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My Take
Juice Newton, born Judith Kay Newton in Lakehurst, New Jersey in 1952, sits right at the seam where pop and country met in the early 1980s. Five Grammy nominations across Pop and Country female-vocalist categories, with a 1983 win, plus an ACM Top New Female Artist award and back-to-back Billboard female album honors, tell me she was no one-hit novelty. What I find interesting is that she's a guitarist and songwriter, not just a voice for hire. That crossover instinct, refusing to pick a single genre lane, is probably exactly why her records traveled so well across formats.
Overview
Juice Newton (born Judith Kay Newton; February 18, 1952) is an American pop and country singer, songwriter, and musician. Newton has received five Grammy Award nominations in the Pop and Country Best Female Vocalist categories – winning once in 1983 – as well as an ACM Award for Top New Female Artist and two consecutive Billboard Female Album Artist of the Year awards.
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1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Juice Newton
- Name (Japanese)
- ジュース・ニュートン
- Reading
- じゅーす・にゅーとん
- Born
- February 18, 1952 (age 74)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Aquarius / Dragon
- Origin
- Lakehurst, New Jersey, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- singer / guitarist / songwriter / singer-songwriter / musician
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- First Colonial High School
- University
- Foothill College
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.