Sarah McLachlan

Details

Instance of

human

Born

28 January 1968

Place of birth

Halifax

Sex or gender

female

Given name

Sarah

Family name

McLachlan

Spouse

Ashwin Sood

Genre

rock music, piano rock, adult contemporary music, soft rock, pop rock, pop music

Field of work

music composing

Occupation

singer, pianist, guitarist, multi-instrumentalist, painter, author, film producer, singer-songwriter, recording artist, composer, musician

Citizenship

Canada

Religion

paganism, Wicca

Awards

Officer of the Order of Canada, Juno Award for Video of the Year, Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance, Juno Award for Album of the Year, Juno Award for Songwriter of the Year, Juno Award for Single of the Year, Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, Juno International Achievement Award, Juno Award for Pop Album of the Year, Juno Award for Songwriter of the Year, Juno Humanitarian Award

discography

Sarah McLachlan discography

educated at

NSCAD University, Queen Elizabeth High School, The Royal Conservatory of Music

influenced by

Joni Mitchell, Peter Gabriel, Daniel Lanois, Laura Nyro, Sinéad O'Connor, Tom Waits, Kate Bush, Cocteau Twins, Kate and Anna McGarrigle, Sandy Denny, Suzanne Vega, U2

instrument

guitar, piano, keyboard instrument, harp, voice

languages spoken, written or signed

English

nominated for

Juno Award for Video of the Year, Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album, Juno Award for Songwriter of the Year, Juno Award for Album of the Year, Juno Award for Entertainer of the Year, Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album, Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance, Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, Juno Award for Single of the Year, Juno Award for Album of the Year, Juno Award for Songwriter of the Year

notable work

Angel

record label

Nettwerk, Verve Records, RCA Records, Arista Records, Sony Music

residence

Vancouver

social media followers

231961, 228866, 225206

start of work period

1988

topic's main category

Category:Sarah McLachlan

voice type

mezzo-soprano

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