Vanessa Carlton
Vanessa Lee Carlton (born August 16, 1980 in Milford , Pennsylvania ) is an American pop singer , songwriter and pianist .
biography
Carlton's mother is also a pianist and teacher; her father a pilot and her uncle Larry Carlton a musician and producer. She took ballet lessons from a young age until she began dance training at the School Of American Ballet in New York at the age of 14 . After successfully completing her training, however, she did not continue her career as a dancer, but instead focused on the profession of singer and songwriter.
At the beginning of her musical career at the age of 17, she worked as a waitress in the Manhattan borough of New York . In addition, she performed there in various clubs, where she performed the songs she wrote and composed.
Carlton's very successful debut album Be Not Nobody was released in 2002 and went platinum . It included, among other things, the releases Ordinary Day and A Thousand Miles , which in 2003 even brought her a nomination for the Grammy Award for the "Single of the Year".
In 2003, the title Rinse also appeared on the soundtrack for the TV series Charmed - Magic Witches .
Her second album Harmonium , the success of which did not match that of her debut, was released in October 2004. The single White Houses was the first to be released from it. In the accompanying video, Carlton can be seen as a ballet dancer.
On October 9, 2007, the third album entitled Heroes & Thieves was released. In addition to the track of the same name Heroes & Thieves , the CD also includes the tracks Put Your Hands on Me (album title: Hands on Me ), Best Behavior and All is Well as well as This Time (co-written by Linda Perry ), which were presented live in 2005 . .
The pre-release single, Nolita Fairytale , was sent to US radio stations on July 17, 2007 and has been available on the iTunes Store since that day . The video for the single was shot on July 28, 2007 in Lafayette Street and Bond Street in upstate New York's Little Italy district .
On July 26, 2011, Vanessa Carlton's fourth album entitled "Rabbits on the run" was released. In the first week of its release, it peaked at number 62 on the US Billboard 200 .
Vanessa Carlton has been married to John McCauley (* 1986), the singer-songwriter of the band Deer Tick , since December 2013 . The couple have a daughter named Sidney Aoibheann Carlton-McCauley, who was born in January 2015.
Discography
Studio albums
year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | ||||
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DE | AT | CH | UK | US | |||
2002 | Be Not Nobody |
DE7 (13 weeks) DE |
AT13 (9 weeks) AT |
CH15 (21 weeks) CH |
UK7th
gold
(17 weeks)UK |
US5
platinum
(51 weeks)US |
First published: April 30, 2002
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2004 | harmonium | - | - | - | - |
US33 (7 weeks) US |
First published: November 9, 2004
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2007 | Heroes & Thieves | - | - | - | - |
US44 (3 weeks) US |
First published: October 9, 2007
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2011 | Rabbits on the Run | - | - | - | - |
US62 (1 week) US |
First published: July 26, 2011
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2015 | Liberman | - | - | - | - | - |
First published: October 23, 2015
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2020 | Love is an art | - | - | - | - | - |
First published: March 27, 2020
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Compilations
year | title | Remarks |
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2011 | Icon: Best of | First published: January 4, 2011 |
Singles
year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | ||||
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DE | AT | CH | UK | US | |||
2002 | A Thousand Miles Be Not Nobody |
DE14 (16 weeks) DE |
AT12 (20 weeks) AT |
CH8 (32 weeks) CH |
UK6th
platinum
(23 weeks)UK |
US5 (41 weeks) US |
First published: February 12, 2002
|
Ordinary Day Be Not Nobody |
- | - |
CH64 (8 weeks) CH |
UK53 (2 weeks) UK |
US30 (18 weeks) US |
First published: April 14, 2002
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2003 | Pretty Baby Be Not Nobody |
- | - |
CH62 (2 weeks) CH |
UK94 (1 week) UK |
- |
First published: February 11, 2003
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2004 | White Houses Harmonium |
- | - | - | - |
US86 (6 weeks) US |
First published: August 30, 2004
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As a guest musician
year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | ||||
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DE | AT | CH | UK | US | |||
2003 | Big Yellow Taxi Hard Candy |
DE67 (9 weeks) DE |
AT40 (10 weeks) AT |
CH63 (5 weeks) CH |
UK16 (10 weeks) UK |
US42
gold
(20 weeks)US |
First published: February 2003
Counting Crows featuring Vanessa Carlton |
2004 | Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime Zu & Co. |
- |
AT56 (7 weeks) AT |
- | - | - |
First published: May 2004
Zucchero featuring Vanessa Carlton |
Awards for music sales
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Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.
Country / Region | silver | gold | platinum | Sales | swell |
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Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources) |
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Australia (ARIA) | - | gold1 | 3 × platinum3 | 245,000 | aria.com.au |
Belgium (BEA) | - | gold1 | - | 15,000 | ultratop.be |
Denmark (IFPI) | - | 2 × gold2 | - | 90,000 | ifpi.dk |
Germany (BVMI) | - | gold1 | - | 200,000 | musikindustrie.de |
France (SNEP) | - | gold1 | - | 250,000 | infodisc.fr snepmusique.com |
Italy (FIMI) | - | gold1 | - | 25,000 | fimi.it |
Canada (MC) | - | gold1 | - | 50,000 | musiccanada.com |
New Zealand (RMNZ) | - | gold1 | - | 7,500 | nztop40.co.nz |
United States (RIAA) | - | 2 × gold2 | platinum1 | 2,000,000 | riaa.com |
United Kingdom (BPI) | silver1 | gold1 | platinum1 | 900,000 | bpi.co.uk |
All in all | silver1 | 12 × gold12 | 5 × platinum5 |
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Web links
- Official Website of Vanessa Carlton (English)
- Vanessa Carlton in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Vanessa Carlton at MusicBrainz (English)
- Vanessa Carlton at Discogs (English)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Carlton, Vanessa |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Carlton, Vanessa Lee (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American pop singer, songwriter and pianist |
DATE OF BIRTH | August 16, 1980 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Milford , Pennsylvania |