For more than 30 years, Anne Murray has been Canada’s most recognizable voice and one of the world’s most successful singing stars. Her voice is unparalleled and her sound defies description as it effortlessly crosses the folk, country, rock and pop labels.
It was her second album, This Is My Way, that put Murray on the world map with her first big hit, “Snowbird.” In fact, “Snowbird” became one of North America’s most played songs in the 1970s, and Anne Murray became the first solo Canadian female artist to be awarded an American Gold Record. She has recorded 30 albums since, received numerous national and international honours, and sold millions of records.
In 2006, the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame chose Murray and Leonard Cohen as recipients of the Legacy Award for their extraordinary contributions to and support of the Canadian songwriting industry. Murray’s final studio album, Anne Murray Duets: Friends & Legends was released in 2007, and featured 17 tracks that include many of Murray’s biggest hits over her four-decade career, re-recorded as duets with other established and rising female singers including Céline Dion, Shania Twain, k.d. lang, Nelly Furtado and Jann Arden. The album reached #2 on the Canadian pop charts and was certified Double Platinum in Canada after only two months. Murray was also nominated for the 2008 JUNO Award for Album of the Year and Pop Album of the Year.
Anne Murray’s final public concert was held at the Sony Centre in Toronto on May 23, 2008. Her autobiography, All of Me, was released on October 27, 2009.
