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KT Tunstall
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Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 1
Top works
- KT Tunstall - Eye to the Telescope
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Film & TV
Acting · Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
KT Tunstall is a British musician and singer songwriter. She holds a BA in Drama & Music from the Royal Holloway, University of London, England, UK.
Known for
- ABBA vs Queen: Who Are the Greatest? — Self2025
- Icons of Football — Self - Narrator2023
- Robson Green's Weekend Escapes — Self2023
- Ivor Cutler By Kt Tunstall — Self2020
- Suzi Q — Self2019
- Selling Scotland — Self2019
- Rip It Up — Self2018
- Proclaimers: This Is the Story — Self2017
- Pete the Cat — Catalina (voice)2017
- Sisters in Country: Dolly, Linda and Emmylou — Self - Narrator2016
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1975
Discography
Member of
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 2,098,969
- Total plays
- 37,005,905
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Kate Victoria Tunstall, better known as KT Tunstall (born 23 June 1975 in Edinburgh, Scotland), is a Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist. She broke into the public eye with a live solo performance of her song "Black Horse and the Cherry Tree" on Later... with Jools Holland. She has enjoyed commercial and critical success since, picking up three nominations before winning a BRIT Award, and a Grammy Award nomination. She is also the recipient of an Ivor Novello Award. <a href="https://www.la
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Myocardial infarction and coronary deaths in the World Health Organization MONICA Project. Registration procedures, event rates, and case-fatality rates in 38 populations from 21 countries in four continents.
· 1994 · cited 1,655x
- SCORE2 risk prediction algorithms: new models to estimate 10-year risk of cardiovascular disease in Europe
· 2021 · cited 1,418x
- Contribution of trends in survival and coronar y-event rates to changes in coronary heart disease mortality: 10-year results from 37 WHO MONICA Project populations
· 1999 · cited 997x
- Ionic conductivity in crystalline polymer electrolytes
· 2001 · cited 971x
- Comparison of tests used to distinguish smokers from nonsmokers.
· 1987 · cited 757x
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Quotes
- “"Black Horse and the Cherry Tree" is inspired by old blues, Nashville psycho hillbillies & hazy memories. It tells the story of finding yourself lost on your path, and a choice has to be made. It's about gambling, fate, listening to your heart, and having the strength to fight the darkness that's always willing to carry you off.”
- “I went down to London with the idea that I was going to do vocals over this crazy, crazy trip-hop digital beat. Within two or three months, I heard Hunky Dory by David Bowie and that changed me in one way, and I realized what I actually wanted was to have an E Street Band — individuals, not session musicians.”
- “It's lovely to get to say hello to people you've always admired from afar, but the fun really starts out front with people going commando whilst wearing daring mud suits.”
- “I had that Paul McKenna come up to me once and he said, 'I love that song of yours about bicycles.' So I said to McKenna, 'And I loved the stunt you did in that glass box above the Thames.'”
- “Many good things come from the left! [at the House of Blues on August 12th, 2008, while instructing the crowd to do a 'side-wave.']”
- “Over the sea and far away She's waiting like an iceberg Waiting to change But she's cold inside She wants to be like the water. All the muscles tighten in her face Buries her soul in one embrace They're one and the same Just like water. Then the fire fades away And most of everyday Is full of tired excuses But it's too hard to say I wish it were simple But we give up easily You're close enough to see that You're the other side of the world to me.”
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Key facts
- Born
- Kate Victoria Tunstall , ( 1975-06-23 ) 23 June 1975 (age 50) , Edinburgh , Scotland
- Origin
- St Andrews , Fife, Scotland
- Genres
- Alternative rock folk rock pop rock indie rock folktronica
- Instruments
- Vocals guitar
- Years active
- 2000–present
- Labels
- Relentless Blue Note Universal Caroline Sony/ATV Music Publishing
- Website
- kttunstall .com
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Wikidata facts
- Official website
- kttunstall.com
- Image
- KT Tunstall @ Troubadour 06 10 2023 (53048182878) (cropped).jpg
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- date of birth
- 1975-06-23
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- KT Tunstall
- start of work period
- 2000-00-00
- social media followers
- 88568
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Kate Victoria "KT" Tunstall (born 23 June 1975) is a Scottish singer-songwriter and musician. She first gained attention with a 2004 live solo performance of her song "Black Horse and the Cherry Tree" on Later... with Jools Holland and has subsequently also appeared in two episodes of the comedy series This is Jinsy on Sky Atlantic. In 2025 it was estimated that Tunstall's accumulated record sales totalled seven million. Her accolades include a Q Award, European Border Breakers Award, two Ivor Novello Awards, a UK Music Video Award, and a BRIT Award for Best British Female Artist. Additionally she has been nominated for a Grammy Award, Mercury Music Prize, World Music Award, and a Hollywood Music in Media Award.
The name of her debut studio album, Eye to the Telescope, was inspired by her childhood experiences at her father's physics laboratory at University of St Andrews. Released in 2004, the album was a strong seller worldwide, selling over five million copies internationally, and ultimately became the 51st best-selling album of the 2000s decade in the United Kingdom. The single, "Black Horse and the Cherry Tree", was given the Q Magazine Award for Best Track in 2005, and "Suddenly I See" won the Ivor Novello Award for Best Song in 2006. "Suddenly I See" became a popular hit and was featured in the hit film The Devil Wears Prada and adopted as a campaign song for the Hillary Clinton 2008 presidential campaign. Her second album, Drastic Fantastic (2007), features some tracks written prior to the release of Eye to the Telescope and was supported by the singles "Hold On", "Saving My Face", and "If Only". She began the 2010s decade with the release of her third album, Tiger Suit (2010).