Age 18
Mustworthiness Here's what a prodigiously mature singing voice and the guidance of R&B legend Betty Wright have landed the Brit since she awed listeners with 2003's The Soul Sessions: duets with Mick Jagger, Donna Summer, Chaka Khan, and Melissa Etheridge; a Gap campaign; three Grammy nods; and two gold albums (including last year's Mind, Body & Soul).
On Her Must List ''My poodle, Dusty Springfield. I'm fully aware that it's kind of Paris Hilton to carry around the little dog. But man, oh man! She is the cutest thing in the world.''
The Barefoot Confessa Stone says there's a common misperception about why she performs without shoes: ''All that 'be closer to the earth' bulls---? Not true. The real reason is that I don't want to fall over. I did a James Brown tribute and they said, 'You have to wear shoes.' I was already wearing a stupid ball gown. So I wore them. And I bled. It was very funny. I was like, 'See? Bastards!'''
Flash in the Plan Stone insists that her warp-speed journey to pop-culture saturation won't result in a case of Britneyesque burnout. ''I need to work out what the hell I'm doing because I've been making it up. I really don't feel like I've accomplished that much at all. I have so much more to do.''
Like... ''Everything! I want to act a bit. Later on, I kind of want to be a midwife.''
Uh, Why? ''Babies! It's such a lovely job.''
Next Touring.
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