Joan Armatrading

Joan Anita Barbara Armatrading CBE ˈɑːrməˌtreɪdɪŋ born 9 December 1950 is an English singersongwriter 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 A threetime 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 Description above from the Wikipedia article Joan Armatrading licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia