Jill Scott
Aug 22, 2011
Jill Scott is an American soul and R&B singer-songwriter, poet, and actress. In 2007, Scott made her cinematic debut in the films Hounddog (as Big Mama Thornton) and in Tyler Perry's feature film, Why Did I Get Married? That year, her third studio album, The Real Thing: Words and Sounds Vol. 3, was released on September 25, 2007. She has won three Grammy Awards. She also appeared in the lead role of the BBC/HBO series The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency.
Following her 2007's Grammy nominated Gold certified album The Real Thing, Jill is currently about to release her fourth studio album titled The Light of the Sun. The album embarks Jill on a flurry of emotional poetry as both her career and personal life have skyrocketed with success in Hollywood and the birth of her first child.
In 2011, following a recently settled, chaotic legal battle with previous label Hidden Beach, which found her countersuing the label's claim that she exited halfway through a six-album deal last year, Jill Scott signed a distribution deal with Warner Brothers Records. Jill released her fourth studio album, The Light of the Sun, June 21, 2011. "So in Love" featuring Anthony Hamilton was released as the first official single from the album. The song debuted at number 43 on Billboards Hot R&B/Hip Hop Songs chart, making it the highest debut of her career on that chart.
