Jill Scott
Aug 23, 2015
Jill Scott is an American singer, model and actress. Her 2000 debut, Who Is Jill Scott? Words and Sounds Vol. 1, went platinum, and the followups Beautifully Human: Words and Sounds Vol. 2 (2004) and The Real Thing: Words and Sounds Vol. 3 (2007) both achieved gold status. She made her cinematic debut in the films Hounddog and Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married? in 2007. In Get On Up (2014) she plays the second wife of James Brown. She also appeared as the lead role in the BBC/HBO series The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency.
During Jill's stint at the Essence Festival, she announced her intentions of releasing two studio albums. One at the end of 2013 and the other during the spring of 2014. She first began kicking around the idea for Brown Baby Lullabies several years ago prior to giving birth to her son, Jett. Now putting the finishing touches on it, she says the album will provide affirmations for babies and children. "The lyrics are meant to be encouraging and nourishing to the spirit," she explained proudly. "The ultimate goal, however, is for people to purchase the album, but not actually hear it because they'll be too busy sleeping," she said with a smile. "Turn that joker up [and] walk out the room," she ordered. "Let them learn how to go to sleep." Jill's new album Woman will be the first album she releases on Atlantic Records. The album debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 Albums Chart, with 58,000 copies sold in its first week.