Jewel

Jewel's backstory is almost too good to be true: raised near Homer, Alaska, yodeling alongside her father before becoming a four-time Grammy nominee with over 30 million albums sold. What I admire is that she never sanded off that rough, homespun edge to chase trends. The Utah-born songwriter built a career on her own lyrics and a voice that sounds unmistakably lived-in, earning an MTV Video Music Award in 1997 along the way. In an industry that rewards reinvention, her stubborn authenticity reads as the bolder choice. To me, she remains the rare star whose folk roots feel like conviction rather than costume.

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Name (English)

Jewel

Name (Japanese)

ジュエル

Reading

じゅえる

Born

May 23, 1974 (age 52)

Origin

Payson, Utah, United States

Occupation

singer-songwriter / singer / actor / songwriter / yodeler

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Gemini / Tiger

Awards & achievements

• 1997 MTV Video Music Award for Best Female Video

• Official sitehttps://jeweljk.com/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/jewel/
• Xhttps://x.com/jeweljk
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewel%20(singer)
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A5%E3%82%A8%E3%83%AB
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q229018

Tags

• Utah
• singer-songwriter
• singer
• actor

Last updated

September 18, 2026

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.