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k.d. lang
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Canadian singer-songwriter
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k.d. lang, born Kathryn Dawn Lang in 1961, is a Canadian singer-songwriter, actor, and guitarist. She was born in Edmonton or Consort, Alberta, and began her work period in 1981. Her musical genres include pop music, country music, adult contemporary music, Americana, and folk. She sings in English and possesses a mezzo-soprano voice type.
Lang has received awards including Canada's Walk of Fame, GLAAD Media Awards, and Grammy Awards for Best Female Country Vocal Performance and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance. She has been nominated for several other Grammy Awards, including Best Country Song, Song of the Year, and Album of the Year. Her influences include Kitty Wells and Patsy Cline. She has recorded for Elektra, Nonesuch Records, and Sire.
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Consort, Alberta, Canada
Kathryn Dawn Lang OC AOE (born November 2, 1961), known by her stylized stage name k.d. lang, is a Canadian pop and country singer-songwriter and occasional actress. Lang has won Juno Awards and Grammy Awards for her musical performances. Hits include the songs "Constant Craving" and "Miss Chatelaine". A mezzo-soprano, lang has contributed songs to movie soundtracks and has collaborated with…
Known for
- k.d. lang: songs & silence — Self2023
- Anne Murray: Full Circle — Self2021
- Jann — Self2019
- Heritage Minutes: Jim Egan — Narrator (voice)2018
- Tower of Song: A Memorial Tribute to Leonard Cohen — Self - Performer2018
- k.d. lang - Ingénue Redux - Live From the Majestic Theatre — Cantante2018
- Roy Orbison: Black and White Night 30 — Self2017
- Tony Bennett Celebrates 90 — Self2016
- Country at the BBC — Self2011
- Portlandia — Peggy2011
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- Listeners
- 427,760
- Total plays
- 4,975,337
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Kathryn Dawn Lang, OC (born November 2, 1961), better known under her stage name, k.d. lang, is a Grammy Award-winning Canadian singer and songwriter. She is regarded as one of Canada's foremost female vocalists, as well as a champion of legal equality for LGBT people. Her singing talent has lent itself to a wide range of genres, although earlier works, such as 'Angel With a Lariat' and 'Absolute Torch and Twang' (the last of which won her a Grammy Award for Best Female Country Vocal Performan
Key facts
- Born
- Kathryn Dawn Lang , ( 1961-11-02 ) November 2, 1961 (age 64) , Edmonton , Alberta , Canada
- Genres
- Country pop folk
- Occupations
- Singer-songwriter record producer actress
- Instruments
- Vocals guitar
- Years active
- 1981–present
- Labels
- Bumstead Sire Warner Bros. Nonesuch Elektra
- Website
- kdlang .com
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Dawn
- Family name
- Lang
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Canada
- Place of birth
- Edmonton
- Occupation
- recording artist
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- Tibetan Buddhism
- Field of work
- music composing
- Instrument
- voice
- Official website
- kdlang.com
- Image
- Kdlang22.jpg
- Voice type
- mezzo-soprano
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- Commons category
- K.d. lang
- date of birth
- 1961-11-02
- influenced by
- Patsy Cline
- birth name
- Kathryn Dawn Lang
- start of work period
- 1981-00-00
- sexual orientation
- lesbianism
- social media followers
- 24300
- pseudonym
- k.d. lang
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Encyclopedic overview
Kathryn Dawn Lang OC AOE (born November 2, 1961), known by her stage name k.d. lang (stylized in all lowercase), is a Canadian pop and country singer-songwriter and occasional actress. Lang has won Juno Awards and Grammy Awards for her musical performances. Her hits include the songs "Constant Craving" and "Miss Chatelaine".
A mezzo-soprano, lang has contributed songs to movie soundtracks and has collaborated with musicians such as Roy Orbison, Tony Bennett, Elton John, the Killers, Anne Murray, Ann Wilson, Karen Carpenter, and Jane Siberry. She performed at the closing ceremony of the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Alberta, and at the opening ceremony of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, where she performed Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah".
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