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In January 2009, Jewel was ranked #47 in the "100 Hottest Blondes of AIM".
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Jewel married longtime boyfriend Ty Murray on August 7th, 2008.
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Her inspirations for songwriting include works of Pascal, Neruda, Bukowski and Anais Nin.
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Jewel is able to speak some Swedish. She was taught at the age of 18 by her Swedish then-boyfriend.
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Jewel's father taught music in elementary schools.
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Jewel is 5'6".
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Jewel was chosen as one of People Magazine's annual 100 Most Beautiful People in the World, Beauty at Every Age section, for age 32, in May 2007.
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Jewel was ranked #32 on VH1's 50 Greatest Women of the Video Era.
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She was ranked #45 on VH1's 100 Sexiest Artists.
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On May 31, 2006, Jewel made a special appearance at "Cassie's Challenge" charity event at the coffeehouse in an episode of
The Young and the Restless. She performed the songs
Again And Again and
Good Day from her 2006 album
Goodbye Alice in Wonderland.
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Jewel sang the National Anthem at Super Bowl XXXII in 1998.
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On her 0304 album, all her song titles and lyrics have the following abbreviations:
To -> 2
You -> U
For example: Run To You becomes Run 2 U
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She used to date Steve Poltz of the band The Rugburns. He appeared in her video You Were Meant for Me. She sang backup on his album One Left Shoe.
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She has two brothers, Shane (born in 1971) and Atzle (1977).
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She has published an autobiography in 2000, titled "Chasing Down the Dawn".
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She starred in the 1999 movie "Ride with the Devil" opposite Tobey Maguire.
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Her albums have sold worldwide over 25 million copies.
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Her poetry book, "A Night Without Armor" (1998), was a national bestseller in hardcover. It spent over 20 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list.
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She grew up in an 800-acre farm in Homer, Alaska.
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Her cousin is actress/singer Q'Orianka Kilcher, who is half-Swiss, half-Quechua Indian.
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Her father, Atz, is of German origin. Her mother, Lenedra Carroll, is American.
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She has a star named after her. Star number Ursa Minor 15h38m42s 75°58'37' has been redesignated as Jewel Kilcher (Jewel of the North).
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Her boyfriend/life partner is rodeo cowboy Ty Murrey. She once broke a collarbone and a rib when she was thrown off a horse on Ty's ranch.
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Her grandfather helped draft the Alaska state constitution.
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She knows how to yodel. Yodeling is a form of folk singing, developed in the Swiss Alps as a method of communicating across great distances in the mountains.
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She was raised as a Mormon until the age of 8.
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She reportedly dated actor Sean Penn, who directed the video for "You Were Meant For Me". Jewel herself insists that they are "just friends".
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When she was 12, she convinced her parents to let her live with her aunt in Hawaii.
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She learned to play guitar at the age of 16.
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Major Album Releases:
- Pieces Of You (1995)
- Spirit (1998)
- Joy: A Holiday Collection (1999)
- This Way (2001)
- 0304 (2003)
- Goodbye Alice in Wonderland (2006)