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Nova Scotia born Anne Murray built her musical influences from the pop sounds that her parents listened to Rosemary Clooney Perry Como and the Top 40 sounds that AM New York radio Tags: Anne Murray View |
Anne Murray The Music Of My Life Anne Murray reflects on her extraordinary career sharing her favourite musical moments and her most treasured duets with performers such as Glen Campbell Patti LaBelle Kenny Rogers and Tags: Anne Murray View |
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Morna Anne Murray CC (Order of Canada), ONS (Order of Nova Scotia) (born June 20, 1945) is a Canadian singer. Murray has performed in pop (Pop music), country (Country music) and adult contemporary styles. So far, her albums have sold over 54 million copies.
Murray was the first Canadian female solo singer to reach #1 on the U.S. charts, and also the first to earn a Gold record for one of her signature songs, "Snowbird (Snowbird (song))" (1970). She is often cited as the woman who paved the way for other Canadian international success stories such as C�line Dion (Celine Dion), Sarah McLachlan and Shania Twain. She is also the first woman and the first Canadian to win "Album of the Year" at the Country Music Association Awards for her 1984 album A Little Good News.
Murray has received four Grammy Awards, 24 Juno Awards (she continues to hold the record for the most Junos awarded to an artist), three American Music Awards and three Canadian Country Music Awards. She has been inducted into the Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame, the Juno Hall of Fame and The Songwriters Hall of Fame. She is a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame Walkway of Stars in Nashville, and has her own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles and on Canadas Walk of Fame in Toronto.
Murray was named the worlds best female celebrity golfer by Golf For Women magazine in 2007.
Background: solo_singer
Birth Name: Morna Anne Murray
Voice Type: Alto
Date of birth: 1945-06-20
Birth Location: Springhill, Nova Scotia, Canada
Origin: Springhill, Nova Scotia, Canada
Instrument: Vocals, guitar
Genre: Country (Country music), pop (Pop music), adult contemporary
Occupation: Singer
Years Active: 1968-present
Website: www.annemurray.com/