019) from a pawn shop in exchange for two prams, and she began teaching herself the instrument.

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Who is Joan Armatrading Dating?

According to our records, Joan Armatrading married to Maggie Butler. As of December 1, 2023, Joan Armatrading’s is not dating anyone.

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Armatrading was the musical guest for Season 2, episode 21 of NBC’s Saturday Night Live, which originally aired on 14 May 1977. She performed “Love and Affection” and “Down to Zero”.

Facts & Trivia

Joan Ranked on the list of most popular Pop Singer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Saint Kitts and Nevis. Joan Armatrading celebrates birthday on December 9 of every year.

In 1980 Armatrading radically revised her playing style and released Me Myself I, a harder pop-oriented album produced by Richard Gottehrer, who had previously produced albums for Blondie. The album became Armatrading’s highest ever charting album both in the UK and the US, while the title track became her second UK Top 40 hit single. In that year, she performed on Rockpalast night. The same pop style as on her previous album, now coupled with synthesisers, was also evident on the 1981 album Walk Under Ladders and 1983’s The Key. All three of these albums were Top 10 successes in the UK, with The Key also producing the hit single “Drop the Pilot”, Armatrading’s third UK Top 40 hit single (UK #11). To capitalise on her success, A&M released the best of compilation album, Track Record in 1983.

Top Facts about Joan Armatrading

1. Joan Armatrading is a Kittitian-English singer-songwriter.
2. She has released 19 studio albums and sold over 10 million records.
3. Armatrading was the first female UK artist to debut at number one on the Billboard Blues chart.
4. She has been nominated for three Grammy Awards and received an Ivor Novello Award.
5. Armatrading was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in 2001.
6. Her hit songs include “Love and Affection” and “Drop the Pilot.”
7. Armatrading is known for her distinctive contralto voice and guitar playing.
8. She has toured extensively throughout her career, including opening for Bob Dylan in 1984.
9. In addition to music, she is also a published author and playwright.
10. Armatrading continues to write, record, and perform music today at age 70.

Where is Joan Armatrading now?

Armatrading entered into a civil partnership with artist Maggie Butler in the Shetland Islands in 2011. As of 2012, Armatrading lived in Surrey, where she owns Bumpkin Studios , a purpose built recording facility in the grounds of her home where she has recorded most of her albums since Sleight of Hand.

What nationality is Joan Armatrading?

British

What age is Joan Armatrading?

71 years (December 9, 1950)

When did Joan Armatrading release love and affection?

1976

Is Joan Armatrading still performing?

40 or so years and 20 albums down the lines, and she’s still plying her trade! Joan Armatrading will tour the UK and Ireland this autumn 2018. Catch her live by checking out the tour dates and concert ticket information below on Stereoboard.