Kobalt Music Group Signs Joss Stone To Worldwide Administration Deal

New York, NY (Top40 Charts/ Kobalt Music Group) Grammy Award and two-time Brit Award winning artist Joss Stone has signed an exclusive, worldwide administration deal with Kobalt Music Group (Kobalt).

"At 24 years old, Joss Stone has already sold over 11 million albums and established herself as an amazing artist and uniquely talented songwriter. We're proud to be globally working with her as she launches several exciting new projects," said Willard Ahdritz, CEO and Founder of Kobalt Music Group.

Through the deal Kobalt will represent her next solo album, LP1, which is to be released by her newly established label Stone'd Records in partnership with Surfdog Records on August 1 in the U.K. and the rest of the world on July 26. Co-written and produced by Eurythmics co-founder Dave Stewart and friends, LP1 is the first album Stone has recorded with total creative freedom.

In addition to the solo album, Kobalt will represent the works Stone has also co-written for the highly-anticipated album by Superheavy, the supergroup founded by Mick Jagger and Dave Stewart. Alongside Jagger, Stewart, A.R. Rahman and Damian Marley, Stone performs in the supergroup.
Kobalt's global synch and creative teams will also work with Stone to develop new creative opportunities as well as to exploit her works in film, TV, advertising and other media worldwide.