Vanessa Carlton

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Why did I pick Vanessa Carlton?
Because she makes stunning music. She's not trying to be someone else which results in really amazing and original Albums.
I love her music style, voice and how incredibly she plays the piano.

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A Star Is Born

• born in Milford, Pennsylvania to Ed Carlton, a pilot, and Heidi, a pianist and school music teacher
• developed an interest for ballet at the age of nine and was accepted a the School of American Ballet in New York City
• chose not to become a dancer on graduation. Instead, she attended Columbia University and performed in bars and clubs in Manhattan while working as a waitress

Rinse (unreleased) : 1991 - 2001
Carlton met with songwriter/producer Peter Zizzo, Zizzo invited Carlton to his studio to begin recording a demo with instruments accompanying Carlton's piano and vocals.Three months after recording the demo tape, Carlton was signed to a major label record deal by Jimmy Iovine

Rinse was never released, but such tracks as "Ordinary Day", "Rinse", "Pretty Baby", "Twilight", "Interlude" (later entitled "A Thousand Miles") were reworked for her debut album, Be Not Nobody.

Be Not Nobody: 2002–2003

 With her previous unsuccessful recording efforts, Carlton was feeling that there was a lack of direction at her label.^[5] However A&M president Ron Fair heard her demo to the song that became "A Thousand Miles"

"A Thousand Miles", became a hit piano pop single peaking inside the top five on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 with a video for the song being well-received on MTV.

The Fair-produced album, Be Not Nobody was subsequently released in April 2002 and debuted at number five on the Billboard 200 albums chart. It would go on to sell over 2 million copies worldwide

"A Thousand Miles" went on to become the sixth most played song of the year and garnered Grammy Award nominations for "Record of the Year", "Song of the Year", and "Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)".



Harmonium: 2004–2005
She began recording her second album, Harmonium, at Skywalker Ranch near San Francisco. Produced by Stephan Jenkins, Harmonium debuted at number thirty-three on the U.S. Billboard 200

A single, "White Houses", which was released to radio in late August 2004, entered the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 in October, peaking at 86 in early November



Heroes & Thieves: 2006–2008
As early as her Harmonium tour, Carlton had debuted three new songs in June 2005 at The Living Room in New York City: "Hands on Me", "This Time", and "The One".

Irv Gotti announced in October 2006 that he had signed Carlton to The Inc. Records. Carlton's third album is titled Heroes & Thieves, and Gotti co-produced the album with Linda Perry and Stephan Jenkins.

It debuted at number forty-four on the U.S. Billboard 200. with the first single being "Nolita Fairytale"

As of December 2007, the album had sold 41,000 copies in the U.S.