Jewel (full name:  Jewel Kilcher) is a contemporary folksinger who had a roughshod upbringing in Homer, Alaska.  She was just 21 when her debut album Pieces of You was released, spawning three popular singles:  "Who Will Save Your Soul", "You Were Meant for Me", and "Foolish Games".  While not an immediate success, Jewel toured constantly, and Atlantic Records pushed the album in all quarters; it eventually became one of the best-selling debut albums of all time, selling 12 million copies in the US alone.  

(November 2014)