Vanessa Carlton

At 44 years old, Vanessa Carlton has this physical status:

Vanessa Lee Carlton (born August 16, 1980) is an American singer, guitarist, and songwriter.

Carlton preferred to concentrate on performing in bars and clubs throughout college after finishing her ballet training at the School of American Ballet.

She signed with A&M Records three months after recording a demo with producer Peter Zizzo.

She began recording her album, but it wasn't long before Ron Fair took over.

Orange Amps is now endorsed by her. In 2002, her debut single, "A Thousand Miles," debuted on Billboard Hot 100 for the first time.

Be Not Nobody is her debut album, and it has received a platinum award in the United States.

Harmonium (2004) and Heroes & Thieves (2007), her second album, failed to be able to replicate the first's commercial success.

Rabbits on the Run (2011), her fourth album, before deciding on a record label to unveil it.

In November 2012, Carlton released Hear the Bells, her fifth studio album, and Liberman, on October 23, 2015.

Personal life

After completing high school, Carlton suffered with depression and anorexia as a child. She sought therapy, claimed she controlled her depression with drugs, and recovered from her eating disorder before her first single debuted.

When lining Nashville Pride on June 19, 2010, Carlton came out bisexual. "I've never said this before," she sang of it in the audience, but I am a proud bisexual woman."

Carlton revealed on October 9, 2013 at a live performance in Bay Shore, New York, she was expecting her first child with her fiancé John McCauley (of the band Deer Tick). She revealed an ectopic pregnancy in November, which culminated in a ruptured tube and internal bleeding. Her entire right fallopian tube was removed after surgery. Carlton and McCauley married in a ceremony officiated by Stevie Nicks on December 27, 2013.

Carlton revealed on Facebook on June 26, 2014 that Liberman's release would be postponed until the summer of 2015 because she was expecting another child with McCauley. Carlton gave birth to their daughter on January 13, 2015. Carlton and her family are married in Nashville.

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Life and career

Carlton was born in Milford, Pennsylvania, on August 16, 1980, the first of three children of Edmund "Ed" Carlton's pilot, and Heidi Lee, a piano and school music teacher. Gwen's sister and Edmund are her two younger siblings, as well as an older brother, Edmund. Carlton's mother comes from a Jewish family in Queens, New York.

At an early age, she discovered an interest in music at an early age. When she returned home, she visited Disneyland and performed "It's a Small World" on the piano. Her mother began to tutor her. She was introduced to classical music at a young age. She had become passionate about ballet by the age of 9. She enrolled at the School of American Ballet in 1994, when Carlton was 14 years old. She performed vocal shows at nightclubs in the area after graduating, becoming more confident and lively on the stage. She then migrated to New York City, where she spent one year at Columbia University before dropping out. In Hell's Kitchen, she served as a waitress.

Peter Zizzo, a songwriter/producer, was invited to record a demo in Carlton's studio. Carlton was signed by Jimmy Iovine to A&M Records and began recording an album of her songs titled Rinse, three months after recording the demo. It was never released, but a few songs for Be Not Nobody were reworked. For the video game SpyHunter 2, one song, "Carnival," was re-recorded as "Dark Carnival." "Interlude" (later known as "A Thousand Miles"), "Rinse," "Ordinary Days" (later identified as "Ordinary Days"), "Tower City" (later known as "Organization Days), "Pretty Baby," "All I Ask"), and "Superhero" were among the Rinse tracks included in Rinse's "Remember" (later known as "A Thousand Miles) were among the album'se" (Mor "Mise" ("Ma "Mo" ("Ma"), "Mat" ("Ordinse"), "Ordins"), "Organ" ("Ordinary Days" (Mor Day"), "Mo"), "Most" ("Me"), "All I Ask" and "Me" (Pr" ("Mor" (Kinse) and "Mise" (latero"), "Ma" (formerly known as "Mo"), "M" (Mer known as "Mo"), "M" (Ma"), "Mil" (Mo) "Ma"), "Ordinary Days" (Mi'se" (Me"), "M" ("Ordinary Days" ("M) "M" ("M"), "M" (Me"), "M" (Me"), "M" ("Ma" ("Ma"), "M"), "M" ("M) and "M" (Lase" (latera"), "M" (Sam), "Ma"), "Ma" (latera," "Mom" (M) "M" (M) were among others). Of these, only the first five members of Be Not Nobody were included in her first album, Be Not Nobody, as well as a a cover of the Jagger/Richards song "Paint It Black." "Faces," "Meggie Sue," "Burden," "Wonder," "Devil Dance," and "Last Fall" are among her early demo tapes that have been released.

When A&M president Ron Fair heard Carlton's demo of "A Thousand Miles," he arranged recording sessions for the album and arranged and arranged it himself. "A Thousand Miles" became a hit, peaking in the top five on the Billboard Hot 100 and then going on to become the year's sixth-most-played song. "Record of the Year," "Song of the Year," and "Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s) were nominated for Grammy Awards for "Record of the Year," "Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)." Fair made the bulk of the album. The tracks were shot at IGA Studios in Los Angeles; Henson Studios, Hollywood; and Burbank's Royaltone Studios. On "Paint It Black," Carlton performed piano and sang vocals; other instruments included a backing band, a 60-piece orchestra, and sitar.

Be Not Nobody was born in April 2002 and debuted at number five on the Billboard 200 albums chart with 102,000 units sold. It continued to sell more than two million copies around the world. "Ordinary Day" and "Pretty Baby" were two more singles, respectively. In 2002, Carlton toured the United States to promote the record, opening the Goo Goo Dolls and Third Eye Blind, before starting her own tour at the end of 2002. In 2003, she toured Europe for the second time.

Carlton performed with other musicians before releasing her second album. She provided the descant vocals for the Counting Crows song "Big Yellow Taxi," performed piano for Italian singer Zucchero, as well as Haylie Ecker on violin for the song "Indaco Dacielo," and Kimya Dawson's "Moving On" by Kimya Dawson on her album "Moving On" from Kimya Dawson's album "Moving On" by Kimya Dawson.

Harmonium, Carlton's second album, was released in November 2004. Harmonium debuted on the Billboard 200 and descended swiftly after, only selling fewer than 150,000 copies as of February 2006, which was considered a disappointment after her lucrative debut. It was produced by Stephan Jenkins of rock band Third Eye Blind and featured darker themes than those on her debut album. Carlton and Jenkins met and started a friendship in mid-2002, when she and Third Eye Blind, which Jenkins is lead singer, were on tour together. Jenkins stepped into her dressing room and expressed an interest in recording her music, but "we realized really quickly" that they had the same idea for the album," Jenkins said. Jenkins was credited with assisting her in surviving and shielding herself from pressures placed on her by record label executives who attempted to influence the recording process. Her label "wasn't very happy" about the album's choices, according to Carlton.

The album contained more of her own style, according to Carlton, rather than Be Not Nobody, which was more inspired by Ron Fair. On the Billboard Hot 100 in late August 2004, a single, "White Houses," appeared on radio in late August 2004, peaking at number 86. MTV censored and later barred the singer's music video due to a controversial lyric in the song that refers to sexual initiation. The censorship of the song was attributed to the Super Bowl XXVIII halftime show controversy involving Janet Jackson, which had occurred earlier this year.

Carlton embarked on a North American concert tour, which started on October 21 and ended on November 21; her first act was Low Millions. Cary Brothers and Ari Hest as supporting acts on their second tour, which ran from March 9 to April 30. Carlton resigned from A&M Records in mid-2005 after she realized that her nonconformist attitude would have caused her to have issues with the brand in the future. Carlton had Carlton into the recording studio to re-release Harmonium, but Carlton felt the album should be promoted as it was. During her recording days, when she wrote songs with Linda Perry and The Matrix, she had what she called a "revelation" about leaving the label to find another recording contract after Harmonium's advertising ended. In the same period, she collaborated with Italian singer Zucchero Fornaciari, whose album Indaco Dallo (cover of the well-known Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime) was released on the album Zu & Co.

Carlton revealed in August 2005 that she would record a re-release single for Harmonium with producer Linda Perry, with whom she had previously collaborated. Carlton's breakup with its co-producer Stephan Jenkins, and Carlton said one of the reasons they remained friends was that "nothing took precedence over the music." It gave off this kinetic atmosphere that was similar to Fleetwood Mac. "It's been made for better music."

Heroes & Thieves was launched and generally favorable feedback was given. It debuted at number 44 on the United States' top 50. Billboard 200, "Nolita Fairytale" was the first single and debuted at number 26 on Billboard's Adult Top 40 Tracks chart, peaking at number 26. Carlton began on the Haunted Club Tour from November 2 to 24, 2007, to promote the album. In February 2008, Hands on Me, the second single, was released on radio and ranked at number 10 on Billboard's Adult Top 40 Tracks chart. "Spring Street," based on Spring Street in SoHo, Manhattan, was one of the album's tracks on the record. After her promotional duties to Heroes & Thieves had expired, Carlton parted amicably with The Inc.

To Songs for Tibet, an album released in support of Tibet, she contributed a stripped-down version of the song "More than This." Carlton, as well as several other musicians and scholars, embarked on a nine-day journey to the Arctic Circle on September 25, 2008. They collaborated with researchers with the aim of investigating climate change on behalf of the charity Cape Farewell. Carlton was involved with PETA's Animal Birth Control Campaign, and she owns Lord Victor, a long-haired dachshund.

Rabbits on the Run, Carlton's fourth studio album, was released on July 26, 2011, under Razor & Tie, the third record label she signed with. Carlton was uncertain whether she wanted to make another album or pursue film scoring before recording the album. She decided she wanted to try again by recording in the right environment, deciding to record at Real World Studios Box, England. She picked the word for the symbolism often depicted by rabbits — "time slipping, mind floating" — something she has been looking forward to for the past few years. The album was inspired by Stephen Hawking's A Brief History of Time and Richard Adams' Watership Down. Steve Osborne's dreamy, magical sound of the album was realised by recording direct to tape and features. On May 3, the first single, "Carousel," was released. "I Don't Want to Be a Bride," Carlton's account manager said on September 19, would be the next single off the record. Carlton revealed on Twitter that her label would not produce a video for "I Don't Want to Be a Bride" but instead created one for "Hear the Bells." The music video, which Carlton describes as her most revealing to date, was released on June 7, 2012.

On November 10, Carlton's leadership revealed on Twitter that Hear the Bells would be released shortly. The EP features four tracks, two of which are acoustic interpretations of Carlton's songs Hear the Bells and A Thousand Miles.

Carlton announced in late 2012 that she had returned to Real World Studios to begin working on a new album relating to euphoria. "Euphoria" was not the name of the new album, not meant to be cheaply made, she said on Twitter.

On a small tour in late 2013, Carlton teased new songs "Willows," "A Matter Of Time," "Take It Easy," and "Unlock The Lock."

Carlton announced on February 28, 2014 that she had completed recording the new ten-track album, which was to be named Liberman, and that Liberman was being taught. The Barefoot Wine Beach Project, which encouraged people to clean the beach and keep it safe for wildlife, was supported by Carlton's 2014 summer tour. She performed "Willows" on Fox New York TV to advertise the events, which she said was about the trees she had loved growing up. Liberman would be released in 2015, she also announced that he would be released in 2015. In an interview with CBS News on June 11, 2014, Carlton compared the album to "kind of lush, trippy, and stunning...You really feel like you're falling into a rabbit hole of sounds." "It's short, it's ten songs," she said. It's supposed to be listened to through your headphones."

On April 20, 2015, it was revealed that Carlton had signed with Dine Alone Records to release Liberman. "Young Heart," Esquire's debut, a song that was not supposed to be on the album but not confirmed as a "pre-release single." Carlton's website revealed the song "Blue Pool" on June 15, 2015. The song was included on the Blue Pool EP, which was released digitally on July 24, 2015. The songs on the EP were part of a deluxe copy of the Liberman album. Southern Living premiered the official music video for "Blue Pool" on August 3, 2015. The official lyric video for "Willows" premiered on August 27, 2015, according to USA Today. Liberman's album artwork was revealed, as well as its launch date of October 23, 2015.

Liberman Live in Carlton began on October 21, 2016. When on tour, the album featured eight live tracks recorded in Nashville, Tennessee.

Earlier Things Live, Carlton's own Victor Music label, was released on February 17, 2017. On the Liberman tour, it featured six songs from albums that were released pre-Liberman and were broadcast live throughout 2015–2016.

Throughout 2017, Carlton performed "Love Is An Art" and announced that this may be the title of her forthcoming album. In June 2017, she began writing songs for the album, her sixth. On December 25, 2018, she announced on Instagram that she would start recording the album on January 23, 2019.

In March 2018, Carlton began a month as she was still on the album. On March 23, 2018, Robyn's first of six songs, a recreation of "Call Your Girlfriend," was released digitally. "Dreams" by Fleetwood Mac's second installment was published on April 20, 2018. On May 18, 2018, a copy of Neil Young's "Only Love Can Break Your Heart" was released. Fred Neil's "Little Bit of Rain" was the fourth cover of Fred Neil's "Little Bit of Rain" on June 15, 2018. Elliott Smith's fifth book, "Needle in the Hay," was published on July 20, 2018. Lucinda Williams' sixth and final cover song "Lonely Girls" was released on August 10, 2018. On November 23, 2018, she and the Liberman Live and Earlier Things Live EPs unveiled the covers EP as a triple vinyl set.

Carlton's Instagram page announced in May that she would take over the lead role in the Carole King musical Beautiful for a limited season beginning in June 27. This was Carlton's first Broadway appearance. Carlton revealed on May 27, 2019, via Instagram, that her sixth album, created by Dave Fridmann, would be titled Love Is an Art. The album was mastered the same day. Love is an Art was unveiled in 2020 on March 27, 2020.

Carlton announced on Twitter in January 2021 that she planned to re-release the album in March 2021 with new songs and demo recordings from the album's recording sessions.

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