St. Vincent (singer)

St. Vincent (2018)

Chart positions Explanation of the data

Albums

Actor   US 90 05/23/2009 (3 weeks) Strange Mercy   US 19th October 01, 2011 (4 weeks) Love This Giant (with David Byrne )   AT 70 09/21/2012 (1 week)   UK 40 09/22/2012 (1 week)   US 23 09/29/2012 (5 weeks) St. Vincent   UK 21st 03/08/2014 (6 weeks)   US 12 03/15/2014 (10 weeks) Mass reduction   DE 82 October 20, 2017 (1 week)   AT 53 October 27, 2017 (1 week)   CH 26th 10/22/2017 (2 weeks)   UK 6th 10/26/2017 (4 weeks)   US 10 04/11/2017 (2 weeks) MassEducation   UK 81 10/25/2018 (1 week)

St. Vincent (born September 28, 1982 in Tulsa , Oklahoma ), real name Annie Clark , is an American multi-instrumentalist , singer and songwriter .

St. Vincent 2010

Career

In her stage career she has already gained experience as the opening act for Arcade Fire , Briertone, Jolie Holland , John Vanderslice, Midlake , Tracy and the Plastics, Tuck & Patti and Xiu Xiu . She was also a member of Sufjan Stevens ' live band in 2006 .

In 2006 she also released her first EP Paris Is Burning in parallel to her tour with Sufjan Stevens . Paris Is Burning includes three songs, of which These Days is a cover by Jackson Browne.

Her debut album Marry Me was released on July 10, 2007 on Beggars Banquet Records . On Marry Me she is supported by drummer Brian Teasley (Man or Astroman, The Polyphonic Spree), David Bowie's long-time pianist Mike Garson and horn player Louis Schwadron (formerly with Polyphonic Spree ). In 2007 she appeared as a member of The Polyphonic Spree on the album The Fragile Army . In autumn 2007, St. Vincent did their first headlining tour in Germany.

Her second album is titled Actor and was released worldwide on May 5th, 2009 on the 4AD label. Produced by Clark himself and John Congleton of The Paper Chase and using the GarageBand music program , it reached number 90 on the US Billboard charts . In Germany the album was released on May 1st, 2009 due to the different days on which new CDs are released.

On September 12, 2011, her third studio album was released under the name Strange Mercy . It received mostly positive reviews and reached number 19 on the Billboard charts.

In September 2012 she released the album Love This Giant together with David Byrne . It was nominated for a Grammy Award in the Best Recording Package category.

The album St. Vincent was released in February 2014 . For Clark, number 12 on the charts not only brought her best ranking up to that point in the USA, but also good placements in Europe. For St. Vincent she received the Grammy in the category Best Alternative Album .

She was nominated twice at the 2019 Grammys . She won the Best Rock Song category with the song Masseduction and her album of the same name was also nominated for Best Alternative Album .

On the occasion of the Grammy Awards 2020 , a tribute concert for Prince took place on January 28, 2020 at the Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles under the motto "Let's Go Crazy: The Grammy Salute to Prince", at which St. Vincent played the song Controversy ( 1981) sang from the album of the same name . The concert aired on U.S. television on April 21, 2020, the fourth anniversary of Prince's death.

Private

Clark was in a relationship with British model Cara Delevingne from 2014 to September 2016 . From October to December 2016, the singer was in a relationship with actress Kristen Stewart .

Discography (selection)

Albums

• Marry Me (2007; Beggars Banquet )
• Actor (2009; 4AD )
• Strange Mercy (2011; 4AD)
• Love This Giant (2012; 4AD), together with David Byrne
• St. Vincent (2014; Loma Vista)
• Masseduction (2017; Loma Vista)
• MassEducation (2018; Loma Vista)

Singles and EPs

• Paris Is Burning (2006; Es Tee Vee Records)
• Now, Now / All My Stars Aligned (2007; Beggars Banquet)
• Jesus Saves I Spend / These Days (2007; Beggars Banquet)
• Marrow (2009; 4AD)
• Actor Out of Work / Bicycle (2009; 4AD)
• Cruel (2011; 4AD)
• Year of the Tiger (2011; 4AD)
• Cheerleader (2012; 4AD)
• I Should Watch TV (2012; 4AD), together with David Byrne
• Who (2012; 4AD), together with David Byrne
• Crocodile (2012; 4AD)
• Brass Tactics EP (2013; 4AD), together with David Byrne
• St. Vincent (2013; Loma Vista)
• Birth in Reverse (2014; Loma Vista)
• Digital Witness (2014; Loma Vista)
• Prince Johnny (2014; Loma Vista)
• Pieta / Sparrow (2014; Loma Vista)
• Regret (2014; Loma Vista)
• Rattlesnake (2014; Loma Vista)
• Teenage Talk (2015; Loma Vista)
• Bad Believer (2015; Loma Vista)
• New York (2017; Loma Vista)
• Los Ageless (2017; Loma Vista)

literature

• Elisabeth Voglsam: What's the point of doing anything? On the visual staging strategy of the musician St. Vincent . Master thesis. University of Vienna, Vienna 2015 ( Online [PDF]).

Web links

Commons : Annie Clark  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Homepage of St. Vincent
• Interview with St. Vincent at Crazewire
• St. Vincent at Discogs (English)
• St. Vincent at Allmusic (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Chart sources: DE AT UK US
2. ↑ Love This Giant (album) in the US charts
3. ↑ http://www.musicline.de/de/product/652637291926///1807984
4. ↑ David Byrne & St. Vincent - Love This Giant. Rolling Stone , September 3, 2012, accessed September 5, 2012 . 
5. ↑ St. Vincent. In: grammy.com. February 15, 2019, accessed on February 23, 2019 . 
6. ↑ Chuck Arnold: Grammy salute 'Let's Go Crazy' proves nothing compares 2 Prince. In: nypost.com. April 21, 2020, accessed April 24, 2020 . 
7. ↑ admin: The Best Moments From 'Let's Go Crazy: The Grammy Salute To Prince' [Videos]. In: liveforlivemusic.com. April 21, 2020, accessed April 24, 2020 . 
8. ↑ Spiegel Online, article Model Cara Delevingne: My sexuality is not a phase from July 17, 2015, accessed on July 19, 2015
9. ↑ Kristen Stewart Is Dating Cara Delevingne's Ex St. Vincent! ( Online [accessed October 15, 2016]).
10. ↑ Who is St Vincent aka Annie Clark, when did she date Cara Delevingne and Kristen Stewart and what are her biggest albums and songs? November 3, 2017. Retrieved February 23, 2019 (UK English).