Sarah McLachlan

Canadian musician, singer, and songwriter · Canada · Musicians · Born 1968 · age 58

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A voice that soundtracked late-90s heartbreak and ten thousand ASPCA commercials. Sarah McLachlan turned piano balladry into 40 million album sales, then made crying over shelter dogs a cultural reflex.

A life in dates

2015Governor General's Performing Arts AwardAward2012Canada's Walk of FameAward2009Juno Humanitarian AwardAward2004Juno Award for Pop Album of the YearAwardJuno Award for Songwriter of the YearAward2003“Hearts are worn in these dark ages; You're not alone in this story's pages. Night has fallen amongst the living and the dying, And I try to hold it in, yeah I try to hold it in.”In their wordsWorld on Fire, written by Sarah McLachlan and Pierre MarchandRead the whole statement

2000Juno International Achievement AwardAward1999Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal PerformanceAward1998Juno Award for Album of the YearAwardJuno Award for Single of the YearAwardJuno Award for Songwriter of the YearAward1997Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal PerformanceAwardGrammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental PerformanceAward1992Juno Award for Video of the YearAward1968Born28 January 1968

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McLachlan at a 1993 benefit for Clayoquot Sound

McLachlan performing in 2009

McLachlan performing for Good Morning America in 1998

McLachlan performing at the 2017 Invictus Games opening ceremony

Sarah McLachlan recognized by BC Entertainment Hall of Fame in a sidewalk in downtown Vancouver

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Sarah McLachlan

One statement

Hearts are worn in these dark ages; You're not alone in this story's pages. Night has fallen amongst the living and the dying, And I try to hold it in, yeah I try to hold it in.
2003, World on Fire, written by Sarah McLachlan and Pierre Marchand, Own words

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Awards

Governor General's Performing Arts Award2015

Canada's Walk of Fame2012

Juno Humanitarian Award2009

Juno Award for Pop Album of the Year2004

Juno Award for Songwriter of the Year2004

Juno International Achievement Award2000

Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance1999

Juno Award for Songwriter of the Year1998

Juno Award for Album of the Year1998

Juno Award for Single of the Year1998

Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance1997

Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance1997

Juno Award for Video of the Year1992

Officer of the Order of Canada

Honorary Doctorate from the University of Alberta

Honorary Doctor of Simon Fraser University

Order of British Columbia

CASBY Award

In their orbit

Spouse: Ashwin Sood

About this person

Sarah Ann McLachlan was born January 28, 1968, in Canada, and built a career on confessional singer-songwriter craft that found its apex in 1997. Surfacing, her best-selling album, landed her two Grammys out of four nominations that cycle and four Juno Awards, turning her into one of the decade's defining voices. The sales kept climbing - over 40 million albums worldwide by 2025 - and the honors piled up: three Grammys and twelve Junos in total. Both the Canadian Music Hall of Fame and the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame claimed her, cementing a legacy built on precision and ache.

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Canada