The 22-year-old soul singer made the comment when asked about her stance on illegal file-sharing – an issue Allen has publicly campaigned against in recent months.

Stone said: "She needs to sell records because she's not a singer, and that's not an offence to her because I think that she knows that too."

Joss Stone will present a TV show called '2009 EMA : Red Carpet Show' at the European MTV awards ceremony in Berlin tomorrow.

(by Scott Colothan)