Joss Stone

Why organisations work with Joss Stone

• A first-hand global perspective from a singer who performed in all 193 UN member states and partnered with local charities in each, a frame of reference very few keynote speakers can claim.
• A Grammy winner and double BRIT Award winner whose presence brings cultural weight and warmth to a corporate, charity, or values-led event.
• A founder’s account of running the Joss Stone Foundation, which supports more than 200 charities, told without corporate distance.
• A speaker who draws on Live 8, One Young World, and two decades inside the music industry to talk about purpose, resilience, and creative independence in plain language.

Biography highlights

• Grammy Award winner for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals (2007), with John Legend and Van Hunt.
• Two BRIT Awards (2005): British Female Solo Artist and British Urban Act; Guinness World Records as youngest BRIT solo winner at age 17.
• Debut album The Soul Sessions shortlisted for the 2004 Mercury Prize; approximately 14 million records sold worldwide.
• Performed at Live 8 (2005) and the One Young World Summit (2012).
• Completed The Total World Tour (2014 to 2019), performing in over 200 countries including all 193 UN member states, collaborating with local artists and charities.
• Founder of the Joss Stone Foundation, supporting more than 200 charities globally.

Biography

Most artists at the peak of a recording career do not put it down to spend five years performing in every country on earth. Joss Stone did. The Total World Tour ran from 2014 to 2019, reached all 193 UN member states, and paired every show with a charity visit and a local-artist collaboration. The Joss Stone Foundation grew directly out of it.

Stone arrived at this work with credentials already in place. Her debut record was shortlisted for the Mercury Prize when she was sixteen. By seventeen she held two BRIT Awards and a Guinness World Records entry as the youngest solo winner of the prize. A Grammy followed in 2007 for her collaboration with John Legend and Van Hunt. Roughly 14 million records sold worldwide put her among the best-selling British soul artists of her generation.

What she now brings to a stage is the rarer asset. She has sat with charity workers, musicians, and communities in places most senior leaders only see in briefing notes. She has built and run an international foundation. She has done it while staying recognisably herself, with the directness that audiences at One Young World, Live 8, and corporate summits have responded to.

For organisations talking about purpose, global responsibility, or the human side of a values agenda, Stone offers proof that the work is doable and worth doing. The argument lands because she has done it.

Key speaking topics

• Purpose and humanitarian leadership
• Global perspective through music and travel
• Founding and running a charitable foundation
• Creative independence and career longevity
• Cultural collaboration across 193 countries
• Resilience inside the music industry

Ideal for

• Charity galas, foundation events, and CSR or ESG conferences
• Corporate summits on purpose, values, and employee engagement
• Awards dinners and after-dinner keynote slots
• Women’s leadership, young leaders, and One Young World style platforms

Audience outcomes

• A vivid first-hand account of building a global humanitarian project from the ground up
• A reset of what purpose looks like when it is lived rather than messaged
• Specific stories from 193 countries that translate abstract values into human terms
• A reminder, from someone who has done it, that creative independence and commercial success can coexist