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{{short description|Jamaican singer, actress and model (born 1948)}}
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{{Infobox person <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject Musicians -->
| alias              = Grace Mendoza
| honorific_prefix   = [[The Honourable]]
| name               = Grace Jones
| honorific_suffix   = {{post-nominals|country=JAM|size=100%|OJ}}
| image              = GraceJonesCPBowl260724 (24 of 129) (53885124610) (cropped).jpg
| caption            = Jones in 2024
| birth_name         = Grace Beverly Jones
| birth_date         = {{Birth date and age|1948|5|19|df=y}}
| birth_place        = [[Spanish Town]], [[Saint Catherine Parish|Saint Catherine]], [[Crown Colony of Jamaica]]
| citizenship        = {{flatlist|
* Jamaica
* United States<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ganatra |first1=Shilpa |title=Grace Jones: 'Carry yourself with class' |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/grace-jones-carry-yourself-with-class-1.2842556 |date=28 October 2016|access-date=28 November 2023 |newspaper=The Irish Times |quote="I don’t spend much time in the States even though I have a place in New York and am a US citizen..."}}</ref>
}}
| alma_mater         = [[Onondaga Community College]]
| years_active       = 1973–present
| occupation         = {{Flat list| 
* Singer
* songwriter
* model
* actress
}}
| spouse             = {{Plain list|
* {{marriage|Atila Altaunbay<br>|1996|2004|end=divorced}}
}}
| children           = 1
| works              = [[Grace Jones discography|Discography]]
| relatives          = [[Noel Jones (Pentecostal bishop)|Noel Jones]] (brother)
| module             = {{Infobox musical artist
| embed               = yes
| background          = solo_singer
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* [[Contemporary R&B|R&B]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/guide-to-getting-into-grace-jones/|title=The Guide to Getting Into Grace Jones|last=Jones|first=Daisy|date=2 August 2018|access-date=27 February 2020|quote=Jamaican born R&B singer Grace Jones}}</ref><ref name="Gardner">{{cite book|title='Rock On': Women, Ageing and Popular Music|last=Gardner|first=Abigail|isbn=978-1-138-26141-9|quote=R&B singer Grace Jones who later branched out into disco, reggae and rock.|date=2016|publisher=Routledge }}</ref>
* [[disco]]<ref name="bio">{{cite web|url=http://www.biography.com/people/grace-jones|title=Grace Jones|website=Biography.com|access-date=20 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180323014209/https://www.biography.com/people/grace-jones|archive-date=23 March 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=logo/><ref name="allmusic">{{cite web|last1=Prato|first1=Greg|title=Biography & History|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/grace-jones-mn0000161920/biography|website=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=10 March 2017}}</ref>
* [[New wave music|new&nbsp;wave]]<ref name="p4k-review1">{{cite web | url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/19222-grace-jones-nightclubbing-deluxe-edition/ | title=Grace Jones – Nightclubbing | publisher=[[Pitchfork Media|Pitchfork]] | date=1 May 2014 | access-date=1 May 2014 | author=Beta, Andy}}</ref><ref name=bio/><ref name=logo>{{Cite web|last=Katz|first=Evan Ross|url=http://www.newnownext.com/grace-jones-perfects-the-art-of-topless-hula-hooping-at-brooklyns-afropunk-festival-nsfw/08/2015/|title=Grace Jones Perfects The Art Of Topless Hula-Hooping At Brooklyn's Afropunk Festival (NSFW)|website=Logo|date=August 24, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906033105/http://www.newnownext.com/grace-jones-perfects-the-art-of-topless-hula-hooping-at-brooklyns-afropunk-festival-nsfw/08/2015/|archive-date=September 6, 2015}}</ref>
* [[art&nbsp;pop]]<ref name="Fisher2">{{cite journal|last=Fisher |first=Mark |date=7 November 2007 |url=http://www.factmagazine.co.uk/da/64007 |title=Glam's Exiled Princess: Roisin Murphy |journal=[[Fact (UK magazine)|Fact]] |location=London |access-date=23 November 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071110153852/http://www.factmagazine.co.uk/da/64007 |archive-date=10 November 2007 }}</ref><ref name="Reynolds">{{cite web|last1=Reynolds|first1=Simon|title=Mark Fisher's k-punk blogs were required reading for a generation |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/jan/18/mark-fisher-k-punk-blogs-did-48-politics?|website=[[The Guardian]]|date=18 January 2017|access-date=19 January 2017}}</ref><ref name="Style">{{cite web|last1=Staff|title=Art-Pop Before 'Art Pop'|url=http://www.thestylecon.com/2014/05/08/art-pop-art-pop/|website=The Style Con|access-date=10 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180101095730/http://www.thestylecon.com/2014/05/08/art-pop-art-pop/|archive-date=1 January 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[reggae]]<ref name="Nme">{{cite web|last1=Thornton|first1=Andy|title=Review: Grace Jones - Hurricane|url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/album/reviews-grace-jones-9985|website=[[New Musical Express|NME]]|date=7 November 2008|access-date=10 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170312072349/https://www.nme.com/reviews/album/reviews-grace-jones-9985|archive-date=March 12, 2017}}</ref>
* [[Dance music|dance]]<ref name="forty"/>
* [[Club music|club]]<ref name="forty"/>
}}
| label               = {{Flat list| 
* [[Island Records|Island]]
* [[Manhattan Records|Manhattan]]
* [[Capitol Records|Capitol]]
* [[Wall of Sound (record label)|Wall of Sound]]/[[PIAS Recordings|PIAS]]
}}
| instrument          = Vocals
}}
| website            = {{URL|gracejones.com}}
}}
'''Grace Beverly Jones''' (born 19 May 1948) is a Jamaican singer, songwriter, model and actress.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/grace-jones-carry-yourself-with-class-1.2842556|title=Grace Jones: 'Carry yourself with class'|website=Irishtimes.com|date=28 October 2016|access-date=13 October 2018}}</ref> She began her modelling career in New York State, then in Paris, working for [[fashion house]]s such as [[Yves Saint Laurent (brand)|Yves St. Laurent]] and [[Kenzo (brand)|Kenzo]], and appearing on the covers of ''[[Elle (magazine)|Elle]]'' and ''[[Vogue France|Vogue Hommes]]''. She worked with photographers such as [[Jean-Paul Goude]], [[Helmut Newton]], [[Guy Bourdin]], and [[Hans Feurer]], and became known for her distinctive [[androgynous]] appearance and bold features.

Beginning in 1977, Jones embarked on a music career, securing a record deal with [[Island Records]] and initially becoming a high-profile figure of [[New York City]]'s [[Studio 54]]-centered [[disco]] scene. In the early 1980s, she moved toward a [[new wave music|new wave]] style that drew on [[reggae]], [[funk]], [[post-punk]], and [[pop music]], frequently collaborating with both the graphic designer Jean-Paul Goude and the musical duo [[Sly & Robbie]]. She scored Top 40 entries on the [[UK Singles Chart]] with "[[Private Life (song)|Private Life]]", "[[Pull Up to the Bumper]]", "[[Love Is the Drug]]", and "[[Slave to the Rhythm (Grace Jones song)|Slave to the Rhythm]]". In 1982, she released the [[music video]] collection ''[[A One Man Show]]'', directed by Goude, which earned her a nomination for [[Grammy Award for Best Music Film|Best Video Album]] at the [[26th Annual Grammy Awards]]. Her most popular albums include ''[[Warm Leatherette (album)|Warm Leatherette]]'' (1980), ''[[Nightclubbing (Grace Jones album)|Nightclubbing]]'' (1981), and ''[[Slave to the Rhythm (album)|Slave to the Rhythm]]'' (1985).

As an actress, Jones appeared in several indie films prior to her first mainstream appearance as Zula in the fantasy-action film ''[[Conan the Destroyer]]'' (1984) alongside [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]] and [[Sarah Douglas (actress)|Sarah Douglas]].  She subsequently appeared in the [[James Bond in film|James Bond]] movie ''[[A View to a Kill]]'' (1985) as [[May Day (James Bond)|May Day]], and starred as a [[vampire]] in ''[[Vamp (film)|Vamp]]'' (1986), all of which earned her nominations for the [[Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress]]. In 1992, Jones acted in  the [[Eddie Murphy]] film ''[[Boomerang (1992 film)|Boomerang]]'', and contributed to [[Boomerang (soundtrack)|the soundtrack]]. She also appeared alongside [[Tim Curry]] in the 2001 film ''[[Wolf Girl (2001 film)|Wolf Girl]]''.

Jones was ranked 82nd on [[VH1]]'s ''100 Greatest Women of Rock and Roll'' (1999). In 2008, she was honored with a [[Q Awards|Q Idol Award]]. Jones influenced the [[cross-dressing]] movement of the 1980s and has been cited as an inspiration for multiple artists, including [[Annie Lennox]], [[Lady Gaga]], [[Rihanna]], [[Solange (singer)|Solange]], [[Lorde]], [[Róisín Murphy]], [[Brazilian Girls]], [[Nile Rodgers]], [[Santigold]], and [[Basement Jaxx]]. In 2016, ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' ranked her as the 40th greatest [[Dance Club Songs|dance club]] artist of all time.<ref name="forty">{{cite web |date=December 2016 |title=Greatest of All Time Top Dance Club Artists : Page 1 |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/greatest-top-dance-club-artists |website=Billboard.com}}</ref>

==Biography and career==
===1948–1973: Early life and modeling career===
Grace Jones was born on May 19, 1948, in [[Spanish Town]], Jamaica, to Marjorie (née Williams) (1927–2017)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.jamaicaobserver.com/entertainment/grace-jones-mother-passes/ | title=Grace Jones' mother passes | website=Jamaica Observer|date=8 October 2017 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.christianpost.com/news/grace-jones-bishop-noel-jones-preacher-mother-dies-at-90.html | title=Marjorie Jones, Mother of Actress Grace Jones and Bishop Noel Jones, Dies at 90 |website=Christian Post| date=7 October 2017 }}</ref> and Robert W. Jones (1925–2008),<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.syracuse.com/news/2008/05/memorial_for_bishop_robert_jon.html | title=Memorial for Bishop Robert W. Jones draws 1,000 to Oncenter |website=Syracuse| date=19 May 2008 }}</ref> who was a local politician and [[Apostolic Christian Church|Apostolic]] clergyman.<ref>Henley, Patricia (1999) ''The Hummingbird House'', MacMurray: Denver.</ref><ref name="auto">{{cite web|title=Robert Winston Jones Obituary|url=http://obits.syracuse.com/obituaries/syracuse/obituary.aspx?page=lifestory&pid=109731509|website=Syracuse.com|access-date=9 June 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=City of Refuge Church – Los Angeles Bishop Noel Jones|url=http://www.noeljonesministries.org/senior_pastor.shtml|access-date=10 June 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130605032750/http://www.noeljonesministries.org/senior_pastor.shtml|archive-date=5 June 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2008/oct/12/grace-jones-hurricane|title=State of Grace|author=Miranda Sawyer|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|date=10 October 2008}}</ref> The couple already had two children, and would go on to have four more.{{sfn|Jones|Morley|2015|p=4}} Robert and Marjorie moved to the [[East Coast of the United States]],{{sfn|Jones|Morley|2015|p=4}} where Robert worked as an agricultural labourer until a [[spiritual experience]] during a suicide attempt inspired him to become a [[Pentecostalism|Pentecostal]] minister.{{sfn|Jones|Morley|2015|pp=39–40}} While they were in the US, they left their children with Marjorie's mother and her new husband, Peart.{{sfn|Jones|Morley|2015|p=15}} Jones knew him as "Mas P" ('Master P') and later noted that she "absolutely hated him"; as a strict disciplinarian he regularly beat the children in his care, representing what Jones described as "serious abuse".{{sfn|Jones|Morley|2015|pp=17, 20}} She was raised into the family's Pentecostal faith,{{sfn|Jones|Morley|2015|p=6}} having to take part in prayer meetings and Bible readings every night.{{sfn|Jones|Morley|2015|p=21}} She initially attended the Pentecostal All Saints School,{{sfn|Jones|Morley|2015|p=25}} before being sent to a nearby public school.{{sfn|Jones|Morley|2015|p=26}}
As a child, Jones was shy and had only one schoolfriend. She was teased by classmates for her "skinny frame", but she excelled at sports and found solace in the nature of Jamaica.<ref name="Sawyer">{{cite news|last=Sawyer|first=Miranda|title=State of Grace: Miranda Sawyer Meets Grace Jones|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2008/oct/12/grace-jones-hurricane|newspaper=[[The Observer]]|access-date=24 May 2013|location=London|date=11 October 2008}}</ref>

{{Quote box|width=25em|align=left|quote=[My childhood] was all about the Bible and beatings. We were beaten for any little act of dissent, and hit harder the worse the disobedience. It formed me as a person, my choices, men I have been attracted to... It was a profoundly disciplined, militant upbringing, and so in my own way, I am very militant and disciplined. Even if that sometimes means being militantly naughty, and disciplined in the arts of subversion.|source=Grace Jones, 2015{{sfn|Jones|Morley|2015|p=24}}}}

Marjorie and Robert eventually brought their children – including the 13 year-old Grace – to live with them in the US, where they had settled in [[Lyncourt]], [[Salina, New York]], near [[Syracuse, New York|Syracuse]].{{sfn|Jones|Morley|2015|p=43}}<ref>{{cite news|last=Brown|first=Helen|title=Grace Jones at 60|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/rockandjazzmusic/3562845/Grace-Jones-at-60.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/rockandjazzmusic/3562845/Grace-Jones-at-60.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|access-date=3 June 2013|date=4 November 2008|location=London}}{{cbignore}}</ref> It was in the city that her father had established his own ministry, the Apostolic Church of Jesus Christ, in 1956.{{sfn|Jones|Morley|2015|p=40}} Jones continued her schooling and after she graduated, enrolled at [[Onondaga Community College]] majoring in Spanish.{{sfn|Jones|Morley|2015|p=45}}<ref name="exotic">{{cite web|title=Jones the Exotic May Day|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2211&dat=19850608&id=DjAmAAAAIBAJ&pg=1014,2000938|publisher=The Afro-American|access-date=26 May 2013|date=8 June 1985}}</ref> Jones began to rebel against her parents and their religion; she began wearing makeup, drinking alcohol, and visiting gay clubs with her brother.{{sfn|Jones|Morley|2015|pp=46–47}} At college, she also took a theatre class, with her drama teacher convincing her to join him on a [[Summer stock theatre|summer stock tour]] in [[Philadelphia]].{{sfn|Jones|Morley|2015|pp=55–58}}<ref name="exotic" /> Arriving in the city, she decided to stay there, immersing herself in the [[Counterculture of the 1960s]] by living in [[hippie]] communes, earning money as a [[Go-go dancing|go-go dancer]], and using [[LSD]] and other drugs.{{sfn|Jones|Morley|2015|pp=58–64}} She later praised the use of LSD as "a very important part of my emotional growth... The mental exercise was good for me".{{sfn|Jones|Morley|2015|p=68}}

She moved back to New York at 18 and signed on as a model with [[Wilhelmina Models]]. She moved to Paris in 1970.<ref name="exotic" /><ref>{{cite book |last=Lopez|first=Antonio|title=Antonio Lopez: Fashion, Art, Sex, and Disco|year=2012|publisher=Rizzoli|isbn=978-0-8478-3792-2}}</ref> The Parisian fashion scene was receptive to Jones's unusual, androgynous, bold, dark-skinned appearance. [[Yves Saint Laurent (designer)|Yves St. Laurent]], [[Claude Montana]], and [[Kenzo Takada]] hired her for runway modelling, and she appeared on the covers of ''[[Elle (magazine)|Elle]]'', ''[[Vogue France|Vogue Hommes]]'', and ''[[Stern (magazine)|Stern]]'' working with [[Helmut Newton]], [[Guy Bourdin]], and Hans Feurer.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Kershaw|first=Miriam|title=Performance Art|journal=Art Journal|year=1997|volume=56|issue=Performance Art|pages=19–25|doi=10.2307/777716|jstor=777716}}</ref> Jones also modelled for [[Azzedine Alaia]], and was frequently photographed promoting his line. While modelling in Paris, she met [[Jerry Hall]] and [[Jessica Lange]]. Hall and Jones frequented [[Fabrice Emaer|Le Sept]], one of Paris's most popular gay clubs of the 1970s and 1980s, and socialised with [[Giorgio Armani]] and [[Karl Lagerfeld]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Grace Jones|url=http://www.thefashioninsider.com/supermodels/38.html?lang=FR|publisher=Fashion Insider: Supermodels Encyclopedia|access-date=5 May 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131012063729/http://www.thefashioninsider.com/supermodels/38.html?lang=FR|archive-date=12 October 2013}}</ref> In 1973, Jones appeared on the cover of a reissue of [[Billy Paul]]'s 1970 album ''[[Ebony Woman]]''.

===1974–1979: Transition to music and early releases===
Jones was signed by [[Island Records]], who put her in the studio with disco record producer [[Tom Moulton]].<ref name="Grace Jones {{!}} SHOWstudio">{{cite web |title=Grace Jones {{!}} SHOWstudio |url=https://www.showstudio.com/contributors/grace_jones#:~:text=and%20nightlife%20scene.-,In%201977%2C%20she%20signed%20to%20Island%20Records%20and%20soon%20released,Studio%2054%20on%20many%20occasions. |website=www.showstudio.com |access-date=18 August 2025}}</ref> Moulton worked at [[Sigma Sound Studios]] in [[Philadelphia]], and ''[[Portfolio (Grace Jones album)|Portfolio]]'', was released in 1977. The album featured three songs from Broadway musicals, "[[Send in the Clowns]]" by [[Stephen Sondheim]] from ''[[A Little Night Music]]'', "[[What I Did for Love (A Chorus Line)|What I Did for Love]]" from ''[[A Chorus Line]]'' and "[[Tomorrow (1977 song)|Tomorrow]]" from ''[[Annie (musical)|Annie]]''.<ref name="Grace Jones {{!}} SHOWstudio"/> The second side of the album opens up with a seven-minute reinterpretation of [[Édith Piaf]]'s {{lang|fr|"[[La Vie en rose]]"}} followed by three new recordings, two of which were co-written by Jones, "Sorry", and "That's the Trouble". The album finished with "[[I Need a Man (Grace Jones song)|I Need a Man]]", Jones's first club hit.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.discogs.com/Grace-Jones-Portfolio/release/1717094 |title=Grace Jones – Portfolio (Vinyl, LP, Album) at Discogs |website=Discogs.com |date=1977 |access-date=24 May 2012}}</ref> The artwork to the album was designed by [[Richard Bernstein (artist)|Richard Bernstein]], an artist for ''[[Interview (magazine)|Interview]]''.
[[File:Grace Jones "Portfolio" (1977 Island publicity photo).jpg|thumb|Jones in a 1977 publicity photo for her album ''Portfolio'']]
In 1978, Jones and Moulton made ''[[Fame (Grace Jones album)|Fame]]'', an immediate follow-up to ''Portfolio'', also recorded at Sigma Sound Studios.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Petridis |first1=Alexis |title=Tom Moulton on Grace Jones: 'They were like her slaves, just looking at her all goo-goo eyed' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/may/08/tom-moulton-on-grace-jones-they-were-like-her-slaves-just-looking-at-her-all-goo-goo-eyed |website=The Guardian |access-date=18 August 2025 |date=8 May 2015}}</ref> The album featured another reinterpretation of a French classic, "[[Autumn Leaves (1945 song)|Autumn Leaves]]" by [[Jacques Prévert]]. The Canadian edition of the vinyl album included another French-language track, {{lang|fr|"Comme un oiseau qui s'envole"}}, which replaced "All on a Summers Night"; in most locations this song served as the B-side of the single "[[Do or Die (Grace Jones song)|Do or Die]]". In the North American club scene, ''Fame'' was a hit album and the "Do or Die"/"Pride"/"Fame" side reached top 10 on both the US [[Hot Dance Club Songs|Hot Dance Club Play]] and Canadian Dance/Urban charts.<ref>{{cite web |title=Grace Jones {{!}} Biography, Music & News |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/grace-jones/chart-history/dsi/ |website=Billboard |access-date=18 August 2025}}</ref> The album was released on compact disc in the early 1990s, but soon went [[out of print]]. In 2011, it was released and remastered by Gold Legion, a record company that specialises in reissuing classic disco albums on CD.

Jones's live shows were highly sexualized and flamboyant, leading her to be called "Queen of the Gay Discos".<ref name="allmusic"/> In the same year she was cast in the highly controversial Italian TV program ''[[Stryx]]'', aired by [[Rai 2]], where she portrayed the character of Rumstryx.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rockit.it/articolo/stryx-programma-tv-rai |title=La storia di Stryx, il programma musicale più geniale mai prodotto dalla Rai |publisher=Rockit.it |date=30 August 2016 |access-date=2022-07-24}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vice.com/it/article/stryx-programma-raidue-storia-carla-vistarini/ |title=Stryx era tutto quello che la televisione italiana non è mai stata |publisher=Vice.com |date=1970-01-01 |access-date=2022-07-24}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ilsussidiario.net/news/cinema-televisione-e-media/2017/12/5/stryx-video-il-varieta-rai-del-1978-e-diventato-un-cult-all-estero-ecco-cos-era/795653/ |title=Stryx/ Video, il varietà Rai del 1978 è diventato un "cult" all'estero: ecco cos'era |publisher=Ilsussidiario.net |date=2017-12-05 |access-date=2022-07-24}}</ref>

''[[Muse (Grace Jones album)|Muse]]'' was the last of Jones's disco albums.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Harnell |first1=Steve |title=Grace Jones albums – the complete guide |url=https://www.classicpopmag.com/features/album-by-album-grace-jones/ |website=Classic Pop Magazine |access-date=18 August 2025 |date=23 January 2022}}</ref> The album features a re-recorded version "I'll Find My Way to You", which Jones released three years prior to ''Muse''. Originally appearing in the 1976 Italian film, ''[[Colt 38 Special Squad]]'' in which Jones had a role as a club singer, Jones also recorded a song called "Again and Again" that was featured in the film. Both songs were produced by composer [[Stelvio Cipriani]]. Icelandic keyboardist [[Thor Baldursson]] arranged most of the album and also sang duet with Jones on the track "Suffer". Like the last two albums, the cover art is by Richard Bernstein. Like ''Fame'', ''Muse'' was later released by Gold Legion.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Duquette |first1=Mike |title=Don't Mess with the Messer: Gold Legion Reissues Early Grace Jones Albums - The Second Disc |url=https://theseconddisc.com/2011/09/29/dont-mess-with-the-messer-gold-legion-reissues-early-grace-jones-albums/ |website=theseconddisc.com |access-date=18 August 2025 |date=29 September 2011}}</ref>

=== 1980–1985: Breakthrough, ''Nightclubbing'', and acting ===
With anti-disco sentiment spreading, and with the aid of the [[Compass Point All Stars]], Jones transitioned into [[new wave music]] with the 1980 release of ''[[Warm Leatherette (album)|Warm Leatherette]]''. The album included covers of songs by [[The Normal]] ("[[Warm Leatherette (song)|Warm Leatherette]]"), [[The Pretenders]] ("[[Private Life (song)|Private Life]]"), [[Roxy Music]] ("[[Love Is the Drug]]"), [[Smokey Robinson]] ("[[The Hunter Gets Captured by the Game]]"), [[Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers]] ("[[Breakdown (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers song)|Breakdown]]") and [[Jacques Higelin]] ("Pars"). Sly Dunbar revealed that the title track was also the first to be recorded with Jones.<ref name="41b">{{cite web|url=http://www.theworldofgracejones.com/41b.html |title=The World of Grace Jones |access-date=26 May 2012 |website=Theworldofgracejones.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111114010822/http://www.theworldofgracejones.com/41b.html |archive-date=14 November 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theworldofgracejones.com/46b.html |title=The World of Grace Jones |access-date=26 May 2012 |website=Theworldofgracejones.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111114011344/http://www.theworldofgracejones.com/46b.html |archive-date=14 November 2011 }}</ref> Tom Petty wrote the lyrics to "Breakdown", and he also wrote the third verse of Jones's reinterpretation.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://sadclownrep.com/7538/3349-breakdown-by-grace-jones/ |title=3349. "Breakdown" by Grace Jones |author=Joey Michaels |website=Sadclownrep.com |access-date=23 May 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131012015627/http://sadclownrep.com/7538/3349-breakdown-by-grace-jones/ |archive-date=12 October 2013 }}</ref> The album included one song co-written by Jones, "[[A Rolling Stone]]". Originally, "Pull Up to the Bumper" was to be included on the album, but its R&B sound did not fit with the rest of the material.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=13898 |title=Pull Up to the Bumper by Grace Jones Songfacts |website=Songfacts.com |access-date=2 February 2012}}</ref> By 1981, she had begun collaborating with photographer and graphic designer [[Jean-Paul Goude]], with whom she also had a relationship.<ref name="g">{{cite news|last1=Allen|first1=Jeremy|title=Grace Jones – 10 of the best|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2016/jan/13/grace-jones-10-of-the-best|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=10 March 2017}}</ref> An extended version of "Private Life" was released as a single, with a cover of the [[Joy Division]] song "[[She's Lost Control]]", a non-album track, as the B-side.

The 1981 release of ''[[Nightclubbing (Grace Jones album)|Nightclubbing]]'' included Jones's covers of songs by [[Flash and the Pan]] ("[[Walking in the Rain (Flash and the Pan song)|Walking in the Rain]]"), [[Bill Withers]] ("[[Use Me (Bill Withers song)|Use Me]]"), [[Iggy Pop]]/[[David Bowie]] ("[[Nightclubbing (song)|Nightclubbing]]") and [[Ástor Piazzolla]] ("[[I've Seen That Face Before (Libertango)|I've Seen That Face Before]]"). Three songs were co-written by Jones: "Feel Up", "Art Groupie" and "[[Pull Up to the Bumper]]". [[Sting (musician)|Sting]] wrote "[[Demolition Man (song)|Demolition Man]]"; he later recorded it with [[The Police]] on the album ''[[Ghost in the Machine (The Police album)|Ghost in the Machine]]''. "I've Done It Again" was written by [[Marianne Faithfull]]. The strong rhythm featured on ''Nightclubbing'' was produced by Compass Point All Stars, including [[Sly and Robbie]], [[Wally Badarou]], [[Mikey Chung]], [[Uziah Thompson|Uziah "Sticky" Thompson]] and [[Barry Reynolds]]. The album entered in the Top 5 in four countries, and became Jones's highest-ranking record on the US [[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] mainstream albums and R&B charts.

''Nightclubbing'' claimed the number 1 slot on ''[[NME]]''{{'}}s Album of the Year list.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/1981.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060629131012/http://rocklistmusic.co.uk/1981.html |url-status=usurped |archive-date=29 June 2006 |title=Rocklist.net...NME End of Year Lists 1981... |access-date=28 May 2012 |website=Rocklistmusic.co.uk}}</ref> ''[[Slant Magazine]]'' listed the album at No. 40 on its list of Best Albums of the 1980s.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/feature/best-albums-of-the-1980s/308/page_7 |title=Best Albums of the 1980s |access-date=18 March 2012 |website=Slantmagazine.com|date=5 March 2012 }}</ref> ''Nightclubbing'' is now widely considered Jones's best studio album.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://sadclownrep.com/7479/3333-walking-in-the-rain-by-grace-jones/ |title=3333. "Walking in the Rain" by Grace Jones |access-date=19 August 2012 |website=Sadclownrep.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221224202/http://sadclownrep.com/7479/3333-walking-in-the-rain-by-grace-jones/ |archive-date=21 February 2014 }}</ref> The album's cover art is a painting of Jones by Jean-Paul Goude. Jones is presented as a man wearing an [[Giorgio Armani|Armani]] suit jacket, with a cigarette in her mouth and a [[flattop]] haircut. While promoting the album, Jones slapped chat-show host [[Russell Harty]] live on air after he had turned to interview other guests, making Jones feel she was being ignored.<ref>{{cite news|title=Jones slap tops TV chat show poll|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_pictures/4637648.stm|access-date=3 May 2013 | work=BBC News|date=22 January 2006}}</ref>
[[File:GraceJones1984.jpg|left|thumb|Jones in Los Angeles, 1984]]
Having already recorded two reggae-oriented albums under the production of Compass Point All Stars, Jones went to [[Nassau, Bahamas]] in 1982 and recorded ''[[Living My Life (album)|Living My Life]]''; the album resulted in Jones's final contribution to the Compass Point trilogy, with only one cover, [[Melvin Van Peebles]]'s "[[The Apple Stretching]]". The rest were original songs; "[[Nipple to the Bottle]]" was co-written with [[Sly Dunbar]], and, apart from "[[My Jamaican Guy]]", the other tracks were collaborations with [[Barry Reynolds]]. Despite receiving a limited single release, the [[Living My Life (song)|title track]] was left off the album. Further session outtakes included "Man Around the House" (Jones, Reynolds) and a cover of "[[Ring of Fire (song)|Ring of Fire]]", written by [[June Carter Cash]] and [[Merle Kilgore]] and popularized by [[Johnny Cash]], both of which were included on the 1998 compilation ''[[Private Life: The Compass Point Sessions]]''. The album's cover art resulted from another Jones/Goude collaboration; the artwork has been described as being as famous as the music on the record.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dummymag.com/reviews/2007/06/06/the-best-record-about-new-york-/ |title=The Apple Stretching Dummy » Reviews |author=Paul Flynn |access-date=24 May 2012 |website=Dummymag.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121029031112/http://dummymag.com/reviews/2007/06/06/the-best-record-about-new-york-/ |archive-date=29 October 2012 }}</ref> It features Jones's disembodied head cut out from a photograph and pasted onto a white background. Jones's head is sharpened, giving her head and face an angular shape.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://wnew.radio.com/2011/11/25/awesome-album-covers-grace-jones-living-my-life/ |title=Awesome Album Covers: Grace Jones' "Living My Life" |author=Michael Verity |access-date=24 May 2012 |website=Wnew.radio.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120719094359/http://wnew.radio.com/2011/11/25/awesome-album-covers-grace-jones-living-my-life/ |archive-date=19 July 2012 }}</ref> A piece of plaster is pasted over her left eyebrow, and her forehead is covered with drops of sweat.

Jones's three albums under the production of the Compass Point All Stars resulted in Jones's ''[[A One Man Show|One Man Show]]'', a [[performance art]]/pop theatre presentation devised by Goude and Jones in which she also performed tracks from the albums ''[[Portfolio (Grace Jones album)|Portfolio]]'' ({{lang|fr|"[[La Vie en rose (Grace Jones song)|La Vie en rose]]"}}), ''[[Warm Leatherette (album)|Warm Leatherette]]'', ("[[Private Life (song)|Private Life]]", "[[Warm Leatherette]]"), ''[[Nightclubbing (Grace Jones album)|Nightclubbing]]'' ("Walking in the Rain", "Feel Up", "Demolition Man", "Pull Up to the Bumper" and "I've Seen That Face Before (Libertango)") and from ''Living My Life'', "My Jamaican Guy" and the album's [[Living My Life|title track]]. Jones dressed in elaborate costumes and masks (in the opening sequence as a gorilla) and alongside a series of Grace Jones [[lookalike]]s. A video version, filmed live in London and New York City and completed with some studio footage, was nominated for a [[Grammy Award]] for Best Long-Form Music Video the following year.<ref>{{cite web|last=Jones|first=Grace|title=Grammy Awards (1984)|url=https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000301/1984|website=IMDb.com}}</ref>

After the release of ''Living My Life'', Jones took on the role of Zula the [[Amazons|Amazonian]] in ''[[Conan the Destroyer]]'' (1984) and was nominated for a [[Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress]]. In 1985, Jones starred as [[May Day (James Bond)|May Day]], henchwoman to main antagonist [[Max Zorin]] in the 14th [[James Bond]] film ''[[A View to a Kill]]''; Jones was also nominated for a [[Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress]]. That same year, she was featured on the [[Arcadia (band)|Arcadia]] song "[[Election Day (song)|Election Day]]". Jones was among the many stars to promote the [[Honda]] Scooter; other artists included [[Lou Reed]], [[Adam Ant]], and [[Miles Davis]].<ref>{{cite web|title=LOU REED, MILES DAVIS AND GRACE JONES SELLING HONDA SCOOTERS AND TDK TAPE IN THE 1980S|url=http://dangerousminds.net/comments/lou_reed_miles_davis_and_grace_jones_selling_honda_scooters_and_tdk_ta|website=Dangerousminds.net|date=16 December 2010|access-date=9 June 2013}}</ref> Jones also, with her boyfriend [[Dolph Lundgren]] posed nude for ''[[Playboy]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Amazing Grace: she battles bond, rocks with "rocky iv" hunk dolph lundgren-- have you met miss jones?|url=http://www.dolph-ultimate.com/articles/playboy.html|publisher=Dolph: The Ultimate Guide|access-date=9 June 2013}}</ref>

===1986–1989: ''Slave to the Rhythm'', ''Island Life'', and further films===
[[File:Trevor Horn (cropped2).jpg|thumb|right|Jones partnered with [[Trevor Horn]] (pictured), who served as producer on ''[[Slave to the Rhythm (album)|Slave to the Rhythm]]'']]

After Jones's success as a mainstream actress, she returned to the studio to work on ''[[Slave to the Rhythm (album)|Slave to the Rhythm]]'', the last of her recordings for [[Island records|Island]]. [[Bruce Woolley]], Simon Darlow, [[Stephen Lipson]] and [[Trevor Horn]] wrote the material, and it was produced by Horn and Lipson.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Petridis |first1=Alexis |title=‘Grace Jones was in a state’: legendary producer Trevor Horn relives his mega-hits |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/oct/24/grace-jones-trevor-horn-mega-hits-frankie-goes-to-hollywood-abc-tatu |website=The Guardian |access-date=18 August 2025 |date=24 October 2022}}</ref> It was a concept album that featured several interpretations of the title track. The project was originally intended for [[Frankie Goes to Hollywood]] as a follow-up to "[[Relax (Frankie Goes to Hollywood song)|Relax]]", but was given to Jones.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.perfectsongs.com/artists_writers/trevor_horn.html| title = Perfect Songs artists/writers Trevor Horn| access-date = 12 February 2012| work = perfectsongs.com| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111128004400/http://www.perfectsongs.com/artists_writers/trevor_horn.html| archive-date = 28 November 2011| df = dmy-all}}</ref> All eight tracks on the album featured excerpts from a conversation with Jones, speaking about many aspects of her life. The interview was conducted by journalist [[Paul Morley]]. The album features [[voice-over]]s from actor [[Ian McShane]] reciting passages from [[Jean-Paul Goude]]'s biography ''Jungle Fever''. ''Slave to the Rhythm'' was successful in [[German language in Europe|German-speaking countries]] and in the Netherlands, where it secured Top 10 placings.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hung |first1=Steffen |title=Grace Jones - Slave To The Rhythm |url=https://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Grace+Jones&titel=Slave+to+the+Rhythm&cat=a |website=hitparade.ch |access-date=18 August 2025}}</ref> It reached number 12 on the [[UK Albums Chart]] in November 1985 and became the second-highest-ranking album released by Jones.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9SQEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA2 |title=Billboard – Google Livros |date=22 November 1986 |access-date=29 March 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ICUEAAAAMBAJ&q=grace+jones+million&pg=PA74 |title=Billboard – Google Livros |date=13 December 1986 |access-date=29 March 2011}}</ref> Jones earned an [[MTV Video Music Award]] nomination for the title track's music video.

After her success with ''Slave to the Rhythm'', Island released ''[[Island Life]]'', Jones's first best-of compilation, which featured songs from most of her releases with Island (''Portfolio'', ''Fame'', ''Warm Leatherette'', ''Nightclubbing'', ''Living My Life'' and ''Slave to the Rhythm''). American writer and journalist [[Glenn O'Brien]] wrote the essay for the inlay booklet. The compilation charted in the UK, New Zealand and the United States.<ref>{{cite web|title=Li: Island Life|url=http://www.libraryofinspiration.com/music_1980s_islandlife.htm|publisher=Library of Inspiration}}</ref> The artwork on the cover of the compilation was of another Jones/Goude collaboration; it featured Jones's celestial body in a montage of separate images, following Goude's ideas on creating credible illusions with his cut-and-paint technique. The body position is anatomically impossible.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://arts.guardian.co.uk/image/0,,1672997,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080615063938/http://arts.guardian.co.uk/image/0%2C%2C1672997%2C00.html |archive-date=15 June 2008 |title=Snapshot: Grace Jones |author=Will Hodgkinson |access-date=1 August 2009 |location=London |url-status=dead  }}</ref>

The artwork, a piece called "Nigger Arabesque", was originally published in the ''[[New York (magazine)|New York]]'' magazine in 1978, and was used as a backdrop for the music video of Jones's hit single {{lang|fr|"La Vie en rose"}}.<ref>{{cite web|title=How to Fake a Grace Jones Cover|url=http://flavorwire.com/73088/how-to-fake-a-grace-jones-cover|website=Flavorwire.com|date=24 February 2010 |access-date=10 June 2013}}</ref> The artwork has been described as "one of pop culture's most famous photographs".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://afirstclassriot.com/2011/06/01/images-grace-jones-by-jean-paul-goude/ |title=Images: Grace Jones by Jean-Paul Goude |access-date=15 August 2012 |website=Afirstclassriot.com |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130116122612/http://afirstclassriot.com/2011/06/01/images-grace-jones-by-jean-paul-goude/ |archive-date=16 January 2013 }}</ref> The image was also parodied in [[Nicki Minaj]]'s 2011 music video for "[[Stupid Hoe]]", in which Minaj mimicked the pose.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://thenynthlife.com/nicki-minaj-channels-beyonce-grace-jones-and-gaga-in-stupid-hoe/ |title=Nicki Minaj Channels Beyoncé, Grace Jones, and Gaga in "Stupid Hoe" |access-date=14 May 2012 |website=Thenynthlife.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131227132845/http://thenynthlife.com/nicki-minaj-channels-beyonce-grace-jones-and-gaga-in-stupid-hoe/ |archive-date=27 December 2013 }}</ref>

After ''[[Slave to the Rhythm (album)|Slave to the Rhythm]]'' and ''[[Island Life]]'', Jones started to record again under a new contract with [[Manhattan Records]], which resulted in ''[[Inside Story (Grace Jones album)|Inside Story]]'', Jones teamed up with music producer [[Nile Rodgers]] of [[Chic (band)|Chic]], whom Jones had previously tried to work with during the disco era.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.disco-disco.com/tributes/chic.shtml |title=Nile & Bernard - Chic - Tribute @ Disco-Disco.com |access-date=19 April 2012 |website=Disco-disco.com}}</ref> The album was recorded at Skyline Studios in New York and post-produced at Atlantic Studios and Sterling Sound. ''Inside Story'' was the first album Jones produced, which resulted in heated disputes with Rodgers. Musically, the album was more accessible than her previous albums with the Compass Point All Stars, and explored different styles of pop music, with undertones of jazz, gospel, and Caribbean sounds. All songs on the album were written by Jones and [[Bruce Woolley]]. Richard Bernstein teamed up with Jones again to provide the album's artwork. ''Inside Story'' made the top 40 in several European countries. The album was Jones's last entry to date on US [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] albums chart. The same year, Jones starred as Katrina, an Egyptian queen vampire in the [[vampire film]] ''[[Vamp (film)|Vamp]]''. For her work in the film, Jones was awarded a [[Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress]].

In 1987, Jones appeared in two films, ''[[Straight to Hell (film)|Straight to Hell]]'', and [[Mary Lambert (director)|Mary Lambert]]'s ''[[Siesta (film)|Siesta]]'', for which Jones was nominated for [[Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actress]]. ''[[Bulletproof Heart]]'' was released in 1989, produced by Chris Stanley, who co-wrote, and co-produced the majority of the songs, and was featured as a guest vocalist on "Don't Cry Freedom". [[Robert Clivillés]] and [[David Cole (producer)|David Cole]] of [[C+C Music Factory]] produced some tracks on the album.

===1990–2004: ''Boomerang'', soundtracks, and collaborations===
In 1990, Jones appeared as herself in the documentary, ''Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol''. 1992 saw Jones starring as Helen Strangé, in the [[Eddie Murphy]] film ''[[Boomerang (1992 film)|Boomerang]]'', for which she also contributed the song "[[7 Day Weekend (song)|7 Day Weekend]]" to [[Boomerang (soundtrack)|its soundtrack]]. Jones released two more soundtrack songs in 1992; "[[Evilmainya]]", recorded for the film ''[[Freddie as F.R.O.7]]'', and "Let Joy and Innocence Prevail" for the film ''[[Toys (film)|Toys]]''. In 1994, she was due to release an [[electronic music|electro]] album titled ''Black Marilyn'' with artwork featuring the singer as [[Marilyn Monroe]]. "[[Sex Drive (Grace Jones song)|Sex Drive]]" was released as the first single in September 1993, but the album was shelved due to Jones disliking the mixes that were presented by producers, whom she felt were primarily interested in sampling and had "minced" her vocals. Jones stated that the experience turned her off working on music.{{sfn|Jones|Morley|2015|pp=231–233}} The track "Volunteer", recorded during the same sessions, leaked in 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qt6s3NNVrQ4  |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/Qt6s3NNVrQ4| archive-date=12 December 2021 |url-status=live|title=Grace Jones – Volunteer (Rare demo) |via=[[YouTube]] |date=13 September 2009 |access-date=11 July 2014}}{{cbignore}}</ref> In 1995, Jones reunited with Tom Moulton for a [[disco]]-[[House music|house]] take on [[Candi Staton]]'s 1978 song "Victim", however, the song's release was cancelled by Island Records.<ref>{{cite web|last=Petridis|first=Alexis|date=29 April 2021|title=Grace Jones' 20 greatest songs - ranked!|url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2021/apr/29/grace-jones-20-greatest-songs-ranked|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210923211047/https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2021/apr/29/grace-jones-20-greatest-songs-ranked|archive-date=23 September 2021|access-date=23 September 2021|website=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Walters|first=Barry|date=25 August 2015|title=As Much As I Can, As Black As I Am: The Queer History of Grace Jones|url=https://pitchfork.com/features/from-the-pitchfork-review/9708-as-much-as-i-can-as-black-as-i-am-the-queer-history-of-grace-jones/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210923212938/https://pitchfork.com/features/from-the-pitchfork-review/9708-as-much-as-i-can-as-black-as-i-am-the-queer-history-of-grace-jones/|archive-date=23 September 2021|access-date=23 September 2021|website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]|quote=Even Moulton buried the hatchet for a 1997 house remake of Candi Staton's "Victim", but Island nixed its release on conceptual grounds: They thought Grace Jones couldn't be a victim of anything.}}</ref>

[[File:Gracejones.jpg|thumb|Jones performing in 2007]]

In 1996, Jones released "[[Love Bites (Grace Jones song)|Love Bites]]", an up-tempo electronic track to promote the [[Syfy|Sci-Fi Channel's]] ''Vampire Week'', which consisted of a series of vampire-themed films aired on the channel in early November 1996. The track features Jones singing from the perspective of a vampire. The track was released as a non-label promo-only single. {{as of|2013}}, it had not been made commercially available.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.prnewswire.co.uk/cgi/news/release?id=16145 |title=Sci-Fi Channel Launch Vampire Film Season with Worldwide Exclusive – A New Song from Grace Jones |website=Prnewswire.co.uk |access-date=6 February 2012}}</ref>

In June 1998, Jones was scheduled to release an album titled ''Force of Nature'', on which she worked with [[trip hop]] musician [[Tricky (musician)|Tricky]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.montrealmirror.com/ARCHIVES/1997/110697/cover.html |title=Grace Jones |website=Montrealmirror.com |access-date=27 May 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120630175244/http://www.montrealmirror.com/ARCHIVES/1997/110697/cover.html |archive-date=30 June 2012 |url-status=dead  }}</ref> The release of ''Force of Nature'' was cancelled due to a disagreement between the two, and only a [[white label record|white label]] 12" single featuring two dance mixes of "[[Hurricane (Cradle to the Grave)|Hurricane]]" was issued at the time;<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.discogs.com/release/215220 |title=Grace Jones – Hurricane (Vinyl) at Discogs |website=Discogs.com |date=1998 |access-date=30 August 2008}}</ref> a slowed-down version of this song became the title track of her comeback album released ten years later while another unreleased track from the album, "Clandestine Affair" (recycling the chorus from her unreleased 1993 track "Volunteer"), appeared on a bootleg 12" in 2004.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Grace-Jones-Tricky-Clandestine-Affair/master/203097 |title=Grace Jones & Tricky – Clandestine Affair|website=Discogs.com |access-date=11 July 2014}}</ref> Jones recorded the track "Storm" in 1998 for the film ''[[The Avengers (1998 film)|The Avengers]]'', and in 1999, appeared in an episode of the ''[[BeastMaster (TV series)|Beastmaster]]'' television series as the Umpatra Warrior.

The same year, Jones recorded "The Perfect Crime", an up-tempo song for Danish TV written by the composer duo Floppy M. aka Jacob Duus and Kåre Jacobsen.{{citation needed|date=December 2017}} In 2000, Jones collaborated with rapper [[Lil' Kim]], appearing on the song "Revolution" from her album ''[[The Notorious K.I.M.]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/store/artist/album/0,,1023051,00.html |title=The Notorious K I M by Lil Kim @ ARTISTdirect.com – Shop, Listen, Download |website=Artistdirect.com |date=27 June 2000 |access-date=13 April 2012 |archive-date=1 February 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130201051242/http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/store/artist/album/0,,1023051,00.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2001, Jones starred in the film, ''[[Wolf Girl (2001 film)|Wolf Girl]]'' (also known as ''Blood Moon''), as an [[intersex]] circus performer named Christoph/Christine. In 2002, Jones joined [[Luciano Pavarotti]] on stage for his annual [[Pavarotti and Friends]] fundraiser concert to support the United Nations refugee agency's programs for Angolan refugees in [[Zambia]]. In November 2004, Jones sang "[[Slave to the Rhythm (Grace Jones song)|Slave to the Rhythm]]" at a tribute concert for record producer [[Trevor Horn]] at London's [[Wembley Arena]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2004/nov/13/popandrock |title=Produced by Trevor Horn, Wembley Arena, London |author=[[Alexis Petridis]] |date=13 November 2004 |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |location=UK |access-date=29 September 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/collective/A3308645 |title=BBC – Collective – Produced by Trevor Horn |date=21 November 2004 |work=[[BBC Online]] |access-date=29 September 2010}}</ref>

===2008–2015: ''Hurricane'' and memoir===
Despite several comeback attempts throughout the 1990s, Jones's next full-length record was released almost twenty years later, after Jones decided "never to do an album again,"<ref>{{cite news |author=Michael Osborn |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7747522.stm |title=An audience with Grace Jones |work=[[BBC News Online]] |date=26 November 2008 |access-date=11 January 2012}}</ref> changing her mind after meeting music producer [[Ivor Guest, 4th Viscount Wimborne|Ivor Guest]] through a mutual friend, [[milliner]] [[Philip Treacy]]. After the two became acquainted, Guest let Jones listen to a track he had been working on, which became "Devil in My Life", once Jones set the lyrics to the song. The lyrics to the song were written after a party in Venice.<ref name="guardian2010">{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2010/apr/17/grace-jones-interview |title=Grace Jones: 'God I'm scary. I'm scaring myself' – Music – The Guardian |author=Simon Hattenstone |date=17 April 2010 |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |location=UK |access-date=29 April 2010}}</ref>

The two ended up with 23 tracks. The album, ''[[Hurricane (Grace Jones album)|Hurricane]]'', included autobiographical songs, such as "This Is", "[[Williams' Blood]]" and "I'm Crying (Mother's Tears)", an ode to her mother Marjorie. "[[Love You to Life]]" was another track based on real events and "[[Corporate Cannibal]]" referred to [[corporate capitalism]]. "Well Well Well" was recorded in memory of [[Alex Sadkin]], member of [[Compass Point All Stars]] who had died in a motor accident 1987. "Sunset Sunrise" was written by Jones's son, Paulo; the song ponders the relationship between mankind and mother nature. Four songs were removed from the album, "The Key to Funky", "Body Phenomenon", "Sister Sister" and "Misery". For the production of the album, Jones teamed up with [[Sly and Robbie]], [[Wally Badarou]], [[Barry Reynolds]], [[Mikey Chung]], and [[Uziah Thompson|Uziah "Sticky" Thompson]], of the [[Compass Point All Stars]], with contributions from trip-hop artist [[Tricky (musician)|Tricky]], and [[Brian Eno]].<ref>{{cite web|title=aulo Goude Son of a Hurricane|url=http://missgracejones.com/paulo/|website=Missgracejones.com|author=Frank Veldkamp|year=2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131227184924/http://missgracejones.com/paulo/|archive-date=27 December 2013}}</ref>

The album was released on [[Wall of Sound]] on 3 November 2008, in the United Kingdom. [[PIAS Recordings|PIAS]], the umbrella company of Wall of Sound, distributed ''Hurricane'' worldwide excluding North America.<ref>{{cite news |author=Lars Brandle |url=http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/content_display/industry/news/e3i5b79f51055d2eac91f4ee12074050f1a |title='Hurricane' Jones Blows Through This October |website=Billboard.biz |access-date=30 June 2008 |archive-date=27 September 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120927031931/http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/content_display/industry/news/e3i5b79f51055d2eac91f4ee12074050f1a |url-status=dead }}</ref> The album scored 72 out of 100 on review aggregator [[Metacritic]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/hurricane |title=Hurricane Reviews, Ratings, Credits, and More |website=Metacritic.com |access-date=11 January 2012}}</ref> Prior to the album's release, Jones performed at [[Massive Attack]]'s [[Meltdown (festival)|Meltdown festival]] in London on 19 June 2008, Jones performed four new songs from the album and premiered the music video which Jones and artist Nick Hooker collaborated on, which resulted in "[[Corporate Cannibal]]".<ref>{{cite news |author=Colin Paterson |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7465083.stm |title=Grace Jones performs at Meltdown |work=[[BBC News Online]] |date=20 June 2008 |access-date=13 August 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=Sam Jones |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2008/apr/21/festivals |title=Meltdown moves from trip-hop to sci-fi with style |newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=25 June 2008 |location=London |date=21 April 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nickhooker.com/news.html |title=nick hooker |website=Nickhooker.com |access-date=29 September 2010 |archive-date=14 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714181207/http://www.nickhooker.com/news.html |url-status=usurped }}</ref> Jones promoted the album even further by appearing on talk show ''[[Friday Night with Jonathan Ross]]'', performed at several awards galas, and embarked on ''The Hurricane Tour''. The same year, Jones was honoured with [[Q Awards|Q Idol Award]].

[[File:Grace Jones @ Fremantle Park (17 4 2011) (5648773026).jpg|thumb|Jones performing in 2011|left]]
In 2009, [[Chris Cunningham]] produced a fashion shoot for ''[[Dazed & Confused (magazine)|Dazed & Confused]]'' using Jones as a model to create "Nubian versions" of Rubber Johnny.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dazeddigital.com/ArtsAndCulture/article/1273/1/Chris_Cunningham_Photographs_Grace_Jones_for_DC |title=Grace Jones photoshoot for Dazed and Confused |website=Dazeddigital.com |date=16 October 2008 |access-date=30 August 2009}}</ref> In an interview for BBC's ''The Culture Show'', it was suggested that the collaboration may expand into a video project. Jones also worked with the avant-garde poet [[Brigitte Fontaine]] on a duet named "Soufi" from Fontaine's album ''[[Prohibition (album)|Prohibition]]'' released in 2009, and produced by [[Ivor Guest, 4th Viscount Wimborne|Ivor Guest]].

In March 2010, Jones performed for guests at the 18th annual [[Elton John AIDS Foundation]] [[Academy Award]] Viewing Party. The Elton John AIDS Foundation is one of the world's leading nonprofit organisations supporting HIV prevention programs, and works to eliminate the stigma and discrimination associated with HIV/AIDS. The event raised US$3.7 million.<ref>{{cite press release|title=Grace Jones to Perform at 18th Annual Elton John AIDS Foundation Academy Awards Viewing Party|url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/grace-jones-to-perform-at-18th-annual-elton-john-aids-foundation-academy-awards-viewing-party-85444777.html|access-date=5 May 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=$3.7 Million Raised at Elton John AIDS Foundation Oscar Party|date=8 March 2010|url=http://www.hauteliving.com/2010/03/3-7-million-raised-at-elton-john-aids-foundation-oscar-party/28565/|access-date=5 May 2013}}</ref> The same year, a budget DVD version of ''A One Man Show'' was released, as ''Grace Jones – Live in Concert''. It included three bonus video clips ("[[Slave to the Rhythm (Grace Jones song)|Slave to the Rhythm]]", "[[Love Is the Drug]]" and "[[Crush (Grace Jones song)|Crush]]").

In 2011, Jones collaborated again with Brigitte Fontaine on two tracks from her release entitled {{lang|fr|[[L'un n'empêche pas l'autre]]}} and performed at the opening ceremony of the [[61st FIFA Congress]].<ref name="curtain-raises">{{Cite news|date=31 May 2011 |url=https://www.fifa.com/aboutfifa/federation/bodies/news/newsid=1441187.html |title=Curtain rises on Congress |website=Fifa.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606041351/http://www.fifa.com/aboutfifa/federation/bodies/news/newsid%3D1441187.html |archive-date=6 June 2011 }}</ref> Jones released a dub version of the album, ''Hurricane – Dub'', which came out on 5 September 2011. The dub versions were made by [[Ivor Guest, 4th Viscount Wimborne|Ivor Guest]], with contributions from [[Adam Green (musician)|Adam Green]], Frank Byng, Robert Logan and Ben Cowan.

In April 2012, Jones joined [[Deborah Harry]], [[Bebel Gilberto]], and [[Sharon Stone]] at the Inspiration Gala in [[São Paulo]], Brazil, raising $1.3 million for amfAR (the Foundation for AIDS Research). Jones closed the evening with a performance of {{lang|fr|"La Vie en Rose"}} and "Pull Up to the Bumper".<ref>{{cite web|title=Sharon Stone, Deborah Harry, Grace Jones, Bebel Gilberto help to Raise $1.3 Million for amfAR in Brazil|url=http://www.amfar.org/in_the_spotlight/press_releases/sharon_stone,_deborah_harry,_grace_jones,_bebel_gilberto_help_to_raise_$1_3_million_for_amfar_in_brazil/|website=Amfar.org|access-date=9 June 2013|archive-date=23 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130523141138/http://www.amfar.org/In_The_Spotlight/Press_Releases/Sharon_Stone,_Deborah_Harry,_Grace_Jones,_Bebel_Gilberto_help_to_Raise_$1_3_Million_for_amfAR_in_Brazil/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Two months later, Jones performed "Slave to the Rhythm" at the [[Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II]] (whilst keeping a hula hoop spinning round her waist throughout), and the [[Lovebox Festival#Lovebox 2012|Lovebox Festival]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://vadamagazine.com/11/04/2013/entertainment/ladies-and-gentlemen-miss-grace-jones |title=Ladies and Gentlemen – Miss Grace Jones|work=Vada Magazine |date=11 April 2013|access-date=17 May 2013}}</ref> On 27 October 2012, Jones performed her only North American show of 2012, a performance at New York City's [[Roseland Ballroom]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/grace-jones-concert-review-roseland-384140 |title=Grace Jones Brings Fierceness, High Fashion to Pre-Hurricane New York City: Concert Review|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |access-date=3 January 2013 |first=Mick |last=Stingley |date=29 October 2012}}</ref> The same year, Jones presented [[Tom Jones (singer)|Sir Tom Jones]] with not only the ''[[GQ]]'' Men of the Year award, but her underwear. Tom Jones accepted the gift in good humour, and replied by saying, "I didn't think you wore any".<ref>{{cite news|title=GQ Men of the Year Awards: highlights and lowlights|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/9522486/GQ-Men-of-the-Year-Awards-highlights-and-lowlights.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/9522486/GQ-Men-of-the-Year-Awards-highlights-and-lowlights.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|access-date=26 May 2013|location=London|first=Anita|last=Singh|date=5 September 2012}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

Universal Music Group released a deluxe edition of her ''Nightclubbing'' album as a two-disc set and Blu-ray audio on 28 April 2014. The set contains most of the 12" mixes of singles from that album, plus two previously unreleased tracks from the ''Nightclubbing'' sessions, including a cover of the [[Gary Numan]] track "Me! I Disconnect from You".

In October 2014, Jones was announced as having contributed a song, "Original Beast", to the soundtrack of ''[[The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 Soundtrack|The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kanye West, Chvrches, Bat For Lashes, Haim, Pusha T, Charli XCX Appear on Lorde's The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Pt. 1 Soundtrack|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/56191-kanye-west-chvrches-bat-for-lashes-haim-pusha-t-charli-xcx-appear-on-lordes-the-hunger-games-mockingjay-pt-1-soundtrack/|website=Pitchfork|access-date=21 October 2014|first=Evan|last=Minsker|date=21 October 2014}}</ref>

Jones's memoir entitled ''I'll Never Write My Memoirs'' was released on 29 September 2015.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.gigwise.com/news/101424/grace-jones-reveals-details-of-ill-never-write-my-memoirs |title=Grace Jones reveals details of 'I'll Never Write My Memoirs' &#124;  |first=Rebecca |last=Schiller |website=Gigwise.com |date=30 June 2015 |access-date=1 July 2015}}</ref>

===2017–present: Collaborations and festivals===
[[File:Grace Jones (38698766370).jpg|thumb|Jones performing in 2018]]
In 2017, Jones collaborated with British [[virtual band]] [[Gorillaz]], appearing on the song "[[Charger (Gorillaz song)|Charger]]" from their fifth studio album ''[[Humanz]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://usstore.gorillaz.com/humanz-cd.html|title=Humanz: CD|website=Gorillaz.com|date=23 March 2017|access-date=6 May 2017|archive-date=4 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170504032554/http://usstore.gorillaz.com/humanz-cd.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> In October 2018, Jones received the [[Order of Jamaica]] from the Jamaican government.<ref>"[http://301-joweb.newscyclecloud.com/entertainment/grace-jones-ready-for-national-award_146804?profile=1116 Grace Jones ready for national award] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181021151421/http://301-joweb.newscyclecloud.com/entertainment/grace-jones-ready-for-national-award_146804?profile=1116 |date=21 October 2018 }}", ''[[Jamaica Observer]]'', 14 October 2018. Retrieved 21 October 2018</ref>

In June 2022, Jones served as curator of the 27th edition of the Meltdown Festival, the UK's longest-running artist-curated music festival.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/whats-on/festivals-series/meltdown|title=Grace Jones' Meltdown &#124; Southbank Centre|website=Southbankcentre.co.uk|access-date=3 April 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Watch Grace Jones debut new songs at Meltdown Festival |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/watch-grace-jones-debut-new-songs-at-meltdown-festival-3247412 |access-date=16 August 2022 |website=nme.com|date=14 June 2022 }}</ref> Jones had been announced as the curator already for the 2020 festival, but due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]] it was rescheduled to 2022.<ref>{{cite web |author=Sam Moore |date=2021-04-09 |title=Grace Jones' Meltdown Festival rescheduled to 2022 |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/grace-jones-meltdown-festival-rescheduled-to-2022-2917421 |access-date=2022-04-11 |publisher=NME}}</ref> During her show that closed the festival, Jones announced that a brand new 'African hybrid' record was in production, and previewed "The Sun Shines in Wartime" (or "Sunshine In Wartime) and "Blacker Than Black" (or "Born Black") from the album.<ref>{{cite web |title=Grace Jones live at Meltdown Festival: brilliant, unbridled chaos from one of the greats |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/live/grace-jones-live-at-meltdown-festival-southbank-centre-london-3251298 |access-date=16 August 2022 |website=nme.com|date=20 June 2022 }}</ref> Jones provided guest vocals on [[Beyoncé]]'s song "Move" from her seventh studio album ''[[Renaissance (Beyoncé album)|Renaissance]]'', released in July 2022.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://metro.co.uk/2022/09/08/grace-jones-had-one-rule-for-beyonce-to-make-renaissance-collab-happen-17321390/|title=Grace Jones had one rule for Beyonce in order to make Renaissance collab happen|website=Metro|last=Yeates|first=Cydney|date=8 September 2022|access-date=17 November 2022}}</ref>

On 14 November 2022, music festival [[Camp Bestival]] announced their 2023 lineup, which included Jones, alongside [[Primal Scream]], [[Melanie C]], [[Craig David]], [[The Kooks]], the [[Human League]], and others.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/camp-bestival-2023-line-up-primal-scream-grace-jones-human-league-the-kooks-dorset-shropshire-sites-3348796|title=Primal Scream, Grace Jones, The Kooks, Human League and more for Camp Bestival 2023 twin sites line-up|website=NME|last=Krol|first=Charlotte|date=14 November 2022|access-date=17 November 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-63621690|title=Camp Bestival Dorset: Grace Jones and Craig David among headliners|website=BBC|date=15 November 2022|access-date=17 November 2022}}</ref> On 23 July 2023, Jones headlined the music acts at [[Bluedot Festival]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://discoverthebluedot.com/lineup/|title=Bluedot Festival 2023 Lineup|website=discoverthebluedot|access-date=20 July 2023|archive-date=20 July 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230720181047/https://discoverthebluedot.com/lineup/|url-status=bot: unknown}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nationalworld.com/culture/arts/bluedot-festival-headlining-manchester-festival-grace-jones-tickets-prices-3998352|title=Bluedot festival: who is headlining Manchester festival with Grace Jones, tickets, prices|website=nationalworld|date=23 January 2023 |access-date=25 July 2023}}</ref>

==Artistry and influence==
===Image===
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Jones' "appearance was equally divisive" as the sonic fluidity of her music – with her "striking visuals [leading] to her becoming a muse for the likes of [[Issey Miyake]] and [[Thierry Mugler]].<ref name="idmag">{{cite web|last1=Hall|first1=Jake|date=21 April 2016|title=exploring the complicated relationship between jean-paul goude and grace jones|url=https://i-d.co/article/exploring-the-complicated-relationship-between-jean-paul-goude-and-grace-jones/|access-date=8 August 2016|work=[[i-D]]|publisher=[[Vice Media]]|archive-date=26 July 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160726172709/http://i-d.vice.com/en_us/article/exploring-the-complicated-relationship-between-jean-paul-goude-and-grace-jones|url-status=live}}</ref> Her image has been described as "neo-[[cubist]]".<ref name="Gardner88" /> Jones's distinctive [[androgynous]] appearance, square-cut, angular padded clothing, manner, and height of 179&nbsp;cm (5' {{frac|10|1|2}}"){{citation needed|date=November 2019}} influenced the [[cross-dressing]] movement of the 1980s. To this day, she is known for her unique look at least as much as she is for her music<ref name="allymolloy">{{cite book|last=Molloy|first=Ally|title=A–Z of the 80s|publisher=[[John Blake Publishing]]|year=2010|location=London|page=134}}</ref> and has been an inspiration for numerous artists, including [[Annie Lennox]],<ref name="O'Brien 1991">{{cite book|last=O'Brien|first=Lucy|title=Annie Lennox|publisher=[[Sidgwick & Jackson]]|year=1991|location=London|author-link=Lucy O'Brien}}</ref> [[Lorde]],<ref name="Lorde">{{cite magazine|author=Julie Naughton and Pete Born|date=20 May 2014|title=Lorde on Influences – and Cosmetics|url=http://wwd.com/beauty-industry-news/people/lorde-on-influences-and-cosmetics-7688319/|magazine=[[Women's Wear Daily]]|access-date=27 November 2015}}</ref> [[Rihanna]],<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Interviews |first1=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & |last2=Admin |date=2010-06-22 |title=10 Things You Never Knew About... Grace Jones |url=https://www.clashmusic.com/features/10-things-you-never-knew-about-grace-jones/ |access-date=2024-09-23 |website=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews |language=en-GB}}</ref> [[Janelle Monáe]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-03-24 |title=Blindie.com » Janelle Monae Dubbed 'Girlie Grace Jones' in GQ Newcomer Spread |url=http://blindie.com/2008/09/08/janelle-monae-dubbed-girlie-grace-jones-in-gq-newcomer-spread/ |access-date=2025-01-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140324112555/http://blindie.com/2008/09/08/janelle-monae-dubbed-girlie-grace-jones-in-gq-newcomer-spread/ |archive-date=24 March 2014 }}</ref> and [[Nile Rodgers]].<ref name="Amazing Grace Nile Rodgers">{{cite web|title=Amazing Grace Nile Rodgers|url=http://www.nilerodgers.com/blogs/planet-c-in-english/584|access-date=4 May 2013}}</ref> Jones was listed as one of the 50 best-dressed over 50 by ''The Guardian'' in March 2013.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Cartner-Morley|first1=Jess|last2=Mirren|first2=Helen|last3=Huffington|first3=Arianna|last4=Amos|first4=Valerie|date=28 March 2013|title=The 50 best-dressed over 50s|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|location=London|url=https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/gallery/2013/mar/29/50-best-dressed-over-50s}}</ref> 

Kyle Munzenrieder of ''[[W (magazine)|W]]'' magazine wrote that "everyone from [[Madonna]] to [[Björk]] to [[Beyoncé]] to [[Lady Gaga]] has taken more than a few pages from her playbook".<ref>{{cite web|last=Munzenrieder|first=Kyle|title=See Grace Jones Wearing a Shrub-like Hat on the Red Carpet|url=https://www.wmagazine.com/story/grace-jones-veil-red-carpet|access-date=13 October 2018|website=Wmagazine.com|date=26 October 2017 }}</ref> Jones's work is often discussed for its visual aspect, which was largely the work of French illustrator, photographer, and graphic designer [[Jean-Paul Goude]]. According to Jake Hall of ''[[i-D]]'', "their collaborative work [went on] to define the visual landscape of the 70s and 80s," and Goude "helped create one of the most intriguing legends in musical history."<ref name="idmag" /> Goude saw Jones as his [[muse]], declaring she was "beautiful and [[grotesque]] at the same time,"<ref name="p4kfurman">{{cite web|last1=Furman|first1=Anna|date=7 November 2016|title=The Stories Behind the Photos on 6 Iconic Album Covers|url=https://pitchfork.com/thepitch/1353-the-stories-behind-the-photos-on-6-iconic-album-covers/|access-date=8 November 2016|publisher=[[Pitchfork Media|Pitchfork]]}}</ref> and dated her from 1977 to 1984. He "[designed her] album covers, [...] directed her music videos, choreographed live performances, and helped develop her image."<ref name="nymag14">{{cite web|last1=Schwiegershausen|first1=Erica|date=13 November 2014|title=So, Was That Kim Kardashian Cover Photoshopped?|url=https://nymag.com/thecut/2014/11/was-that-kim-kardashian-cover-photoshopped.html|access-date=8 November 2016|work=[[New York (magazine)|New York]]|publisher=New York Media, LLC}}</ref>

Jones was featured prominently in Goude's work from that period, "which, over the course of the '80s, became increasingly synonymous with willful distortion" - using a technique he refers to as "French correction".<ref name="nymag14" /> The artist stated in 2012: "chopping up photos and rearranging them in a montage to elongate limbs or exaggerate the size of someone's head or some other aspect appealed to me on a lot of levels – I'm always searching for equilibrium, symmetry, and rhythm in an image."<ref name="vicewessang">{{cite magazine |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/jean-paul-goude-is-still-ahead-of-his-time/|title=Jean-Paul Goude Is Still Ahead of His Time|last1=Wessang|first1=Adeline|date=2 April 2012|magazine=[[Vice (magazine)|Vice]]|access-date=8 November 2016}}</ref> Goude's work "centers around artistic depictions of [[Race (human categorization)|race]], [[ethnicity]], and [[Globalization|global culture]]", with an "enchantment with the far-away and the [[Exoticism|exotic]]".<ref name="idmag" /> As a result, much of his depictions of [[black women]] are considered controversial and exploitative,<ref name="idmag" /><ref name="p4kfurman" /> as Jones was presented as "a [[white man]]'s rendition of the African feminine."<ref name="Gardner88">Gardner, 2012. p. 88</ref> Goude's images depicted her [[hypersexualized]] and androgynous, emphasizing her "[[Black people|blackness]]" and [[Jamaicans|Jamaican]] heritage. Writer Abigail Gardner felt Jones' body "was presented and manipulated in ways that are clearly congruent with conceiving of that display as artefactual."<ref name="Gardner88" /> Essentially, Hall writes, "Goude treated Jones as an artistic vehicle first and foremost - a [[hyperbole]] which, despite destroying their personal relationship, allowed Goude to translate his grandiose vision of Jones the phenomenon into a series of imagery which painted her as a [[surrealism|surreal]], impossible muse."<ref name="idmag" />

It has been noted that Jones' ties with the 1970s and 1980s New York art scene are important in understanding her visual identity during this period, and she was close to [[Andy Warhol]], who created a number of paintings and other works of the singer.<ref>{{cite web|title=Pink Grace Jones by Andy Warhol|url=https://curiator.com/art/andy-warhol/grace-jones|access-date=2 March 2018|website=Curiator|language=en}}</ref><ref name="Interview Magazine">{{Cite news|date=1 February 2018|title=The time Grace Jones was Andy Warhol's wedding date - Interview Magazine|language=en-US|work=Interview Magazine|url=https://www.interviewmagazine.com/culture/obvious-history-time-grace-jones-andy-warhols-wedding-date|access-date=2 March 2018}}</ref> She also knew artist [[Richard Bernstein (artist)|Richard Bernstein]], and artist and social activist [[Keith Haring]], who painted her head-to-toe for a series of photographs taken by [[Robert Mapplethorpe]] and for her role in the 1986 film ''[[Vamp (film)|Vamp]]''.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Tate|title='Grace Jones', painted by Keith Haring. Photo by Robert Mapplethorpe, 1984 {{!}} Tate|language=en-GB|website=Tate.org.uk|url=http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/mapplethorpe-grace-jones-ar00206|url-status=dead|access-date=2 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120413084334/http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/mapplethorpe-grace-jones-ar00206|archive-date=13 April 2012}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=4 November 2002|title=Richard Bernstein, 1939–2002|language=en-US|newspaper=[[The Observer]]|url=http://observer.com/2002/11/richard-bernstein-19392002/|access-date=2 March 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=30 January 2018|title=When Keith Haring Painted the Heavenly Body of Grace Jones|url=https://dangerousminds.net/comments/when_keith_haring_painted_the_heavenly_body_of_grace_jones|access-date=19 October 2018|website=Dangerous Minds|language=en}}</ref><ref name="Interview Magazine" />

In 2020, the first ever art exhibition centred around Jones was presented at [[Nottingham Contemporary]] in the United Kingdom, in an attempt to represent "a multi-faceted [[pop culture]] [[Pop icon|icon]] while trying to reformulate an alternative image of Grace Jones that does not fall into clichés."<ref>{{cite web|date=18 December 2020|title=Grace Before Jones: Black Image-Making and the Gaze|url=https://ocula.com/magazine/features/grace-before-jones-camera-disco-studio/|access-date=18 December 2020|website=ocula.com|language=en}}</ref>

===Music===
''[[Vice Media|Vice]]'' described Jones's musical output as "weird, vibrant and progressive," stating that she "has woven [[disco]], [[new wave music|new wave]], [[post-punk]], [[art pop]], [[industrial music|industrial]], [[reggae]], and [[gospel music|gospel]] into a tight sound that is distinctly hers, threaded together with lilting, powerful vocals."<ref name="DJones">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/guide-to-getting-into-grace-jones/|title=The Guide to Getting Into Grace Jones|magazine=[[Vice (magazine)|Vice]]|last=Jones|first=Daisy|date=2 August 2018|access-date=15 November 2018}}</ref> Her early music was rooted in disco. She opted for a new wave sound in the early 1980s. She recorded a series of albums (1980's ''[[Warm Leatherette (album)|Warm Leatherette]]'' through 1982's ''[[Living My Life (album)|Living My Life]]'') backed by the Jamaica [[rhythm section]] duo [[Sly and Robbie]]. Her music during this era was described as a new wave hybrid of reggae, [[funk]], [[Pop music|pop]], and [[rock music|rock]].<ref name="p4k-review1"/> According to John Doran of [[BBC Music]], ''Warm Leatherette'' and ''[[Nightclubbing (Grace Jones album)|Nightclubbing]]'' were "post-punk pop" albums that, "delved into the worlds of disco, reggae and funk much more successfully than most of her '[[Alternative music|alternative]]' contemporaries, while still retaining a blank-eyed alienation that was more reminiscent of [[David Bowie]] or [[Ian Curtis]] than most of her peers."<ref name="BBC">{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/vzd3/|title=Grace Clubbing - Nightclubbing review|last1=Doran|first1=John|year=2010|publisher=BBC|access-date=3 August 2016}}</ref>

Jones has a [[contralto]] vocal range. She sings in two modes: either in her monotone speak-sing voice as in songs such as "[[Private Life (song)|Private Life]]", "[[Walking in the Rain (Flash and the Pan song)|Walking in the Rain]]" and "[[The Apple Stretching]]", or in an almost-[[soprano]] mode in songs such as "[[La Vie en Rose]]", "[[Slave to the Rhythm (Grace Jones song)|Slave to the Rhythm]]", and "[[Victor Should Have Been a Jazz Musician]]".<ref name="clashmusic">{{cite web |url=http://www.clashmusic.com/feature/10-things-you-never-knew-about-grace-jones |title=10 Things You Never Knew About... Grace Jones |website=Clashmusic.com |date=22 June 2010 |access-date=1 January 2012}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Jones's father, Bishop Robert W. Jones, was strict and their relationship was strained. According to his particular denomination's beliefs, one should only use one's singing ability to glorify God.<ref name="Sawyer" /> He died on 7 May 2008.<ref name="auto"/> Her mother, Marjorie, always supported Jones's career (she sings on "[[Williams' Blood]]" and "[[My Jamaican Guy]]") but could not be publicly associated with her music.<ref name="Sawyer" /> Marjorie's father, John Williams, was also a musician{{sfn|Jones|Morley|2015|p=14}} and played with [[Nat King Cole]].<ref name="Sawyer" />

Jones described her childhood as having been "crushed underneath the Bible",{{sfn|Jones|Morley|2015|p=45}} and since has refused to enter a Jamaican church due to her bad childhood experiences.{{sfn|Jones|Morley|2015|p=41}}

Jones used the surname "Mendoza" in her 20s, so that her parents would not know that she was working as a [[go-go dancer]].<ref>{{cite news |author=Miranda Sawyer |title=State of Grace: Miranda Sawyer meets Grace Jones |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2008/oct/12/grace-jones-hurricane |access-date=11 February 2014 |newspaper=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref>

Through her relationship with longtime collaborator [[Jean-Paul Goude]], Jones has one son, Paulo, born 12 November 1979. From Paulo, Jones has one granddaughter.<ref name="clashmusic" /> Jones married Atila Altaunbay in 1996. She disputes rumors that she married Chris Stanley in her 2015 memoir ''I'll Never Write My Memoirs'', saying, "The truth is, I only ever married one of my boyfriends, Atila Altaunbay, a Muslim from Turkey." She spent four years with Swedish actor [[Dolph Lundgren]], her former bodyguard;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20085493,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924092347/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20085493,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=24 September 2015|title=Leather-bound disco queen Grace Jones and her Swedish squeeze|date=18 July 1983|work=[[People (magazine)|People]]|access-date=21 May 2016}}</ref> she got him a part as a KGB officer in ''[[A View to a Kill]]'' (1985).<ref name="Chafetz2008">{{cite book |last=Chafetz |first=Gary S. |title=The Perfect Villain: John McCain and the Demonization of Lobbyist Jack Abramoff |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VewbAQAAMAAJ |access-date=21 May 2011 |date=September 2008 |publisher=Martin and Lawrence Press |isbn=978-0-9773898-8-9 |page=60}}</ref> Jones started dating Danish actor and stuntman [[Sven-Ole Thorsen]] in 1990, and was in an open relationship as of 2007.<ref>{{cite news|last=Willman|first=Chris|title=Queen of Pop Shock Struts into the '90s: Before Madonna and Annie Lennox, Grace Jones paved the way. Now the multi-media artist sets her sights on 'softer'|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-02-11-ca-1001-story.html|newspaper=[[The Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=3 June 2013|date=11 February 1990}}</ref>

Jones's brother is [[megachurch]] preacher Bishop [[Noel Jones (Pentecostal bishop)|Noel Jones]], who starred on the 2013 reality show ''Preachers of LA''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.realitytea.com/2013/11/04/exclusive-preachers-of-l-a-sneak-peek-bishop-noel-jones-talks-about-his-famous-sister/ |title=Preachers Of L.A. Bishop Noel Jones Talks About Famous Sister Grace |website=Realitytea.com |date=4 November 2013 |access-date=11 February 2014}}</ref>

==Discography==
{{main|Grace Jones discography}}
{{col div}}
* ''[[Portfolio (Grace Jones album)|Portfolio]]'' (1977)
* ''[[Fame (Grace Jones album)|Fame]]'' (1978)
* ''[[Muse (Grace Jones album)|Muse]]'' (1979)
* ''[[Warm Leatherette (album)|Warm Leatherette]]'' (1980)
* ''[[Nightclubbing (Grace Jones album)|Nightclubbing]]'' (1981)
* ''[[Living My Life (album)|Living My Life]]'' (1982)
* ''[[Slave to the Rhythm (album)|Slave to the Rhythm]]'' (1985)
* ''[[Inside Story (Grace Jones album)|Inside Story]]'' (1986)
* ''[[Bulletproof Heart]]'' (1989)
* ''[[Hurricane (Grace Jones album)|Hurricane]]'' (2008)
{{col div end}}

==Tours==
* [[A One Man Show]] (1981)
* Grace in Your Face (1990)
* Hurricane Tour (2009)<ref>{{cite web|title=Paulo Goude: Son of a Hurricane|url=http://missgracejones.com/paulo/|publisher=Frank Veldkamp|access-date=4 February 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131227184924/http://missgracejones.com/paulo/|archive-date=27 December 2013}}</ref>

==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! colspan="5" style="background:#B0C4DE;" |  As actress
|-
! style="background:#ccc;" | Year
! style="background:#ccc;" | Title
! style="background:#ccc;" | Role
! style="background:#ccc;" | Notes
|-
| 1973
| ''[[Gordon's War]]''
| Mary
|
|-
| rowspan=2| 1976
| ''Attention les yeux!''
| Cuidy
|
|-
| ''[[Colt 38 Special Squad|Quelli della Calibro 38]]''
| Club Singer
| Uncredited
|-
| 1978
| ''[[Stryx]]''
| Rumstryx
| TV series
|-
| 1981
| ''Deadly Vengeance''
| Slick's girlfriend
|
|-
| 1984
| ''[[Conan the Destroyer]]''
| Zula
|
|-
|| 1985
| ''[[A View to a Kill]]''
| [[May Day (James Bond)|May Day]]
|
|-
| 1986
| ''[[Vamp (film)|Vamp]]''
| Katrina
|
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1987
| ''[[Straight to Hell (film)|Straight to Hell]]''
| Sonya
|
|-
| ''[[Siesta (film)|Siesta]]''
| Conchita
|
|-
| 1992
| ''[[Boomerang (1992 film)|Boomerang]]''
| Helen Strangé
|
|-
| 1992
| ''[[Freddie as F.R.O.7]]''
| Messina (singing voice)
|
|-
| 1995
| ''[[Cyber Bandits]]''
| Masako Yokohama
|
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1998
| ''McCinsey's Island''
| Alanso Richter
|
|-
| ''Palmer's Pick Up''
| Ms. Remo
|
|-
| 1999
| ''[[BeastMaster (TV series)|BeastMaster]]''
| Nokinja
| Episode: "The Umpatra"
|-
|rowspan="2"| 2001
| ''[[Wolf Girl (2001 film)|Wolf Girl]]''
| Christoph/Christine
| 
|-
| ''Shaka Zulu: The Citadel''
| The Queen
| TV movie
|-
| 2006
| ''No Place Like Home''
| Dancer
|
|-
| rowspan="2"| 2008
| ''Falco – Verdammt, wir leben noch!''
| Waitress
|
|-
| ''[[Chelsea on the Rocks]]''
| Bev
|
|-
| 2016
| ''[[Gutterdämmerung (film)|Gutterdämmerung]]'' 
| Death / The Devil
|
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! colspan="5" style="background:#B0C4DE;" |  Video games
|-
! style="background:#ccc;" | Year
! style="background:#ccc;" | Title
! style="background:#ccc;" | Role
! style="background:#ccc;" | Notes
|-
| 1994
| ''[[Hell: A Cyberpunk Thriller]]''
| Solene Solux
|
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! colspan="5" style="background:#B0C4DE;" |  Stage work
|-
! style="background:#ccc;" | Year
! style="background:#ccc;" | Title
! style="background:#ccc;" | Role
! style="background:#ccc;" | Location
|-
| 1997
| ''[[The Wiz]]''
| [[Wicked Witch of the West|Evillene]]
| US Touring Revival
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! colspan="3" style="background:#B0C4DE;" |  As musician
|-
! style="background:#ccc;" | Year
! style="background:#ccc;" | Title
! style="background:#ccc;" | Notes
|-
| 1982
| ''[[A One Man Show]]''
| "Warm Leatherette" (intro includes excerpts from "Nightclubbing"), "Walking in the Rain", "Feel Up" "La Vie en rose", "Demolition Man", "Pull Up to the Bumper", "Private Life", "My Jamaican Guy", "Living My Life", "I've Seen That Face Before (Libertango)"
|-
| 1983
| ''The Video Singles''
| Includes the videos for "Pull Up to the Bumper", "Private Life" and "My Jamaican Guy", all directed by Jean-Paul Goude.
|-
| 1988
| ''[[List of Pee-wee's Playhouse episodes#Special (1988)|Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special]]'' (TV special)
| Guest performer: reinterpretation of "[[The Little Drummer Boy]]"
|-
| 2002
| ''Pavarotti & Friends 2002 for Angola''
| Guest performer: "Pourquoi Me Réveiller"  (feat. [[Luciano Pavarotti]])
|-
| 2005
| ''So Far So Goude''
| DVD only available as a bonus with the purchase of [[Thames & Hudson]]'s biography on [[Jean-Paul Goude]]<ref>{{cite book|last=Goude|first=Jean-Paul|title=So Far So Goude|year=2005|publisher=Thames and Hudson|isbn=0-500-51240-X|url=http://www.thamesandhudson.com/So_Far_So_Goude/9780500512401|access-date=27 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130130034210/http://www.thamesandhudson.com/So_Far_So_Goude/9780500512401|archive-date=30 January 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| 2010
| ''Grace Jones – Live in NYC 1981''
| Remastered version of ''A One Man Show'' with 3 bonus music videos, "Slave to the Rhythm", "Love Is the Drug" and "Crush"
|-
| 2012
| ''[[Diamond Jubilee Concert|The Diamond Jubilee Concert]]'' <br />(TV special)
| Guest performer: "Slave to the Rhythm"
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! colspan="3" style="background:#B0C4DE;" |  Documentaries
|-
! style="background:#ccc;" | Year
! style="background:#ccc;" | Title
! style="background:#ccc;" | Notes
|-
| 1979
| ''Army of Lovers or Revolution of the Perverts''/ ''Armee der Liebenden oder Revolte der Perversen''
|
|-
| 1984
| ''Mode in France''
|
|-
| 1990
| ''Superstar: The Life and Times of [[Andy Warhol]]''
|
|-
| 1996
| ''In Search of Dracula with [[Jonathan Ross]]''
|
|-
| 1998
| ''[[Behind the Music]] – [[Studio 54]]''
|
|-
| 2007
| ''Queens of Disco''
|
|-
| 2017
| ''[[Grace Jones: Bloodlight and Bami]]''
| 
|}

==Awards and nominations==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+List of awards and nominations received by Grace Jones
! scope="col"| Year
! scope="col"| Awards
! scope="col"| Work
! scope="col"| Category
! scope="col"| Result
|-
| 1983
| [[Billboard Music Awards|''Billboard'' Music Awards]]
| Herself
| Top Disco Artist - Female
| {{nom}}
|-
| 1984
| [[1984 Grammy Awards|Grammy Awards]]
| ''[[A One Man Show]]''
| [[Grammy Award for Best Music Film|Best Video Album]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan=2|1985
| [[Bravo Otto Awards]]
| Herself
| Best Female Actress (Silver)
| {{won}}
|-
| rowspan=2|[[Saturn Awards]]
| ''[[Conan the Destroyer]]''
| rowspan=2|[[Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan=2|1986
| ''[[A View to a Kill]]''
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[1986 MTV Video Music Awards|MTV Video Music Awards]]
| "[[Slave to the Rhythm (Grace Jones song)|Slave to the Rhythm]]"
| [[MTV Video Music Award for Best Female Video|Best Female Video]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| 1987
| [[15th Saturn Awards|Saturn Awards]]
| ''[[Vamp (film)|Vamp]]''
| [[Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| 1988
| [[9th Golden Raspberry Awards|Golden Raspberry Awards]]
| ''[[Siesta (film)|Siesta]]''
| [[Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actress|Worst Supporting Actress]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| 1999
| [[19th Golden Raspberry Awards|Golden Raspberry Awards]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.razzies.com/forum/1998-razzie-nominees-winners_topic348.html |title=1998 RAZZIE? Nominees & "Winners" - the Official RAZZIE? Forum |website=Razzies.com |access-date=17 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120831204759/http://www.razzies.com/forum/1998-razzie-nominees-winners_topic348.html |archive-date=31 August 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
| "Storm"
| [[Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Original Song|Worst Original Song]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| 2008
| [[Q Awards]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://entertainment.ie/music/q-awards-2008-the-winners-276184/|title=Q Awards 2008: The Winners|website=Entertainment.ie|date=7 October 2008}}</ref>
| Herself
| Q Icon
| {{Won}}
|-
| 2009
| [[9th Helpmann Awards|Helpmann Awards]]
| ''Hurricane Tour''
| Best International Contemporary Music Concert
| {{nom}}
|-
| 2014
| Rober Awards Music Poll
| ''[[Nightclubbing (Grace Jones album)|Nightclubbing]]''
| Best Reissue
| {{nom}}
|-
| 2016
| [[NME Awards]]
| ''I'll Never Write My Memoirs''
| Best Book
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan=2|2017
| [[The Voice of a Woman Awards]]<ref>Bryan, Maureen A. (7 February 2018), [https://www.thevoiceofawoman.com/festivals-2018/the-voice-of-a-woman-festival-jamaica-2018/ "Grace Jones Receives The Voices of a Woman Award"], VOW.</ref>
| rowspan=2|Herself
| Lifetime Achievement Award
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Bahamas International Film Festival]]
| Career Achievement Award
| {{won}}
|-
| 2023
| [[65th Annual Grammy Awards|Grammy Awards]]<ref>{{cite web |title=2023 GRAMMY Nominations: See The Complete Winners & Nominees List (Updating Live) |url=https://www.grammy.com/news/2023-grammy-nominations-complete-winners-nominees-list |website=www.grammy.com |access-date=6 February 2023 |archive-date=16 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221116125127/https://www.grammy.com/news/2023-grammy-nominations-complete-winners-nominees-list |url-status=live }}</ref> 
| ''[[Renaissance (Beyoncé album)|Renaissance]]''
| [[Grammy Award for Album of the Year|Album of the Year]] (as a featured artist)
| {{nom}}
|-
{{end}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==Bibliography==
* {{cite book |last1=Jones |first1=Grace |last2=Morley |first2=Paul |date=2015 |title=I'll Never Write My Memoirs |location=London |publisher=Simon & Schuster UK |isbn=978-1-4711-3521-7}}

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