Rock
United States of America
Rufus Wainwright
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CittĆ natale
New York, United States of America
Nato/a
1973
Genere
Rock
Rufus Wainwright is a Canadian-American singer-songwriter and composer, whose music has been influenced by cabaret, opera, and Tin Pan Alley.
ā The son of folk musicians Loudon Wainwright III and Kate McGarrigle, he began studying piano at age six.
ā When he was 15, Wainwright received a Best Young Artist Juno Award nomination for his song āIām Running,ā which was featured in the 1988 film Tommy Tricker and the Stamp Traveller.
ā His self-titled debut LP, produced by Jon Brion (Fiona Apple, Aimee Mann), won a Juno for Best Alternative Album and inspired Rolling Stone to name him the Best New Artist of 1998.
ā In 2005, he sang guest vocals on āGo Ask Shakespeareā from Burt Bacharachās Grammy Award-winning album At This Time.
ā Release the Stars, from 2007, was his most commercially successful album, peaking at No. 23 on the Billboard 200 chart and reaching No. 2 in the UK.
ā Canadaās CBC radio network ranked Wainwright No. 9 on their list of the 25 Greatest Canadian Singers Ever.
ā After an eight-year break, he released 2020ās Unfollow the Rules and performed an Austin City Limits televised concert filmed without an audience due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
ā The son of folk musicians Loudon Wainwright III and Kate McGarrigle, he began studying piano at age six.
ā When he was 15, Wainwright received a Best Young Artist Juno Award nomination for his song āIām Running,ā which was featured in the 1988 film Tommy Tricker and the Stamp Traveller.
ā His self-titled debut LP, produced by Jon Brion (Fiona Apple, Aimee Mann), won a Juno for Best Alternative Album and inspired Rolling Stone to name him the Best New Artist of 1998.
ā In 2005, he sang guest vocals on āGo Ask Shakespeareā from Burt Bacharachās Grammy Award-winning album At This Time.
ā Release the Stars, from 2007, was his most commercially successful album, peaking at No. 23 on the Billboard 200 chart and reaching No. 2 in the UK.
ā Canadaās CBC radio network ranked Wainwright No. 9 on their list of the 25 Greatest Canadian Singers Ever.
ā After an eight-year break, he released 2020ās Unfollow the Rules and performed an Austin City Limits televised concert filmed without an audience due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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