![]() ![]() Her close affiliation with Kashif led to an album deal with Arista Records in 1988 for her pop R&B girl-group, The Promise. Posse, and Malika Thomas.Ĭareer 1988–1993: Beginnings After her studies, she wrote and published songs for major R&B acts such as Kashif, L.A. After graduating from New York University with degrees in English and Music in the mid-1980s, she studied voice for a year primarily to master control, as she had already developed and retained her own personal style. She worked as a back-up session singer for Melba Moore, Jermaine Jackson, LL Cool J, and The Pointer Sisters. Cardwell appeared on stage at Carnegie Hall at the age of five in a dance recital, and was used to being on a stage by the time she was a teenager. Early life īorn in New York City in the late-1960s and raised in various areas of Queens. 43 amongst the Greatest of All Time Top Dance Club Artists. In 2016, Billboard magazine ranked her at No. ![]() In 2014, Cardwell resurfaced with her seventh album The Art of Being, which was released on her new recording label Curly Gurly Records. She continued to release albums on her recording label including Wanderlust (The Soundtrack) (2009) and Must Be the Music (2011). Her fourth album, The Plain Jane Project (2005), yielded the top-ten singles "Freedom" and "It's Over". In 1999, she released her third album, Deliverance, on her own record label, No-Mad Industries. Her second album, Joi Cardwell (1997), spawned the top-charting singles "Soul to Bare", "Run to You", and "Found Love". The release of Cardwell's debut album, The World Is Full of Trouble (1995), established her as a solo artist worldwide and featured the Billboard Dance top-five singles number-one singles "Jump for Joi" and "Love & Devotion". Born and raised in New York City, she performed in various singing competitions as a child and rose to fame in the early 1990s as a guest vocalist for Lil Louis on the number 1 Dance singles "Club Lonely" and "Saved My Life". Joi Cardwell (born October 8, 1967) is an American singer and songwriter. ![]()
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