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Recording artist Sarah McLachlan Sept. 23, 2017. Photo by EJ Hersom.

Top 10 Astonishing Facts about Sarah McLachlan

Sarah Ann McLachlan is a Canadian singer-songwriter and musician born on January 28, 1968, in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and raised in Canada where her music career began. Her love for music began when she was young and eventually moved to Vancouver after signing a contract with a recording company Network spotted her talent when she was part of a local band 鈥楾he October Game before she finished school.

She has gone from having fans and fan stalkers as well that almost put her career in jeopardy. despite the hitches she faced she has managed to make more music and inspire other talented artists through the Lilith fair and the Sarah Mclachlan School of Music. Here are some astonishing facts about Sarah Ann McLachlan;

1.Her Fan stalker filed a lawsuit against her

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Uwe Vandrei, Sarah’s fan-stalker, filed a lawsuit against her in court. The stalker made the claims that the obsessed letters the used to write to her acted as an inspiration to her hit song 鈥楶ossession鈥�. Unfortunately the fan-stalker, before the trial, committed suicide back in 1994. It was acknowledged that the aim of filing the lawsuit was just to be close to the singer.

2.She has recorded songs for movies

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She recorded songs for movies like 鈥楥ity of鈥�, and 鈥楢nd Toy Story 2鈥�, won 2 Grammys for the album, and also bagged 4 Juno Awards. In 1998, the popular Hollywood movie 鈥楥ity of Angels鈥� was included. 鈥淥ne Dream,鈥� became the theme song for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. In 2010 she also appeared as herself and performed on the American TV drama series Life Unexpected.

3.She got nominated for 21 awards

McLachlan was nominated for 21 Juno Awards and received 8 in total. These categories include 鈥楤est Music Video鈥�, 鈥楩emale Vocalist of the Year鈥�, 鈥楽ongwriter of the Year鈥�, and 鈥楽ingle of the Year鈥�, in addition, she got three Grammy Awards for Best Pop Instrumental Performance, and twice for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance.

She then won the Juno Awards for Best Music Video (1992), Album of the Year (1998), Single of the Year (1998), Songwriter of the Year (1998, 2004), Female Vocalist of the Year (1998), and Pop Album of the Year (2004).

She was awarded the International Achievement Award (2000), and the Adult Contemporary Album of the Year (2015). In 1998 Sarah McLachlan was awarded the Elizabeth Cady Stanton Visionary Award, for her support of women鈥檚 careers in music. In the same year, she was appointed Officer of the Order of Canada.

4.She got married to her drummer

In 1997, McLachlan got married to her drummer Ashwin Sood. They have 2 daughters together, India Ann, Sushil Sood, and Taja Summer Sood. The couple declared openly the separation in September 2008 after 11 years of marriage.

5.She released over 40 million albums worldwide

In total, she has sold over 40 million albums with great albums such as her first Christmas album Winter song was filled with timeless tracks like her cover of Joni Mitchell鈥檚 鈥淩iver鈥� and the winter classic 鈥淪ilent Night鈥�, the album rose to the #7 album on the Billboard 200 album chart and claimed the #1 spot on iTunes.

In 2008, her greatest hits album 鈥楥loser: the Best of Sarah McLachlan鈥� was released. In 2010, McLachlan released her first studio album 鈥楲aws of Illusion鈥�, including 10 tracks and several bonus tracks and in the same year, she performed the song 鈥極rdinary Miracle鈥� at the 2010 Winter Olympics.  

6.She founded the 鈥楲ilith fair鈥�

The 2010 stage at a date in Cuyahoga Falls. Photo by The Zender Agenda,

McLachlan planned the Lilith Fair, an all-female event, which brought an estimate of over 2 million people together during its three-year run raising more than $7 million for women鈥檚 charities after concert promoters and radio stations refused to feature two female musicians in a row.

McLachlan also helped launch the careers of numerous women singer-songwriters for which she got awarded the Elizabeth Cady Stanton Visionary Award from New York鈥檚 Governor George Pataki.

McLachlan was then awarded the highest honor a Canadian citizen can receive by being appointed an Officer given by Governor General Adrienne Clarkson, the appointment was in recognition of her successful career, her role in Lilith Fair, and the charitable contributions she made to women鈥檚 shelters across Canada.

7.She opened the Sarah McLachlan school of music

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McLachlan laid the groundwork for the Sarah McLachlan School of Music which officially opened in 2003. The School of Music is an outreach program that provides free after-school musical education, something McLachlan cherished in her youth, for school-aged children in Vancouver. The Sarah McLachlan Music Outreach Program was founded to provide free music and education classes.

8.Her Song was used as the theme of the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver

In 2010, McLachlan released her first album of all original material titled Laws of Illusion after an estimated period of seven years. It featured 12 new songs and debuted at #3 on the Billboard 200. The album ended up featured in the single 鈥淥ne Dream鈥� which later on became the official theme song of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. McLachlan then went on to perform her hit 鈥淥rdinary Miracle鈥� at the opening ceremony of the Olympics in her home city Vancouver.

9.She was awarded two Honorary degree

Sarah McLachlan at Simon Fraser University, Photo by Simon Fraser University Public Affairs and Media Relations.

In the year 2011, she was awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Fine Arts by Simon Fraser University for her humanitarian work.

Three years later she was conferred the Honorary Doctor of Laws degree from the University of Alberta and awarded the 鈥�2013 Kiwanis International World Service Medal鈥� by Kiwanis International, an organization of volunteers committed to improving the lives of children and communities.

10.Canadian walk of fame

Sarah McLachlan was incorporated into Canada鈥檚 Walk of Fame in the year 2012. In 2015, she received the highest recognition for artists in the performing arts in Canada, the Governor General鈥檚 Performing Arts Award for Lifetime Artistic Achievement.

In deed, Sarah Ann McLachlan made great hits from time to time as evidenced in the various magazines and awards she has received. Her very best songs include 鈥榖uilding a mystery鈥� 鈥榓ngel鈥� 鈥榯he path of thorns鈥� 鈥榠nto the fire鈥� 鈥榩ossession鈥� 鈥榮weet surrender鈥� and 鈥榳orld fire鈥� some of her hit songs being listened to until now.