Joy Williams

Quick Facts

Full Name	Joy Williams
Occupation	Folk Singer
Date Of Birth	Nov 14, 1982(1982-11-14)
Age	42
Birthplace	Mount Hermon
Country	United States
Birth City	California
Horoscope	Scorpio

Joy Williams Biography

Joy Williams is one of the most popular and richest Folk Singer who was born on November 14, 1982 in Mount Hermon, California, United States. Grammy award winning singer-songwriter of the folk rock duo The Civil Wars from 2009 to 2012 who started as a solo act in 2000. She performed alongside John Paul White in The Civil Wars.

She and Chris Cornell worked on a song called “Misery Chain” together for the 12 Years a Slave soundtrack.

Between 2001 and 2005 Williams was nominated for 11 Dove Awards, and the three records she released on Reunion cumulatively sold more than 250,000 copies. In 2005 she left the label to expand her musical horizons.

Williams was born in West Branch, Michigan, and raised in a Christian home in Mount Hermon in Santa Cruz County, California, where her parents worked in ministry. She attended Valley Christian High School in San Jose and graduated as the class valedictorian in 2001.

She has a sister named Sara. She had a son named Miles born in 2012 with her husband Nate Yetton.

Joy Williams Net Worth

Joy Williams is one of the richest Folk Singer from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Joy Williams 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

She was first signed to a label at the age of 17 and had a stellar beginning to her career with 11 Dove Award nominations and more than 300,000 albums sold between 3 records.

She and the front man for The National, Matt Berninger, collaborated on the theme song for AMC’s TURN.

Joy Elizabeth Williams (born November 14, 1982) is an American singer- songwriter. The winner of four Grammy Awards, Williams has released four solo albums and four EPs since her self-titled debut in 2001. She was half of the Civil Wars duo from 2009 until 2014.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is Joy Williams Dating?

According to our records, Joy Williams married to Nate Yetton. As of December 1, 2023, Joy Williams’s is not dating anyone.

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Late in 2013, Williams collaborated with Chris Cornell on the song “Misery Chain” which they performed on Late Night with David Letterman. She also collaborated with Matt Berninger from The National on “Hush”, the theme song for Turn. Williams and Hayley Williams (no relation) of the rock band Paramore collaborated on a new version of Paramore’s “Hate to See Your Heart Break”.

Facts & Trivia

Joy Ranked on the list of most popular Folk Singer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Joy Williams celebrates birthday on November 14 of every year.

Williams made her acting debut in 2016 in an episode of Roadies and her recording of The Chainsmokers’ “Don’t Let Me Down” was used for a State Farm commercial in 2017.

Are Joy Williams and Hayley Williams related?

Hayley Williams and Joy Williams, not related though they share a last name, have been friends for more than a dozen years, since Joy was a young star on the contemporary Christian music scene and Hayley was a promising tween songwriter.

Is Joy Williams still singing?

Joy Williams is a singer-songwriter from Santa Cruz, CA who now lovingly calls Nashville, TN home. Formerly of four-time Grammy Award-winning Folk, Country and Americana duo The Civil Wars, Joy recently released her solo album, Front Porch, produced by Kenneth Pattengale of The Milk Carton Kids.

Why did the civil wars band end?

But last year, in the middle of a tour, the band abruptly canceled the rest of its dates, citing “ internal discord and irreconcilable differences of ambition.” The two musicians haven’t appeared together since.

Where was Joy Williams born?

West Branch, MI

What happened to Joy Williams and Nate Yetton?

On June 12, 2004, Williams married Nate Yetton. Williams and Yetton have a son, Miles Alexander, born June 30, 2012; and a daughter, Poppy Louise, born August 6, 2018. In an interview with Pop Matters, Williams stated that she and her husband had “decided to part ways” in early 2019.