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Annie Lennox occurs as British rock musician and vocalist. She was innate December 25, 1954 in the town of Aberdeen, Scotland.
As the kid, Lennox attended a school for the exceptionally intelligent. She was educated as a definitive musican & exposed a flute at the Royal Academy of Music in London.
When trine years when lead singer of The Tourists, Lennox achieved her greatest fame to date when a alto, soul-tinged lead singer of the 1980s rock duo Eurythmics with British musician David A. Stewart. Early in the Eurhythmics' career, she was known for her androgyny, wearing suits & it used to be that impersonating Elvis. Several journalists typically referred to her when "the white Grace Jones." The duo freed an extended line of classic singles in the 1980s: "Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)", "Here Comes The Rain Again", "Would I Lie To You?", "There Must Be An Angel (Playing With My Heart)", "Missionary Man", "You Have Placed A Chill In My Heart", "Don't Ask Me Why" and then in. Fallowing her break-higher by owning Stewart (a more half of the duo) within 1990, she began her long & equally successful solo career.
Her 1992 debut album, Diva, was an unambiguous commercial message & critical profits: Lennox's profile was boosted by Prima donna's singles, many awards & the soundtrack for Francis Ford Coppola's 1992 movie Dracula. This profile decreased due to her somewhat thinside output although she continued to become the major figure in popular music. Medusa was discharged trio years when Prima donna & sold swell. Within 1997 she re-recorded the Eurythmy track "Angel" for the Diana, Princess of Wales tribute album. Inside 1998 she re-established contact by owning Dave Stewart & by 1999, Eurythmics got reformed for the album Peace. Around 2003 she released her third solo album, Bare.
Inside 2004, Lennox won the Academy Award for Best Song for "Into The West" from the film The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King at the 76th Academy Awards. She got antecedently recorded "Use Well the Days" for the picture show, which incorporates many quotations from Tolkien in its lyrics. This song was nin utilized in the film, however appears on the bonus DVD included with a "special edition" of the motion picture's soundtrack CD.
Within July 2005, Annie Lennox performed at Live 8 in Hyde Park, London.
Lennox & Stewart recently collaborated in 2 fresh pieces for their forthcoming Eurhythmics hits album, Ultimate Collection. One of which, "I've Got a Life" is freed as a only in October 31 2005. A promotional streaming streaming videos for the song features Lennox & Stewart performing within present day, by owning images of retiring Eurhythmy videos swimming in television screens behind the children. Lennox likewise appears within the human's lawsuit & cane, remeniscent of her "Sweet Dreams" cd image from either 1983.
She has deuce girl & has been divorced twice.
Discography
Albums
1992 Diva #1UK #23US UK sales 1,759,000 (5x Platinum) (Worlwide Gross 15,000,000)
1995 Medusa #1UK #11US UK sales 1,151,000 (3x Platinum) (Worldwide Gross 13,500,000)
2003 Bare #3UK #4US UK sales 732,000 (2x Platinum) (Worldwide Gross 14,000,000)
Singles
1988 "Put A Little Love In Your Heart" (by having Al Green) #28UK; #9US; #2 US Full-grown Chart
1992 "Why" #5UK; #34US; #6 US Big Chart
1992 "Precious" #23UK
1992 "Walking On Broken Glass" #8UK; #14United states; #6 US Fully grown Chart
1992 "Cold" #26UK
1993 "Little Bird" #3UK; #49US; #1 US Dance Chart
1993 "Love Song For A Vampire" #3UK
1995 "No More 'I Love You's'" #2UK; #23America; #1 America Dance Chart; #10 US Adult Chart
1995 "A Whiter Shade Of Pale" #16UK; #101 U.s.a. "Bubbling Under" Chart; #66 United states of america Gross revenue Chart
1995 "Waiting In Vain" #31UK
1995 "Something So Right" (sustaining Paul Simon) #44UK
2003 "Pavement Cracks" #1 Usa Dance Chart; #2 US Gross revenue Chart
2004 "1000 Beautiful Things" #1 U.s. Dance Chart
2004 "Wonderful" #1 US Dance Chart
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