  Annie Lennox was born in
Scotland on December 25, 1954. Annie's
musical interest was evident to her parent
from the time she was three years old, which
ultimately led her to the Royal Academy of
Music in London to study the flute. Although
Annie's debut LP wasn't released until 1992,
Annie is no stranger to musical success.
Annie was one-half of the 1980's super duo, Eurythmics. While living in
London, Annie met guitarist Dave Stewart and
joined a band named The Tourists who gained
marginal success in the U.K. in the late
1970s and early 1980s. Annie and Stewart soon
left the band to form the Eurythmics. The group disbanded
quietly in 1991 when Annie took time off to
have a child, and eventually work on her solo
debut. In 1989, Annie had some non-Eurythmics success when she
teamed up with Al Green to record a remake of
"Put A Little Love In
Your Heart" for the soundtrack to Scrooged." But in the 90s,
Annie emerged as a solo act: a white girl
from Scotland with a lot of soul in her
voice. Before Annie had even gone solo, she
was awarded with 4 Brit Awards for Best
British Female Artist (in 1984, 1986, 1989,
and 1990).
 Annie hit the
Top 40 with Al Green with
"Put A Little Love In
Your Heart."
Annie hit the Top 10 with Al Green with
"Put A Little Love In
Your Heart."
The video for "Put A Little Love In
Your Heart" with Al Green was nominated for a MTV Video Music
Award for Best Video from a Film.
 # 41
Singles Artist of the Year
 Annie's first solo LP, Diva, was released. Annie's
style and vocals on the LP were described as
more mature. Her LP had shown a departure
from the electronic sounds of the 1980s, and
an arrival into the adult contemporary sound.
Singles such as "Walking On Broken Glass" and the haunting
"Why" established
Annie as a successful solo singer.
Annie hit the Top 40 with
"Why."
The video for "Why" won a MTV Video Music
Award for Best Female Video.
Annie hit the Top 40 with
"Walking On Broken Glass."
 Annie won a Grammy Award for Best Music Video, Long Form (Diva) and was nominated for
Album of the Year and Best Female Pop Vocal
Performance (Diva).
Annie hit the
Top 40 with "Little Bird."
Annie won 2 Brit Awards for Best
British Album and Best British Female Artist.
Annie topped the Billboard Hot
Dance Music Club Play chart for a week with
"Little Bird."
The video for "Walking On Broken Glass" was nominated
for a MTV Video Music
Award for Best Female Video.
 # 48
Singles Artist of the Year
 Annie's second LP, Medusa, was released - a
collection of cover tunes and included theTop
40 hit "No More 'I Love You's'." Other tracks
include Blue Nile's
"Downtown Lights," The Temptations' "Can't Get Next
To You," Bob Marley's "Waiting In
Vain," and Neil Young's "Don't Let It
Bring You Down." Annie continued to
display her eccentric style in her videos and
live musical performances. It's hard to
forget Annie's male backup singers in ballet
wear or bear suits.
Medusa topped the UK Albums
chart for a week.
Annie hit the Top 10 with "No More 'I Love You's'."
 The video for "No More 'I Love You's'" was nominated
for a MTV Video Music
Award for Best Female Video.
Annie topped the Billboard Hot
Dance Music Club Play chart for 2 weeks with
"No More 'I Love You's'."
Live
In Central Park was released to fans
in the U.K. and an accompanying video in the
U.S.
Annie won a Grammy Awards for Best
Female Pop Vocal Performance ("No More 'I Love You's'") and was
nominated for Best Pop Album (Medusa).
Annie won a Brit Award for Best
Female Artist.
 Annie could be heard at the
movies. Annie wrote and sang backup on the Whitney
Houston song "Step By Step"
used in the film The
Preacher's Wife. Other contributions to
soundtracks and compilations LPs by Annie
include: "Every Time We Say
Goodbye" from the Red
Hot + Blue compilation LP and video (1990)
and "Love Song For A Vampire" from
the Dracula soundtrack (1992), as
well as House Of Groove (1993), MTV
Unplugged Collection, Vol. 1 (1994), and Ain't
Nuthin' But A She Thing (1995). Annie's voice
can also be heard on a couple of tracks from Apollo
13 ("Dark Side Of The Moon"
and "End Titles").
 Annie contributed a track called
"Dream Angus" to the Carnival:
Rainforest Foundation Concert compilation to benefit
the rainforests.
Annie was focusing on what she
has referred to as her most important role -
motherhood.
Dave Stewart
and Annie teamed up publicly once again as
the Eurythmics at
the 1999 Brit Awards where they received a
lifetime achievement award: Outstanding
Contribution to the British Music Industry
award.
Annie ranked # 9 on VH1: 100
Greatest Women of Rock & Roll.
Annie ranked #
63 on VH1: 100
Sexiest Artists.
Annie was honored with the '2002
Billboard Century Award' by Billboard
magazine.
 # 173
Singles Artist of the Year
 Annie released
her next LP, Bare.The Los Angeles
Times said of Annie and Bare: "Annie Lennox is
one of the most commanding figures in pop and
she is showing that she is just entering her
prime. Bare is an emotional ride
to shake your nerves and rattle your
brain." She also began touring North
America and Europe.
Bare was certified gold.
Annie topped the Billboard
Internet Albums chart for 3 weeks with Bare.
Annie topped
the Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart
for 2 weeks with "Pavement Cracks."
 A new song by Annie, "Into
The West" was featured on the soundtrack
to Lord
Of The Rings: The Return Of The King.
 # 162
Singles Artist of the Year
Annie topped
the Billboard Hot Dance Music Club Play chart
for a week with the remixes of "A
Thousand Beautiful Things" - a few weeks
later she topped the same chart again for a
week with the remixes of
"Wonderful."
Annie won a Golden Globe Award
for Original Song (with co-writers Howard
Shore and Fran Walsh): "Into The
West" from the film Lord
Of The Rings: The Return Of The King.
Annie was
nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal
Album (Bare).
Annie won an Academy Award for
Best Original Song: "Into The West"
from the film Lord
Of The Rings: The Return Of The King which she also
performed at the ceremony.
# 373 on the Top Pop Artists
of the Past 25 Years chart.
Annie performed as part of the
benefit show Tsunami Aid: A Concert Of
Hope on NBC.
Annie won a Grammy Award for Best
Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television
or Other Visual Media (awarded to the
songwriter) ("Into The West" with
Howard Shore and Fran Walsh).
 On July 2nd, Annie performed in
London, England, as part of the worldwide Live
8 concerts. The mission of the
concerts was to raise awareness of the
on-going poverty in Africa and to pressure
the G8 leaders to take action by doubling
aid, canceling debt, and delivering trade
justice for Africa.
 Annie could be heard on the
tribute LP A
Tribute To Joni Mitchell with the
track "Ladies Of The Canyon."
Annie released her next LP Songs
Of Mass Destruction.
 Annie was honored with the Award of Merit at the American Music
Awards.
Rolling Stone:
'The Greatest Singers' includes Annie at # 93.
 The
Annie Lennox Collection was released.
Annie released the holiday LP A
Christmas Cornucopia.
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Diva
Released: May, 1992
US: 2x Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 23
Rolling Stone
review: 
Tracks: "Why" - "Walking On Broken
Glass" -
"Precious" - "Legend In My
Living Room" - "Cold" -
"Money Can't Buy It" - "Little Bird" -
"Primitive" - "Stay By
Me" - "Gift" - "Keep
Young And Beautiful" |
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Medusa
Released: March, 1995
US: 2x Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 11
Rolling Stone
review:
Tracks: "No More 'I Love
You's'" - "Take Me To
The River" - "Whiter Shade Of
Pale" - "Don't Let It Bring You
Down" - "Train In Vain" -
"I Can't Get Next To You" -
"Downtown Lights" - "Thin
Line Between Love And Hate" -
"Waiting In Vain" -
"Something So Right" |
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Bare
Released: June, 2003
US: Gold
Billboard
peak:
# 4
Rolling Stone
review: 
Tracks: "A Thousand
Beautiful Things" - "Pavement
Cracks" - "The Hurting
Time" - "Honestly" -
"Wonderful" - "Bitter
Pill" - "Loneliness" -
"The Saddest Song I've Got" -
"Erased" - "Twisted"
- "Oh God (Prayer)" |
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Songs Of Mass
Destruction
Released: October, 2007
Billboard
peak:
# 9
Rolling Stone:  - Entertainment
Weekly: B
Tracks: "Dark
Road" - "Love Is Blind" -
"Smithereens" - "Ghost In
My Machine" - "Womankind"
- "Through The Glass Darkly" -
"Lost" - "Coloured
Bedspread" - "Sing" -
"Big Sky" - "Fingernail
Moon" |
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The Annie Lennox
Collection (CD/DVD)
Released: February, 2009
Billboard
peak:
# 9
Tracks: "Little Bird" - "Walking On Broken
Glass" - "Why" - "No More 'I Love
You's'" -
"Precious" - "A Whiter
Shade Of Pale" - "A Thousand
Beautiful Things" - "Sing"
- "Pavement Cracks" -
"Love Song For A Vampire" -
"Cold" - "Dark Road"
- "Pattern Of My Life" -
"Shining Light" |
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A Christmas Cornucopia
Released: November, 2010
Tracks: "Angels From
The Realms Of Glory" - "God
Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" - "See
Amid The Winter's Snow" - "Il
Est Ne Le Divin Enfant" - "The
First Noel" - "Lullay Lullay
(Coventary Carol)" - "The Holly
And The Ivy" - "In The Black
Midwinter" - "As Joseph Was A
Walking" - "Oh Little Town Of
Bethlehem" - "Silent
Night" - "Universal Child" |
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Nostalgia
Released: October 21, 2014
Billboard
peak:
# 10
Grammy Nominee: Best Traditional Pop
Vocal Album
Tracks: "Memphis In
June" - "Georgia On My
Mind" - "I Put A Spell On
You" - "Summertime" -
"I Cover The Waterfront" -
"Strange Fruit" - "God
Bless The Child" - "You Belong
To Me" - "September In The
Rain" - "I Can Dream, Can't
I?" - "The Nearness Of
You" - "Mood Indigo" |
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