Annie Lennox's Main TV Roles Show Character(s) Top Of The Pops (UK) Annie Lennox

Main Movie Roles 2006 - Herbie Hancock: Possibilities 1985 - Revolution 1984 - Nineteen Eighty-Four

BIOGRAPHY:

Ann "Annie" Lennox, OBE (born 25 December 1954) is a Scottish singer-songwriter, political activist and philanthropist. After achieving minor success in the late 1970s as part of the New Wave band The Tourists, she and fellow musician David A. Stewart went on to achieve major international success in the 1980s as Eurythmics. Lennox is the most recognized female artist at the Brit Awards, winning a total of eight awards. She has also been named the "Brits Champion of Champions".[1]
Lennox embarked on a solo career in the 1990s with her debut album, Diva (1992), which produced several hit singles including "Why" and "Walking on Broken Glass". To date, she has released five solo studio albums and a compilation album, The Annie Lennox Collection (2009). She is the recipient of eight Brit Awards, four Grammy Awards and an MTV Video Music Award. In 2002, Lennox received a Billboard Century Award; the highest accolade from Billboard Magazine.[2] In 2004, she won both the Golden Globe and the Academy Award for Best Original Song for "Into the West", written for the soundtrack to the feature film The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.[3]
In addition to her career as a musician, Lennox is also a political and social activist, notable for raising money and awareness for HIV charities in Africa. She also objected to the unauthorised use of the 1999 Eurythmics song "I Saved the World Today" in an election broadcast for Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni in 2009.[4] In 2011, Lennox was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II for her "tireless charity campaigns and championing of humanitarian causes".[2][5] On 4 June 2012, Lennox performed at the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Concert in front of Buckingham Palace, London.[6]
Known as a pop culture icon for her distinctive contralto vocals that spans more than 3 octaves[7][8] and visual performances, Lennox has been named "The Greatest White Soul Singer Alive" by VH1 and one of The 100 Greatest Singers of All Time by Rolling Stone.[9] She has earned the distinction of "most successful female British artist in UK music history" due to her commercial success since the early 1980s. Including her work within Eurythmics, Lennox has sold over 80 million records worldwide.


TRIVIA:

• 1990: Winner of the Brit Award for British Female Solo Artist.
• Credits Motown as one of her major influences
• Attended Aberdeen High School for Girls.
• Was with 'Eurythmics' (qv). She has a four-octave voice.
• As of 2009, she has sold over 80 million albums.
• Left 'Eurythmics' (qv) in 1990 to work with the homeless, and did not speak to 'David A. Stewart' (qv) again until 1997, after the death of a mutual friend. In 1999 they reunited for The Eurythmics' "Peace" album.
• Was with the Tourists with 'David A. Stewart' (qv) and others before forming 'Eurythmics' (qv) with him.
• Ranked #63 on VH1's 100 Sexiest Artists.