Vanessa Carlton
American singer-songwriter and pianist
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2025 | Ranked by Billboard among the best female artists of the 21st century. |
2024 | Created the score for the upcoming film 'Wish You Were Here' with her husband John Joseph McCauley III, directed by her friend Julia Stiles, set for release in January 2025. |
2023 | Went viral when puppeteer Ben Howard performed a puppet version of her hit song 'A Thousand Miles' at one of her concerts. |
2021 | Carlton moved from Nashville to Warwick, Rhode Island with her family. |
January 2021 | Revealed plans to re-release 'Love is an Art' in March with new songs and demo recordings. |
October 16 2020 | Released 'Piano Songs' album through Universal Music, available in CD and download formats. |
March 27 2020 | Released her sixth album 'Love is an Art'. |
June 27 2019 | Made her Broadway debut in the Carole King musical 'Beautiful'. |
May 2019 | Announced her Broadway debut in the Carole King musical 'Beautiful', set to perform for a limited season. |
May 27 2019 | Announced her sixth album 'Love is an Art', produced by Dave Fridmann, via Instagram. |
November 23 2018 | Released a triple vinyl collection featuring her covers EP, Liberman Live, and Earlier Things Live EPs. |
August 10 2018 | Released the sixth and final cover song, Lucinda Williams' 'Lonely Girls'. |
July 20 2018 | Released the fifth cover song, Elliott Smith's 'Needle in the Hay'. |
June 15 2018 | Released the fourth cover song, Fred Neil's 'Little Bit of Rain'. |
May 18 2018 | Released the third cover song, Neil Young's 'Only Love Can Break Your Heart'. |
April 20 2018 | Released the second cover song, a version of Fleetwood Mac's 'Dreams'. |
March 23 2018 | Carlton began her monthly cover song project, releasing the first cover, Robyn's 'Call Your Girlfriend'. |
February 17 2017 | Vanessa Carlton released a live album titled 'Earlier Things Live' via her own Victor Music label, featuring six songs from pre-Liberman albums performed during the 2015-2016 Liberman tour. |
2016 | Released the single 'Nothing Where Something Used to Be' from the album 'Liberman' |
October 21 2016 | Carlton released Liberman Live, an album of eight live tracks recorded in Nashville, Tennessee. |
October 23 2015 | Liberman album was released. |
August 27 2015 | Official lyric video for 'Willows' premiered on USA Today. |
August 3 2015 | Official music video for 'Blue Pool' premiered on Southern Living. |
July 24 2015 | Blue Pool EP was released digitally, which was part of the deluxe version of the Liberman album. |
June 15 2015 | Carlton released the song 'Blue Pool' through Nylon magazine's website. |
April 20 2015 | Carlton signed with Dine Alone Records to release Liberman in October 2015. |
January 13 2015 | Carlton gave birth to her daughter with John McCauley. |
2014 | Vanessa Carlton's song 'Carousel' was recorded by Stevie Nicks for her album '24 Karat Gold: Songs from the Vault' |
June 26 2014 | Carlton announced via Facebook the delay of her album Liberman until summer 2015 due to her pregnancy. |
June 11 2014 | In a CBS News interview, Carlton described her upcoming Liberman album as 'lush, trippy and beautiful'. |
April 11 2014 | Carlton reported that the Liberman album was being mastered. |
February 28 2014 | Carlton announced completion of a ten-track album titled Liberman. |
2013 | Carlton went on a small tour, teasing new songs including 'Willows', 'House Of Seven Swords', 'A Matter Of Time', 'Take It Easy', and 'Unlock The Lock'. |
December 27 2013 | Carlton married John McCauley in a ceremony officiated by Stevie Nicks. |
November 2013 | Carlton experienced an ectopic pregnancy, which resulted in a ruptured tube and internal bleeding, requiring surgery and removal of her entire right fallopian tube. |
October 9 2013 | During a live performance in Bay Shore, New York, Carlton announced her first pregnancy with fiancé John McCauley. |
2012 | Vanessa Carlton returned to Real World Studios to begin work on a new album with a theme of euphoria. |
June 7 2012 | Released the music video for 'Hear the Bells', which Carlton described as her most revealing video to date. |
2011 | Vanessa Carlton released a cover of John Lennon's "Happy Xmas (War is Over)" for the 2011 Paste Magazine Christmas Sampler |
November 21 2011 | Released her holiday EP 'Hear the Bells', which included acoustic versions of 'Hear the Bells' and 'A Thousand Miles'. |
July 26 2011 | Released her fourth studio album 'Rabbits on the Run' under Razor & Tie record label, which was critically praised for its personal subject material and recorded at Real World Studios in Box, England. |
May 3 2011 | Released the first single 'Carousel' from her 'Rabbits on the Run' album. |
January 4 2011 | Released 'Icon: Best of Vanessa Carlton' compilation album through A&M, available in CD and download formats. |
June 19 2010 | Carlton publicly came out as bisexual while headlining Nashville Pride, stating to the audience, 'I've never said this before, but I am a proud bisexual woman.' |
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