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Sarah McLachlan
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Canadian musician, singer, and songwriter
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Sarah McLachlan is a Canadian singer-songwriter and female vocalist. Her musical career began in 1988, and she is associated with pop and alternative genres. Among her notable works are *Plenty*, *Laws Of Illusion Piano Vocal Guitar*, *Surfacing Lyric Book*, *220. Sarah McLachlan (E-Z Play Today)*, and *The Best of Sarah McLachlan*. She has authored thirteen works according to Open Library records.
Her music has accumulated 31,442,243 plays and 1,770,742 listeners on Last.fm. McLachlan maintains an official website and has 231,961 social media followers. Her work is referenced by 1,156 other encyclopedia articles.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 28 January 1968
- Works
- 13
Top works
- Plenty
- Laws Of Illusion Piano Vocal Guitar
- Surfacing Lyric Book
- 220. Sarah McLachlan (E-Z Play Today)
- The Best of Sarah McLachlan
via Open Library + Wikidata
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 1,770,742
- Total plays
- 31,442,243
Tags
Sarah McLachlan (born Sarah Ann McLachlan January 28, 1968 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada) is a Grammy-winning musician, singer and songwriter. She is known for the emotional sound of her ballads. Some of her most popular songs include "Angel", "Building a Mystery", "Adia", "Possession", "Fallen", "I Will Remember You", and "World on Fire". Her best-selling album to date is Surfacing, for which she won two Grammy Awards and four Juno Awards. Her first album Touch was released in September 28
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Three Approaches to Qualitative Content Analysis
· 2005 · cited 33,885x
- The ERA5 global reanalysis
· 2020 · cited 24,148x
- Introducing mothur: Open-Source, Platform-Independent, Community-Supported Software for Describing and Comparing Microbial Communities
· 2009 · cited 18,972x
- Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome
· 2001 · cited 18,613x
- A global reference for human genetic variation
· 2015 · cited 17,770x
via Crossref · CC0
Quotes
- “Crouching down inside a deep ravine,Those angry cries pass quickly by, he can't be seen.So many ways spent hiding in so many undone plans;Forgetting what it's like to fight when no one understands.”
- “You're always waiting on the tide,It's time you decide.I've walked down long roads that seem to have no end at all.You never wanted time to end,To let my life offend.”
- “In the desert of my dreams I saw you there;And I'm walking towards the water steaming body cold and bare.But your words cut loose the fire and you left my soul to bleed.And the pain that's in your truth's deceiving me, has got me scared.Oh why?”
- “Open the doors that lead on in to EdenDon't want no cheap disguise.I follow the signs marked back to the beginning,No more compromise.”
- “I knew you wanted to tell me;In your voice there was something wrong.But if you would turn your face away from me,You cannot tell me you're so strong.Just let me ask of you one small thing.As we have shared so many tears,With fervor our dreams we planned a whole life longNow are scattered on the wind...”
- “Don't tell me I haven't been good to you.Don't tell me I have never been there for you.Don't tell me whyNothing is good enough.”
via Wikiquote · CC BY-SA
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1968-01-28 ) January 28, 1968 (age 58) , Halifax, Nova Scotia , Canada
- Genres
- Pop , alt-pop , folk-pop , pop rock
- Occupation
- Singer/songwriter
- Instruments
- Vocals, piano, guitar, ukulele , harp
- Years active
- 1987–present
- Labels
- Nettwerk Music Group, Arista , Verve , Concord
- Website
- sarahmclachlan .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Sarah
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Canada
- Place of birth
- Halifax
- Occupation
- recording artist
- Educated at
- The Royal Conservatory of Music
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- paganism
- Notable work
- Angel
- Field of work
- music composing
- Genre
- pop music
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Arista Records
- Official website
- www.sarahmclachlan.com
- Image
- Sarah McLachlan at the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival (cropped).jpg
- Residence
- Vancouver
- Voice type
- mezzo-soprano
Show 7 more facts
- influenced by
- U2
- Commons category
- Sarah McLachlan
- date of birth
- 1968-01-28
- topic's main category
- Category:Sarah McLachlan
- Commons gallery
- Sarah McLachlan
- start of work period
- 1988-00-00
- social media followers
- 228866
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
Sarah Ann McLachlan (born January 28, 1968) is a Canadian singer-songwriter, ranked in the top echelon of Canadian musicians. As of 2025, she has sold over 40 million albums worldwide. McLachlan's best-selling album is Surfacing (1997), for which she won two Grammy Awards (out of four nominations) and four Juno Awards. She has won three Grammy and twelve Juno Awards in total, and is a member of the Canadian Music Hall of Fame and the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame.
Early life
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sarah McLachlan” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.