Sarah McLachlan
Sarah Ann McLachlan , OC , OBC , [ ˈsɛɹə æn məˈklɑːklən ] (born January 28, 1968 in Halifax, Nova Scotia ) is a Canadian singer-songwriter .
Life
McLachlan was adopted as a child. At the age of 17 she played with the new wave band October Game . In 1988 she signed a recording deal with the independent label Nettwerk . She then moved to Vancouver where she recorded her first record, Touch . Her next album, Solace , brought her her commercial breakthrough in 1991 in her Canadian homeland.
During her career, Sarah McLachlan has sold over 25 million albums and won three Grammys . She is the initiator of Lilith Fair , a traveling music festival that gave over 100 concerts in Canada and the USA from 1997 to 1999, with exclusively female artists (in addition to McLachlan, Meredith Brooks , Sheryl Crow , Emmylou Harris , Dar Williams or Suzanne Vega ) were on stage. Part of the income (over $ 500,000 in total) was donated to local women's projects. It had its biggest appearance with more than one billion viewers around the world during the opening ceremony of the Olympic Winter Games on February 12, 2010 at BC Place Stadium in Vancouver. She sang her song "Ordinary Miracle".
McLachlan was married to the musician Ashwin Sood from 1997 to 2008, with whom she has two daughters (born in 2002 and 2007).
On June 15, 2011, she was awarded an honorary doctorate from Simon Fraser University .
Discography
Albums
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 DE
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 AT
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 CH
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 UK
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 US
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 CA
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| 1988 | Touch | - | - | - | - |
US132  (12 weeks)US |
CA61  (… Where.)CA |
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| 1991 | Solace | - | - | - | - |
US167 (4 weeks)US |
CA21st × 2
(… Where.)CA |
|
| 1993 | Fumbling Towards Ecstasy | - | - | - |
UK-  |
US50 × 3
(100 weeks)US |
CA5 × 5
(… Where.)CA |
|
| 1994 | The Freedom Sessions | - | - | - | - |
US78 (5 weeks)US |
CA36 (… Where.)CA |
Live album
|
| 1996 | Rarities, B-Sides and Other Stuff | - | - | - | - |
US44 (4 weeks) US |
CA6th × 3
(… Where.)CA |
compilation
|
| 1997 | Surfacing | - | - | - |
UK47 (4 weeks) UK |
US2 × 8
(108 weeks)US |
CA1  (51 weeks)CA |
|
| 1999 | Mirrorball | - | - | - | - |
US3 × 3
(67 weeks)US |
CA2 × 5
(14 weeks)CA |
Live album
|
| 2003 | Afterglow |
DE25 (7 weeks) DE |
AT72 (1 week) AT |
CH19 (7 weeks) CH |
UK33 (17 weeks)UK |
US2 × 2
(52 weeks)US |
CA1 × 5
(16 weeks)CA |
|
| Remixed | - | - | - | - |
US200 (1 week)US |
CA10 (3 weeks) CA |
Remix album
|
|
| 2004 | Afterglow Live | - | - | - | - |
US107 × 2
(2 weeks)US |
- |
Live album
|
| 2005 | Bloom: Remix Album | - | - | - | - |
US76 (2 weeks) US |
CA22 (... weeks) CA |
|
| 2006 | Winter song | - | - | - | - |
US7th (3 weeks)US |
CA1 × 2
(10 weeks)CA |
|
| 2008 | Rarities, B-Sides and Other Stuff, Vol. 2 | - | - | - | - |
US44 (4 weeks) US |
CA2 (7 weeks)CA |
compilation
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| Closer: The Best of Sarah McLachlan | - | - | - | - |
US11 (22 weeks) US |
CA3 (6 weeks) CA |
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| 2010 | Laws of Illusion |
DE80 (1 week) DE |
- |
CH49 (2 weeks) CH |
UK76 (1 week) UK |
- |
CA2 (1 week) CA |
|
| 2014 | Shine on | - | - | - |
UK71 (1 week) UK |
US4 (15 weeks) US |
CA1 (5 weeks) CA |
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| 2015 | Classic Christmas Album | - | - | - | - |
US199 (1 week) US |
- | |
| 2016 | Wonderland | - | - | - | - |
US56 (6 weeks) US |
CA12 (10 weeks)CA |
|
More albums and EPs
- 1992: Live EP
- 1999: Mirrorball (Live Video Album , CA:× 4Quadruple platinum , US: platinum)
- 2004: Live Acoustic EP
- 2004: Afterglow Live (video album)
- 2006: Mirrorball: The Complete Concert (double CD)
- 2007: Influences ("Influences": ten songs by other artists selected by her)
- 2009: Mt Eden Dubstep-Sarah McLachlan: Silence
Singles
| year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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DE
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AT
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CH
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UK
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US
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CA
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| 1991 | The Path of Thorns (Terms) Solace |
- | - | - | - | - |
CA24 (... weeks) CA |
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| Into the Fire Solace |
- | - | - | - | - |
CA30 (... weeks) CA |
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| 1992 | Drawn to the Rhythm Solace |
- | - | - | - | - |
CA56 (... weeks) CA |
|
| 1993 | Possession Fumbling Towards Ecstasy |
- | - | - | - |
US73 (19 weeks) US |
CA26 (... weeks) CA |
|
| 1994 | Hold On Fumbling Towards Ecstasy |
- | - | - | - | - |
CA59 (... weeks) CA |
|
| Fumbling Towards Ecstasy (1) Fumbling Towards Ecstasy |
- | - | - | - | - |
CA58 (... weeks) CA |
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| Good Enough Fumbling Towards Ecstasy |
- | - | - | - |
US77 (10 weeks) US |
CA9 (... weeks) CA |
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| 1995 | I Will Remember You The Brothers McMullen (Soundtrack) |
- | - | - |
UK95 (1 week) UK |
US65 (... weeks) US |
CA10 (... wk.) CA |
|
| 1997 | Building a mystery surfacing |
- | - | - | - |
US13 (22 weeks) US |
CA1 (... week) CA |
|
| 1998 | Sweet Surrender Surfacing |
- | - | - | - |
US71 (14 weeks) US |
CA2 (... weeks) CA |
|
| Adia Surfacing |
DE96 (1 week) DE |
- | - |
UK18 (5 weeks) UK |
US3 (27 weeks)US |
CA3 (... weeks) CA |
||
| Angel surfacing |
DE57 (2) (4 weeks) DE |
AT17 (15 weeks) AT |
CH17 (14 weeks) CH |
- |
US4th (28 weeks)US |
CA9 (... weeks) CA |
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| 1999 | I Will Remember You (Live) Mirrorball |
- | - | - | - |
US14th (20 weeks)US |
CA10 (... wk.) CA |
|
| Ice Cream (Live) (1) Mirrorball |
- | - | - | - | - |
CA9 (... weeks) CA |
||
| 2000 | Silence (Remix) Karma |
DE16 (14 weeks) DE |
AT56 (4 weeks) AT |
CH100 (1 week) CH |
UK3 (16 weeks)UK |
- |
CA5 (... weeks) CA |
Delerium feat. Sarah McLachlan
|
| 2001 | Angel (Remix) Sarah McLachlan Remixed |
- | - | - |
UK36 (7 weeks) UK |
- | - | |
| 2003 | Fall afterglow |
- | - | - |
UK50 (2 weeks) UK |
US41 (21 weeks)US |
CA9 (... weeks) CA |
|
| 2004 | World on Fire Afterglow |
- | - | - |
UK72 (2 weeks) UK |
- | - | |
| Live Acoustic EP Afterglow (Live) |
- | - | - | - | - |
CA23 (... weeks) CA |
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| Silence 2004 The Best of Delerium |
- | - | - |
UK38 (8 weeks) UK |
- | - |
Delerium feat. Sarah McLachlan
|
|
| 2006 | River winter song |
- | - | - | - |
US71 (3 weeks) US |
- | |
| Ordinary Miracle Rarities, B-Sides & Other Stuff, Vol. 2 [2008] |
- | - | - | - | - |
CA66 (18 weeks) CA |
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| 2008 | U Want Me 2 Closer: The Best of Sarah McLachlan |
- | - | - | - | - |
CA40 (20 weeks) CA |
|
| 2009 | Don't Give Up on Us Closer: The Best of Sarah McLachlan |
- | - | - | - | - |
CA96 (1 week) CA |
|
| One Dream Laws Of Illusion |
- | - | - | - |
US3 (10 weeks) US |
CA52 (4 weeks) CA |
CA: Lilith 2010
|
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| 2010 | Forgiveness Laws Of Illusion |
- | - | - | - | - |
CA71 (1 week) CA |
|
| Loving You Is Easy Laws Of Illusion |
- | - | - | - | - |
CA82 (16 weeks) CA |
CA: Juno Awards 2011
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(1) This single was only released as a promotional single in Canada.
(2)When it was first published on CD in 1997, the title failed to find a place in Germany. In 2012, after being on the show Das Supertalent as background music for a number, Angel also placed in the German charts at position 57.
More singles
- 1989: Vox (Touch)
- 1989: Steaming (Touch)
- 1990: Ben's Song (Touch; this single was only released in Japan)
- 1992: Vox (Re-release) (Touch)
- 1999: Possession (Live) (Mirrorball; this single was only released as a promotional single in Canada)
- 2000: I Love You (Remix) (Sarah McLachlan Remixed; this single was only released as a club promo single in the US)
- 2001: Sweet Surrender (Club Remixes) (Sarah McLachlan Remixed)
- 2001: Sarah McLachlan Remixed (Selections) (Sarah McLachlan Remixed)
- 2002: Don't Let Go (Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (Soundtrack); Bryan Adams & Sarah McLachlan)
- 2003: God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen (Barenaked for Christmas; Barenaked Ladies & Sarah McLachlan)
- 2004: Stupid (Afterglow [Live])
- 2004: Push (Live) (Afterglow [Live])
- 2007: Sing (winter song )
Awards for music sales
Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.
| Country / Region |
silver |
gold |
platinum |
diamond
|
Sales | swell |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources) |
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Canada (MC)
|
- |
gold1
|
29 × platinum29
|
diamond1
|
3,580,000 | musiccanada.com |
|
United States (RIAA)
|
- |
7 × gold7th
|
21 × platinum21st
|
- | 21,800,000 | riaa.com |
|
United Kingdom (BPI)
|
silver1
|
gold1
|
platinum1
|
- | 760,000 | bpi.co.uk |
| All in all |
silver1
|
9 × gold9
|
51 × platinum51
|
diamond1
|
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Artist awards
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Dance Music Award
- 2000: in the category "Critics Choice Track" ( Silence )
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Juno Awards
- 1992: in the “Best Music Video” category for Into the Fire
- 1998: in the category “Album of the Year” for Surfacing
- 1998: in the “Single of the Year” category for Building a Mystery
- 1998: in the category "Songwriter of the Year"
- 1998: in the category "Female Singer of the Year"
- 2000: in the "International Achievement Award" category
- 2004: in the category "Songwriter of the Year"
- 2004: in the category “Pop Album of the Year” for Afterglow
- 2015: in the category “Adult Contemporary Album of the Year” for Shine On
- 2017: in the category “Adult Contemporary Album of the Year” for Wonderland
- 2017: Induction into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame
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- ↑ Speech on the award of the honorary doctorate on YouTube youtube.com
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↑ a b chart sources:
- Sarah McLachlan in the German charts on OfficialCharts.de
- Sarah McLachlan in the Austrian charts on AustrianCharts.at
- Sarah McLachlan in the Swiss charts on Hitparade.ch
- Sarah McLachlan in the Official UK Charts (English)
- US singles: Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-2006. Billboard Books, New York 2007, ISBN 0-89820-172-1 .
- US albums: The Billboard Albums by Joel Whitburn , 6th Edition, Record Research 2006, ISBN 0-89820-166-7 .
- Sarah McLachlan on the Billboard Singles and Albums Chart in the US and Canada
- ^ Canadian Music Hall of Fame - Inductees. Canadian Music Hall of Fame , accessed August 6, 2017 .
Web links
Commons : Sarah McLachlan - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files
- Official website (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | McLachlan, Sarah |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | McLachlan, Sarah Ann (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian singer-songwriter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 28, 1968 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Halifax , Nova Scotia , Canada |