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1 Biography

McLachlan was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. When she was four years old, her idol was Joan Baez. As a child, she took voice lessons, along with studies in classical piano and guitar. When she was just seventeen years old, she fronted a new wave band, October Game. Her high school yearbook claimed that she was "destined to become a famous rock star."

In 1988, she was one of the first artists signed by the independent Canadian record label Nettwerk. The signing prompted McLachlan to move to Vancouver, British Columbia. There she recorded the first of her albums, Touch, in 1988, which received both critical and commercial success. Her 1991 album, Solace, was her mainstream breakthrough in Canada, spawning the hit singles "The Path of Thorns (Terms)" and "Into the Fire".

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She returned to public life and touring with her 2003 album release, Afterglow, although she has no current plans to resurrect Lilith fair.

Known for the emotional sound of her ballads, some of her popular songs include "Angel," "Building a Mystery," "Adia," "Possession," and "I Will Remember You." Her most popular album was Surfacing, for which she won two Grammy Awards and four Juno Awards. Through her career, she has also received many other awards. Primarily in recognition of her efforts in launching Lilith Fair, she was presented with the Elizabeth Cady Stanton Visionary Award for advancing the careers of women in music. In 1999, she was appointed as an Officer of the Order of Canada in recognition of her successful recording career, her role in Lilith Fair, and the charitable donations she made to women's shelters across Canada.

During Sarah's hiatus in her recording career, she lost her mother in December, 2001, yet at the same time had already completed three-quarters of the "Afterglow" record production. Sarah gave birth to a daughter, India Ann Sushill Sood, on April 6, 2002 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

On a number of occasions, McLachlan has also found herself in the news for other reasons:

• In 1994, she was sued by an obsessed fan from Ottawa, Ontario, who alleged that his letters to her had been the basis of her hit single "Possession". This lawsuit never came to trial, however, as the plaintiff committed suicide before the trial began.
• In 1998, McLachlan found herself vicariously connected to the Monica Lewinsky scandal, when her song "Do What You Have To Do" was cited in Kenneth Starr's report as the subject of a letter from Lewinsky to Bill Clinton.
• Finally, in 1999, McLachlan and Nettwerk were sued by Darryl Neudorf, a Vancouver musician (and onetime member of 54-40) who alleged that he had made a significant and uncredited contribution to the songwriting on Touch. The judge in this suit ultimately ruled in McLachlan's favour. Link

McLachlan's song "The Path of Thorns" was the 50,000,000th song downloaded from Apple's iTunes Music Store. [1]