“In my lifetime, I’ve seen the record industry taken to its knees,” says singer-songwriter Jewel, whose current album, “Goodbye Alice in Wonderland,” has paled next to her 1996 debut album “Pieces of Me,” which shipped 12 million units. “When I was first signed at 19, the idea was that one sold records. Now there is no hope of money by signing for a record. You do it as promotion.”

This awards season, she co-wrote and sang “Quest for Love” for Luc Besson’s “Arthur and the Invisibles” soundtrack, the ninth single she’s written for film, beginning with Sean Penn’s 1995 pic “The Crossing Guard.”