Natalie Merchant
Singer/Songwriter
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About Natalie Merchant
Hometown
Jamestown, NY, United States
Born
October 26, 1963
Genre
Singer/Songwriter
Natalie Merchant is an alt-rock singer-songwriter who fronted the band 10,000 Maniacs for seven albums before embarking on a successful solo career in 1995.
∙ Along with Aretha Franklin, Bob Dylan, Iggy Pop, and other superstars, she was featured at 1995’s legendary Rock & Roll Hall of Fame opening gala concert.
∙ Merchant wrote and produced her introspective 1995 debut, Tigerlily, which was certified five-times Platinum.
∙ “Carnival,” the lead single from Tigerlily, spent 39 weeks on Billboard’s Hot 100 chart before peaking at No. 10, making it her first (and only) Top 10 single.
∙ Lilith Fair cofounder Sarah McLachlan asked Merchant to coheadline the hugely successful, all-female touring festival in 1998.
∙ The Royal Shakespeare Company commissioned Merchant, along with avant-garde British composer Gavin Bryars and others, to set Shakespeare’s sonnets to music in 2006.
∙ Leave Your Sleep, her 2010 concept record, yielded Merchant her first No. 1 LP when it debuted atop Billboard’s Americana/Folk Albums chart.
∙ In 2018, she began a four-year term as artist-in-residence with the Commission on Economic Opportunity in New York, teaching music to disadvantaged children.
Influenced by Natalie MerchantNatalie Merchant has influenced the music of William Gold, Hubert Junghain, Markhunterbiz and more.
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