On December 9, 1950, English-Kittitian singer-songwriter and guitarist Joan Anita Barbara Armatrading was born.

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Joan Armatrading is a singer-songwriter most recognized for her influential and diverse musical genres, which include reggae, pop, and soul.

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Putting her own limericks to music on a piano that her mother had purchased as “furniture,” Armatrading began writing songs when she was about 14 years old.

Armatrading quit school when she was 15 years old in order to help her family.

She lost her first job as a result of carrying a guitar to work and playing it during tea breaks.

Armatrading has received nominations for two BRIT Awards for Best Female Artist and three Grammy Awards. She was honored with an Ivor Novello Award in 1996 for Outstanding Contemporary Song Collection.

Armatrading has released 20 studio albums during the course of a nearly 50-year recording career, in addition to a number of live albums and compilations.