Biography
Jill Heather Scott (born April 4, 1972) is an American singer. Her 2000 debut album, Who Is Jill Scott?: Words and Sounds Vol. 1, went platinum and the follow-ups Beautifully Human: Words and Sounds Vol. 2 (2004) and The Real Thing: Words and Sounds Vol. 3 (2007) both achieved gold status. Scott made her film debut in 2007 in Hounddog and Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married?. In 2008, she starred in the BBC/HBO series The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, based on the novels of the same name by Alexander McCall Smith. After a four-year hiatus from music, Scott released her fourth album, The Light of the Sun, in 2011. In 2014, she starred in the film Get on Up as Deidre "Dee Dee" Jenkins, the second wife of James Brown. In 2015, she released her fifth album, Woman. Beginning in 2018, Scott appeared in The CW DC Comics superhero series Black Lightning as Lady Eve. She released her sixth album, To Whom This May Concern, in February 2026.
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Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Phrenology
2002
Things Fall Apart
1999
Yeezus
2013
Compton (A Soundtrack By Dr. Dre)
2015
Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor
2006
If You're Reading This It's Too Late
2015
Like Water For Chocolate
2000
Electric Circus
2002
And The Anonymous Nobody...
2016
Who Is Jill Scott? (Words And Sounds Vol. 1)
2000
græ
2020
Chasing Summer
2019
The Hamilton Mixtape
2016
The Light
2000
Willennium
1999
King Push – Darkest Before Dawn: The Prelude
2015
Glee: The Music, Season 1, Volume 1
2009
Phrenology Album Sampler
2002
The Roots Come Alive
1999
Let Love
2019
4Eva Is A Mighty Long Time
2017
Black Radio 2
2013
Beautifully Human: Words And Sounds Vol. 2
2004
Golden
2004
Credited work
803 releases · 125 albums · active 1999–2026
- Performance · 1,638
- Production · 104
- Other credits · 80
Studios: The Studio · A Touch Of Jazz Studios · Sony Music Studios, New York City · Electric Lady Studios