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Earliest: Apr 15, 1977
Latest: Oct 1, 2014
[
WikiPedia] Catherine Bush (born 30 July 1958) is an English singer, songwriter, dancer, and record producer. She is noted for her eclectic musical style and unconventional lyrics, as well as her innovative dance performances. Her sound and choreography have influenced a range of artists, raising her to prominence and impacting popular culture.
Bush began writing songs when she was 11. She was signed to EMI Records after David Gilmour of Pink Floyd helped finance a demo tape. In 1978, at the age of 19, she topped the UK singles chart for four weeks with her debut single "Wuthering Heights", becoming the first female artist to achieve a UK number one with a fully self-written song. Her debut studio album, The Kick Inside (1978), reached number three on the UK Albums Chart. Bush was the first British solo female artist to top the UK Albums Chart and the first female artist to enter it at number one. All nine of her studio albums have reached the UK top 10, including the number-one albums Never for Ever (1980), Hounds of Love (1985), and the greatest-hits compilation The Whole Story (1986). Since The Dreaming (1982), she has produced all of her studio albums. She took a hiatus between her seventh and eighth albums, The Red Shoes (1993) and Aerial (2005). Her latest albums, Director's Cut and 50 Words for Snow, were both released in 2011.
Bush has released 25 UK top 40 singles, including the top-10 hits "The Man with the Child in His Eyes" (1978), "Babooshka" (1980), "Running Up That Hill" (1985), "Don't Give Up" (a 1986 duet with Peter Gabriel), and "King of the Mountain" (2005). She experienced renewed attention in 2014 with her concert residency Before the Dawn—her first shows since the Tour of Life in 1979—and in 2022 after "Running Up That Hill" appeared in the Netflix series Stranger Things. The song became Bush's second UK number one single and her highest entry on the US Billboard Hot 100 at number three, in addition to topping several international charts. Hounds of Love also had a commercial resurgence, topping two Billboard charts and reaching number twelve on the Billboard 200.
Bush has received numerous accolades and honours, including 14 Brit Awards nominations and a win for British Female Solo Artist in 1987, as well as seven nominations for Grammy Awards. In 2002, she received the Ivor Novello Award for Outstanding Contribution to British Music. She was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2013 New Year Honours for services to music. She became a Fellow of the Ivors Academy in the UK in 2020, and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2023.
