Vanessa Carlton
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Vanessa Carlton started music at a young age of two and as evident to her successful career her first single was a total hit on the charts. Writer, composer and singer all combined into one body that gives hits after hits of good, soothing music to all generations.
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[edit] About
Born as Vanessa Lee Carlton on August 16, 1980 to Ed and Heidi Carlton. Her dad was a pilot (plays fiddle on the side) and her mom was a pianist and a teacher. When Vanessa Carlton was 2 years old she was already enrolled into a Montessori school. The main focus of her childhood was music and art which will be evident as she grows up and be an artist.
Showing her first sign in music, after returning to Disneyland, as she figured out how to play It's a Small World on the piano, her mom became her first music teacher. Since then her mom began exposing her to a vriety of classical composers, from Eric Satie, to Mozart, to Debussey. At the age of 8, she wrote her first piece of music, not lyrics or anything but a piano song.
At 9, she became obsessed with ballet but still continued to learn the piano. At 13, she started travelling to New York to study with some of the great ballet dancers and teacher such as Grelsey Kirkland and Madame Nenette Charisse. At age 14, she was accepted to study at the School of American Ballet in New York City. She left her family and moved into a dorm at Lincoln Center and enrolled in the Professional Children's School for high school and began her new life.
At 17, feeling broken and isolated, she started writing songs again because she failed to be a professional ballet dancer. The failure she encountered in her ballet made her skip her ballet classes and just play the dilapidated piano in the kitchen of her dorm. It's also this piano that gave her solace for all the things that she went through. Through the times that she skipped her ballet classes, she not only played piano but also write music not the same piano pieces that she used to write, this time she's actually writing lyrics. She never imagined herself being a singer until she sang her own lyrics. By combining her piano skills, her lyrics, and her singing talent together At this time a new singer/songwriter was born
The fall after she graduated she got an apartment with a friend and became a waitress and started playing gigs downton. With all the gigs and hardwork at hand she signed with Interscope, Geffren, A&M Records a year later.
She released her debut single while still recording and finishing her debut album. Her debut single A Thousand Miles hit the charts and when the debut album Be Not Nobody was released two more singles were released, Ordinary Day and Pretty Baby. Although the last two singles were not as successful as her debut single, it still climbed the charts.
2 years after releasing her debut album, she released her second album entitled Harmonium. In 2007 she'll be releasing her 3rd album and said that most people might think it as her 2nd album due to a perceived lack of commitment to Harmonium.
[edit] Awards / Nominations & Certifications
| Year | Category | Awards |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Best Song: Can't Get You Out of My Head | VH1 Big In 2002 Awards |
| 2003 | Music Note Song of the Year Award | |
| Award for A Thousand Miles | 51st Annual BMI Pop Awards | |
| Record of the Year | Grammy Awards | |
| Song of the Year | Grammy Awards | |
| Best instrumental arrangement accompanying vocalist(s) | Grammy Awards | |
| Favorite Adult Contemporary Artist | American Music Awards | |
| New Artist of the Year In 2002 | Billboard Awards | |
| 2004 | Award for "A Thousand Miles" | 52nd Annual BMI Pop Awards |
[edit] Chart Toppers
| Year | Title | US | UK | Other Countries | Album |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | A Thousand Miles | #5 | #6 | #1 Australia; #1 Indonesia | Be Not Nobody |
| Oridnary Day | #30 | #6 | #48 Australia; #3 Indonesia | Be Not Nobody | |
| Pretty Baby | #20 Indonesia | Be Not Nobody | |||
| 2003 | Big Yellow Taxi (Counting Crows feat. Vanessa Carlton) | #42 | #16 | Hard Candy (Counting Crows Album) | |
| 2004 | White Houses | #86 | #22 Indonesia | Harmonium | |
| 2005 | Who's to Say | #45 Indonesia | Harmonium |
[edit] News
- Vanessa Carlton is currently recording her 3rd album which will be released on 2007.
[edit] Tours & Concerts
There're no tours for the artist
[edit] Announcements
[edit] Discography
[edit] Albums
| Title | Informations |
|---|---|
 | Released on June 13, 2002 (US) |
 | Released on November 9, 2004 (US) |
 | Released on October 9, 2007 (US) |
[edit] Singles
| Year | Title | Labels |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | A Thousand Miles | A&M |
| 2002 | Oridnary Day | A&M |
| 2002 | Pretty Baby | A&M |
| 2004 | White Houses | A&M |
| 2005 | Who's to Say | A&M |
[edit] Compilations & Live Releases
[edit] Other artists
[edit] Similar artists
[edit] Influences
[edit] Contemporaries
[edit] Trivia
Educational Background
- Montessori, School of American Ballet (New York City)
- The Professional Children's School (New York City)
- Columbia University (English and Psychology, dropped out after the success of Be not Nobody)
Personal
- Pets: Dog (black lab named Maggie)
- Intruments: Piano, guitar
- Hobbies: Horseback riding, flying planes with her pilot dad, swimming with dolphins, studying sharks from an underwater cage
- Perfume: Anaïs Anaïs
- Piano: Yamaha C2
- Microphone: Sennheiser Evolution Series e 845
- Obsessions: Turquoise jewelry and Martha Stewart
Favorites
- Celebrity: Dr. Ruth
- Board Game: Candyland
- Books: The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck), Vampire novels
- Writers: John Steinbeck, Oscar Wilde and F. Scott Fitzgerald
- Movies: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Lord of the Rings, Jaws, Waiting for Guffman
- Cartoon Character: Homer Simpson
- Color: Blue
- Museum: The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)
- Sport: Tennis, running and soccer
- Food: Sushi, her mom's chicken and spagetti
- Fruit: Grapes, Pome-granite's (chinese apples)
- Non-dairy Product: Toffuti cream cheese
- Least favorite food: Raw oysters
