Armatrading has mixed eclectic musical styles over decades of recording and performing.

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Let us know what you think of the Last.fm website. Joan Armatrading MBE (born Joan Anita Barbara Armatrading in Basseterre, Saint Kitts on 9 December 1950) and brought up in Birmingham, England, is a British singer, songwriter, and guitarist.

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Joan Armatrading's entry onto the U.K. charts in 1976 heralded the arrival of a distinctive artist whose uncompromising attitude would propel her throughout a career of remarkable consistency that traversed multiple genres from rock to jazz and blues.

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She has had several British hit singles, the biggest of which were "Love & Affection", "Me Myself I", and "Drop the Pilot".

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Get track Her music is generally pop, with forays into rock, folk, jazz, and even reggae.

She received an Ivor Novello Award for Outstanding Contemporary Song Collection in 1996..