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Sufjan Stevens
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Sufjan Stevens is an American singer-songwriter, composer, oboist, and banjoist. Born in Detroit in 1975, he is a male citizen of the United States who speaks English. His musical output spans genres including indie folk, alternative rock, indie rock, indie pop, art pop, and chamber folk. Stevens began his work period in 1995 and is associated with the record label Asthmatic Kitty.
He has been educated at Hope College and The New School. Stevens resides in the Catskill Mountains and New York City. His religious worldview includes Christianity, the Episcopal Church, and anglo-catholicism. He has been nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song. Additionally, he has a medical condition identified as Guillain–Barré syndrome and identifies as non-heterosexual.
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Detroit, Michigan, USA
Sufjan Stevens is an American singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. He has released ten solo studio albums and multiple collaborative albums with other artists. Stevens has received Grammy and Academy Award nominations.
Known for
- Sufjan Stevens: Carrie & Lowell Live — Self2017
- Sufjan Stevens Live - Outside Lands Music & Arts Festival — Self2016
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert — Self - Guest2015
- The National - 'High Violet' Live From Brooklyn Academy of Music — Self2010
- All the Way from Michigan Not Mars — Self2009
- Late Night with Jimmy Fallon — Self – Musical Guest2009
- Danielson: A Family Movie (or, Make a Joyful Noise Here) — Self2006
- Austin City Limits — Self1975
- The Oscars — Self1953
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1975
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 3,967,451
- Total plays
- 304,714,881
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Sufjan Stevens (Born July 1, 1975) is an American musician, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist from Petoskey, Michigan. He is known for his lyrically focused and instrumentally rich songs that often relate to faith and family. He has enjoyed wide critical success in the United States. He is considered part of the folk revival through indie pop, but his influences are very broad, including experimental electronic music, the jazz of Vince Guaraldi, and the academic minimalism of Steve Reich and
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1975-07-01 ) July 1, 1975 (age 50) , Detroit, Michigan , U.S.
- Genres
- Indie folk chamber pop folktronica indie rock electronica
- Occupations
- Musician singer songwriter
- Instruments
- Vocals guitar keyboards bass drums percussion banjo guitalin oboe English horn recorder
- Works
- Sufjan Stevens discography
- Years active
- 1995–present
- Labels
- Asthmatic Kitty Sounds Familyre Orchard
- Website
- music .sufjan .com
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Stevens
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Detroit
- Occupation
- musician
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- anglo-catholicism
- Genre
- electronic music
- Instrument
- woodwind instrument
- Record label
- Asthmatic Kitty
- Mass
- 70
- Official website
- www.sufjan.com
- Image
- Sufjan Stevens performing at Pitchfork, 2016.jpg
- Height
- 1.76
- Residence
- New York City
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- Sufjan Stevens
- date of birth
- 1975-07-01
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- Sufjan Stevens
- start of work period
- 1995-00-00
- social media followers
- 309000
- different from
- Cat Stevens
- has works in the collection
- Call Me by Your Name
- name in native language
- Sufjan Stevens
- medical condition
- Guillain–Barré syndrome
- sexual orientation
- non-heterosexuality
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Original Song
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Encyclopedic overview
Sufjan Stevens (/ˈsuːfjɑːn/ SOOF-yahn; born July 1, 1975) is an American singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. He has released ten solo studio albums and multiple collaborative albums with other artists. Stevens has received Grammy and Academy Award nominations.
His debut album, A Sun Came, was released in 2000 on the Asthmatic Kitty label, which he co-founded with his stepfather. He received wide recognition for his 2005 album Illinois, which hit number one on the Billboard Top Heatseekers chart, and for the single "Chicago" from that album. Stevens later contributed to the soundtrack of the 2017 film Call Me by Your Name. He received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Song and a Grammy nomination for Best Song Written for Visual Media for the soundtrack's lead single, "Mystery of Love".
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