{{Short description|2007 studio album by Joss Stone}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2020}} {{Use British English|date=January 2015}} {{Infobox album | name = Introducing Joss Stone | type = studio | artist = Joss Stone | cover = Introducing Joss Stone.png | released = {{Start date|2007|3|9|df=yes}} | recorded = April 2006 – January 2007 | studio = * Blakeslee Recording Co. (North Hollywood, California){{efn|Track 1; strings on tracks 2, 4, 5, 7, 8 and 14; horns on tracks 4, 5, 7 and 14}} * Compass Point (Nassau, Bahamas){{efn|Tracks 2–5 and 7–14}} * Electric Lady (New York City){{efn|Tracks 3 and 6}} * Legacy (New York City){{efn|Strings on track 3}} * The Plant (Sausalito, California){{efn|Track 6}} * Sonikwire (Irvine, California){{efn|Additional recording on track 7}} * Clinton (New York City){{efn|Strings on tracks 9–13}} | genre = <!-- Discuss in the talk page before changing --> * R&B<ref name="popmatters"/> * hip-pop<ref name="NME"/> * soul * {{nowrap|hip hop}}<ref>{{cite web |last=Puterbaugh |first=Parke |url=https://www.soundandvision.com/content/music-review-joss-stone |title=MUSIC REVIEW: Joss Stone |website=Sound&Vision |date=12 March 2007 |access-date=10 August 2019 |quote=soul/hip-hop hybrid}}</ref> | length = {{Duration|s=47|m=55}} | label = Virgin | producer = Raphael Saadiq | prev_title = Mind Body & Soul Sessions: Live in New York City | prev_year = 2004 | next_title = Colour Me Free! | next_year = 2009 | misc = {{Extra album cover | header = Alternative cover | type = studio | cover = Introducing Joss Stone (Japan).png | border = yes | caption = Japanese cover }} {{Singles | name = Introducing Joss Stone | type = studio | single1 = Tell Me 'bout It | single1date = 5 March 2007 | single2 = Tell Me What We're Gonna Do Now | single2date = 23 July 2007 | single3 = Baby Baby Baby | single3date = 23 December 2007 }}}}
'''''Introducing Joss Stone''''' (stylised as '''''Introducing... Joss Stone''''') is the third studio album by English singer and songwriter Joss Stone, released on 9 March 2007 by Virgin Records. Stone began writing the album in April 2006 in Barbados, before meeting up with producer Raphael Saadiq in the Bahamas to record the songs. ''Introducing Joss Stone'' also features guest vocal appearances by rapper Common and singer Lauryn Hill.
Upon its release, the album was met with generally positive reviews from music critics. ''Introducing Joss Stone'' was not as commercially successful as Stone's previous albums in her native United Kingdom, peaking at number 12 on the UK Albums Chart and selling 27,000 copies in its first week. In the United States, it debuted at number two on the ''Billboard'' 200 with first-week sales of 118,000 units, which broke the record at the time for the highest debut for a British female solo artist on the chart. It also performed well across continental Europe, charting inside the top 10 in several countries. The album has sold 1.3 million copies worldwide.
==Background and recording== [[File:Raphael Saadiq at Stockholm Jazz 4.jpg|left|thumb|250px|Raphael Saadiq produced the album and co-wrote several tracks]] Chris Anokute was hired by Virgin Records chairman Jason Flom to A&R ''Introducing Joss Stone'' with a budget of $1 million, which Anokute described to ''HitQuarters'' as his "first real A&R job".<ref name="hitquarters">{{cite web |url=http://www.hitquarters.com/index.php3?page=intrview/2010/October18_4_57_7.html |title=Interview with Chris Anokute, A&R for Katy Perry, Joss Stone |work=HitQuarters |date=18 October 2010 |access-date=30 January 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150417201326/http://www.hitquarters.com/index.php3?page=intrview%2F2010%2FOctober18_4_57_7.html |archive-date=17 April 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref> In April 2006, Flom sent Stone to Barbados with Anokute for two months, where she began writing the lyrics and he helped her develop the songs.<ref name="shopemi">{{cite web |url=http://www.shopemi.com/news_view.asp?id=80&news_id=1432 |title="Introducing Joss Stone" Out on March 20, 2007 |website=ShopEMI |date=6 March 2007 |access-date=6 April 2008 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090823071813/http://www.shopemi.com/news_view.asp?id=80&news_id=1432 |archive-date=23 August 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Harris |first=Chris |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/dn83w5/joss-stone-has-lauryn-hills-mom-to-thank-for-third-album |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220826012005/https://www.mtv.com/news/dn83w5/joss-stone-has-lauryn-hills-mom-to-thank-for-third-album |url-status=dead |archive-date=26 August 2022 |title=Joss Stone Has Lauryn Hill's Mom To Thank For Third Album |publisher=MTV News |date=29 December 2006 |access-date=25 August 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.psychopedia.com/dailynews/2006/10/my_town_barbadossoul_princess.html |title=Soul Princess Joss Stone's Favorite Isle |website=psychoPEDIA |date=13 October 2006 |access-date=9 March 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927115814/http://www.psychopedia.com/dailynews/2006/10/my_town_barbadossoul_princess.html |archive-date=27 September 2007}}</ref> Stone wrote an estimated 60 songs.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/soul-patrol-1053773/ |title=Soul Patrol |magazine=Billboard |date=18 March 2007 |access-date=31 January 2022}}</ref> In collaboration with Stone's manager Marty Maidenberg and Merck Mercuriadis, Anokute developed the vision for the album, enlisting producers and musicians such as Raphael Saadiq, Novel, Dallas Austin and Common. Anokute also arranged a duet with Lauryn Hill, who had not guested on anyone else's record since her debut album, ''The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill'' (1998).<ref name="hitquarters"/>
After spending months in Barbados, Stone travelled to Nassau, Bahamas, to meet up with Saadiq, who produced the entire album.<ref name="shopemi"/> "Raphael is the most incredible musician I've ever met in my whole life", Stone said. "Musically, I feel like he reads my mind. I'll give him a look and he'll know exactly what I want."<ref name="shopemi"/> The two spent two months in Nassau recording at Compass Point Studios, followed by the album's mixing at Electric Lady Studios in New York City.<ref name="shopemi"/>
==Release and promotion== [[File:Joss Stone @ Pepsi On Stage 03.jpg|left|thumb|Stone performing at Pepsi on Stage in Porto Alegre, Brazil, in June 2008]] On 13 March 2007, VH1 launched a music series titled ''Album Autopsy: Introducing Joss Stone'' on its broadband video channel VSPOT. The series took an in-depth look at the entire album process, including Stone's songwriting process, recording sessions, creation of the album cover art and interviews with Stone and people involved in the album's production.<ref>{{cite press release |url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/vh1s-broadband-channel-vspot-dissects-joss-stones-upcoming-album-introducing-joss-stone-with-the-launch-of-album-autopsy-introducing-joss-stone-52150442.html |title=VH1's Broadband Channel, VSPOT Dissects Joss Stone's Upcoming Album 'Introducing Joss Stone' With the Launch of 'Album Autopsy: Introducing Joss Stone' |location=New York |publisher=VH1 |agency=PR Newswire |date=13 March 2007 |access-date=12 September 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121015133039/http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/vh1s-broadband-channel-vspot-dissects-joss-stones-upcoming-album-introducing-joss-stone-with-the-launch-of-album-autopsy-introducing-joss-stone-52150442.html |archive-date=15 October 2012}}</ref> The deluxe edition of the album includes a bonus DVD containing behind-the-scenes footage, interviews with Stone and the music video for "Tell Me 'bout It".<ref name="roars">{{cite magazine |last=Trust |first=Gary |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/modest-mouse-roars-1325481/ |title=Modest Mouse Roars |magazine=Billboard |date=28 March 2007 |access-date=31 January 2022}}</ref>
From March to June 2007, Stone performed on several American television shows to promote the album, including ''Late Show with David Letterman'', ''Tavis Smiley'', ''Today'', ''The Early Show'', ''The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson'', ''The Tonight Show with Jay Leno'', ''Dancing with the Stars'', ''The Ellen DeGeneres Show'' and ''Live! with Kelly and Michael''.<ref name="roars"/><ref>{{cite press release |url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/joss-stone-launches-british-invasion-of-america-52186492.html |title=Joss Stone Launches British Invasion of America |location=New York |publisher=Virgin Records |agency=PR Newswire |date=28 March 2008 |access-date=30 January 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150131002157/http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/joss-stone-launches-british-invasion-of-america-52186492.html |archive-date=31 January 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Jackson |first=Alan |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/arts/music/article2414177.ece |title=America's sweetheart |work=The Times |date=9 June 2007 |access-date=30 January 2015 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150130185052/http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/arts/music/article2414177.ece |archive-date=30 January 2015 |quote=... today two shows are being recorded, the first comedienne Ellen DeGeneres's daytime magazine programme, the second a late-night music-and-chat package anchored by Carson Daly. The singer Joss Stone is a guest on both.}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/music-on-tv-june-11-17-1051619/ |title=Music On TV: June 11–17 |magazine=Billboard |date=11 June 2007 |access-date=31 January 2022}}</ref> According to Stone, her record label cancelled all her then-upcoming press appearances to promote the album in the United Kingdom, as a result of the backlash that her appearance at the 2007 Brit Awards received from the British media.<ref>{{cite web |last=McLean |first=Craig |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/joss-stone-england-doesnt-like-me-any-more-771027.html |title=Joss Stone: 'England doesn't like me any more' |work=The Independent |date=20 January 2008 |access-date=21 February 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150118232643/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/joss-stone-england-doesnt-like-me-any-more-771027.html |archive-date=18 January 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://metro.co.uk/2009/11/03/joss-stone-it-was-just-an-accent-528822/ |title=Joss Stone: It was just an accent |work=Metro |date=3 November 2009 |access-date=30 January 2015}}</ref>
Stone toured North America in support of the album from 27 April to 13 June 2007, visiting 16 cities in total, including Philadelphia, New Orleans, San Francisco, Vancouver, Seattle, Chicago, Toronto, Montreal, New York City and Boston.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Cohen |first=Jonathan |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/joss-stone-reintroducing-herself-on-tour-1054121/ |title=Joss Stone Reintroducing Herself on Tour |magazine=Billboard |date=8 March 2007 |access-date=31 January 2022}}</ref> Two months later, Stone embarked on a North American late-summer tour, which ran from 27 August to 29 September 2007 and covered 12 cities: Los Angeles; Park City, Utah; Snowmass Village, Colorado; Seattle; Jacksonville, Oregon; Las Vegas; Mexico City; Austin, Texas; Biloxi, Mississippi; Chicago; San Francisco; and Kansas City, Missouri.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Cohen |first=Jonathan |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/joss-stone-solidifies-late-summer-tour-1051739/ |title=Joss Stone Solidifies Late Summer Tour |magazine=Billboard |date=4 June 2007 |access-date=31 January 2022}}</ref>
==Singles== "Tell Me 'bout It" was released on 5 March 2007 as the lead single from ''Introducing Joss Stone''. The song peaked at number 28 on the UK Singles Chart,<ref name="OCC">{{cite web |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/6659/joss-stone/ |title=Joss Stone {{!}} full Official Chart History |publisher=Official Charts Company |access-date=21 February 2015}}</ref> and became Stone's first solo single to chart on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100, reaching number 83.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/joss-stone/chart-history/hsi/ |title=Joss Stone Chart History (Hot 100) |magazine=Billboard |access-date=8 December 2021}}</ref> The album's second single, "Tell Me What We're Gonna Do Now", features rapper Common and was released on 23 July 2007, peaking at number 84 on the UK Singles Chart.<ref name="OCC"/>
Despite not being released as a single, "Bruised but Not Broken" was sent to urban adult contemporary radio in the United States on 17 July 2007,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://gfa.radioandrecords.com/publishGFA/GFANextPage.asp?sDate=07/17/2007&Format=12 |title=Urban AC – Week Of: July 17, 2007 |work=Radio & Records |access-date=30 January 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131207124457/http://gfa.radioandrecords.com/publishGFA/GFANextPage.asp?sDate=07%2F17%2F2007&Format=12 |archive-date=7 December 2013}}</ref> allowing the song to reach number 55 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart and number 13 on the Hot Adult R&B Airplay chart.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/joss-stone/chart-history/bsi/ |title=Joss Stone Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs) |magazine=Billboard |access-date=8 December 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/joss-stone/chart-history/rba/ |title=Joss Stone Chart History (Adult R&B Airplay) |magazine=Billboard |access-date=8 December 2021}}</ref> It was ultimately ranked number 38 on ''Radio & Records''{{'}}s urban AC year-end chart of 2007 with 9,049 plays.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.radioandrecords.com/Formats/Charts/YearEnd/07/UrbanAC_songs.asp |title=Top Urban AC Songs |work=Radio & Records |year=2007 |access-date=2 January 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080929223755/http://www.radioandrecords.com/Formats/Charts/YearEnd/07/UrbanAC_songs.asp |archive-date=29 September 2008}}</ref> "Baby Baby Baby" was released on 23 December 2007 as the album's third and final single. The song reached number eight on the UK R&B Singles Chart,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/r-and-b-singles-chart/20080120/114/ |title=Official R&B Singles Chart Top 40 |publisher=Official Charts Company |date=20–26 January 2008 |access-date=5 July 2015}}</ref> but failed to chart on any other major charts.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/song/486bd/Joss-Stone-Baby-Baby-Baby |title=Joss Stone – Baby Baby Baby |language=nl |publisher=Ultratop |access-date=9 January 2022}}</ref>
==Critical reception== {{Album ratings | MC = 64/100<ref name="MC"/> | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name="allmusicreview"/> | rev2 = ''Entertainment Weekly'' | rev2score = B−<ref name="ew"/> | rev3 = ''The Guardian'' | rev3score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite web |last=Petridis |first=Alexis |author-link=Alexis Petridis |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2007/mar/09/popandrock.shopping1 |title=Joss Stone, Introducing ... |work=The Guardian |date=9 March 2007 |access-date=30 January 2015}}</ref> | rev4 = ''The Independent'' | rev4score = {{Rating|2|5}}<ref>{{cite web |last=Gill |first=Andy |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/album-joss-stone--none-onestar-twostar-threestar-fourstar-fivestar-439375.html |title=Album: Joss Stone |work=The Independent |date=9 March 2007 |access-date=10 October 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090823004931/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/album-joss-stone--none-onestar-twostar-threestar-fourstar-fivestar-439375.html |archive-date=23 August 2009}}</ref> | rev5 = ''NME'' | rev5score = 2/10<ref name="NME">{{cite web |last=Miller |first=Alex |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/joss-stone/8281 |title=Joss Stone: Introducing Joss Stone (Virgin) |work=NME |date=9 March 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121007124836/http://www.nme.com/reviews/joss-stone/8281 |archive-date=7 October 2012 |access-date=21 August 2012 |quote=this unpleasant mélange of sugary R&B and hip-pop sums up Stone's extranious position in pop's rogue gallery perfectly}}</ref> | rev6 = ''PopMatters'' | rev6score = 7/10<ref name="popmatters"/> | rev7 = ''Rolling Stone'' | rev7score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name="rollingstone"/> | rev8 = ''Slant Magazine'' | rev8score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite web |last=Cinquemani |first=Sal |url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/joss-stone-introducing-joss-stone/ |title=Review: Joss Stone, ''Introducing…Joss Stone'' |website=Slant Magazine |date=17 March 2007 |access-date=7 March 2021}}</ref> | rev9 = ''The Times'' | rev9score = {{Rating|2|5}}<ref>{{cite web |last=Paphides |first=Peter |author-link=Peter Paphides |url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/cd_reviews/article1488648.ece |title=Joss Stone – Introducing |work=The Times |date=9 March 2007 |access-date=10 October 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070317202619/http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/cd_reviews/article1488648.ece |archive-date=17 March 2007}}</ref> | rev10 = Yahoo! Music UK | rev10score = {{Rating|7|10}}<ref>{{cite web |last=Gennoe |first=Dan |url=http://uk.launch.yahoo.com/070316/33/215mj.html |title=Joss Stone – 'Introducing Joss Stone' |website=Yahoo! Music UK |date=12 March 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070319222015/http://uk.launch.yahoo.com/070316/33/215mj.html |archive-date=19 March 2007 |access-date=21 August 2012}}</ref> }} ''Introducing Joss Stone'' received generally positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 64, based on 22 reviews.<ref name="MC">{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/introducing-joss-stone/joss-stone |title=Introducing Joss Stone by Joss Stone Reviews and Tracks |website=Metacritic |access-date=30 December 2018}}</ref> ''Rolling Stone''{{'}}s Christian Hoard felt that "[t]here are a couple of moments on Stone's third album when she clobbers a melody with enough showy vocal oomph to make even Christina Aguilera fans squirm. But for the most part, Stone employs her remarkable instrument with focus and nuance on ''Introducing'', and the result is an album full of solid pop-wise R&B."<ref name="rollingstone">{{cite magazine |last=Hoard |first=Christian |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/13623552/review/13711248/introducing_joss_stone |title=Introducing Joss Stone : Joss Stone |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=7 March 2007 |access-date=26 January 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090114114005/http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/13623552/review/13711248/introducing_joss_stone |archive-date=14 January 2009}}</ref> Mike Joseph of ''PopMatters'' commented that "[i]t's certainly the first great R&B album I've heard this year. While there's still the occasional affectation that I wish she would get rid of, Stone has grown into her music quite a bit."<ref name="popmatters">{{cite web |last=Joseph |first=Mike |url=https://www.popmatters.com/review/joss-stone-introducing-joss-stone/ |title=Joss Stone: Introducing Joss Stone |website=PopMatters |date=21 March 2007 |access-date=30 January 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140225183632/http://www.popmatters.com/review/joss-stone-introducing-joss-stone/ |archive-date=25 February 2014}}</ref>
Tim Perlich of Canadian newspaper ''Now'' noted, "With the fast-maturing Stone gaining greater control of her powerful pipes and a recent breakup adding to the underlying sexual tension while stoking the creative fire, the craftily reconstituted 70s R&B concept works exceptionally well."<ref>{{cite news |last=Perlich |first=Tim |url=https://nowtoronto.com/music/album-reviews/joss-stone-2007-03-15/ |title=Joss Stone |newspaper=Now |issue=28 |volume=26 |date=15 March 2007 |issn=0712-1326 |access-date=30 January 2015 |archive-date=6 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150706023327/https://nowtoronto.com/music/album-reviews/joss-stone-2007-03-15/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> ''Blender'' critic David Browne wrote, "Nearly every song is a souped-up retro-funk tornado, pushed along by blaxploitation-soundtrack guitars, scenery-chewing backup singers and, of course, Stone's husky pipes."<ref name="blender">{{cite web |last=Browne |first=David |author-link=David Browne (journalist)|url=http://www.blender.com/guide/new/54492/introducing-joss-stone.html |title=Joss Stone – Introducing Joss Stone |work=Blender |date=20 March 2007 |access-date=26 January 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090821032038/http://www.blender.com/guide/new/54492/introducing-joss-stone.html |archive-date=21 August 2009}}</ref> Both ''Billboard'' and ''Entertainment Weekly'' praised Saadiq's production; the former called it "brimming with horns and seriously in-the-pocket rhythm sections, but there are also enough hip-hop touches and contemporary arrangements to keep the tracks in the now",<ref name="billboardreview">{{cite magazine |last=Graff |first=Gary |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/review-joss-stones-introducing-joss-stone-1325700/ |title=Review: Joss Stone's 'Introducing Joss Stone' |magazine=Billboard |date=20 March 2007 |access-date=31 January 2022}}</ref> while the latter opined that "[h]e brings a strong focus to ''Introducing Joss Stone'', blending the digital crispness of modern R&B with Stone's preferred flavors of retro: swooping Motown-style strings, girl-group background vocals, gutbucket soul guitar."<ref name="ew">{{cite magazine |last=Rosen |first=Jody |author-link=Jody Rosen |url=https://ew.com/article/2007/03/16/introducing-joss-stone/ |title=Introducing Joss Stone Review |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |issue=926 |date=23 March 2007 |issn=1049-0434 |access-date=27 November 2016}}</ref> In a review for AllMusic, Stephen Thomas Erlewine found that "''Introducing'' does sound brighter, fresher than her other two albums, pitched partway between Amy Winehouse and ''Back to Basics'' Christina yet sounding very much like Texas at their prime, but it's all surface change."<ref name="allmusicreview">{{cite web |last=Erlewine |first=Stephen Thomas |author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/introducing-joss-stone-mw0000475902 |title=Introducing Joss Stone – Joss Stone |website=AllMusic |access-date=30 January 2015}}</ref>
==Commercial performance== ''Introducing Joss Stone'' debuted at number 12 on the UK Albums Chart, selling 27,000 copies in its first week.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.musicweek.com/news/read/comic-relief-and-x-factor-dominate-charts/035521 |title=Comic Relief and X Factor dominate charts |work=Music Week |date=18 March 2007 |access-date=30 January 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150130222555/http://www.musicweek.com/news/read/comic-relief-and-x-factor-dominate-charts/035521 |archive-date=30 January 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last=Sexton |first=Paul |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/furtado-stefani-rule-euro-charts-1325678/ |title=Furtado, Stefani Rule Euro Charts |magazine=Billboard |date=22 March 2007 |access-date=31 January 2022}}</ref> The album was certified silver by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) on 22 July 2013, denoting shipments in excess of 60,000 copies.<ref name="BPI"/> The album debuted on the US ''Billboard'' 200 at number two with first-week sales of over 118,000 copies,<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Hasty |first=Katie |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/modest-mouse-steers-its-ship-to-no-1-debut-1053393/ |title=Modest Mouse Steers Its 'Ship' To No. 1 Debut |magazine=Billboard |date=28 March 2007 |access-date=31 January 2022}}</ref> becoming Stone's highest-peaking album in the United States to date and the highest-charting debut for a British female solo artist on the ''Billboard'' 200 in the Nielsen SoundScan era,<ref>{{cite web |last=Kennedy |first=Mark |url=http://www.foxnews.com/printer_friendly_wires/2007Apr16/0,4675,MusicJossStone,00.html |title=Joss Stone Shows Independence With CD |publisher=Fox News |date=16 April 2007 |access-date=30 January 2015}}</ref> beating the record previously held by Amy Winehouse, whose album ''Back to Black'' had debuted at number seven the week before.<ref>{{cite web |last=James |first=Sarah-Louise |url=https://www.mtv.co.uk/news/m87k29/joss-beats-winehouse |title=Joss Beats Winehouse |publisher=MTV UK |date=29 March 2007 |access-date=30 January 2015}}</ref> This record was eventually broken by Leona Lewis's ''Spirit'', which debuted at number one on the ''Billboard'' 200 in April 2008.<ref>{{cite web |last=Jenison |first=David |url=http://www.eonline.com/news/98/that-s-the-spirit-leona-lewis-historic-no-1 |title=That's the ''Spirit''! Leona Lewis' Historic No. 1 |publisher=E! News |date=16 April 2008 |access-date=30 January 2015}}</ref> The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) certified the album gold on 1 May 2007, within two months of release.<ref name="RIAA"/> As of July 2011, it had sold 652,000 copies in the US.<ref name="USsales">{{cite magazine |last=Cantor |first=Paul |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/joss-stone-enjoys-new-freedom-on-lp1-469126/ |title=Joss Stone Enjoys New Freedom on 'LP1' |magazine=Billboard |date=22 July 2011 |access-date=31 January 2022}}</ref>
The album debuted at number six on the Canadian Albums Chart and at number one on the R&B albums chart.<ref>{{cite web |last=Williams |first=John |url=http://jam.canoe.com/Music/Artists/M/Modest_Mouse/2007/03/28/3853560-ca.html |title=Modest Mouse debuts at No. 1 |website=Jam! |date=28 March 2007 |access-date=27 November 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161127181452/http://jam.canoe.com/Music/Artists/M/Modest_Mouse/2007/03/28/3853560-ca.html |archive-date=27 November 2016}}</ref><ref name="CAN-R&B"/> It was certified gold by the Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA) on 11 April 2007 for sales in excess of 50,000 copies.<ref name="CRIA"/> In mainland Europe, ''Introducing Joss Stone'' peaked at number one in the Netherlands, and charted within the top five in Belgium and Switzerland, and the top 10 in Austria, Germany, Italy and Portugal.<ref name="ultratop"/> It was less successful in Nordic countries, peaking at number 27 in Norway, number 31 in Sweden and number 38 in Denmark, while failing to chart at all in Finland.<ref name="ultratop"/> Across Oceania, the album charted at number 15 in Australia and at number 17 in New Zealand.<ref name="ultratop"/> In March 2007, EMI reported that ''Introducing Joss Stone'' had sold 1.3 million copies worldwide.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.shareholder.com/visitors/dynamicdoc/document.cfm?CompanyID=EMIL&DocumentID=1798&PIN=&Page=3&Zoom=1x |title=EMI Annual Report 2007 |publisher=EMI |date=March 2007 |access-date=5 June 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120612070708/http://www.shareholder.com/visitors/dynamicdoc/document.cfm?DocumentID=1798&PIN=&CompanyID=EMIL&Zoom=1x&Page=3 |archive-date=12 June 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
==Track listing== {{Track listing | title1 = Change (Vinnie Jones Intro) | writer1 = {{hlist|Glenn Standridge|Tarsha Proctor-Standridge}} | length1 = 0:35
| title2 = Girl They Won't Believe It | writer2 = {{hlist|Joss Stone|Raphael Saadiq}} | length2 = 3:15
| title3 = Headturner | writer3 = {{hlist|Stone|Billy Mann|Otis Redding}} | length3 = 3:16
| title4 = Tell Me 'bout It | writer4 = {{hlist|Stone|Saadiq|Robert C. Ozuna}} | length4 = 2:48
| title5 = Tell Me What We're Gonna Do Now | note5 = featuring Common | writer5 = {{hlist|Stone|Alonzo "Novel" Stevenson|Tony Reyes|Lonnie Lynn}} | length5 = 4:22
| title6 = Put Your Hands on Me | writer6 = {{hlist|Stone|Saadiq}} | length6 = 2:58
| title7 = Music | note7 = featuring Lauryn Hill | writer7 = {{hlist|Stone|Stevenson|Reyes|Hill|Wyclef Jean|Samuel Michel}} | length7 = 3:41
| title8 = Arms of My Baby | writer8 = {{hlist|Stone|Danny P|Jonathan Shorten}} | length8 = 2:52
| title9 = Bad Habit | writer9 = {{hlist|Stone|P|Shorten}} | length9 = 3:41
| title10 = Proper Nice | writer10 = {{hlist|Stone|Saadiq|Ozuna|Chalmers "Spanky" Alford|Vincent Corea|Jeanne Roberts}} | length10 = 3:24
| title11 = Bruised but Not Broken | writer11 = Diane Warren | length11 = 4:15
| title12 = Baby Baby Baby | writer12 = {{hlist|Stone|P|Shorten}} | length12 = 4:34
| title13 = What Were We Thinking | writer13 = {{hlist|Stone|Saadiq}} | length13 = 4:24
| title14 = Music (Outro) | writer14 = {{hlist|Stone|Saadiq}} | length14 = 3:48 }} {{Track listing | headline = iTunes Store bonus track<ref>{{cite web |url=https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/introducing-joss-stone/id715996679 |title=Introducing Joss Stone by Joss Stone |website=iTunes Store |location=United Kingdom |access-date=30 January 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150227111145/https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/introducing-joss-stone/id715996679 |archive-date=27 February 2015}}</ref>
| title15 = Nothing Better Than | writer15 = {{hlist|Stone|Beau Dozier}} | length15 = 3:52 }} {{Track listing | headline = Amazon digital bonus tracks<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B001J8XNVA |title=Introducing Joss Stone: Joss Stone: MP3 Downloads |website=Amazon |location=United Kingdom |access-date=30 January 2015}}</ref>
| title15 = Music | note15 = live from Toronto | writer15 = {{hlist|Stone|Stevenson|Reyes|Hill|Jean|Michel}} | length15 = 3:43
| title16 = Jet Lag | note16 = live from Toronto | writer16 = {{hlist|Mike Mangini|Steve Greenberg|Betty Wright|Shorten|Conner Reeves}} | length16 = 3:50 }} {{Track listing | headline = Japanese edition bonus tracks<ref name="emi_japan"/> | title15 = Big Ol' Game | writer15 = {{hlist|Stone|Saadiq}} | length15 = 4:29
| title16 = My God | writer16 = {{hlist|Stone|Saadiq}} | length16 = 3:50
| title17 = Tell Me 'bout It | note17 = music video }} {{Track listing | headline = Deluxe edition bonus DVD<ref>{{cite AV media notes |author=Joss Stone |author-link=Joss Stone |title=Introducing Joss Stone |type=deluxe edition |publisher=Virgin Records |year=2007 |id=0946 3 89653 2 9}}</ref>
| title1 = In the Studio | title2 = Common | title3 = Strings | title4 = Choosing Songs | title5 = On the Set (Tell Me 'bout It) | title6 = Tour Rehearsal | title7 = Tell Me 'bout It | note7 = music video }} {{Track listing | headline = Special edition bonus disc<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.musicline.de/de/product/5099950771226/Stone,Joss/Introducing+Joss+Stone/2804871/CD.html |title=Stone,Joss – Introducing Joss Stone – CD |website=musicline.de |language=de |access-date=30 January 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150130223253/http://www.musicline.de/de/product/5099950771226/Stone,Joss/Introducing+Joss+Stone/2804871/CD.html |archive-date=30 January 2015}}</ref> | title1 = L-O-V-E | writer1 = {{hlist|Bert Kaempfert|Milt Gabler}} | length1 = 2:47
| title2 = Gimme Shelter | note2 = Angélique Kidjo featuring Joss Stone | writer2 = {{hlist|Mick Jagger|Keith Richards}} | length2 = 4:10
| title3 = Big Ol' Game | writer3 = {{hlist|Stone|Saadiq}} | length3 = 4:29
| title4 = My God | writer4 = {{hlist|Stone|Saadiq}} | length4 = 3:46
| title5 = Music | note5 = live from the Bowery Ballroom | writer5 = {{hlist|Stone|Stevenson|Reyes|Hill|Jean|Michel}} | length5 = 4:00
| title6 = Super Duper Love | note6 = live from the Bowery Ballroom | writer6 = Willie Garner | length6 = 5:29
| title7 = Tell Me 'bout It | note7 = live from the Bowery Ballroom | writer7 = {{hlist|Stone|Saadiq|Ozuna}} | length7 = 5:20
| title8 = What Were We Thinking | note8 = live from the Bowery Ballroom | writer8 = {{hlist|Stone|Saadiq}} | length8 = 5:25
| title9 = Tell Me 'bout It | note9 = A Yam Who? Club Rework | writer9 = {{hlist|Stone|Saadiq|Ozuna}} | length9 = 9:38 }}
===Notes=== * "Music (Outro)" ends at 1:40, followed by silence until 3:10, when a hidden track consisting of a short song performed by Stone and Vinnie Jones begins.
===Sample credits=== * "Headturner" contains an interpolation of "Respect" by Otis Redding. * "Music" contains an interpolation of "The Mask" by the Fugees. * "Proper Nice" contains an interpolation of "Catch Me (I'm Falling)" by Pretty Poison.
==Personnel== Credits adapted from the liner notes of ''Introducing Joss Stone''.<ref>{{cite AV media notes |author=Joss Stone |title=Introducing Joss Stone |type=liner notes |publisher=Virgin Records |year=2007 |id=0946 3 76268 2 5}}</ref>
===Musicians=== {{Div col}} * Joss Stone – lead vocals * Vinnie Jones – voiceover {{small|(track 1)}} * Joi Gilliam – background vocals {{small|(tracks 2–4, 9, 11)}} * Keisha Jackson – background vocals {{small|(tracks 2–4, 9, 11)}} * Jermaine Paul – background vocals {{small|(tracks 2–4, 9, 11)}} * Raphael Saadiq – bass {{small|(tracks 2–14)}}; guitar {{small|(tracks 2–4, 6, 9, 10, 12, 13)}}; background vocals {{small|(tracks 2, 10, 12, 13)}}; horn arrangements {{small|(tracks 3, 4, 8, 12)}}; keyboards {{small|(track 6)}}; piano {{small|(tracks 7, 14)}} * Khari Parker – drums {{small|(tracks 2, 5–8, 11–14)}}; percussion {{small|(track 2)}}; additional drums {{small|(tracks 3, 4, 9, 10)}} * Robert Ozuna – additional drums {{small|(tracks 2, 5, 6, 11)}}; percussion {{small|(tracks 2, 3, 5, 7, 9–12, 14)}}; sitar {{small|(track 2)}}; drums {{small|(tracks 3, 4, 9, 10, 13)}}; turntablism {{small|(tracks 4–7)}} * Chalmers "Spanky" Alford – guitar {{small|(tracks 2–4, 5, 7–13)}} * Lionel Holoman – organ {{small|(tracks 2, 3, 5, 7, 13, 14)}}; Rhodes {{small|(tracks 8, 11)}}; keyboards {{small|(tracks 9, 10)}}; Wurlitzer {{small|(track 12)}} * Benjamin Wright – string arrangements {{small|(tracks 2–5, 7–14)}}; horn arrangements {{small|(track 14)}} * Anthony Coleman – trumpet {{small|(track 3)}} * Kenneth "Scooter" Whalum III – tenor saxophone {{small|(track 3)}}; baritone saxophone {{small|(track 6)}} * James Zeller – trombone {{small|(track 3)}} * Neil Symonette – percussion {{small|(tracks 4, 8)}} * Common – vocals {{small|(track 5)}} * Charlie Happiness – clav {{small|(track 5)}} * Mix Master Mike – turntablism {{small|(tracks 6, 12)}} * Lauryn Hill – vocals {{small|(track 7)}} * Priscilla Jones Campbell – background vocals {{small|(tracks 8, 12)}} * Tino Richardson – saxophone {{small|(tracks 8, 12)}} * Jawara Adams – trumpet {{small|(tracks 8, 12)}} * Lois Colin – harp {{small|(track 10)}} {{Div col end}}
===The Benjamin Wright Orchestra=== {{Div col}} * Benjamin Wright – conducting * Stephen Baxter – horn * Duane Benjamin – horn * Ron Brown – horn * Jeffrey Clayton – horn * Anthony Coleman – horn * Salvator Cracciolo – horn * James Ford III – horn * Matthew Frank – horn * Lionel Holoman – horn * Kenneth "Scooter" Whalum III – horn * James Zeller – horn * Mark Cargill – concertmaster, violin * Sanford Allen – violin * Richard Adkins – violin * Sandra Billingslea – violin * Charlie Bisharat – violin * Susan Chatman – violin * Robert Chausow – violin * Cenovia Cummins – violin * Yvette Devereaux – violin * Gayle Dixon – violin * Barry Finclair – violin * Pamela Gates – violin * Stanley Hunte – violin * Marisa McLeod – violin * Lori Miller – violin * Cameron Patrick – violin * Kathleen Robertson – violin * Lesa Terry – violin * Alexander Vselensky – violin * Belinda Whitney – violin * Miguel Atwood-Ferguson – viola * Richard Brice – viola * Christopher Jenkins – viola * Jorge Moraga – viola * Patrick Morgan – viola * Robin Ross – viola * Orlando Wells – viola * Lisa Whitfield – viola * Peggy Baldwin – cello * Giovanna Clayton – cello * Ernest Ehrhardt Jr. – cello * Eileen Folson – cello * Erik Friedlander – cello * Ronald Lipscomb – cello * Miguel Martinez – cello * Frederick Zlotkin – cello * Ida Bodin – bass * Joseph Bongiorno – bass * Kevin Brandon – bass * Leon Maleson – bass {{Div col end}}
===Technical=== {{Div col}} * Raphael Saadiq – production * Joss Stone – executive production * Chuck Brungardt – recording, mixing {{small|(all tracks)}}; Pro Tools {{small|(track 3)}} * Glenn Standridge – recording, mixing, production coordinator * Marlon Marcel – engineering assistance {{small|(tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 14)}} * Steve Greenwell – additional recording {{small|(tracks 2, 3, 5, 8–11, 13)}}; vocal recording {{small|(tracks 7, 12)}} * Oswald Bowe – engineering assistance {{small|(tracks 2–5, 7–14)}} * Reggie Dozier – strings recording {{small|(tracks 2–5, 7–14)}}; horn recording {{small|(tracks 4, 5, 7, 14)}} * John Tanksley – engineering assistance {{small|(tracks 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 14)}} * James Tanksley – engineering assistance {{small|(tracks 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 14)}} * Jeremy Mackenzie – Pro Tools {{small|(tracks 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 14)}} * Ian Shea – engineering assistance {{small|(tracks 2, 8, 9, 11–13)}} * Dror Mohar – engineering assistance {{small|(tracks 3, 6, 14)}} * Isaiah Abolin – engineering assistance {{small|(track 3)}} * Seamus Tyson – engineering assistance {{small|(track 3)}} * Scott Somerville – engineering assistance {{small|(tracks 3, 6, 12)}} * Charlie Stavish – engineering assistance {{small|(tracks 4, 5, 7, 10, 12)}} * Mike Boden – engineering assistance {{small|(tracks 6, 12)}} * Dave Larring – additional recording {{small|(track 7)}} * Luke Smith – engineering assistance {{small|(tracks 9–13)}} * Justin Kessler – Pro Tools {{small|(tracks 9–13)}} * Tom Coyne – mastering at Sterling Sound (New York City) {{Div col end}}
===Artwork=== * Joss Stone – art direction * Sean Mosher-Smith – art direction * David Gorman – design * Kate McGregor – art coordination * Brian Bowen Smith – photography * Bob Scott – sidebar and peace sign photography * Jonathan "Meres" Cohen – body painting, graffiti * Joshua Lutz – mural and art stencils
==Charts== {{col-begin}} {{col-2}}
===Weekly charts=== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |+ Weekly chart performance for ''Introducing Joss Stone'' ! scope="col"| Chart (2007) ! scope="col"| Peak<br>position |- {{album chart|Australia|15|artist=Joss Stone|album=Introducing Joss Stone|rowheader=true|access-date=30 January 2015}} |- ! scope="row"| Australian Urban Albums (ARIA)<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.aria.com.au/issue890.pdf |title=ARIA Urban Albums Chart – Week Commencing 26th March 2007 |magazine=The ARIA Report |issue=890 |date=26 March 2007 |page=17 |access-date=13 December 2019 |via=National Library of Australia |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20080222222431/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20070320-0000/issue890.pdf |archive-date=22 February 2008}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> | 4 |- {{album chart|Austria|8|artist=Joss Stone|album=Introducing Joss Stone|rowheader=true|access-date=30 January 2015}} |- {{album chart|Flanders|5|artist=Joss Stone|album=Introducing Joss Stone|rowheader=true|access-date=21 March 2011|refname="ultratop"}} |- {{album chart|Wallonia|36|artist=Joss Stone|album=Introducing Joss Stone|rowheader=true|access-date=21 March 2011}} |- {{album chart|BillboardCanada|6|artist=Joss Stone|rowheader=true|access-date=30 January 2015}} |- ! scope="row"| Canadian R&B Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)<ref name="CAN-R&B">{{cite web |url=http://jam.canoe.com/Music/Charts/RANDB.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160123164131/http://jam.canoe.com/Music/Charts/RANDB.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=23 January 2016 |title=R&B : Top 50 |website=Jam! |access-date=31 March 2007 }}</ref> | 1 |- ! scope="row"| Croatian Albums (HDU)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hdu-toplista.com/download.php?what=pdf_lista&id=360 |title=Top Kombiniranih – Tjedan 11. 2007. |trans-title=Top Combined – Week 11, 2007 |language=hr |publisher=Top of the Shops |access-date=30 January 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150130222322/http://www.hdu-toplista.com/download.php?what=pdf_lista&id=360 |archive-date=30 January 2015}}</ref> | 11 |- {{album chart|Czech|28|year=2007|week=15|rowheader=true|access-date=26 January 2017}} |- {{album chart|Denmark|38|artist=Joss Stone|album=Introducing Joss Stone|rowheader=true|access-date=30 January 2015}} |- {{album chart|Netherlands|1|artist=Joss Stone|album=Introducing Joss Stone|rowheader=true|access-date=30 January 2015}} |- ! scope="row"| European Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ThMEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA55 |title=Hits of the World |magazine=Billboard |volume=119 |issue=14 |date=7 April 2007 |page=55 |issn=0006-2510 |via=Google Books}}</ref> | 3 |- {{album chart|France|22|artist=Joss Stone|album=Introducing Joss Stone|rowheader=true|access-date=30 January 2015}} |- {{album chart|Germany|6|id=52062|artist=Joss Stone|album=Introducing Joss Stone|rowheader=true|access-date=5 July 2015}} |- ! scope="row"| Greek International Albums (IFPI)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ifpi.gr/chart01.htm |title=Top 50 Ξένων Αλμπουμ |trans-title=Top 50 Foreign Albums |language=el |publisher=IFPI Greece |access-date=5 April 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040605194410/http://www.ifpi.gr/chart01.htm |archive-date=5 June 2004}}</ref> | 5 |- {{album chart|Ireland2|27|artist=Joss Stone|rowheader=true|access-date=13 December 2019}} |- {{album chart|Italy|7|artist=Joss Stone|album=Introducing Joss Stone|rowheader=true|access-date=30 January 2015}} |- ! scope="row"| Japanese Albums (Oricon)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/329615/products/696289/1/ |script-title=ja:イントロデューシング・ジョス・ストーン {{!}} ジョス・ストーン |trans-title=Introducing Joss Stone {{!}} Joss Stone |language=ja |publisher=Oricon |access-date=30 January 2015}}</ref> | 37 |- {{album chart|New Zealand|17|artist=Joss Stone|album=Introducing Joss Stone|rowheader=true|access-date=30 January 2015}} |- {{album chart|Norway|27|artist=Joss Stone|album=Introducing Joss Stone|rowheader=true|access-date=30 January 2015}} |- {{album chart|Poland|25|id=390|rowheader=true|access-date=28 October 2010}} |- {{album chart|Portugal|9|artist=Joss Stone|album=Introducing Joss Stone|rowheader=true|access-date=30 January 2015}} |- {{album chart|Scotland|27|date=20070318|rowheader=true|access-date=10 May 2015}} |- {{album chart|Sweden|31|artist=Joss Stone|album=Introducing Joss Stone|rowheader=true|access-date=30 January 2015}} |- {{album chart|Switzerland|2|artist=Joss Stone|album=Introducing Joss Stone|rowheader=true|access-date=26 January 2017}} |- {{album chart|UK2|12|date=20070318|rowheader=true|access-date=30 December 2018}} |- {{album chart|UKR&B|3|date=20070318|rowheader=true|access-date=28 February 2015}} |- {{album chart|Billboard200|2|artist=Joss Stone|rowheader=true|access-date=30 January 2015}} |- {{album chart|BillboardRandBHipHop|4|artist=Joss Stone|rowheader=true|access-date=30 January 2015}} |} {{col-2}}
===Year-end charts=== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |+ Year-end chart performance for ''Introducing Joss Stone'' ! scope="col"| Chart (2007) ! scope="col"| Position |- ! scope="row"| Australian Urban Albums (ARIA)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-end-of-year-charts-urban-albums-2007.htm |title=ARIA Charts – End Of Year Charts – Top 50 Urban Albums 2007 |publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association |access-date=6 June 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180313090854/http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-end-of-year-charts-urban-albums-2007.htm |archive-date=13 March 2018}}</ref> | 20 |- ! scope="row"| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=2007&cat=a |title=Jaaroverzichten 2007 – Albums |language=nl |publisher=Ultratop |access-date=6 June 2008}}</ref> | 82 |- ! scope="row"| Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=2007&cat=a |title=Jaaroverzichten – Album 2007 |language=nl |publisher=Dutch Charts |access-date=30 January 2015}}</ref> | 22 |- ! scope="row"| European Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/yearendcharts/european-top-100-albums.jsp |title=Year End Charts – European Top 100 Albums |magazine=Billboard |year=2007 |access-date=9 July 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090225012214/http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/yearendcharts/european-top-100-albums.jsp |archive-date=25 February 2009}}</ref> | 88 |- ! scope="row"| French Albums (SNEP)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.snepmusique.com/fr/pag-259376-Classements-Annuels.html?year=2007&type=2 |title=Classement Albums – année 2007 |language=fr |publisher=Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique |access-date=30 January 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120925060904/http://www.snepmusique.com/fr/pag-259376-Classements-Annuels.html?year=2007&type=2 |archive-date=25 September 2012}}</ref> | 120 |- ! scope="row"| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/album-jahr/for-date-2007 |title=Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts – 2007 |language=de |publisher=GfK Entertainment |access-date=5 July 2015}}</ref> | 88 |- ! scope="row"| Italian Albums (FIMI)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fimi.it/top-of-the-music/classifiche.kl#/charts/11/2007/0 |title=Classifica annuale 2007 (dal 01.01.2007 al 30.12.2007) – Album & Compilation |language=it |publisher=Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana |access-date=25 August 2022}}</ref> | 77 |- ! scope="row"| Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://hitparade.ch/charts/jahreshitparade/2007/alben |title=Schweizer Jahreshitparade 2007 |website=hitparade.ch |language=de |access-date=7 March 2021}}</ref> | 27 |- ! scope="row"| US ''Billboard'' 200<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/yearendcharts/2007/the-billboard-200 |title=Year End Charts – The Billboard 200 |magazine=Billboard |year=2007 |access-date=19 March 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121004145731/http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/yearendcharts/2007/the-billboard-200 |archive-date=4 October 2012}}</ref> | 92 |- ! scope="row"| US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/yearendcharts/2007/r-and-and-b-hip-hop-albums |title=Year End Charts – Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums |magazine=Billboard |year=2007 |access-date=19 March 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121004145757/http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/yearendcharts/2007/r-and-and-b-hip-hop-albums |archive-date=4 October 2012}}</ref> | 71 |} {{col-end}}
==Certifications== {{Certification Table Top|caption=Certifications for ''Introducing Joss Stone''}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Austria|artist=Joss Stone|title=Introducing Joss Stone|award=Gold|type=album|relyear=2007|certyear=2007|date=12 March 2007|access-date=21 March 2008}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Canada|artist=Joss Stone|title=Introducing Joss Stone|award=Gold|type=album|relyear=2007|certyear=2007|date=11 April 2007|access-date=30 January 2015|refname="CRIA"}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Germany|artist=Joss Stone|title=Introducing Joss Stone|award=Gold|type=album|relyear=2007|certyear=2022|access-date=11 November 2022}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Switzerland|artist=Joss Stone|title=Introducing Joss Stone|award=Platinum|type=album|relyear=2007|certyear=2007|access-date=30 January 2015}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|artist=Joss Stone|title=Introducing|award=Silver|type=album|relyear=2007|certyear=2013|id=3368-2915-2|date=22 July 2013|access-date=7 March 2021|refname="BPI"}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|artist=Joss Stone|title=Introducing Joss Stone|award=Gold|type=album|relyear=2007|certyear=2007|date=1 May 2007|access-date=9 February 2008|salesamount=652,000|salesref=<ref name="USsales"/>|refname="RIAA"}} {{Certification Table Bottom|streaming=true}}
==Release history== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |+ Release history for ''Introducing Joss Stone'' ! scope="col"| Region ! scope="col"| Date ! scope="col"| Edition ! scope="col"| Label ! scope="col"| {{abbr|Ref(s)|Reference(s)}} |- ! scope="row"| Germany | rowspan="3"| 9 March 2007 | rowspan="4"| {{hlist|Standard|deluxe}} | rowspan="5"| EMI | align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.emimusic.de/produkt/3252087,0094637626825/joss_stone-introducing_joss_stone |title=Joss Stone // Introducing Joss Stone |language=de |publisher=EMI Music Germany |access-date=5 September 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090307220348/http://www.emimusic.de/produkt/3252087%2C0094637626825/joss_stone-introducing_joss_stone |archive-date=7 March 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.amazon.de/dp/B000NA7FE6 |title=Introducing Joss Stone Deluxe Edition CD + DVD: Joss Stone |website=Amazon |language=de |location=Germany |access-date=30 January 2015}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| Italy | align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ibs.it/disco/0094637626825/joss-stone/introducing-joss-stone.html |title=Joss Stone – Introducing Joss Stone |website=IBS.it |language=it |access-date=30 January 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150131042622/http://www.ibs.it/disco/0094637626825/joss-stone/introducing-joss-stone.html |archive-date=31 January 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ibs.it/disco/0094638965329/joss-stone/introducing-joss-stone.html |title=Joss Stone – Introducing Joss Stone (CD + DVD) |website=IBS.it |language=it |access-date=30 January 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150131042652/http://www.ibs.it/disco/0094638965329/joss-stone/introducing-joss-stone.html |archive-date=31 January 2015}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| Netherlands | align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bol.com/nl/p/introducing-joss-stone/1000004004897758/ |title=Introducing Joss Stone, Joss Stone |website=bol.com |language=nl |access-date=30 January 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150129165100/http://www.bol.com/nl/p/introducing-joss-stone/1000004004897758/ |archive-date=29 January 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bol.com/nl/p/introducing-joss-stone-dvd/1000004004930380/ |title=Introducing Joss Stone + DVD, Joss Stone |website=bol.com |language=nl |access-date=30 January 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150131042313/http://www.bol.com/nl/p/introducing-joss-stone-dvd/1000004004930380/ |archive-date=31 January 2015}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| France | rowspan="3"| 12 March 2007 | align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fnac.com/a1948465/Joss-Stone-Introducing-CD-album |title=Introducing – Joss Stone – CD album |language=fr |publisher=Fnac |access-date=25 August 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fnac.com/a2259139/Joss-Stone-Introducing-Plus-DV-CD-album |title=Introducing – Plus DV – Joss Stone – CD album |language=fr |publisher=Fnac |access-date=25 August 2022}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| Japan | Standard | align="center"| <ref name="emi_japan">{{cite web |url=http://www.emimusic.jp/artist/jossstone/?id=3120 |script-title=ja:イントロデューシング・ジョス・ストーン |trans-title=Introducing Joss Stone |language=ja |publisher=EMI Music Japan |access-date=21 March 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090503100900/http://www.emimusic.jp/artist/jossstone/?id=3120 |archive-date=3 May 2009}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| United Kingdom | rowspan="2"| {{hlist|Standard|deluxe}} | Relentless | align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://hmv.com/hmvweb/displayProductDetails.do?ctx=281;1;-1;-1&sku=611361 |title=Joss Stone: Introducing Joss Stone |publisher=HMV |access-date=5 September 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120309144206/http://hmv.com/hmvweb/displayProductDetails.do?ctx=281%3B1%3B-1%3B-1&sku=611361 |archive-date=9 March 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Introducing-Joss-Stone-CD-DVD/dp/B000NJLE76 |title=Introducing Joss Stone [CD + DVD]: Joss Stone |website=Amazon |location=United Kingdom |access-date=30 January 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150131052232/https://www.amazon.co.uk/Introducing-Joss-Stone-CD-DVD/dp/B000NJLE76 |archive-date=31 January 2015}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| Sweden | 14 March 2007 | rowspan="3"| EMI | align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://cdon.se/musik/stone_joss/introducing..._joss_stone-721286 |title=Introducing... Joss Stone – Stone Joss |website=CDON |language=sv |location=Sweden |access-date=2 January 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080923182720/http://cdon.se/musik/stone_joss/introducing..._joss_stone-721286 |archive-date=23 September 2008}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| Australia | 16 March 2007 | Standard | align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jbhifionline.com.au/music/50s-60s-easy-listening/introducing-joss-stone/269690 |title=Introducing Joss Stone – Stone, Joss |publisher=JB Hi-Fi |access-date=21 March 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022151626/http://www.jbhifionline.com.au/music/50s-60s-easy-listening/introducing-joss-stone/269690 |archive-date=22 October 2012}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| Canada | rowspan="2"| 20 March 2007 | rowspan="2"| {{hlist|Standard|deluxe}} | align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.shopemi.com/album_page.asp?upc_id=094637626825 |title=Joss Stone : "Introducing Joss Stone" |website=ShopEMI |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090826062434/http://www.shopemi.com/album_page.asp?upc_id=094637626825 |archive-date=26 August 2009 |url-status=usurped |access-date=5 September 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.amazon.ca/Introducing-Joss-Stone-Digi-Dvd/dp/B000MTPAHC |title=Introducing Joss Stone (Digi) (W/Dvd): Joss Stone |website=Amazon |location=Canada |access-date=30 January 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150131061817/https://www.amazon.ca/Introducing-Joss-Stone-Digi-Dvd/dp/B000MTPAHC |archive-date=31 January 2015}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| United States | Virgin | align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.amazon.com/Introducing-Joss-Stone/dp/B000MTPAGI |title=Introducing Joss Stone: Joss Stone |website=Amazon |location=United States |access-date=30 January 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150131052156/https://www.amazon.com/Introducing-Joss-Stone/dp/B000MTPAGI |archive-date=31 January 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/introducing-joss-stone-joss-stone/12100774?ean=0094638801320 |title=Introducing Joss Stone [Deluxe Edition] |publisher=Barnes & Noble |access-date=30 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181230192345/https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/introducing-joss-stone-joss-stone/12100774?ean=0094638801320 |archive-date=30 December 2018}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| Netherlands | 17 September 2007 | rowspan="6"| Special | rowspan="4"| EMI | align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bol.com/nl/p/introducing-joss-stone/1000004005574857/ |title=Introducing Joss Stone, Joss Stone |website=bol.com |language=nl |access-date=30 January 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150131041940/http://www.bol.com/nl/p/introducing-joss-stone/1000004005574857/ |archive-date=31 January 2015}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| Germany | 27 September 2007 | align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.amazon.de/Introducing-Joss-Stone/dp/B000VI4ZMA |title=Introducing Joss Stone (Doppel-CD): Joss Stone |website=Amazon |language=de |location=Germany |access-date=30 January 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150131081943/https://www.amazon.de/Introducing-Joss-Stone/dp/B000VI4ZMA |archive-date=31 January 2015}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| Italy | 28 September 2007 | align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ibs.it/disco/5099950771226/joss-stone/introducing-joss-stone.html |title=Joss Stone – Introducing Joss Stone (2 dischi) |website=IBS.it |language=it |access-date=30 January 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150131042358/http://www.ibs.it/disco/5099950771226/joss-stone/introducing-joss-stone.html |archive-date=31 January 2015}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| France | 2 November 2007 | align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fnac.com/a2070516/Joss-Stone-Introducing-Edition-limitee-2-CD-CD-album |title=Introducing – Edition limitée 2 CD – Joss Stone – CD album |language=fr |publisher=Fnac |access-date=25 August 2022}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| United Kingdom | 1 April 2008 | Relentless | align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Introducing-Joss-Stone/dp/B000VI4ZMA |title=Introducing Joss Stone |website=Amazon |location=United Kingdom |access-date=30 January 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150131072225/https://www.amazon.co.uk/Introducing-Joss-Stone/dp/B000VI4ZMA |archive-date=31 January 2015}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| Sweden | 22 July 2008 | EMI | align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://cdon.se/musik/stone_joss/introducing_joss_stone_(2cd)-958093 |title=Introducing Joss Stone (2CD) – Stone Joss |website=CDON |language=sv |location=Sweden |access-date=30 January 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110424211306/http://cdon.se/musik/stone_joss/introducing_joss_stone_%282cd%29-958093 |archive-date=24 April 2011}}</ref> |}
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