You Were Meant for Me
Jewel
1998
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About Jewel
Song-specific inspiration or recording background is not established for this entry. This sourced artist profile provides career context.
Jewel established her recording career with the 1995 album Pieces of You, combining folk-oriented songwriting with an emphasis on storytelling. Her work also extends to poetry, children's books and music for children. On the later Picking Up the Pieces, she took the producer's role herself, recording in Nashville and revisiting the folk setting associated with her early career.
Artist background sources
Jewel - Concord artist biography
Pieces of You, folk songwriting, poetry and children's projects, and self-produced Nashville sessions for Picking Up the Pieces. The page incorrectly calls her Alaskan-born; birthplace is not used. | Retrieved 2026-10-17
Profile reviewed: 2026-10-17. Artist background does not establish a song's creative origin or release date.
Retained annual-list context
You Were Meant for Me by Jewel appears at number 87 in the reviewed U.S. year-end table for 1998. The source rank is shared with another side of the single; it is not a separate rank invented for this song. No reliable song-specific account of its inspiration was established in this review.
Annual-list context only; songwriting inspiration remains unestablished
Billboard year-end 1998 table (Wikipedia transcription)
Secondary chart transcription reviewed for title, artist and annual association. Not proof of release date, genre or inspiration.
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Sources and scope
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Editorial artist-repertoire classification
Billboard year-end 1998 table (Wikipedia transcription)
Secondary chart transcription reviewed for title, artist and annual association. Not proof of release date, genre or inspiration.
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