40 Facts About Vanessa Carlton

Vanessa Carlton independently produced her next two albums, Rabbits on the Run and Liberman, which were acclaimed by critics for both its personal subject matter and departure from her previous musical style.

Vanessa Carlton released her sixth studio album Love Is An Art in 2020, and has additionally released the EPs Hear The Bells and Blue Pool.

Vanessa Carlton made her Broadway debut with a leading role in the Carole King musical Beautiful in 2019.

Vanessa Carlton was born on August 16,1980, in Milford, Pennsylvania, the first of three children of Edmund "Ed" Vanessa Carlton, a pilot, and Heidi Lee, a pianist and school music teacher.

Vanessa Carlton has a sister, Gwen, and a brother, Edmund.

Vanessa Carlton's mother comes from a Jewish family in Queens, New York.

Vanessa Carlton's mother began to tutor her, she was introduced to classical music.

Vanessa Carlton has experienced depression and bouts of bulimia and used her platform to open up the discussion of these often taboo subjects.

Vanessa Carlton later moved to New York City, where she attended Columbia University for one year before dropping out and had a stint as a waitress in Hell's Kitchen.

Vanessa Carlton played piano and sang vocals; other instrumentation included a backing band, a 60-piece orchestra and sitar on "Paint It Black".

Vanessa Carlton toured the US in 2002 to promote the album, opening for the Goo Goo Dolls and Third Eye Blind, before headlining her own tour at the end of 2002 and touring Europe in 2003.

Vanessa Carlton collaborated with other artists before the release of her second album.

Vanessa Carlton credited Jenkins with helping her to withstand pressure from record label executives who wanted to influence the recording.

Vanessa Carlton said later that her label "wasn't very happy" about the decisions she made during the making of the album.

Vanessa Carlton stated that Harmonium contained more of her own aesthetic than Be Not Nobody.

Vanessa Carlton embarked on a four-week North American concert tour in October and November 2004, with an opening act of Low Millions, and performed a second tour in March and April the following year, with Cary Brothers and Ari Hest as supporting acts.

Vanessa Carlton decided to leave the label to find another record deal once promotion for Harmonium had ended.

Vanessa Carlton contributed a stripped-down version of the song "More than This" to Songs for Tibet, an album compiled in support of Tibet to draw attention to its human rights situation.

Vanessa Carlton had been a part for PETA's Animal Birth Control Campaign; she owns a long haired dachshund named Lord Victor.

Via Twitter, Vanessa Carlton announced that her label would not produce a video for "I Don't Want to Be a Bride", instead producing one for "Hear the Bells".

The music video, which Vanessa Carlton describes as her most revealing to date, was released on June 7,2012.

The EP consists of four tracks, two of which are acoustic versions of Vanessa Carlton's songs Hear the Bells and A Thousand Miles.

Vanessa Carlton announced in late 2012 that she had returned to Real World Studios to commence work on a new album with a theme of euphoria.

Vanessa Carlton clarified on Twitter that "Euphoria" was not the name of the album, nor was it to be straightforward electronically fabricated.

On February 28,2014, Vanessa Carlton announced that she had finished recording the ten-track album, which was to be titled Liberman, and on April 11,2014 she reported that Liberman was being mastered.

Vanessa Carlton performed a track titled "Willows" to promote the events for Fox New York TV, which she said was about the trees she had loved when she was growing up, and she revealed that Liberman would be released in 2015.

On June 15,2015, Vanessa Carlton released the song "Blue Pool" through Nylon magazine's website.

On February 17,2017, Vanessa Carlton released another live album titled Earlier Things Live via her own Victor Music label.

Vanessa Carlton performed a song titled "Love Is An Art" throughout 2017, and stated that this might be the title of her next album.

Vanessa Carlton began writing songs for the album, her sixth, in June 2017.

On December 25,2018 Vanessa Carlton posted on Instagram saying that she would start recording the album on January 23,2019.

Vanessa Carlton released the covers EP as a triple vinyl collection, along with the Liberman Live and Earlier Things Live EPs, on November 23,2018.

In May 2019, Vanessa Carlton was announced to be making her Broadway debut with a lead role in the Carole King musical Beautiful, performing for a limited season from June 27.

On May 27,2019, Vanessa Carlton announced via Instagram that her sixth album, produced by Dave Fridmann, was to be titled Love is an Art.

Vanessa Carlton revealed via Twitter in January 2021 that she planned to re-release the album in March 2021 with new songs and demo recordings from the album's studio sessions.

In 2005, Vanessa Carlton completed the New York City Marathon and donated the pledge money she collected to Musicians on Call, a nonprofit organization that brings live and recorded music to patients' bedsides.

On June 19,2010, Vanessa Carlton came out as bisexual while headlining Nashville Pride.

On October 9,2013, at a live performance in Bay Shore, New York, Vanessa Carlton announced that she was expecting her first child with her fiance John McCauley.

On June 26,2014, Vanessa Carlton announced via Facebook that the release of Liberman would be delayed until the summer of 2015 because she was expecting a child with McCauley.

On January 13,2015, Vanessa Carlton gave birth to their daughter.