The runner-up in the Singers category in the poll on the old site is this week's CeleBabe...Jewel Kilcher (yes, children, she DOES have a last name)! : )

Known for being raised in Alaska, Jewel was actually born in Utah. She performed in a family group from as early as the age of six in the Anchorage area. She moved to Michigan to attend Junior High and High School at the Interlochen Fine Arts Academy, graduating in 1992. She then moved to San Diego, working in small clubs and honing her craft in local jam sessions with other musicians. After being signed by Atlantic in '93, she made her first release with the multi-platinum, award winning PIECES OF YOU. She has since released a best-selling book of poetry (A NIGHT WITHOUT ARMOR), another album (SPIRIT), a compilation of Christmas songs, and several hit singles, among them WHO WILL SAVE YOUR SOUL, YOU WERE MEANT FOR ME, FOOLISH GAMES and HANDS, as well as guesting on others' works. In 1999, Jewel appeared in her first dramatic role as an actress in RIDE WITH THE DEVIL, a very accurate portrait of the "bleeding Kansas" events surrounding the Civil War, to very good reviews.