Should anyone doubt that Lennox marches entirely to the beat of her own drum these days, her most recent set of original material consisted entirely of sparse piano instrumentals that had more in common with Brian Eno’s ambient albums than her trademark oeuvre. Filled with silences, capable of instilling a chilly calm as it plays, Paranassius Apollo is a diversion, but a charming one. 28 Eurythmics – I’ve Got a Life (2005)

Cinematography III: Merry Christmas, You Filthy Animal, by Bright Light Bright Light". Bright Light Bright Light . Retrieved December 3, 2018. Lennox is an 80s survivor, a shape-shifter whose political and social concerns have defined her as much as her music. The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community: Awards (Annie Lennox; 'Medusa ')". IFPI Switzerland. Hung Medien. Rupert Hawksley (6 December 2013). "Nelson Mandela birthday tribute concerts: how they helped change the world". The Daily Telegraph. London. Archived from the original on 11 January 2022 . Retrieved 21 December 2013.But Lennox couldn't or didn't want to throw herself into the traditional tour pastimes of sex and drugs and mayhem.

On 11 December 2007, she performed in the Nobel Peace Prize Concert in Oslo, Norway together with a variety of artists, which was broadcast to over 100 countries. [85] Lennox appeared at the Nelson Mandela 90th Birthday Tribute in June 2008 [86] and then led a rally against the Gaza War in London on 3 January 2009. [87]It wasn't my scene. It was like the party was going on in the other room. It would be almost embarrassing if you looked at my rider: a few bottles of water, some raw ginger, some honey and tea, some raw vegetables, and that's about it." Lennox and Stewart continued writing together – with Stewart moving from guitar to synthesizer and Lennox adopting an androgynous look – and formed Eurythmics. Within a few years, the duo was propelled into international stardom when “Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)”, a single from their second album, became a top ten hit in nine countries.

I’m not Mother Theresa, I’m not trying to do anything like that. I’m just communicating in a really weird time, a Covid time, where there is this restriction on everything and the world is being turned upside down.”Tim Saunders (5 January 2009). "Annie Lennox Protests Carnage in Gaza". looktothestars.org . Retrieved 27 September 2014. Guld- och Platinacertifikat − År 1987−1998" (PDF) (in Swedish). IFPI Sweden. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 May 2011. Annie Lennox is an award-winning singer, songwriter and activist who has sold over 80 million records worldwide between her solo work and the duo Eurythmics. At seventeen, Lennox won a scholarship to London’s Royal Academy of Music to become a flutist, but dropped out after feeling that classical music was “far too competitive” and “didn’t fit my kind of personality”. Annie Lennox and Faithless on the crisis in Burma". Burmacampaign.org.uk. October 2007 . Retrieved 27 September 2014. Stansfield, Davud (13 February 1993). "The British Invasion Continues - Italy" (PDF). Billboard. p.B-4 . Retrieved 3 November 2022– via World Radio History.

Official press statement Jan 2008". Annielennox.com. 15 January 2008. Archived from the original on 7 July 2011 . Retrieved 27 October 2010. A Christmas Cornucopia is the fifth solo studio album, and the first Christmas album, by Scottish singer-songwriter Annie Lennox, released in November 2010. It was Lennox's first album after signing to the Universal Music Group ( Island Records in the UK, Decca in the US and Canada) following her departure from Sony BMG, which had been her label for almost 30 years. a b McLean, Craig. "Annie Lennox Draws Upon Childhood for Christmas Album". Billboard . Retrieved 3 November 2022. Lennox and Stewart reconvened Eurythmics in the late 1990s, resulting in the 1999 release of Peace, the band’s first album of new material in ten years. A subsequent concert tour was completed, with profits going to Greenpeace and Amnesty International. [3] Lennox has received eight Brit Awards, including being named Best British Female Artist a record six times. [28] Four of the awards were given during her time with Eurythmics, and another was given to the duo for Outstanding Contribution to Music in 1999. [29]

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a b c "RIAA – Gold and Platinum". Record Industry Association of America. Archived from the original on 4 September 2015 . Retrieved 27 September 2014. Lennox, Annie (18 December 2010). "Annie Lennox on the Secret History of Christmas Songs". The Wall Street Journal . Retrieved 24 December 2010. VH1's 100 Greatest Women in Music". Music News – VH1 Music. Archived from the original on 19 June 2012 . Retrieved 27 September 2014. Bright Light Bright Light included a duet, performed with Nerina Pallot, on his 2017 EP Cinematography III. [9] (2017) The Dave Clark Five, in 1969. Issued as a single in the UK, it spent four weeks in the top 75, reaching number 31, three positions below that attained by Annie Lennox and Al Green in 1988. [6]