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Jewel will be releasing a greatest hits album on Feb. 5.

And her collection of 16 songs will feature guest performers on two of her biggest hits.

The Idol connection: Kelly Clarkson will join her on a version of the brilliant “Foolish Games.”

The album will also feature a version of “You Were Meant for Me” featuring Pistol Annies — yep, that’s Miranda Lambert’s all-girl group.

Plus there will be a new single on the album, “Two Hearts Breaking.”

You can head here to listen to a snippet of that song, and here to pre-order the album.

Jewel has an Idol link of her own, having served as a guest judge during the audition round one season (I honestly forget which.)

She’s also hosted and judged on Nashville Star, the show where Miranda got her start, and co-hosted and judged on the sole season of Platinum Hit with Kara DioGuardi in the summer of 2011.

Jewel fans — count me among them — will also be interested to know that her Greatest Hits Tour will bring her to Lancaster on March 14. Tickets are $53.

You can find out more about that show here.

Of course, Kelly would know a little about greatest hits albums, having just released hers. Kelly’s greatest hits collection is number 35 on the Billboard 200, seven weeks after its release.