Editing Cat Stevens (section)

==== 2017–present: as Yusuf / Cat Stevens, ''The Laughing Apple'', ''TT2'' ====
[[File:Yusuf Islam (Cat Stevens) singing Peace Train at the National Remembrance Ceremony in Christchurch.jpg|thumb|right|Yusuf performing "[[Peace Train]]" at the National Remembrance Service for victims of the [[Christchurch mosque shootings]], in [[Hagley Park, Christchurch]], on 29 March 2019]]
On 15 September 2017, he released his fifteenth studio album, ''[[The Laughing Apple]]''.<ref name="folkradio.co.uk Yusuf The Laughing Apple">{{cite web |url=http://www.folkradio.co.uk/2017/07/yusuf-cat-stevens-laughing-apple/ |title= Yusuf / Cat Stevens Announces New Album: The Laughing Apple (by Alex Gallacher) |date= 21 July 2017 |website=Folkradio.co.uk |access-date= 16 September 2017}}</ref> The album is credited to "Yusuf / Cat Stevens" and is his first record under the Cat Stevens name since ''[[Back to Earth (Cat Stevens album)|Back to Earth]]'' in 1978.<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Shteamer|first1=Hank|title=Hear Yusuf / Cat Stevens' Joyous New Song 'See What Love Did to Me'|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/premieres/hear-yusuf-cat-stevens-new-song-from-the-laughing-apple-w493019|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=29 October 2017|date=20 July 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Fishman|first1=Howard|title=The Unlikely Return of Cat Stevens|url=https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/the-unlikely-return-of-cat-stevens|magazine=The New Yorker|access-date=29 October 2017|date=15 September 2017}}</ref> The album earned him his first nomination for a [[Grammy Award]] for [[Grammy Award for Best Folk Album|Best Folk Album]]. In July 2018, Yusuf signed with [[BMG Rights Management]], which will publish his songwriting credits worldwide and distribute nine of his studio albums.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/bmg-agrees-wide-ranging-rights-deal-with-cat-stevens/|title=BMG signs wide-ranging rights deal with Cat Stevens|date=19 July 2018|website=Music Business Worldwide}}</ref> On 29 March 2019, Yusuf performed in [[Christchurch]], New Zealand, at the National Remembrance Service for victims of the [[Christchurch mosque shootings]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/christchurch-shooting/111655875/new-zealands-reaction-to-shooting-exceptional--cat-stevens |title=New Zealand's reaction to shooting exceptional – Cat Stevens |last=van Beynen |first=Martin |date=29 March 2019 |work=[[Stuff.co.nz]] |access-date=29 March 2019}}</ref>

On 3 March 2020, Yusuf played the Music for the Marsden benefit concert at the [[The O2 Arena|O2 Arena]] in London. On 28 May 2020, Yusuf announced his next album, ''[[Tea for the Tillerman 2]]'', and it was released on 18 September 2020, celebrating the 50th anniversary of the original LP. Known as ''TT2'', ''Tea for the Tillerman 2'' is a re-imagining and re-recording of the songs from the earlier album,<ref name="npr.org">{{cite news |last1=Martin |first1=Rachel |title=Yusuf Revisits 'Tea For The Tillerman,' His Landmark Album As Cat Stevens |url=https://www.npr.org/2020/09/17/913620940/yusuf-revisits-tea-for-the-tillerman-his-landmark-album-as-cat-stevens |newspaper=NPR |access-date=22 September 2020}}</ref> with updated interpretations and arrangements.<ref name="rollingstonetea2">{{cite magazine |last1=Greene |first1=Andy |title=Yusuf/Cat Stevens Re-Records 'Tea for the Tillerman' for 50th Anniversary |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/yusuf-cat-stevens-re-records-tea-for-the-tillerman-50th-anniversary-1005987/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=28 May 2020}}</ref> On 25 September 2020, Yusuf was the guest on the BBC's [[Desert Island Discs]].<ref name=":1">{{cite web |last1=Laverne |first1=Lauren |title=BBC's Desert Island Discs |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000my10 |website=BBC |access-date=27 September 2020}}</ref> Yusuf is one of a small number of guests that have chosen their own music as a desert island choice, however he picked the Stevie Wonder Motown hit '[[As (song)|As]]' for his favoured choice in front of his own recording, if only one could be saved.

Teaming up with [[Playing for Change]], in 2021 Yusuf / Cat Stevens recorded a new version of "Peace Train" with over 25 musicians from 12 countries.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last1=Blistein |first1=Jon |date=21 September 2021 |title=Yusuf/Cat Stevens Takes His 'Peace Train' Around the World in New Performance Video |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/yusuf-cat-stevens-peace-train-playing-for-change-1229904/| access-date=27 September 2021 |magazine=Rolling Stone|language=en-US}}</ref>