Career
After declining earlier offers, Williams signed a recording contract with the label Reunion Records (a division of Sony/BMG music) at age 17. She released the albums Joy Williams (2001), By Surprise (2002), and Genesis (2005) collectively selling more than 250,000 copies. Williams has received 11 Dove Award nominations including nominations for Female Vocalist of the Year nominations and Song of the Year. Her song, "Hide" won an ASCAP Music award for the "Most Performed Song" in 2005. Williams severed her contract with Reunion Records in 2005.
In October 2008, she and her husband, founded Sensibility Music as a recording, marketing, management and licensing firm. In the Spring of 2009, Williams released a four song EP called One of Those Days. One of the songs, "Charmed Life", appeared on the season finale of the TV show Grey's Anatomy in 2009 and "One of Those Days" was heard on Drop Dead Diva. In May 2009 she released another EP titled Charmed Life (Remixes).
In 2009 she released a double EP, titled Songs From This and Songs From That. "Sunny Day" from the former EP was featured on 90210, while "Speaking A Dead Language" from the latter EP was featured on Grey's Anatomy. "Sunny Day" was featured on Grey's Anatomy on the Nov. 12, 2009 episode."Sunny Day" was also in a Dutch commercial which made the song well known in the Netherlands Williams released the EP, We Mapped the World in 2010
In February 2009, Williams formed The Civil Wars with John Paul White. The duo appeared on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno in both January and May 2011 and their first studio album, Barton Hollow was released in February of that year. The duo received 2012 Grammy Awards for Best Country Duo/Group Performance and Best Folk Album.
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