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Sarah McLachlan
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Canadian musician, singer, and songwriter
OverviewAI-generated
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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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
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- 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
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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.