What Scottish singer with a dual British-American nationality released an album that went gold in USA and platinum in Canada?
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Take My Time Take My Time is the debut album by UK pop singer Sheena Easton. Released in January 1981, the album reached #17 in the UK and earned her a Gold Disc. Two months later, a ten track version of the album was released in the USA and Canada as Sheena Easton. The album went gold in the USA and platinum in Canada.
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Sheena Easton Sheena Shirley Easton (née Orr; born 27 April 1959) is a Scottish singer, recording artist and stage and screen actress with dual British-American nationality. Easton first came into the public eye as the focus of an episode in the first British musical reality television programme "The Big Time: Pop Singer", which recorded her attempts to gain a record contract and her eventual signing with EMI Records.
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I Dreamed a Dream (album) I Dreamed a Dream is the debut studio album by Scottish singer Susan Boyle. It was released on 23 November 2009 by Syco Music in the United Kingdom, and by Columbia Records in the United States one day later. In the standard edition, 11 out of the 12 songs that appear on the album are cover songs, plus the original composition "Who I Was Born to Be". It quickly became the world's biggest selling album of 2009. The album has sold almost 14 million copies worldwide.
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Liberty Silver Liberty Silver (born 1961/1962 in Detroit, Michigan) is a Canadian singer, based in Toronto, Ontario.
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Tidal (album) Tidal is the debut studio album by American singer-songwriter Fiona Apple, released in the United States, Canada, Argentina, and Europe on July 23, 1996, by Work Records and Columbia Records (Sony Music). According to Nielsen SoundScan, it was certified 3x platinum by the RIAA in December 1997.
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Unison (Celine Dion album) Unison is the 15th studio album by Canadian singer Celine Dion and her first studio album recorded in English. The album was originally released on 2 April 1990 by Columbia Records. Its music incorporates a range of contemporary genres with a mix of ballads and dance songs. Dion worked with a range of professional writers and producers, including Christopher Neil, David Foster, Tom Keane and Andy Goldmark.
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American (album) American is the eleventh studio album by American singer and drag queen, RuPaul. The album was released on March 24, 2017, to coincide with the premiere of the ninth season of "RuPaul's Drag Race". RuPaul has said that the album is influenced by the 2016 United States presidential election.
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Merchants and Thieves Merchants and Thieves is the third studio album release by Scottish pop singer Sandi Thom, released on 17 May 2010. The album was released through Thom's own record label 'Guardian Angels' after being dropped by her former label Sony BMG.
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Lonely Boy (Andrew Gold song) "Lonely Boy" is an international hit song from 1977, written and recorded by Andrew Gold in 1976 for his album "What's Wrong with This Picture?" It spent five months on the American charts, peaking at number seven in both Canada and the United States, and number 11 in the United Kingdom. While "Lonely Boy" would be Gold's biggest U.S. hit, his "Never Let Her Slip Away" achieved greater success in the U.K.
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Home (Sheena Easton album) Home is the 14th studio album by Scottish singer, Sheena Easton, and was released in 1999 by Universal/Victor for the Japanese market only and charted at #97 in Japan. The disc consists of 4 covers and 6 tracks of new material and has pop/acoustic sound.
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Early Treasures Early Treasures is a compilation album from Scottish singer-songwriter Donovan. It was released in the United States (Bell 1135) in 1973.
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What You Are (album) What You Are is a solo album from Scottish rock musician Ricky Ross. It was the first solo album Ross released after the breakup of the band he fronted, Deacon Blue.
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Gold Vol. 1 Gold Vol. 1 is a French-language compilation album by Canadian singer Celine Dion, released in France by Versailles on 2 October 1995. It features fourteen rare songs recorded between 1982 and 1988, including the Eurovision-winning "Ne partez pas sans moi". Later, the album was also released in other countries around the world. It was issued under many different titles, with many different covers, and by various music labels. "Gold Vol. 1" was certified 2× Gold in France, where it peaked at number thirty on the chart. It also charted in Belgium Wallonia, Japan and the United Kingdom.
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Mark Masri Mark Masri (born 23 August 1973) is a Canadian singer, songwriter and producer. He is signed to EMI record label and has released five albums: "Mark Masri", "La Voce", "Christmas Is...", "A Christmas Time with You", and "Intimo", as well as a special US release: "See My Face". He sings in English and also has a multilingual repertoire of interpretations. On his album "La Voce" he sings a collection of classic songs in six languages.
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St. Elsewhere (album) St. Elsewhere is the debut album by American soul duo Gnarls Barkley. It was released on April 24, 2006 in the UK, where it debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart, and on May 9, 2006 in the United States, although it was available for purchase one week earlier as a digital download in the U.S. iTunes Store. It debuted at No. 20 on the U.S. "Billboard" 200, and peaked at No. 4. It topped the "Billboard" Dance/Electronic Albums chart for 39 non-consecutive weeks in 2006 and 2007. The album's first single, "Crazy", was the first song to become a UK number one single based solely on downloads. The album was certified Platinum in the US by the RIAA, for shipping 1,000,000 units. A limited edition deluxe package of "St. Elsewhere" was released on November 7. The CD + DVD package includes a 92-page booklet, four music videos, and bonus songs from live performances. It was also released on vinyl.
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Rufus Wainwright discography The discography of Rufus Wainwright, a Canadian-American singer-songwriter, consists of seven studio albums, three live albums, three compilations, three extended plays (EPs), three video albums, nine singles, and nine music videos. Wainwright's self-titled debut album was released through DreamWorks Records in May 1998. Although his success was limited, Wainwright reached #24 on "Billboard's" Top Heatseekers chart, and "Rolling Stone" named him 1998's Best New Artist. Wainwright's second album, "Poses", was released through the same label in June 2001, resulting in the #1 position on the Heatseekers Chart and #117 on the "Billboard" 200. With material recorded from the same session, "Want One" was released through DreamWorks in September 2003, and "Want Two" was released through Geffen Records in November 2004.
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Ex-Sensitive Ex-Sensitive is the second album by Scottish/American singer Ben Jelen and is his first release on Linda Perry's Custard Records. The first single, "Where Do We Go", failed to chart in the US.
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Almost Gold (song) "Almost Gold" is a song by the Scottish alternative rock group The Jesus and Mary Chain and the third single from the group's album "Honey's Dead". It was released by Blanco y Negro Records in July 1992 and reached #41 in the UK single charts.
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Amy Macdonald Amy Elizabeth Macdonald (born 25 August 1987) is a Scottish singer-songwriter, and guitarist, and musician. She has sold over 12 million records worldwide. Macdonald released her debut album "This Is the Life" in 2007. The singles "Mr. Rock & Roll" and "This Is the Life" from it were chart hits. The latter charted at number one in six countries, while reaching the top 10 in another 11 countries. The album reached number one in four European countries–the United Kingdom, Denmark, the Netherlands and Switzerland–and sold three million copies worldwide. Moderate success in the American music market followed in 2008. She was a guest on shows such as "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" and "The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson", where she performed two singles from the album, and "This Is the Life" reached number 92 on the "Billboard" 200.
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Sarah McLachlan discography This is the discography of Canadian musician, singer, songwriter and pianist, Sarah McLachlan. Her debut album, "Touch" was released in 1988 and included first singles: "Vox", "Steaming" and "Ben's Song". The album charted in Canada and the United States and was certified platinum in Canada and gold in the US.
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United (Marian Gold album) United is the Second solo album by German singer Marian Gold. It was released in 1996.
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Joss Stone Joscelyn Eve Stoker (born 11 April 1987), better known by her stage name Joss Stone, is an English singer, songwriter and actress. She rose to fame in late 2003 with her multi-platinum debut album, "The Soul Sessions", which made the 2004 Mercury Prize shortlist. Her second album, the similarly multi-platinum "Mind Body & Soul" (2004), topped the UK Albums Chart for one week and spawned the top ten hit "You Had Me", Stone's most successful single on the UK Singles Chart to date. Both the album and single received one nomination at the 2005 Grammy Awards, while Stone herself was nominated for Best New Artist, and in an annual BBC poll of music critics, Sound of 2004, was ranked fifth as a predicted breakthrough act of 2004. She became the youngest British female singer to top the UK Albums Chart. Stone's third album, "Introducing Joss Stone", released in March 2007, achieved gold record status by the RIAA and yielded the second-ever highest debut for a British female solo artist on the "Billboard" 200, and became Stone's first top five album in the US.