Sarah McLachlan’s intimate, lush singer/songwriter fare—forged in alt-rock drama—renders personal moments and inner emotional landscapes with cinematic grandeur. Born in 1968 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, McLachlan was offered a record deal while still in school, but turned it down to focus on her studies. After rethinking things, however, she headed to Vancouver and eventually released her atmospheric, folky debut record, 1988’s Touch. A few years later, 1991’s Solace signaled major growth in her songwriting and sound, but it wasn’t until 1993’s Fumbling Towards Ecstasy—partly inspired by her time working on a documentary about poverty and child prostitution in Thailand and Cambodia—that she truly established herself as an artist. With a voice that was fearless, personal, and backed by full-bodied production, she breathed life into moments of heartbreak (“Good Enough”), romance (“Ice Cream”), and even dangerous obsession with “Possession,” which included lines parsed from letters received from a stalker. It set a high bar that McLachlan promptly vaulted over with 1997’s Surfacing, which contains megahits like the shadowy “Building a Mystery” and elegiac “Angel,” which gained a reputation as a heartstring-tugger for charity commercials and memorials. That same year, McLachlan also founded the enormously influential Lilith Fair—a festival that booked women and woman-led groups—providing a platform for a new generation of musicians. In the 21st century, McLachlan has continued to push her sound to explore new emotional depths (notably with 2003’s Afterglow), founded the Sarah McLachlan School of Music to provide kids quality, free music education in 2002, and was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame in 2017.
Angel
When She Loved Me
Blackbird
Building A Mystery
Adia
I Will Remember You
Sweet Surrender
Possession
Ice Cream
Sarah McLachlan has been nominated for 26 Juno Awards and has won twelve of them.
In 1998, she won multiple Juno Awards, including Female Vocalist of the Year, Songwriter of the Year (with Pierre Marchand), Single of the Year for "Building a Mystery," and Album of the Year for "Surfacing."
In 2004, Sarah McLachlan won the Juno Award for Pop Album of the Year for "Afterglow" and shared the Songwriter of the Year award with Pierre Marchand for the singles "Fallen," "World on Fire," and "Stupid."
In 2009, she was presented with the Humanitarian Award at the Juno Awards.
She also won the Adult Contemporary Album of the Year award in 2015 for "Shine On" and again in 2017 for "Wonderland."
Sarah McLachlan has received three Grammy Awards, including Best Female Pop Vocal Performance in 1997 for "Building a Mystery," Best Pop Instrumental Performance in 1997 for "Last Dance," and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance in 1999 for the live version of "I Will Remember You."
In 1999, she was appointed as an Officer of the Order of Canada in recognition of her successful recording career, her role in Lilith Fair, and her charitable donations to women's shelters across Canada.
In May 2015, she was honored with a Governor General's Performing Arts Award for Lifetime Artistic Achievement, which is Canada's highest honor in the performing arts.
On April 2, 2017, at the Juno Awards ceremony, Sarah McLachlan was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame.
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