Diana Krall

Diana Krall (2008)

Diana Jean Krall OC , OBC (* 16th November 1964 in Nanaimo , British Columbia ) is a Canadian jazz pianist and singer . According to the sources, she has sold more than 10.5 million records in her career, over 2.4 million of them in her home country alone. Diana Krall's most successful release is the album The Look of Love with over 2.8 million units sold.

Life

Krall was born into a musical family. Her parents played the piano , her grandmother was a singer. She began piano training at the age of four. In addition to classical music , she was always surrounded by jazz music in her parents' house. As a teenager, she moved her family to Vancouver , where she played in a jazz combo in high school . When she was 15, she performed regularly in restaurants in Nanaimo .

In 1980 she had contact with the jazz bassist Ray Brown , who brought her together with influential teachers and producers in the following years. The Vancouver International Jazz Festival sponsored a study music at the age of 17 her Berklee College of Music in Boston . After three semesters she moved to Los Angeles , where the musician Jimmy Rowles refined her piano playing and introduced her to singing .

Krall went to New York in 1990 , played in numerous bars and made her breakthrough in 1993 with her debut album Stepping Out . The influential producer Tommy LiPuma became aware of her, signed her to GRP Records and created the album Only Trust Your Heart . The third album, All For You, was nominated for a Grammy in 1996 and stayed on the Billboard Traditional Jazz Charts for over 70 weeks . Love Scenes was created in a trio with Russell Malone ( guitar ) and Christian McBride ( bass ) and became a hit album in the late 1990s.

When I Look in Your Eyes catches the eye with its large orchestra accompaniment and underlines their love of variation and innovation of old jazz standards . The album was nominated for several Grammys. She received the music award in the category "Best Jazz Artist of the Year". For The Look of Love she was able to win the arranger Claus Ogerman . The album went platinum several times .

In September 2001 Krall began her first world tour. After the six studio albums, live recordings of her Paris concert were also released at the Olympia . Diana Krall - Live in Paris surpassed her old records and brought her the second Grammy in 2003 for the best vocal jazz album and another JUNO award. John Clayton (bass) and Jeff Hamilton (drums), who had already accompanied them on their debut album, were among their regulars.

In December 2003 she married the British musician and songwriter Elvis Costello , with whose support she began to write and compose. Together they worked on the album The Girl in the Other Room , which was released in April 2004. Diana Krall describes Carmen McRae and especially Nat King Cole , who were also singers and pianists, as her role models . In 2006 she gave birth to twins in New York.

In March 2009 she released the Bossa Nova influenced album Quiet Nights . In the same year, the Krall-produced album Love Is the Answer by Barbra Streisand was released in September . She also appeared with the song Bye Bye Blackbird in an appearance in the feature film Public Enemies .

Diana Krall accompanied Paul McCartney on his 2012 album Kisses on the Bottom , which has strong jazz influences.

Discography

Studio albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)						Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US	CA
1997	Love scenes	-	-	-	-	US109 platinum (8 weeks)US	CA- × 2 Double platinum CA	First published: Aug 26, 1997 Sales: + 1,200,000
1999	When I Look in Your Eyes	DE- gold DE	-	-	UK71 silver (2 weeks)UK	US56 platinum (60 weeks)US	CA12 × 3 Triple platinum (3 weeks)CA	First published: June 8, 1999 Sales: + 1,500,000
2001	The look of love	DE15th gold (25 weeks)DE	AT15th gold (24 weeks)AT	CH29 gold (20 weeks)CH	UK23 gold (10 weeks)UK	US9 platinum (53 weeks)US	CA1 × 7 Seven times platinum (30 weeks)CA	First published: September 18, 2001 Sales: + 2,885,000
2004	The Girl in the Other Room	DE7th gold (23 weeks)DE	AT3 gold (19 weeks)AT	CH7th gold (15 weeks)CH	UK4th gold (9 weeks)UK	US4th gold (25 weeks)US	CA1 × 2 Double platinum (11 weeks)CA	First published: March 31, 2004 Sales: + 1,800,000
2006	From This Moment On	DE16 (9 weeks) DE	AT15 (7 weeks) AT	CH15 (10 weeks) CH	UK29 (7 weeks) UK	US7 (16 weeks) US	CA1 × 2 Double platinum (6 weeks)CA	First published: September 19, 2006 Sales: + 270,000
2009	Quiet Nights	DE7 (11 weeks) DE	AT3 gold (12 weeks)AT	CH10 (12 weeks) CH	UK11 (4 weeks) UK	US3 (25 weeks) US	CA2 (13 weeks) CA	First published: March 31, 2009 Sales: + 158,500
2012	Glad Rag Doll	DE17 (7 weeks) DE	AT8 (10 weeks) AT	CH13 (12 weeks) CH	UK21 (2 weeks) UK	US6 (11 weeks) US	CA2 gold (7 weeks)CA	First published: October 2nd, 2012 Sales: + 100,000
2015	Wallflower	DE9 (17 weeks) DE	AT5 gold (15 weeks)AT	CH5 (12 weeks) CH	UK19 (4 weeks) UK	US10 (9 weeks) US	CA2 platinum (8 weeks)CA	First published: February 3rd, 2015 Sales: + 130,000
2017	Turn up the quiet	DE16 (4 weeks) DE	AT5 (9 weeks) AT	CH10 (7 weeks) CH	UK32 (1 week) UK	US18 (2 weeks) US	CA8 (9 weeks) CA	First published: May 5, 2017
2018	Love is here to stay	DE20 (2 weeks) DE	AT4 (7 weeks) AT	CH12 (4 weeks) CH	UK33 (1 week) UK	US11 (4 weeks) US	CA19 (4 weeks) CA	First published: September 14, 2018 with Tony Bennett ; Sales: + 10,000

More albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)						Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US	CA
2002	Live in Paris	DE53 (5 weeks) DE	AT19th gold (8 weeks)AT	CH30 (8 weeks) CH	UK30th silver (7 weeks)UK	US18th gold (30 weeks)US	CA3 × 2 Double platinum (4 weeks)CA	First release: October 1st, 2002 live album; Sales: + 920,000
2005	Christmas songs	DE34 (7 weeks) DE	AT27 gold (7 weeks)AT	CH28 (6 weeks) CH	-	US17th gold (10 weeks)US	CA2 × 2 Double platinum (8 weeks)CA	First release: October 26, 2005 Christmas album; Sales: + 748,000; feat. Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra
2007	The very best of	DE52 (3 weeks) DE	AT36 (5 weeks) AT	CH25 (8 weeks) CH	UK35 silver (2 weeks)UK	US19 (17 weeks) US	CA6th platinum (1 week)CA	First published: September 18, 2007 compilation; Sales: + 313,000

More albums

• 1990: Vince Benedetti meets Diana Krall
• 1993: Stepping Out
• 1995: Only Trust Your Heart
• 1996: All for You: A Dedication to the Nat King Cole Trio
• 1998: Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas (EP)
• 2008: Christmas Hits & Duos

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)						Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US	CA
2004	Narrow Daylight The Girl in the Other Room	-	-	-	UK87 (1 week) UK	-	-	First published: April 2004

More singles

• 2001: The Look of Love
• 2005: Jingle Bells
• 2009: Walk On By
• 2012: We Just Couldn't Say Goodbye
• 2012: Just Like a Butterfly That's Caught in the Rain
• 2015: California Dreamin '
• 2015: I'm Not in Love
• 2015: Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word
• 2015: Alone Again (Naturally)

Video albums

year	title	Remarks
2002	In Concert: Live in Paris	First published: April 2, 2002
2004	Live at the Montreal Jazz Festival	First published: November 23, 2004
2009	Live in Rio	First published: May 26, 2009

Awards for music sales

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Country / Region	silver	gold	platinum	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Argentina (CAPIF)	-	2 × gold2	platinum1	48,000	capif.org.ar ( Memento from May 31, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) AR2 ( Memento from July 6, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
Australia (ARIA)	-	3 × gold3	2 × platinum2	190,000	aria.com.au
Brazil (PMB)	-	3 × gold3	-	170,000	pro-musicabr.org.br
Denmark (IFPI)	-	gold1	-	25,000	ifpi.dk
Germany (BVMI)	-	3 × gold3	-	120,000	musikindustrie.de
Europe (IFPI)	-	-	2 × platinum2	(2,000,000)	ifpi.org ( Memento from January 1, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
France (SNEP)	-	4 × gold4th	platinum1	510,000	infodisc.fr snepmusique.com
Canada (MC)	-	3 × gold3	33 × platinum33	2,430,000	musiccanada.com
New Zealand (RMNZ)	-	gold1	2 × platinum2	37,500	nztop40.co.nz
Netherlands (NVPI)	-	gold1	-	40,000	nvpi.nl
Austria (IFPI)	-	6 × gold6th	-	95,500	ifpi.at
Poland (ZPAV)	-	3 × gold3	6 × platinum6th	150,000	bestsellery.zpav.pl
Portugal (AFP)	-	4 × gold4th	platinum1	60,000	Individual evidence
Switzerland (IFPI)	-	2 × gold2	-	45,000	hitparade.ch
Spain (Promusicae)	-	4 × gold4th	-	120,000	elportaldemusica.es promusicae.es
Hungary (MAHASZ)	-	4 × gold4th	2 × platinum2	24,000	slagerlistak.hu
United States (RIAA)	-	5 × gold5	5 × platinum5	4,750,000	riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI)	2 × silver2	3 × gold3	-	420,000	bpi.co.uk
All in all	2 × silver2	52 × gold52	55 × platinum55

Filmography

• 1999: At First Sight - Director: Irwin Winkler ( cameo )
• 2003: Anything Else - Directed by Woody Allen (cameo)
• 2004: De-Lovely - Director: Irwin Winkler (cameo)

swell

1. ↑ Public Enemies Soundtrack , amazon.de, accessed on January 11, 2015
2. ↑ Diana Krall has a Hollywood minute in "Public Enemies" ( Memento from January 11, 2015 in the web archive archive.today )
3. ↑ ^{a b c} Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US / CA

Web links

Commons : Diana Krall  - Album with pictures, videos and audio files

• Official website
• Biography, concert and CD reviews by and about Diana Krall in cosmopolis.ch
• Diana Krall in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Biography JazzEcho
• Diana Krall at laut.de
• Diana Krall at Allmusic (English)
• Diana Krall at Discogs (English)
• Complete discography (including cover and all collaborations)