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  • Scottish singer and songwriter, born December 25, 1954 in Aberdeen, Scotland.
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  • Annie Lennox, OBE (born 25 December 1954), born Ann Lennox, is a Scottish singer, songwriter, political activist and philanthropist. After achieving moderate 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. With a total of eight Brit Awards, including Best British Female Artist six times, Lennox has won more than any other female artist. She has also been named the %22Brits Champion of Champions%22.Lennox embarked on a solo career in 1992 with her debut album, Diva, which produced several hit singles including %22Why%22 and %22Walking on Broken Glass%22. To date, she has released six solo studio albums and a compilation album, The Annie Lennox Collection (2009). Aside from her eight Brit Awards, she has also collected four Grammy Awards and an MTV Video Music Award. In 2002, Lennox received a Billboard Century Award; the highest accolade from Billboard Magazine. In 2004, she won both the Golden Globe and the Academy Award for Best Original Song for %22Into the West%22, written for the soundtrack to the feature film The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.In addition to her career as a musician, Lennox is also a political and social activist, notable for raising money and awareness for HIV/ AIDS as it affects women and children in Africa. In 2011, Lennox was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II for her %22tireless charity campaigns and championing of humanitarian causes%22. On 4 June 2012 she performed at the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Concert in front of Buckingham Palace. Lennox performed the song %22Little Bird%22 during the 2012 Summer Olympics closing ceremony in London on 12 August 2012.Lennox has been named %22The Greatest White Soul Singer Alive%22 by VH1 and one of The 100 Greatest Singers of All Time by Rolling Stone. In 2012, she was rated No. 22 on VH1's 100 Greatest Women in Music. She has earned the distinction of %22most successful female British artist in UK music history%22 due to her commercial success since the early 1980s. As of June 2008, including her work within Eurythmics, Lennox had sold over 80 million records worldwide.
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