Despite the success of her folksy pop debut, the barely 20-year-old artist was anxious to explore wider musical territory and followed up with such diverse titles as the dance-oriented 0304, the Christmas album Joy: A Holiday Collection, and spoken word album of original poetry Night Without Armor. Jewel maintained a steady fan following into the new millennium, leveraging her celebrity to boost children’s and homeless-related charities and co-founding Higher Ground for Humanity, a non-profit dedicated to making safe drinking water available in developing countries. The respected artist was also tapped to rate up-and-coming singers as a guest judge on “American Idol” (Fox, 2002- ) and served as host-turned-judge on its country music counterpart, “Nashville Star” (USA, 2003-07; NBC, 2008- ). Jewel joined in the reality TV adventures herself as a fearless participant in “Fast Cars and Superstars: The Gillette Young Guns Celebrity Race” (ABC, 2007) and “Ty Murray's Celebrity Bull Riding Challenge” (CMT, 2007), alongside her rodeo champ husband Murray. In another successful artistic shift, Jewel made her way to number one in the Billboard Country charts with “Perfectly Clear” (2008) and followed up with a high profile presence as a contestant on “Dancing with the Stars” (ABC, 2005- ) the following year, alongside fellow competitor, her husband, Murray.