Cat Stevens (now known as Yusuf Islam)

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Performance name of: Yusuf Islam (formerly Cat Stevens)

Wikipedia

Yusuf Islam (born Steven Demetre Georgiou; 21 July 1948), commonly known by his stage names Cat Stevens, Yusuf, and Yusuf / Cat Stevens, is a British singer-songwriter and musician. He has sold more than 100 million records and has more than two billion streams. His musical style consists of folk, rock, pop, and, later in his career, Islamic music. Following two decades in which he performed only music which met strict religious standards, he returned to making secular music in 2006. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2014. He has received two honorary doctorates and awards for promoting peace as well as other humanitarian awards.

His 1967 debut album and its title song "Matthew and Son" both reached top 10 in the UK charts. Stevens' albums Tea for the Tillerman (1970) and Teaser and the Firecat (1971) were certified triple platinum in the US. His 1972 album Catch Bull at Four went to No. 1 on the US Billboard 200 and spent weeks at the top of several other major charts. He earned ASCAP songwriting awards in 2005 and 2006 for "The First Cut Is the Deepest", which has been a hit for four artists. His other hit songs include "Father and Son", "Wild World", "Moonshadow", "Peace Train", and "Morning Has Broken".

Stevens converted to Islam in December 1977, and adopted the name Yusuf Islam the following year. In 1979, he auctioned his guitars for charity, and left his musical career to devote himself to educational and philanthropic causes in the Muslim community. He has since bought back at least one of the guitars he sold as a result of the efforts of his son, Yoriyos. Stevens was embroiled in a controversy regarding comments he made in 1989, about the fatwa placed on author Salman Rushdie in response to the publication of Rushdie's novel The Satanic Verses. He has explained the incident stating: "I was cleverly framed by certain questions. I never supported the fatwa."

In 2006, he returned to pop music by releasing his first new studio album of new pop songs in 28 years, titled An Other Cup. With that release and subsequent ones, he dropped the surname "Islam" from the album cover art – using the stage name Yusuf as a mononym. In 2009, he released the album Roadsinger and, in 2014, he released the album Tell 'Em I'm Gone and began his first US tour since 1978. His second North American tour since his resurgence, featuring 12 shows in intimate venues, ran from 12 September to 7 October 2016. In 2017, he released the album The Laughing Apple, now using the stage name Yusuf / Cat Stevens, using the Cat Stevens name for the first time in 39 years. In September 2020, he released Tea for the Tillerman 2, a reimagining of his album Tea for the Tillerman to celebrate its 50th anniversary, and in June 2023, King of a Land, a new studio album.

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Discography

Album

YearTitleArtistRatingReleases
1967Matthew & SonCat Stevens3.57
1967New MastersCat Stevens37
1970Mona Bone JakonCat Stevens3.6515
1970Tea for the TillermanCat Stevens3.936
1971Teaser and the FirecatCat Stevens428
1972Catch Bull at FourCat Stevens3.520
1973ForeignerCat Stevens413
1974Buddha and the Chocolate BoxCat Stevens314
1975Numbers: A Pythagorean Theory TaleCat Stevens3.65
1977IzitsoCat Stevens311
1978Back to EarthCat Stevens37

Album + Compilation

YearTitleArtistRatingReleases
1970The World of Cat StevensCat Stevens2
1971Matthew & Son / New MastersCat Stevens1
1972The View From the TopCat Stevens3
1972Very Young and Early SongsCat Stevens1
1973The Beginning, Vol. 10Cat Stevens1
1975Greatest HitsCat Stevens317
197520 Super Hits by Cat StevensCat Stevens1
1975A Arte de Cat StevensCat Stevens1
1977Cat's CradleCat Stevens1
1981Morning Has BrokenCat Stevens5
1981The First Cut Is the DeepestCat Stevens32
1984Footsteps in the Dark: Greatest Hits, Volume TwoCat Stevens4
1985The CollectionCat Stevens1
1987Classics, Volume 24Cat Stevens32
1989First CutsCat Stevens1
1989The Very Best of Cat Stevens (Island Records)Cat Stevens4.512
1992Wild WorldCat Stevens2
1993Early TapesCat Stevens54
1996ThreeCat Stevens1
1996Three - Numbers / Izitso / Back To EarthCat Stevens1
1997Moonchild's DreamCat Stevens1
1998Digitally RemasteredCat Stevens1
1999Remember: The Ultimate CollectionCat Stevens6
2000The Very Best of Cat Stevens (Universal Music)Cat Stevens4.356
2001Sad LisaCat Stevens1
2001Cat StevensCat Stevens3
2001Sad LisaCat Stevens1
2003Wild WorldCat Stevens1
2005GoldCat Stevens51
2006Early TapesCat Stevens51
200720th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best of Cat StevensCat Stevens2
2007CollectedCat Stevens2
2010A Journey: Opus CollectionCat Stevens1
2010Tea for the Tillerman / Teaser and the FirecatCat Stevens1
2011IconCat Stevens3
2021REVOLUTIONCat Stevens2
Sad LisaCat Stevens1
The Best of Cat StevensCat Stevens2

Album + Compilation + Soundtrack

YearTitleArtistRatingReleases
1972Harold and MaudeCat Stevens9

Album + Live

YearTitleArtistRatingReleases
1974SaturnightCat Stevens31
2005Majikat: Earth Tour 1976Cat Stevens4
2014KittyCat Stevens1
2014I've Found a LoveCat Stevens1
2014A Bad NightCat Stevens1
2019Cat's Back: The Complete Broadcasts 1966-67Cat Stevens2
BitterblueCat Stevens1

Single

YearTitleArtistRatingReleases
1967I'm Gonna Get Me a GunCat Stevens1
1970Lady D'ArbanvilleCat Stevens1
1971Morning Has Broken (Old Gaelic Melody)Cat Stevens2
1972Can't Keep It InCat Stevens1
1972Tumbling Dice / Morning Has BrokenThe Rolling Stones / Cat Stevens1
1973The Hurt / Silent SunlightCat Stevens1
1974Another Saturday NightCat Stevens1
1974Oh Very YoungCat Stevens1
1976Banapple GasCat Stevens1
1977Was Dog a DoughnutCat Stevens1
1978Father and SonCat Stevens1
2020Butterfly (radio edit)Cat Stevens1
2020Where Do The Children Play?Cat Stevens1
2020On the Road to Find OutYusuf / Cat Stevens1
2020But I Might Die TonightCat Stevens1
2020Father and SonYusuf / Cat Stevens1
2020Mona Bone JakonYusuf / Cat Stevens1
2020Tea for the TillermanYusuf / Cat Stevens1

Single + Live

YearTitleArtistRatingReleases
2025Oh Very Young / King of Trees (Live In Japan, 1974)Cat Stevens1

EP

YearTitleArtistRatingReleases
1966KittyCat Stevens1
1967Matthew and SonCat Stevens1

EP + Compilation

YearTitleArtistRatingReleases
2021LoveCat Stevens1
2021ChildrenCat Stevens1
2021QuestCat Stevens1

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