Sarah Ann McLachlan (born January 28, 1968) is a Canadian musician, singer, songwriter, and pianist known for her emotional ballads and mezzo-soprano vocal range. As of 2009, she had sold over 40 million albums worldwide. Her best-selling album is Surfacing, which earned her two Grammy Awards and four Juno Awards.
She founded the Lilith Fair tour, featuring female musicians, which ran from 1997 to 1999 and resumed in 2010. On May 6, 2014, McLachlan released Shine On, her first album of original music in four years.
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