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{{Infobox musical artist | {{Infobox musical artist | ||
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| name = KT Tunstall | ||
| image = KT Tunstall @ Troubadour 06 10 2023 (53048182878) (cropped).jpg | |||
| background = solo_singer | |||
| caption = Tunstall performing in October 2023 | |||
| image = KT Tunstall Seattle 2010.jpg | |||
| birth_name = Kate Victoria Tunstall | |||
| caption = Tunstall at the Showbox SoDo in Seattle<br />2 November 2010 | |||
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1975|06|23}} | |||
| birth_name = Kate Victoria Tunstall | |||
| birth_place = ], Scotland | |||
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1975|06|23}}<br />], ] <ref>{{cite web|url=http://twitter.com/#!/KTTunstall/status/36129018860421120|title='Misplaced Pages: Katherine Victoria "Katie" Tunstall – MASSIVE FAIL!'|accessdate=12 February 2011|author=KT Tunstall|date=11 February 2011|work=from ] – @KTTunstall}}</ref> | |||
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| genre = {{hlist|]|]|]|]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://delafont.com/music_acts/kt-tunstall.htm |title=KT TUNSTALL booking – Rock Music Artists – Corporate Event Booking Agent |publisher=Delafont.com |date=23 June 1975 |access-date=9 August 2014 |archive-date=26 June 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140626035918/http://delafont.com/music_acts/kt-tunstall.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>|]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dailycampus.com/focus/kt-tunstall-s-new-album-reveals-dark-side-1.1670453 |title=KT Tunstall's new album reveals dark side |work=Daily Campus |date=7 October 2010 |access-date=9 August 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203055534/http://www.dailycampus.com/focus/kt-tunstall-s-new-album-reveals-dark-side-1.1670453 |archive-date=3 February 2014 }}</ref>}} | |||
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| instrument = {{hlist |Vocals|guitar}} | |||
| years_active = 2000–present | |||
| years_active = 2000–present | |||
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| website = {{url|www.kttunstall.com}} | |||
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| alt = A photograph of Tunstall smiling, looking away from the camera. A microphone is positioned in front of her face. | |||
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'''Kate Victoria''' "'''KT'''" '''Tunstall''' (born 23 June 1975)<ref name=mcneish>{{cite news|last1=McNeish|first1=Cameron|title=KT Tunstall {{!}} Luck Is Being Ready|url=https://www.scotsmagazine.com/articles/kt-tunstall/|access-date=31 December 2015|work=The Scots Magazine|publisher=D.C. Thomson & Co. Ltd.|date=2 July 2014|archive-date=11 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160111084504/https://www.scotsmagazine.com/articles/kt-tunstall/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=mclean>{{cite news|last1=McLean|first1=Craig|title=KT Tunstall interview|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/7994574/KT-Tunstall-interview.html|access-date=31 December 2015|work=The Telegraph|date=14 September 2010|archive-date=11 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160111084503/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/7994574/KT-Tunstall-interview.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> is a Scottish singer-songwriter and musician. She first gained attention with a 2004 live solo performance of her song "]" on '']''. She has released eight studio albums internationally: '']'' (2004), '']'' (2007), '']'' (2010), '']'' (2013), '']'' (2016), '']'' (2018), '']'' (2022), and a collaboration album with American musician ], '']'' (2023). She has also appeared in two episodes of the comedy series '']'' on ]. | |||
'''Kate Victoria "KT" Tunstall''' is a ]<ref>http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2287754/KT-Tunstall-devastated-following-split-husband-just-years.html</ref> ] and ]. She broke into the public eye with a 2004 live solo performance of her song "]" on '']''. She has enjoyed commercial and critical success since, picking up three nominations before winning a ], and a ] nomination.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2006140003-2007390324,00.html|title='I didn't want to be a pop star'|accessdate=30 August 2007|author=Jacqui Swift|date=24 August 2007|work=]}}</ref> She is also the recipient of an ]. Tunstall has a ] vocal range.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pbs.org/wttw/soundstage/tunstall/featured.htm |title=Soundstage . KT Tunstall |publisher=PBS |date=27 July 2006 |accessdate=27 April 2012}}</ref> | |||
The name of her debut studio album, ''Eye to the Telescope'', was inspired by her childhood experiences at her father's physics laboratory at ]. Released in 2004, the album led to her nominations for the ] in 2005, a ] for Best British Live Act and BRIT Award for Best Breakthrough Act in 2006, and a ] nomination in 2007. She won the BRIT Award for Best British Female Artist and the ], both in 2006. The single "Black Horse and the Cherry Tree" was given the '']'' Magazine Award for Best Track in 2005, and "]" won the ] for Best Song in 2006. "Suddenly I See" became a popular hit and has been featured in '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'' and '']''; '']'', and as a ] on the ].<ref>{{cite web|title=Suddenly I See by KT Tunstall|url=http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=7486|website=SongFacts|access-date=2 January 2016|archive-date=11 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160111084504/http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=7486|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Lyons|first1=Beverly|title=The View song chosen for Nike's new ad campaign|url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/entertainment/celebrity/the-view-song-chosen-for-nikes-new-1011147|access-date=2 January 2016|work=Daily Record|date=1 July 2012|archive-date=11 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160111084503/http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/entertainment/celebrity/the-view-song-chosen-for-nikes-new-1011147|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
She has released five albums internationally: '']'' (2004), '']'' (2006), '']'' (2007), '']'' (2010) and on 10 June 2013, she will release '']. She has also appeared in an episode (S1E04) of the comedy series '']'' on Sky Atlantic. | |||
Tunstall has written music and songs for film soundtracks including "Boy" for '']'', "]" for '']'', "]" for '']''; "Float", "Strange Sight" and "1000 Years" for '']''; "Fit In" for '']''; and "Bad Moms (Suite)", "Enough is Enough (Suite)" and "Get Your Tits Up (Suite)" for '']''. | |||
==Early life== | |||
Kate has a half-], half-] mother and an ] father. She was 18 days old when she was adopted by a family in ].<ref>{{cite web | last = Montgomery | first = James | title = KT Tunstall Outdoes The Cure, But Label Still Won't Trust Her | publisher = mtv.com | url = http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1527185/20060328/tunstall_kt.jhtml | accessdate =17 December 2009}}</ref> Kate never met her biological father.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.scotsman.com/topics.cfm?tid=1020&id=640172005|title=KT Tunstall: Live and Proud|author=Fiona Shepherd|date=2005-60-11|publisher=]}}</ref> Her adoptive father was employed as a physics lecturer at the ], and her adoptive mother was a school teacher.<ref name=interview/> Tunstall's family also includes an older brother named Joe and a younger brother named Daniel. Her parents had no interest in music and owned no records—the only tape her father owned was a comedy recording by mathematician and musical satirist ].<ref>Planet Rock Profiles – KT Tunstall</ref> | |||
==Early life and education== | |||
Tunstall grew up in ], a town in ], attending Lawhead Primary, then ] in St. Andrews, and the ] but she spent her last year of high school in ]<ref name=interview/> at the ], a selective ] in ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.harpmagazine.com/articles/detail.cfm?article_id=6170|title=KT Tunstall: Never Going Home|accessdate=30 August 2007|author=Mark Guarino|year=2007|month=Sep/Oct|publisher=]}}</ref><ref name="Thomason">Thomason, Carmel , '']'', 10 March 2005. Retrieved 24 February 2008]</ref> <blockquote>"After school, having learned the ], ], and ], she left her native St Andrews to take up a scholarship at Kent School in Connecticut, New England, where she formed her first band, The Happy Campers."{{Citation needed|date=March 2009}}</blockquote> She spent time ] on Church Street in ], and at a ] in rural Vermont. Tunstall studied at ] in St Andrews, ] in ], and at ]. She has said: "...My earliest memories are Californian...", attributed to a ] that her father took at ] in 1979.<ref>SoundStage (10 July 2008). Tunstall, KT (10 July 2008). Statement during 10 July 2008 broadcast of SoundStage.</ref> | |||
Tunstall was born to a half-Chinese, half-Scottish mother, Carol Ann Orr, who was from Hong Kong,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wilkinson |first=Matt |date=2010-04-26 |title=KT Tunstall disowns her BNP candidate stepfather |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/kt-tunstall-2-1302424 |access-date=2024-03-09 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> and an Irish father, John Corrigan.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2019-07-08 |title=Soma-bound KT Tunstall on finding out her birth dad was from Northern Ireland |url=https://www.irishnews.com/lifestyle/2019/07/08/news/soma-bound-kt-tunstall-on-finding-out-her-birth-dad-was-from-northern-ireland-1654636/ |access-date=2024-03-09 |website=The Irish News |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Knights |first=Excalibur |date=2019-07-15 |title=Scottish Singer KT Tunstall Reveals Dream To Tour Ireland In A Camper Van - Excalibur Press |url=https://excaliburpress.co.uk/2019/07/15/scottish-singer-kt-tunstall-reveals-dream-to-tour-ireland-in-a-camper-van/ |access-date=2024-03-09 |website=excaliburpress.co.uk |language=en-GB}}</ref> Her parents met while her mother was working as a dancer in Penthouse bar in Edinburgh, where her father was a ].<ref name="mcp">{{cite news|last1=McPherson|first1=Lynn|date=1 July 2012|title=Scots rocker KT Tunstall's fury at BNP election candidate stepdad|work=Daily Record|url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/politics/scots-rocker-kt-tunstalls-fury-1057146|access-date=2 January 2016|archive-date=11 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160111084503/http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/politics/scots-rocker-kt-tunstalls-fury-1057146|url-status=live}}</ref> She was born at Edinburgh's ]<ref name="mcp" /> and at 18 days old, was placed for adoption by her mother with a family in ], Fife, Scotland.<ref>{{cite web | last = Montgomery | first = James | title = KT Tunstall Outdoes The Cure, But Label Still Won't Trust Her | publisher = MTV | url = http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1527185/20060328/tunstall_kt.jhtml | access-date = 17 December 2009 | archive-date = 5 August 2009 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090805105357/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1527185/20060328/tunstall_kt.jhtml | url-status = dead }}</ref> She never met her biological father.<ref>{{cite web |last=Shepherd |first=Fiona |date=11 June 2005 |title=KT Tunstall: Live and Proud |url=http://news.scotsman.com/topics.cfm?tid=1020&id=640172005 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060421182359/http://news.scotsman.com/topics.cfm?tid=1020&id=640172005 |archive-date=21 April 2006 |access-date=22 January 2007 |work=]}}</ref> | |||
Her adoptive father, David Tunstall, was a physics lecturer at the ], and her adoptive mother, Rosemarie Tunstall, was a primary school teacher; they already had adopted another child who became her older brother Joe, and went on to have another son, Dan.<ref name="interview" /><ref name="llf">{{cite web |url=https://www.itv.com/hub/long-lost-family/1a8904a0071 |title=Long Lost Family Series 9 Episode 3 |date=1 July 2019 |access-date=2 July 2019 |archive-date=2 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190702030821/https://www.itv.com/hub/long-lost-family/1a8904a0071 |url-status=live }}</ref> Tunstall has said: "My earliest memories are Californian", from a ] that her father took at the ] in 1979.<ref>SoundStage (10 July 2008). Tunstall, KT (10 July 2008). Statement during 10 July 2008 broadcast of SoundStage.</ref> She was musically oriented and her adoptive parents supported her interest. She recollected that she asked for a piano when she was four.<ref name="mcneish" /><ref>{{cite news|last1=Parker|first1=Matt|title=KT Tunstall talks new album Invisible Empire|url=http://www.musicradar.com/news/guitars/kt-tunstall-talks-new-album-invisible-empire-582502|access-date=2 January 2016|work=Music Radar|date=21 August 2013|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304060305/http://www.musicradar.com/news/guitars/kt-tunstall-talks-new-album-invisible-empire-582502|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
Tunstall grew up in St Andrews, Fife, attending Lawhead Primary, then ] in St. Andrews and the ], but she spent her last year of high school in the United States<ref name="interview" /> at the ], a selective ] in ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.harpmagazine.com/articles/detail.cfm?article_id=6170|title=KT Tunstall: Never Going Home|access-date=30 August 2007|first=Mark|last=Guarino|date=Sep–Oct 2007|work=Harp|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070926231039/http://www.harpmagazine.com/articles/detail.cfm?article_id=6170|archive-date=26 September 2007}}</ref><ref name="Thomason">Thomason, Carmel , ''Manchester Evening News'', 10 March 2005. Retrieved 24 February 2008</ref> She spent time ] on ] in ], and at a ] in rural Vermont. Tunstall studied at ]. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Drama & Music in 1996.<ref>{{cite news|title=Notable alumni: KT Tunstall (1975–)|url=https://www.royalholloway.ac.uk/alumni/ouralumni/notablealumni/dramatheatre/kttunstall%281975-%29.aspx|access-date=31 December 2015|publisher=Royal Holloway, University of London|archive-date=11 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160111084504/https://www.royalholloway.ac.uk/alumni/ouralumni/notablealumni/dramatheatre/kttunstall%281975-%29.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref> Royal Holloway conferred an honorary doctorate in science on her in 2011 for her work on environmental issues as a musician.<ref>{{cite web|title=Singing sensation and distinguished composer receive honorary degrees|url=https://www.royalholloway.ac.uk/aboutus/newsandevents/news/newsarticles/singerkttunstallanddistinguishedcomposermark-anthonyturnagereceivehonorarydegrees.aspx|publisher=Royal Holloway, University of London|access-date=1 January 2016|date=14 July 2011|archive-date=11 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160111084504/https://www.royalholloway.ac.uk/aboutus/newsandevents/news/newsarticles/singerkttunstallanddistinguishedcomposermark-anthonyturnagereceivehonorarydegrees.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
==Music career== | ==Music career== | ||
===Career beginnings=== | ===Career beginnings (2000–2004)=== | ||
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Throughout Tunstall's 20s, she played in ] bands including Elia Drew<ref name="Drew">{{dead link|date=February 2011}}</ref> and Tomoko. She focused on songwriting, as well as performing with members of the fledgling Fence Collective. KT Tunstall had lived with ], (], and ]), whom the song "Funnyman", on the album '']'', is about. She toured with the ] band ], and stayed with them while they were making their album, '']''. | |||
Throughout Tunstall's twenties, she played in ] bands including Elia Drew<ref name="Drew">{{Cite web|url=http://www.optigon.co.uk/341FE4BF-D9E3-4A17-BBFD-83D55A961F57/Elia%20Drew.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012141318/http://www.optigon.co.uk/341FE4BF-D9E3-4A17-BBFD-83D55A961F57/Elia%20Drew.html|url-status=dead|title=Elia Drew|archive-date=12 October 2007|access-date=11 April 2023}}</ref> and Tomoko. She focused on songwriting, as well as performing with members of the fledgling ]. Tunstall had lived with ] of ], and ], whom the song "Funnyman", on her second studio album '']'' (2007), is about. She toured with the ] band ], and stayed with them while they were making their second studio album, '']'' (2003). | |||
British label ] heard about Tunstall through their scouts and quickly put forward an independent offer.<ref name="hitquarters.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.hitquarters.com/index.php3?page=intrview/opar/intrview_ShabsJobanputra.html |title=Interview With Shabs Jobanputra |publisher=]|date=13 November 2005 |accessdate=22 June 2010}}</ref> However, Tunstall had decided to sign with a US major, and initially passed up the offer.<ref name="hitquarters.com"/> That deal did not work out and so she eventually decided to go with Relentless.<ref name="hitquarters.com"/> | |||
British label ] put forward an independent offer.<ref name="hitquarters.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.hitquarters.com/index.php3?page=intrview/opar/intrview_ShabsJobanputra.html |title=Interview With Shabs Jobanputra |publisher=HitQuarters |date=13 November 2005 |access-date=22 June 2010 |archive-date=29 September 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110929041110/http://www.hitquarters.com/index.php3?page=intrview%2Fopar%2Fintrview_ShabsJobanputra.html |url-status=live }}</ref> However, Tunstall had decided to sign with a US major, and initially passed up the offer.<ref name="hitquarters.com"/> But when that deal did not work out, she decided to go with Relentless.<ref name="hitquarters.com"/> Although Relentless co-founder Shabs Jobanputra recognised the potential in the quality of Tunstall's voice and songs in the early 2000s, his assessment then was that she "wasn't ready yet" and so together with Tunstall's manager, Jobanputra discussed "the process of how we saw her happening and how we would work, why we thought the songs were great, why we thought she was great, and why it could really work if we took enough time."<ref name="hitquarters.com" /> | |||
===''Eye to the Telescope'' ( |
===''Eye to the Telescope'' and breakthrough (2004–2007)=== | ||
] 2008.]] | ] | ||
Her ], '']'', was released in late 2004. Tunstall's style of music varies from ] to ]. In ] and ], she played in a band called Red Light Stylus, which was regarded as one of the better bands to emerge from the limited Fife scene. | |||
Tunstall's first appearance of note was a solo performance of her blues song "]" on '']''.<ref name=bbcbrit>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/4719272.stm|title=KT ecstatic at Brit Award success| |
Tunstall's debut studio album, '']'', was first released in late 2004, entering the ] at number 73. Tunstall's first appearance of note was a solo performance of her ] song "]" on '']''.<ref name=bbcbrit>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/4719272.stm|title=KT ecstatic at Brit Award success|access-date=29 August 2007|date=16 February 2006|work=BBC News|archive-date=31 July 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120731015548/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/4719272.stm|url-status=live}}</ref> She had only 24 hours to prepare after scheduled performer ] cancelled.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12495235.ALMOST_FAMOUS_By_the_end_of_the_summer_KT_Tunstall_will_be_huge__having_played_Glastonbury_and_T_in_the_Park__In_the_meantime__she_apos_s_waiting_for_the_world_to_catch_up/ |title=Almost Famous: By the end of the summer KT Tunstall will be huge, having played Glastonbury and T in the Park. In the meantime, she's waiting for the world to catch up |work=Sunday Herald |date=30 April 2005 |access-date=29 August 2007 |archive-date=11 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170911025247/http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12495235.ALMOST_FAMOUS_By_the_end_of_the_summer_KT_Tunstall_will_be_huge__having_played_Glastonbury_and_T_in_the_Park__In_the_meantime__she_apos_s_waiting_for_the_world_to_catch_up/ |url-status=live }}</ref> She performed as a ] using a guitar, a ], and a ].<ref name=mcneish/> | ||
|archivedate=1 May 2005}}</ref> Her performance caught the eye of many viewers, although she had previously performed it on French television only some weeks before, upstaging more established acts such as ], ], and ]; she then went on to top the post-show poll on the website for that episode. | |||
Shortly after the ''Later'' appearance, '']'' was re-released and shot up the British charts, peaking at No. 3, and was certified 5× platinum by the ];<ref>{{Cite certification |region=United Kingdom|title=Eye to the Telescope|artist=KT Tunstall|id=2182-3312-2}}</ref> it was nominated for the 2005 ]. It was released in the US on 7 February 2006. On the ], "Black Horse and the Cherry Tree" made No. 28 on the charts<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/search/singles/The%20Wonder%20Of%20You |title=KT Tunstall – Black Horse and the Cherry Tree |publisher=] |date=19 March 2005 |access-date=19 February 2011 |archive-date=5 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150405050821/http://www.officialcharts.com/search/singles/THE%20WONDER%20OF%20YOU/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and on the ], charted at No. 20.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://acharts.us/song/1971 |title=KT Tunstall – Black Horse & The Cherry Tree – Music Charts |publisher=Acharts.us |access-date=19 February 2011 |archive-date=3 September 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110903222447/http://acharts.us/song/1971 |url-status=live }}</ref> The next release from the album in the United Kingdom was "]" whilst "]" was released in the United States and used in the opening credits of the film '']'' (2006), as well as in the television series '']''.<ref name=mclean/> Further singles released from the album were "]" and "]" which were also successful.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/search/singles/Bounce%20Shake%20Move%20Stop |title=KT Tunstall – Under The Weather |publisher=] |access-date=19 February 2011 |archive-date=21 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160421224045/http://www.officialcharts.com/search/singles/bounce%20shake%20move%20stop/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/search/singles/Hotel%20Room |title=KT Tunstall – Another Place To Fall |publisher=] |date=25 March 2006 |access-date=12 September 2019 |archive-date=11 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170711013718/http://www.officialcharts.com/search/singles/hotel%20room/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=mp3.com>{{cite web|url=http://www.mp3.com/news/stories/10018.html|title=KT Tunstall: Slightly More Esoteric|access-date=5 September 2007|first=Chris|last=Rolls|date=26 August 2007|publisher=MP3.com|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070831132728/http://www.mp3.com/news/stories/10018.html|archive-date=31 August 2007}}</ref> | |||
Shortly after the ''Later'' appearance, '']'' was re-released and shot up the British charts, eventually peaking at No. 3 (on its first release it had entered at #73); it was nominated for the 2005 ]. It was released in the U.S. on 7 February 2006. | |||
Tunstall released an acoustic collection album on 15 May 2006, '']'', which was first available only via ] from her website.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.theskinny.co.uk/music/reviews/albums/kt-tunstall-acoustic-extravaganza |title=KT Tunstall – Acoustic Extravaganza |work=The Skinny |date=15 June 2006 |access-date=24 September 2016 |author=Hurley, Caroline |archive-date=27 September 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160927033923/http://www.theskinny.co.uk/music/reviews/albums/kt-tunstall-acoustic-extravaganza |url-status=live }}</ref> The album was re-released in stores worldwide in October 2006. Tunstall's North American break came when '']'' contestant ] contacted her asking to use "Black Horse and the Cherry Tree" as her choice for a '']''-themed week. At the time, the song was No. 79 on the ''Billboard'' charts.<ref name=greys>{{citation |title=KT Tunstall: Grey's Music Mainstay|publisher=greysanatomyinsider}} | |||
"Black Horse and the Cherry Tree" was one of the most successful singles and most radio-played songs of 2005 in the United Kingdom. On the ], the single made number twenty-eight on the charts<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chartstats.com/songinfo.php?id=628 |title=KT Tunstall – Black Horse and the Cherry Tree |publisher=Chart Stats |date=19 March 2005 |accessdate=19 February 2011}}</ref> and on the ], charted at number twenty.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://acharts.us/song/1971 |title=KT Tunstall – Black Horse & The Cherry Tree – Music Charts |publisher=Acharts.us |date= |accessdate=19 February 2011}}</ref> The next release from the album in the United Kingdom was "]" whilst "]" was released in the United States and used in the opening credits of the film ]. Further singles released from the album were "]" and "]" which were also successful.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chartstats.com/songinfo.php?id=1104 |title=KT Tunstall – Under The Weather |publisher=Chart Stats |date= |accessdate=19 February 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chartstats.com/songinfo.php?id=32460 |title=KT Tunstall – Another Place To Fall |publisher=Chart Stats |date=25 March 2006 |accessed=}}</ref><ref name=mp3.com>{{cite web|url=http://www.mp3.com/news/stories/10018.html|title=KT Tunstall: Slightly More Esoteric|accessdate=5 September 2007|author=Chris Rolls|date=26 August 2007|publisher=MP3.com}}</ref> | |||
</ref> Tunstall had not been shy with her opinions regarding shows like ''Idol'', saying "The major problem I have is that it's completely controlled. They're told what to say. They're told how to sing."<ref name=mp3.com/> She chose to license the song as she felt that "no one on that show told Katharine McPhee to sing my song because no one knew it".<ref name=mp3.com/> Tunstall's belief was correct—the song was suggested to McPhee by ''Billboard'' columnist and author ].<ref name=billboard.com>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/chart_beat/chat_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003725821 |title=He's Just Seen A Face |access-date=4 April 2008 |first=Fred |last=Bronson |date=14 March 2008 |magazine=Billboard |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080321234733/http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/chart_beat/chat_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003725821 |archive-date=21 March 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The song immediately jumped to No. 23 on the Billboard charts the week following McPhee's performance.<ref name=greys/> | |||
Tunstall sang with Scottish band ] on their fifth studio album '']'' (2007), on the track "Under the Moonlight", a song written by Susie Hug, formerly of ]. | |||
Tunstall's North American break came when '']'' contestant ] contacted her asking to use "Black Horse and the Cherry Tree" as her choice for a Billboard-themed week. At the time, the song was No. 79 on the Billboard charts.<ref name=greys>{{cite web|title=KT Tunstall: Grey’s Music Mainstay|publisher=greysanatomyinsider.com|accessdate =5 September 2007|postscript=<!--None-->}} | |||
</ref> Tunstall had not been shy with her opinions regarding shows like ''Idol'' saying "The major problem I have is that it's completely controlled... they're told what to say. They're told how to sing."<ref name=mp3.com/> She chose to license the song as she felt that "no one on that show told Katharine McPhee to sing my song because no one knew it".<ref name=mp3.com/> Tunstall's belief was correct—the song was suggested to McPhee by '']'' columnist and author ].<ref name=billboard.com>{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/chart_beat/chat_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003725821|title=He's Just Seen A Face|accessdate=4 April 2008|author=Fred Bronson|date=14 March 2008|publisher=billboard.com |archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20080321234733/http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/chart_beat/chat_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003725821 <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archivedate = 21 March 2008}}</ref> The song immediately jumped to No. 23 on the Billboard charts the week following McPhee's performance.<ref name=greys>{{cite web|title=KT Tunstall: Grey’s Music Mainstay|publisher=greysanatomyinsider.com|accessdate =5 September 2007|postscript=<!--None-->}} | |||
</ref> She has later said "My status as a musician in America is pretty much cemented by Katharine McPhee, which is really interesting and funny for me because I've never been polite about how I feel about shows like that."<ref name=usmarket>{{cite web|url=http://news.scotsman.com/music.cfm?id=258872007|title='KT breaks into US market to become an American Idol'|accessdate=3 September 2007|author=Fergus Sheppard|date=17 February 2007|work=]}}</ref> | |||
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===''Drastic Fantastic'' and ''Tiger Suit'' (2007–2012)=== | ||
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Tunstall released a new acoustic album in May 2006, '']'', which was first only available via ] from her website. The album was re-released in stores worldwide in October 2006. | |||
Tunstall's second studio album, '']'', premiered on 3 September 2007 in Scotland, followed a week later on 10 September 2007 with the London release for Britain and 18 September 2007, in the US. In its first week, ''Drastic Fantastic'' reached No. 1 on the Scottish Album Charts, No. 3 on the British Charts, and No. 9 in the American Charts.<ref name="Drastic">{{cite web |url=http://www.kttunstall.com/ |title=KT Tunstall – Drastic Fantastic Home |publisher=Kttunstall.com |date=27 September 2010 |access-date=19 February 2011 |archive-date=7 February 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090207013252/http://www.kttunstall.com/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The album's lead single, "]", was released in the UK in August 2007, debuting at No. 34 there before peaking at No. 21. The song was also very successful in certain European nations peaking at No. 19 in Italy, No. 19 in ], No. 26 in Switzerland and No. 39 in Ireland.<ref name="acharts.us">{{cite web |url=http://acharts.us/song/27319 |title=KT Tunstall – Hold On – Music Charts |publisher=Acharts.us |access-date=4 May 2010 |archive-date=18 December 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101218140707/http://acharts.us/song/27319 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/search/singles/Have%20I%20Been%20A%20Fool |title=KT Tunstall – Hold On |publisher=] |access-date=4 May 2010 |archive-date=5 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150405205652/http://www.officialcharts.com/search/singles/HAVE%20I%20BEEN%20A%20FOOL/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The album's second single, "]", was released in December 2007. The song did not make the UK Top 40 Singles Charts, but did manage to peak at No. 50 on the ], managing three weeks on the UK Charts. Despite missing the UK Top 40, the song made the Top 40 in Italy, making No. 23 and in Switzerland peaking at No. 93.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://acharts.us/song/29932 |title=KT Tunstall – Saving My Face – Music Charts |publisher=Acharts.us |access-date=4 May 2010 |archive-date=29 February 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120229133113/http://acharts.us/song/29932 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/search/singles/Falling%20Out%20Of%20Reach |title=KT Tunstall – Saving My Face |publisher=] |date=15 December 2007 |access-date=4 May 2010 |archive-date=25 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925134451/http://www.officialcharts.com/search/singles/falling%20out%20of%20reach/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The album's third single and final worldwide single, "]", was released in March 2008, becoming the second single from the album not to make the UK Top 40, it managed No. 45 in audition.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/search/singles/Bruised%20Water |title=KT Tunstall – If Only |publisher=] |access-date=4 May 2010 |archive-date=23 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923201549/http://www.officialcharts.com/search/singles/bruised%20water/ |url-status=live }}</ref> | |||
Tunstall sang with Scottish band ] on their 2007 album '']'', on the track "Under the Moonlight", a song written by Susie Hug (late of ]). | |||
In the United States, "Hold On" was moderately successful, charting at No. 95 on the US ''Billboard'' Pop Chart<ref name="ReferenceA">{{cite magazine |url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/charts/chart_display.jsp |title=Information Not Found |magazine=Billboard |access-date=19 February 2011 |archive-date=13 February 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110213193722/http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/charts/chart_display.jsp |url-status=dead }}</ref> and No. 27 on the US ''Billboard'' ].<ref name="ReferenceA"/> However, on the main ] charts, it stalled, failing to make impact inside the Top 100, causing it to chart at No. 104 on the ]. ''Drastic Fantastic'' became one of her best charting albums to date, charting at No. 3 on the ],<ref>{{cite news|last1=Swash|first1=Rosie|title=Kanye West proves Stronger than 50 Cent in UK leg of rap album battle|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1049223/kanye-defeats-50-cent-on-uk-album-chart|access-date=6 April 2016|work=The Guardian|date=17 September 2007|archive-date=23 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130523083143/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1049223/kanye-defeats-50-cent-on-uk-album-chart|url-status=live}}</ref> topping the ] and making the top ten of the ] album charts, charting at No. 9.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://acharts.us/album/28116 |title=KT Tunstall – Drastic Fantastic – Music Charts |publisher=Acharts.us |access-date=19 February 2011 |archive-date=18 December 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101218135731/http://acharts.us/album/28116 |url-status=live }}</ref> Further singles released from ''Drastic Fantastic'' were "]" and "]" which were moderately successful, charting at No. 50 and No. 45 on the ] respectively.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/search/singles/Falling%20Out%20Of%20Reach |title=KT Tunstall – Saving My Face |publisher=] |date=15 December 2007 |access-date=19 February 2011 |archive-date=25 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925134451/http://www.officialcharts.com/search/singles/falling%20out%20of%20reach/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/search/singles/Bruised%20Water |title=KT Tunstall – If Only |publisher=] |access-date=19 February 2011 |archive-date=23 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923201549/http://www.officialcharts.com/search/singles/bruised%20water/ |url-status=live }}</ref> | |||
===''Drastic Fantastic'' (2007–2008)=== | |||
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Tunstall's second album, '']'', premièred on 3 September 2007 in Scotland, followed a week later on 10 September 2007 with the London release for Britain and 18 September 2007, in the US. In its first week, ''Drastic Fantastic'' reached No. 1 on the Scottish Album Charts, No. 3 on the British Charts, and No. 9 in the American Charts.<ref name="Drastic">{{cite web|url=http://www.kttunstall.com/ |title=KT Tunstall – Drastic Fantastic Home |publisher=Kttunstall.com |date=27 September 2010 |accessdate=19 February 2011}}</ref> The album's lead single, "]", was released in the UK in August 2007, débuting at No. 34 there before peaking at #21. The song was also very successful in certain European nations peaking at No. 19 in ], No. 19 in ], No. 26 in Switzerland and No. 39 in Ireland.<ref name="acharts.us">{{cite web|url=http://acharts.us/song/27319 |title=KT Tunstall – Hold On – Music Charts |publisher=Acharts.us |date= |accessdate=4 May 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chartstats.com/songinfo.php?id=33334 |title=KT Tunstall – Hold On |publisher=Chart Stats |date= |accessdate=4 May 2010}}</ref> The album's second single, "]", was released in December 2007. The song did not make the UK Top 40 Singles Charts, but however did managed to peak at No. 50 on the ], managing 3 weeks on the UK Charts. Despite missing the UK Top 40, the song made the Top 40 in Italy, making No. 23 and in Switzerland peaking at #93.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://acharts.us/song/29932 |title=KT Tunstall – Saving My Face – Music Charts |publisher=Acharts.us |date= |accessdate=4 May 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chartstats.com/songinfo.php?id=33552 |title=KT Tunstall – Saving My Face |publisher=Chart Stats |date=15 December 2007 |accessdate=4 May 2010}}</ref> The album's third single and final worldwide single, "]", was released in March 2008, becoming the second single from the album not to make the UK Top 40, it managed No. 45 in audition.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chartstats.com/songinfo.php?id=33707 |title=KT Tunstall – If Only |publisher=Chart Stats |date= |accessdate=4 May 2010}}</ref> | |||
Tunstall commented that the photograph for the album cover was influenced by the rock star ].<ref>{{cite web| title = andPOP Interviews KT Tunstall| website = andpop.com| publisher = andPOP| location = Thornhill, Ontario, Canada| url = http://www.andpop.com/2008/12/30/andpop-interviews-kt-tunstall/| access-date = 12 August 2012| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130527000301/http://www.andpop.com/2008/12/30/andpop-interviews-kt-tunstall/| archive-date = 27 May 2013| url-status = dead}}</ref> On 5 October 2007, the US discount department store chain ], in association with ], released a special KT Tunstall Christmas EP on CD, '']''. On 10 December 2007, it was released in Europe through ] under the title '']''. | |||
In the United States, "Hold On" was moderately successful, charting at number ninety-five on the US ''Billboard'' Pop Chart<ref name="ReferenceA">{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/charts/chart_display.jsp |title=Information Not Found |publisher=Billboard.com |date= |accessdate=19 February 2011}}</ref> and number twenty-seven on the US ''Billboard'' ].<ref name="ReferenceA"/> However, on the main ] charts, it stalled, failing to make impact inside the Top 100, causing it to chart at number one-hundred and four on the ]. As for ''Drastic Fantasic'', it became one of her best charting albums to date, charting at number three on the ],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chartstats.com/albuminfo.php?id=5582 |title=KT Tunstall – Drastic Fantastic |publisher=Chart Stats |date= |accessdate=19 February 2011}}</ref> topping the ] and making the top ten of the ] album charts, charting at number nine.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://acharts.us/album/28116 |title=KT Tunstall – Drastic Fantastic – Music Charts |publisher=Acharts.us |date= |accessdate=19 February 2011}}</ref> Further singles released from ''Drastic Fantasic'' were "]" and "]" which were moderately successful, charting at number fifty and forty-five on the ] respectively.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chartstats.com/songinfo.php?id=33552 |title=KT Tunstall – Saving My Face |publisher=Chart Stats |date=15 December 2007 |accessdate=19 February 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chartstats.com/songinfo.php?id=33707 |title=KT Tunstall – If Only |publisher=Chart Stats |date= |accessdate=19 February 2011}}</ref> | |||
In 2008, Tunstall recorded a song for the double album '']'', in support of the indigenous rights organisation ].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.survivalinternational.org/about/amazonalbum |title=Songs for Survival |publisher=Survival International |access-date=19 February 2011 |archive-date=21 February 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110221023726/http://www.survivalinternational.org/about/amazonalbum |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7012343584 |title=Will.I.Am. Teams Up With KT Tunstall And Bruce Parry for a New Fundraising Album | AHN |publisher=Allheadlinenews.com |date=18 September 2008 |access-date=4 May 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080918171020/http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7012343584 |archive-date=18 September 2008 }}</ref> In a video for Survival International, she speaks of music as being a force for good, and about what she has learned about tribal people on this project. She also discusses various issues concerning our culture of consumption and greed, our relation to the earth and the importance of indigenous rights in the world today. Tunstall also worked with ] on her seventh studio album '']'' (2007), singing backing vocals on songs "Zephyr and I" and "Frank and Ava". It was revealed in the booklet by Vega that the two had never met during the process of making the album. | |||
Tunstall commented that the photograph for the album cover was influenced by the rock star ].<ref> | |||
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On 5 October 2007, the U.S. discount department store chain ], in association with ], released a special KT Tunstall Christmas EP on CD. '']'' contains six exclusive tracks: | |||
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Over the Christmas holidays in 2008, Tunstall joined ]'s ] line-up in Auckland, New Zealand to record a charity studio album for ].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/cdreviews/6094333/7-Worlds-Collide-The-Sun-Came-Out-pop-CD-of-the-week.html |title=7 Worlds Collide: The Sun Came Out, pop CD of the week |work=The Telegraph |date=26 August 2009 |access-date=26 April 2019 |author=McCormick, Neil |archive-date=26 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190426192221/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/cdreviews/6094333/7-Worlds-Collide-The-Sun-Came-Out-pop-CD-of-the-week.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The album was recorded in Finn's New Zealand studio over three weeks and featured all-new material, with singing and songwriting contributions divided amongst the group. Most of the participants from the original 2001 '']'' line-up returned,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.avclub.com/7-worlds-collide-the-sun-came-out-1798207022 |title=7 Worlds Collide: The Sun Came Out |work=The A.V. Club |date=29 September 2009 |access-date=26 April 2019 |author=Phipps, Keith |archive-date=26 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190426192225/https://music.avclub.com/7-worlds-collide-the-sun-came-out-1798207022 |url-status=live }}</ref> along with several new additions including ], ], ] and ] of ], New Zealand songwriters ] and ], and Finn's son Elroy Finn.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/13512-the-sun-came-out/ |title=7 Worlds Collide: The Sun Came Out |work=Pitchfork |date=28 September 2009 |access-date=26 April 2019 |author=Deusner, Stephen M. |archive-date=26 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190426192220/https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/13512-the-sun-came-out/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.stereogum.com/82181/take_a_listen_to_7_worlds_collide_aka_the_radiohea/mp3s/ |title=Take A Listen To 7 Worlds Collide, AKA The Radiohead Wilco Johnny Marr Neil Finn Supergroup |work=Stereogum |date=30 July 2009 |access-date=26 April 2019 |author=Stosuy, Brandon |archive-date=26 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190426192222/https://www.stereogum.com/82181/take_a_listen_to_7_worlds_collide_aka_the_radiohea/mp3s/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The album, titled '']'', was released on 31 August 2009.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.popmatters.com/112574-7-worlds-collide-the-sun-came-out-2496093727.html |title=7 Worlds Collide: The Sun Came Out |work=PopMatters |date=22 October 2009 |access-date=26 April 2019 |author=Raper, Dan |archive-date=26 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190426192219/https://www.popmatters.com/112574-7-worlds-collide-the-sun-came-out-2496093727.html |url-status=live }}</ref> | |||
On 10 December 2007, it was released in Europe through ] as a ] only, under the title '']''. | |||
On 11 February 2010, the '']''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/showbiz/music-news/2010/02/11/kt-tunstall-to-play-gig-in-aid-of-haiti-earthquake-victims-86908-22035125/|title=KT Tunstall to play gig in aid of Haiti earthquake victims|work=Daily Record|location=Scotland|date=11 February 2010|access-date=24 February 2010|archive-date=9 June 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110609180510/http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/showbiz/music-news/2010/02/11/kt-tunstall-to-play-gig-in-aid-of-haiti-earthquake-victims-86908-22035125/|url-status=live}}</ref> reported that Tunstall had recorded her new album in Berlin's ]. Located near the former site of the ], the studio was used to make legendary studio albums including ]'s '']'' (1977) and ]'s '']'' (1991). Tunstall said, "I had an amazing three weeks recording in Hansa in Berlin in January and am finishing it all off in London." Her third studio album, titled '']'', was released in the United Kingdom on 27 September 2010 and in the United States on 5 October 2010.<ref name="Billboard - Tiger Suit">{{cite magazine |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/956497/kt-tunstall-shows-off-claws-on-tiger-suit |title=KT Tunstall Shows Off Claws on 'Tiger Suit' |magazine=Billboard |date=5 September 2010 |access-date=1 May 2017 |archive-date=12 May 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180512143533/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/956497/kt-tunstall-shows-off-claws-on-tiger-suit |url-status=live }}</ref> | |||
In 2008, KT Tunstall recorded a song for the album '']'', in support of the indigenous rights organisation ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.survivalinternational.org/about/amazonalbum |title=Songs for Survival |publisher=Survival International |date= |accessdate=19 February 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7012343584 |title=Will.I.Am. Teams Up With KT Tunstall And Bruce Parry for a New Fundraising Album | AHN |publisher=Allheadlinenews.com |date=18 September 2008 |accessdate=4 May 2010}}</ref> In a video for Survival International, she speaks of music as being a force for good, and about what she has learned about tribal people on this project. She also discusses various issues concerning our culture of consumption and greed, our relation to the earth and the importance of indigenous rights in the world today.<ref> (video)</ref> | |||
Tunstall said that ''Tiger Suit'''s title is inspired by a recurring dream she had, before discovering that 2010 is the Chinese ].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/entertainment/music/music-news/kt-tunstall-to-launch-new-album-1061342 |title=KT Tunstall to launch new album with series of intimate, free gigs across Scotland |work=Daily Record |location=Scotland |date=10 June 2010 |access-date=1 May 2017 |archive-date=31 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160131181619/http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/entertainment/music/music-news/kt-tunstall-to-launch-new-album-1061342 |url-status=live }}</ref> The dream is about her, seeing a tiger in her garden and goes outside to stroke it. She returns indoors and is seized by the fear that she could have been killed. Over the years, it has occurred to her that the reason the tiger responds so passively is that she herself is disguised as a tiger, wearing a tiger suit.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kttunstall.com/story/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110929084538/http://www.kttunstall.com/story/ |title=Story |website=KT Tunstall official website |date=27 September 2010 |archive-date=29 September 2011 |access-date=8 October 2011}}</ref> She said that while writing and recording the album, she experimented with a new sound she called "Nature techno", which mixes organic instrumentation with electronic and dance textures, similar in style to the work of Icelandic singer ]. At a media showcase in London, Tunstall offered an unusual description of the songs from her forthcoming third album: "Like ] working with ]".<ref name="Billboard - Tiger Suit"/> | |||
Tunstall also worked with ] on her 2007 album '']'', singing backup on songs "Zephyr and I" and "Frank and Ava". It was revealed in the booklet by Vega that the two had never met during the process of making the album. | |||
The album's first single was "]" in the United States and "]" in the United Kingdom.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.yahoo.com/news/kt-tunstall-finds-musical-edge-tiger-suit.html |title=KT Tunstall Finds New Musical Edge on 'Tiger Suit' |publisher=Yahoo! News |date=3 September 2010 |access-date=1 May 2017 |author=Sexton, Paul |archive-date=31 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171031072839/https://www.yahoo.com/news/kt-tunstall-finds-musical-edge-tiger-suit.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Tunstall has also been a panellist on the ] comedy music show '']'', first on ] (2008),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tv.com/shows/never-mind-the-buzzcocks/jon-mcclure-kt-tunstall-lauren-laverne-jeremy-edwards-1160125/ |title=Never Mind the Buzzcocks – Season 21 – Episode 8 |website=TV.com |access-date=1 January 2016 |archive-date=11 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160111084504/http://www.tv.com/shows/never-mind-the-buzzcocks/jon-mcclure-kt-tunstall-lauren-laverne-jeremy-edwards-1160125/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and on series 24 episode 10 (2012).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00wlgql |title=Never Mind the Buzzcocks – Series 24 – Episode 10 |website=BBC Two |access-date=1 January 2016 |archive-date=3 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160403055514/http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00wlgql |url-status=live }}</ref> | |||
===''Tiger Suit'' (2009–2011)=== | |||
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===''Invisible Empire // Crescent Moon'' (2013–2014)=== | |||
On 11 February 2010, the ''Daily Record''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/showbiz/music-news/2010/02/11/kt-tunstall-to-play-gig-in-aid-of-haiti-earthquake-victims-86908-22035125/|title=KT Tunstall to play gig in aid of Haiti earthquake victims|publisher=The Daily Record|date=11 February 2010}}</ref> reported that Tunstall had recorded her new album in Berlin's ]. Located near the former site of the ], the studio was used to make legendary albums including ] '']'' and ] '']''. Tunstall said, "I had an amazing three weeks recording in Hansa in Berlin in January and am finishing it all off in London." The album, titled '']'', was released in the United Kingdom on 27 September 2010 and in the United States on 5 October 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://kttunstall.com/tigersuit/ |title=Tiger Suit: Released 27th September |publisher=KT Tunstall |date= |accessdate=19 February 2011}}</ref> | |||
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On 20 March 2013, Tunstall announced that her fourth studio album would be titled '']'', which has since been considered her best by many critics and her most melancholy album to date. The title reflects the two batches of songs she recorded with singer-songwriter and producer ] in 2012. ''Invisible Empire,'' recorded in April, is the melancholic half that deals with her father's death and the theme of mortality, while ''Crescent Moon'', recorded in November 2012, features songs that are more ethereal. These 13 songs formed an album that Tunstall described as "from the heart," inspired by her divorce from ] and her father's passing. | |||
She stated down the line from a promo stop in Minneapolis that she doesn't write on tour, "so it was essential that I took time out" from her previous album '']''. She had started her time off by travelling through the Arctic, South America and India, so she had locked into a very primal, indigenous spirit by the time it came to recording. | |||
''Invisible Empire // Crescent Moon'' was released in the United Kingdom on 10 June 2013, while it was released in Germany and Australia on 7 June, in Japan and Canada on 11 June, and 6 August 2013 in the United States. Meanwhile, the lead single, "]", was released worldwide on 10 June, and its ] premiered on 29 April. In its first week of release, the album entered the UK charts at No. 14 and it was a modest commercial success in Europe: it peaked at No. 52 in Belgium, No. 84 in the Netherlands, No. 240 in France, No. 7 in Scotland, and No. 56 in Switzerland. | |||
Tunstall said that the album's title is inspired by a recurring dream she had, before discovering that 2010 is the Chinese Year of the Tiger.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/showbiz/music-news/2010/06/10/kt-tunstall-to-launch-new-album-with-series-of-intitmate-free-gigs-across-scotland-86908-22323386/|title=KT Tunstall to launch new album with series of intimate, free gigs across Scotland|publisher=The Daily Record|date=10 June 2010}}</ref> The dream is about her, seeing a tiger in her garden and goes outside to stroke it. She returns indoors and is seized by the fear that she could have been killed. Over the years, it has occurred to her that the reason the tiger responds so passively is that she herself is disguised as a tiger, wearing a tiger suit.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kttunstall.com/story/ |title=Story | KT Tunstall official website |publisher=Kttunstall.com |date=27 September 2010 |accessdate=8 October 2011}}</ref> She said that while writing and recording the album, she found a new sound she called "Nature techno", which mixes organic instrumentation with electronic and dance textures, much like ] has been doing since 1993. At a media showcase in London, KT Tunstall offered an unusual description of the songs from her forthcoming third album: "Like ] working with ]".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/news/kt-tunstall-shows-off-claws-on-tiger-suit-1004112911.story#/news/kt-tunstall-shows-off-claws-on-tiger-suit-1004112911.story/ |title=KT Tunstall shows off claws on Tiger Suit}}</ref> | |||
In 2013, Tunstall teamed up again with Gelb in Tucson, Arizona for his twenty-first studio '']'', and they recorded a duet, "The 3 Deaths of Lucky".<ref>{{cite web|last=Gallacher|first=Alex|title=Howe Gelb – The Coincidentalist|url=http://www.folkradio.co.uk/2013/10/howe-gelb-the-coincidentalist/|work=Folk Radio UK|access-date=4 August 2016|date=10 October 2013|archive-date=21 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160821081305/http://www.folkradio.co.uk/2013/10/howe-gelb-the-coincidentalist/|url-status=live}}</ref> She appeared on the second episode of '']'' on 5 February 2014, as bearded folk musician Briiian Raggatan.<ref>{{cite news|last=Lyons|first=Beverley|title=Scots singer KT Tunstall's interesting new look for TV role...as a man|url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/scots-singer-kt-tunstalls-interesting-1094081#j3Tbf899cheWcaxr.97|access-date=4 August 2016|work=Daily Record|date=1 July 2012|archive-date=18 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160818224807/http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/scots-singer-kt-tunstalls-interesting-1094081#j3Tbf899cheWcaxr.97|url-status=live}}</ref> Over a year after her album's release, Tunstall left Edinburgh to move to Los Angeles and began a new career as a soundtrack composer. She studied at the ]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/entertainment/celebrity/kt-tunstall-reveals-how-joined-4892184|title=KT Tunstall reveals how she has joined Hollywood's music elite after studying at Star Wars director's ranch|publisher=PBS|date=30 December 2014|access-date=30 December 2014|archive-date=30 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141230162816/http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/entertainment/celebrity/kt-tunstall-reveals-how-joined-4892184|url-status=live}}</ref> and subsequently composed and performed songs for soundtracks including "]" for the film '']'', featuring ], ], and ], "]" written with ] for the ] movie '']'' and released on 14 May 2014. The song is included on the '']'', which also features songs by ], ] and others. She recorded "Float", "Strange Sight" and a duet with ] on "1000 Years", for the UK version of Disney's '']'', as well as recording the song "Fit It" for the 2015 film '']'', featuring ], ] and ]. | |||
The album's first single was "]" in the United States and "]" in the United Kingdom.<ref>{{cite web|last=Sexton|first=Paul|title=KT Tunstall Finds New Musical Edge on "Tiger Suit"|url=http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory?id=11557600|publisher=]|accessdate=15 September 2010}}</ref> These lead singles were released before the album.<ref>{{cite web|author=TeamTunstall |url=http://twitter.com/TeamTunstall/status/20321822542 |title=Twitter / TeamTunstall: You can listen to the UK s |publisher=Twitter.com |date=4 August 2010 |accessdate=19 February 2011}}</ref> | |||
===''Kin'', ''Wax'' and ''Nut'' album trilogy (2015–2022)=== | |||
===''Invisible Empire // Crescent Moon'' (2012–Present)=== | |||
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From August to September 2015, Tunstall embarked on a small US Tour, made up of eleven dates, playing songs from her various albums and EPs, such as '']'' (2011). On 16 June 2016, Tunstall released the '']'' before the album release. It is made of the lead single "]" and its remix, and two other tracks: "]" taken from the French TV series ''Sam''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5099248/soundtrack |title="Sam" La confusion des sentiments (TV Episode 2016) – Soundtracks |publisher=IMDb |access-date=18 July 2016}}</ref> and "The Healer". Tunstall released her fifth studio album, '']'', on 9 September 2016.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://innocentwords.com/kt-tunstall-releases-new-video-for-evil-eye-from-golden-state-ep-out-now/ |title=KT Tunstall Releases New Video for Evil Eye From 'Golden State' EP, Out Now |work=Innocent Words |date=20 June 2016 |access-date=24 June 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160810151704/http://innocentwords.com/kt-tunstall-releases-new-video-for-evil-eye-from-golden-state-ep-out-now/ |archive-date=10 August 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.antimusic.com/news/16/July/18KT_Tunstall_Announces_New_Album_KIN.shtml |title=KT Tunstall Announces New Album KIN |work=AntiMusic |date=18 July 2016 |access-date=18 July 2016 |archive-date=15 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160815085704/http://www.antimusic.com/news/16/July/18KT_Tunstall_Announces_New_Album_KIN.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref> The album was produced by ], and recorded in Los Angeles.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwmusic/article/KT-Tunstall-Announces-New-Album-KIN-to-Be-Released-99-20160715 |title=KT Tunstall Announces New Album 'KIN' to Be Released 9/9 |work=BWW MusicWorld.com |date=15 July 2016 |access-date=18 July 2016 |archive-date=18 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160818031417/http://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwmusic/article/KT-Tunstall-Announces-New-Album-KIN-to-Be-Released-99-20160715 |url-status=live }}</ref> Four singles were released from this album: the lead single "]", plus "Hard Girls" in which ] from the ] made an appearance, "Love Is an Ocean", and "]". Tunstall co-wrote "Bad Moms (Suite)", "Enough is Enough (Suite)", and "Get Your Tits Up (Suite)" for the soundtrack of the 2016 comedy '']''.<ref>{{cite web |title='Bad Moms' Soundtrack Details |url=http://filmmusicreporter.com/2016/07/22/bad-moms-soundtrack-details/ |work=Film Music Reporter |access-date=4 August 2016 |date=22 July 2016 |archive-date=26 July 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160726202948/http://filmmusicreporter.com/2016/07/22/bad-moms-soundtrack-details/ |url-status=live }}</ref> | |||
On March 20, 2013, KT announced on her Facebook page that her fifth album would be titled "]". <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/kttunstall?fref=ts|title=KT Tunstall's Facebook page}}</ref> and would be released June 10, 2013. | |||
In 2017, Tunstall announced a trilogy of studio albums following the themes of soul, body and mind.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/world-cafe/2018/08/23/640933321/listen-to-kt-tunstalls-anthemic-the-river-from-her-forthcoming-album-wax |title=Listen To KT Tunstall's Anthemic 'The River' From Her Forthcoming Album, 'WAX' |work=NPR Music |date=23 August 2018 |access-date=23 August 2018 |author=Warren, Bruce |archive-date=23 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180823170412/https://www.npr.org/sections/world-cafe/2018/08/23/640933321/listen-to-kt-tunstalls-anthemic-the-river-from-her-forthcoming-album-wax |url-status=live }}</ref> ''Kin'' was the first, with the theme of soul. She released the second, '']'', with the theme of body, on 5 October 2018.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/what-s-on/music/music-interview-kt-tunstall-1-8659200 |title=Music interview: KT Tunstall |work=The Yorkshire Post |date=19 July 2017 |access-date=23 September 2017 |author=Nuttall, James |archive-date=24 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170924044910/http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/what-s-on/music/music-interview-kt-tunstall-1-8659200 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.phoenixfm.com/2017/07/30/standon-calling-kt-tunstall/ |title=Standon Calling 2017: KT Tunstall |work=Phoenix98FM |date=30 July 2017 |access-date=23 September 2017 |author=Golder, Paul |archive-date=24 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170924044950/http://www.phoenixfm.com/2017/07/30/standon-calling-kt-tunstall/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.stereoboard.com/content/view/219483/9 |title=KT Tunstall Shares The River From Upcoming Sixth Studio Album 'Wax' |work=Stereoboard.com |date=23 August 2018 |access-date=23 August 2018 |author=Stickler, Jon |archive-date=23 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180823191943/https://www.stereoboard.com/content/view/219483/9 |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2018, Tunstall contributed several songs to the ''Pete the Cat'' children's album<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/Pete-Cat/dp/B07H5VV158/ref=sr_1_4|title=Pete The Cat|website=Amazon |access-date=29 July 2019}}</ref> including "CatGo & the Nine Lives", "Catalina Casesolver", "Let It Slide" and "CatGo's Weird Song". On 29 August 2019, Tunstall opened for ] at ].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Edwards|first=David Noel|date=28 August 2019|title=PREVIEW: Squeeze, Mavericks, Tunstall at Tanglewood Aug. 29|url=https://theberkshireedge.com/preview-squeeze-mavericks-tunstall-at-tanglewood-aug-29/|access-date=2021-04-04|website=The Berkshire Edge|language=en-US|archive-date=27 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210627201753/https://theberkshireedge.com/preview-squeeze-mavericks-tunstall-at-tanglewood-aug-29/|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
==Live performances== | |||
] with her ] guitar]] | |||
Tunstall is known for her live performances, in which she combines use of an ] E2 Headrush ], which she affectionately calls "Wee Bastard", with a full four-piece backing band (] on drums, Arnulf Lindner on ], Sam Lewis on ] and Kenny Dickenson on ], ], ] and various other instruments), as well as her two backup singers (Cat Sforza and Ami Richardson) | |||
In March 2020, Tunstall announced she would start recording the third and final studio album of the trilogy by fall, with the theme of mind.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Benitez-Eves |first1=Tina |title=KT Tunstall on the Final Piece to Her Album Trilogy, Touring with Hall & Oates, and Vinyl's Power |url=https://americansongwriter.com/kt-tunstall-daryl-hall-tour-album-news/ |website=American Song Writer |date=3 March 2020 |access-date=18 May 2020 |archive-date=20 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210120034057/https://americansongwriter.com/kt-tunstall-daryl-hall-tour-album-news/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2021 she cancelled her summer tour and said she would avoid long runs of performances due to hearing problems.<ref name=hearing>{{cite tweet |number=1420066393744199683|user=KTTunstall|last1=Tunstall |first1=KT |title=Summer '21 Tour News|date=27 July 2021}}</ref> In 2018, she had suffered sudden ] and ] in her left ear. In July 2021, after she started experiencing tinnitus in her right ear, she decided to change her tour schedule to allow for longer periods of rest between performances.<ref>{{Cite web|date=28 July 2021|title=KT Tunstall scraps tour dates over hearing problems|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-57996035|url-status=live|access-date=25 August 2021|website=BBC News Entertainment|archive-date=25 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210825133212/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-57996035}}</ref> | |||
Similar to her initial début on music show '']'',<ref name=bbcbrit/> Tunstall first débuted in the ] performing on various talk shows, although it was not until '']'' that she was interviewed.{{Citation needed|date=July 2008}} Since her talk show days, she has performed at numerous large concerts such as the ] Edinburgh Concert in 2005, the ] of ] in 2007, and the ] also in 2007.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nobelpeaceprize.org/concert/|title=Nobel Peace Prize Concert 2007|accessdate=11 December 2007r|publisher=nobelpeaceprize.og}}</ref> Tunstall said prior to the Hogmanay performance that "This is the gig of a lifetime... This Hogmanay party is probably the best-known and best-loved in the world, and I've been here a few times over the years dreaming of being the one entertaining the crowds. Until we're on that stage I won't believe we're allowed on it."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.scotsman.com/topics.cfm?tid=1020&id=2196372005|title=What KT did next|accessdate=6 September 2007|author=Joan McFadden|date=5 November 2005|publisher=]}}</ref> | |||
In December 2021, Tunstall performed at the New Year's Eve Times Square ] celebration in New York.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.scotsman.com/whats-on/arts-and-entertainment/scottish-singer-songwriter-kt-tunstall-performed-at-times-square-new-years-eve-celebration-in-new-york-3512515 |title=Scottish singer-songwriter KT Tunstall performed at Times Square New Year's Eve celebration in New York |work=The Scotsman |date=1 January 2022 |access-date=4 January 2022 |author=Bryan, Anna |archive-date=5 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220105035325/https://www.scotsman.com/whats-on/arts-and-entertainment/scottish-singer-songwriter-kt-tunstall-performed-at-times-square-new-years-eve-celebration-in-new-york-3512515 |url-status=live }}</ref> Since March 2022, Tunstall has narrated adverts for car company ]. Tunstall announced her seventh studio album, the third and final album on the Soul, Body and Mind trilogy, would be called '']''. The album was released on 9 September 2022.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gratefulweb.com/articles/kt-tunstall-announces-new-album-nut-first-single-out-today |title=KT Tunstall Announces New Album ''Nut'' First Single Out Today! |work=Grateful Web |date=1 June 2022 |access-date=15 June 2022 |archive-date=4 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220604064643/https://www.gratefulweb.com/articles/kt-tunstall-announces-new-album-nut-first-single-out-today |url-status=live }}</ref> The album's first single, "Canyons", was released on 1 June 2022.<ref>{{cite web |title=Canyons – Single by KT Tunstall |url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/canyons-single/1622419222/ |website=Apple Music |access-date=15 June 2022 |archive-date=15 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220615110456/https://music.apple.com/us/album/canyons-single/1622419222/ |url-status=live }}</ref> | |||
==Awards and nominations== | |||
In Tunstall's breakthrough year, 2005, she received a nomination for the ], which eventually went to ];<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4217140.stm|title=Antony and Johnsons win Mercury|accessdate=29 August 2007|date=15 August 2005|publisher=BBC News}}</ref> and was awarded Best Track for her composition and performance of "Black Horse and the Cherry Tree" by ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.scotsman.com/topics.cfm?tid=1020&id=2070952005|title=KT Tunstall caps year of success with Q award|accessdate=30 August 2007|author=Edward Black|date=11 October 2005|publisher=]}}</ref> | |||
===''Face to Face'' and ''Clueless'' (2023–present)=== | |||
In August 2023, Tunstall released an album of duets with ] entitled '']''. After discovering they were mutual fans of each other, they were put in touch with each other by a mutual friend.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Graff |first1=Gary |title=Suzi Quatro gets 'Face to Face' with KT Tunstall on new duo album |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2023/08/suzi-quatro-gets-face-to-face-with-kt-tunstall-on-new-duo-album.html |website=cleveland.com |access-date=11 August 2023 |date=2023-08-09 |archive-date=11 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230811075908/https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2023/08/suzi-quatro-gets-face-to-face-with-kt-tunstall-on-new-duo-album.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In November 2023, KT Tunstall was announced as a contributor to a revised version of '']'', a new musical adapted from the ]. It premiered in the UK at the ] in ] in February 2024 featuring an original score by Tunstall and lyricist ].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://stageberry.com/news/64664-new-clueless-musical-adaptation-to-make-uk-premiere.html|title=New Clueless musical adaptation to make UK premiere|work=Stageberry|last=Darvill|first=Josh|accessdate=November 1, 2023}}</ref> The musical is set for a ] premiere at the ] in February 2025.<ref>{{cite news |title=Clueless musical set to open in London's West End |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-66790432 |publisher=BBC News |date=10 September 2024 |access-date=6 November 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Clueless musical to run in the West End |url=https://www.whatsonstage.com/news/clueless-musical-to-run-in-the-west-end_1628483/ |website=WhatsOnStage |date=10 September 2024 |access-date=6 November 2024}}</ref> | |||
==Artistry== | |||
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Tunstall has a ] vocal range.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pbs.org/wttw/soundstage/tunstall/featured.htm |title=Soundstage . KT Tunstall |publisher=PBS |date=27 July 2006 |access-date=27 April 2012 |archive-date=31 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131031192213/http://www.pbs.org/wttw/soundstage/tunstall/featured.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> Tunstall is known for her live performances, using an ] E2 Headrush ] which she affectionately calls "Wee Bastard", in her solo performances and with a full four-piece backing band (] on drums, Arnulf Lindner on bass, Sam Lewis on lead guitar and Kenny Dickenson on keyboards, trumpet, percussion and various other instruments), as well as her two backing vocalists, Cat Sforza and Ami Richardson. | |||
In January the following year, 2006, she received three ] nominations – British Live Act, British Breakthrough Act, and British Female Solo Artist – eventually gaining the award for British Female Solo Artist, remarking that she wished to share it with fellow nominee ].<ref name=bbcbrit/> Later the same month she was given a ], which recognises the top-selling ] artists outside their home country.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.co.uk/channel/mtvuk/news/tunstall_breaks_borders_0|title=Tunstall Breaks Borders|accessdate=31 August 2007|author=JH|publisher=MTV UK}}</ref> Also, in 2006 she won the ] Best Song Musically and Lyrically for "Suddenly I See",<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/5017190.stm|title=Tunstall single tops Ivor awards|accessdate=29 August 2007|date=25 May 2006|publisher=BBC News}}</ref> along with Scottish Style Awards "Most Stylish Band or Musician".<ref> stv.tv</ref> | |||
After her debut on the BBC's '']'',<ref name=bbcbrit/> Tunstall performed on various American talk shows, including '']'' on 21 September 2007.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tv.com/people/kt-tunstall/ |title=KT Tunstall |website=tv.com |access-date=5 June 2017 |archive-date=12 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160312164601/http://www.tv.com/people/kt-tunstall/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1107558/fullcredits?ref_=tt_cl_sm#cast |title=Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show (TV Series) – Episode dated 21 September 2007 (2007) – Full Cast & Crew |publisher=IMDb |access-date=5 June 2017}}</ref> She has since performed at many large concerts and festivals such as the ] Edinburgh Concert in 2005. Tunstall said prior to that performance: "This is the gig of a lifetime... This Hogmanay party is probably the best-known and best-loved in the world, and I've been here a few times over the years dreaming of being the one entertaining the crowds. Until we're on that stage I won't believe we're allowed on it."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.scotsman.com/topics.cfm?tid=1020&id=2196372005|title=What KT did next|access-date=6 September 2007|first=Joan|last=McFadden|date=5 November 2005|work=The Scotsman|archive-date=21 April 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060421182737/http://news.scotsman.com/topics.cfm?tid=1020&id=2196372005|url-status=live}}</ref> She has also performed at the ] several times, from 2005 to 2019; the Belladrum ], the ] of ] in 2007, and the ] also in 2007.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nobelpeaceprize.org/concert/ |title=Nobel Peace Prize Concert 2007 |access-date=11 December 2007 |publisher=nobelpeaceprize.og |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071207223134/http://nobelpeaceprize.org/concert/ |archive-date=7 December 2007 }}</ref> | |||
She gained more nominations in 2007 and 2008: a 2007 ] nomination for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for "Black Horse and the Cherry Tree" (eventually going to ] for "]"),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/music/bal-artslife-grammylist1207,0,816734.htmlstory?coll=bal-features-specials | |||
|title=Complete list of 2007 Grammy winners and nominees|accessdate=29 August 2007|date=12 February 2007|publisher=]}}</ref> and another ] nomination for British Female Solo Artist – the same accolade she had won in 2006.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.brits.co.uk/nominations/38/ | |||
|title=Brit Awards British Female Solo Artist|accessdate=14 January 2008|date=14 January 2008|publisher=]}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> | |||
==Personal life== | ==Personal life== | ||
===Family=== | |||
Although her first name is Kate, she chooses to go by KT as her first name, saying " just makes me think of a buxom lass baking bread for her man working in the fields. I have no problem with that, but it's just not really how I pictured being a rock star."<ref name=interview>{{cite web|url=http://www.interviewmagazine.com/|title=KT Tunstall|accessdate=29 August 2007|author=Tim Blanks|year=2005|month=September|publisher=]|archiveurl=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1285/is_11_35/ai_n15950795 | |||
Tunstall tracked down her biological mother, Carol Ann, located her in 1998<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2019-06-29 |title=KT Tunstall on finding her Long Lost Family |url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/life_style/arts_ents/17726295.kt-tunstall-finding-long-lost-family/ |access-date=2024-03-09 |website=The Herald |language=en}}</ref> (or 1996, according to other source<ref>{{Cite news |last=Sanderson |first=Daniel |date=2012-06-15 |title=I'm a victim of prejudice says sacked BNP bouncer |url=https://www.scotsman.com/news/im-a-victim-of-prejudice-says-sacked-bnp-bouncer-1622076 |access-date=2024-03-09 |work=The Scotsman}}</ref>) and learned that Carol was married to cab driver David Orr and had borne three more children.<ref name="News">{{cite news |url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/singer-kt-tunstalls-embarrassment-as-picture-1057253 |title=Singer KT Tunstall's embarrassment as picture shows mother cuddling up to BNP leader Nick Griffin |date=26 April 2010 |work=Daily Record |last1=Mathieson |first1=Jack |access-date=2 January 2016 |archive-date=11 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160111084505/http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/singer-kt-tunstalls-embarrassment-as-picture-1057253|url-status=live}}</ref> She has been critical of the ] (BNP)<ref name="mclean" /> and publicly disowned Orr in 2010 because of his decision to run as a BNP candidate in the general election for ].<ref name="mcp" /><ref name="News" /> She however was unable to trace her biological father with the only information she had, saying, "I knew his name, I knew that he was Northern Irish, I knew that he ended up living in northern Scotland."<ref name=":1" /> In 2019, she appeared in Series 9 of '']''. By that time, the media attention had been too much for Carol Ann, and she was grateful to KT ("She has given me a new lease on life.") for having relocated her somewhere far away, in Southern Spain. She learned that her biological father, John Corrigan (or John Gabriel, according to other sources<ref>{{Cite web |last=Methven |first=Nicola |date=2019-06-24 |title=Scots pop star KT Tunstall finds two long-lost sisters she never knew she had |url=https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/scots-pop-star-kt-tunstall-16942006 |access-date=2024-03-09 |website=Daily Record |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Gillibrand |first=Abigail |date=2019-06-24 |title=KT Tunstall finds two long-lost sisters she never knew about |url=https://metro.co.uk/2019/06/24/kt-tunstall-finds-two-long-lost-sisters-never-knew-search-father-itv-show-10044171/ |access-date=2024-03-09 |website=Metro |language=en}}</ref>) had died in 2002 (at age 49),<ref name=":0" /> but she was united with two half-sisters, Siobhan and Lesley-Anne, by John's second marriage.<ref name="llf" /><ref>{{Cite news |last=Maxted |first=Anna |date=2019-06-24 |title=KT Tunstall: The day I learned the truth about my real dad |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/life/kt-tunstall-day-learned-truth-real-dad/ |access-date=2024-03-09 |work=The Telegraph |language=en-GB |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> | |||
|archivedate=1 December 2005}}</ref> Also, Tunstall spells her first name KT (as opposed to ]) to differentiate herself from fellow singer ].<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/article/tunstall%20hates%20melua%20comparison_1041625|title=TUNSTALL HATES MELUA COMPARISON|accessdate=17 September 2007|author=| publisher=contactmusic.com | date=24 August 2007}}</ref> | |||
Tunstall's first name is Kate, but she chooses to use her initials KT (pronounced "]") instead, saying " just makes me think of a buxom lass baking bread for her man working in the fields. I have no problem with that, but it's just not really how I pictured being a rock star."<ref name=interview>{{cite web |url=http://www.interviewmagazine.com/|title=KT Tunstall|access-date=29 August 2007|work=Interview Magazine |first=Tim|last=Blanks|date=September 2005 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051204064044/http://www.interviewmagazine.com/|archive-date=4 December 2005}} {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012145831/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1285/is_11_35/ai_n15950795 |date=12 October 2007 }}</ref> The spelling KT, as opposed to Katie, also differentiates Tunstall from fellow singer ].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/article/tunstall%20hates%20melua%20comparison_1041625 |title=Tunstall Hates Melua Comparison |access-date=17 September 2007 |publisher=contactmusic.com |date=24 August 2007 |archive-date=12 October 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012082551/http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/article/tunstall%20hates%20melua%20comparison_1041625| url-status=live}}</ref> She also said that she derived "KT" from ], the name of a geological event that caused the extinction of dinosaurs.<ref>{{cite news|title=KT Tunstall's name all about impact|url=http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/culture/kt-tunstall-s-name-all-about-impact-1-1257304|access-date=1 January 2016|work=The Scotsman|archive-date=11 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160111084503/http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/culture/kt-tunstall-s-name-all-about-impact-1-1257304|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
In 2003 Tunstall began dating ], the drummer in her band.<ref name=pinknews>{{cite web|url=http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-439.html|title=KT Tunstall: I'm proud of my lesbian following|accessdate=29 August 2007|author=PinkNews.co.uk writer|date=28 February 2006|publisher=pinknews.co.uk}}</ref> On Christmas Day, 2007, Bullen proposed to her at her parents' home in St Andrews, Scotland,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kttunstall.com/diary/2008-01/ |title=KT Tunstall – Diary January 2008}}</ref> and the couple were married on 6 September 2008 at the ] Country House Hotel on the Isle of ] in Scotland.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1053153/KT-Tunstall-weds-drummer-boy-Isle-Skye.html |title=KT Tunstall weds her drummer boy on the Isle Of Skye | location=London | work=Daily Mail | date=9 September 2008}}</ref> | |||
Her adoptive father, David Tunstall, was a lecturer in physics at ]. The title of her debut studio album, ''Eye to the Telescope'' (2004), alludes to her experiences with scientific equipment at his laboratory.<ref name=mclean/> | |||
Tunstall sparked some controversy in 2005 when she publicly criticised singer/songwriter ], stating that the artist "can't fucking sing" after several fans compared the two musically. Tunstall later apologised, stating that she did not want to be involved in a public feud.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.contactmusic.com/new/xmlfeed.nsf/mndwebpages/tunstall%20apologies%20to%20dido | |||
|title=Tunstall Apologies to Dido|accessdate=30 August 2007|date=19 August 2005|publisher=contactmusic.com}}</ref> Later, she denied rumours or assumptions concerning her sexual orientation<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/entertainment/features/tm_objectid=15865102&method=full&siteid=66633&headline=mercury-is-still-rising-on-red-hot-rocker-kt--name_page.html | |||
|title=Mercury Is Still Rising on Red-Hot Rocker KT|accessdate=29 August 2007|author=John Dingwall|date=17 August 2005|publisher=]}}</ref> and said the rainbow-patterned ] on her début record cover were not intended as a statement of identity or politics as she was unaware of the symbolism at the time.<ref> | |||
{{cite web | |||
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| title=KT's lesbian following | |||
| accessdate=29 August 2007 | |||
| publisher=] | |||
| archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20070927194006/http://www.ananova.com/entertainment/story/sm_1715459.html?menu=entertainment.pop | |||
| archivedate = 27 September 2007 | |||
}}</ref><ref name=pinknews/> | |||
===Relationships and marriage=== | |||
In April 2007, Tunstall underwent surgery to correct an undersized kidney, a problem caused by a childhood infection.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.scotsman.com/topics.cfm?tid=1020&id=612812007|title=KT Tunstall has kidney operation|accessdate=30 August 2007|author=Toby McDonald|date=21 April 2007|publisher=]}}</ref> | |||
In 2003, Tunstall began dating ], the drummer in her band.<ref name=pinknews>{{cite web|url=http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-439.html|title=KT Tunstall: I'm proud of my lesbian following|access-date=29 August 2007|author=PinkNews.co.uk writer|date=28 February 2006|publisher=pinknews.co.uk|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070813215253/http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-439.html|archive-date=13 August 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref> On Christmas Day, 2007, Bullen proposed to her at her parents' home in St Andrews, Scotland,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kttunstall.com/diary/2008-01/ |title=KT Tunstall – Diary |access-date=10 January 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080509154210/http://www.kttunstall.com/diary/2008-01/ |archive-date=9 May 2008 }}</ref> and the couple were married in September 2008. They divorced in May 2013, after separating the year before.<ref name=CM2013>{{cite web|url=http://www.contactmusic.com/news/kt-tunstall-i-m-homeless_3689758?/ | title=KT Tunstall I'm Homeless | publisher=Contact Music | date=27 May 2013 | access-date=27 May 2013}}</ref> | |||
In 2007 Tunstall gave her backing to ] campaign ].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article30447.ece|title=10 years to save the planet|date=30 January 2007|work=]|accessdate=1 March 2011|location=UK}}</ref> | |||
===Controversy=== | |||
In September 2008 Tunstall joined the Disko Bay Cape Farewell expedition to the West Coast of Greenland.<ref name="Arts Council England"> | |||
Tunstall sparked some controversy in 2005 when she publicly criticised singer-songwriter ], stating that the artist "can't fucking sing" after several fans compared the two musically. Tunstall later apologised, stating that she did not want to be involved in a public feud.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.contactmusic.com/new/xmlfeed.nsf/mndwebpages/tunstall%20apologies%20to%20dido|title=Tunstall Apologies to Dido|access-date=30 August 2007|date=19 August 2005|publisher=contactmusic.com|archive-date=12 October 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012082533/http://www.contactmusic.com/new/xmlfeed.nsf/mndwebpages/tunstall%20apologies%20to%20dido|url-status=live}}</ref> Tunstall clarified her comments in 2017, stating "I had total respect for her and I felt terrible about saying it. It was more anger at the journalist rather than her and I have apologised on so many occasions since."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Whelan |first=Zara |date=2017-05-22 |title=KT Tunstall why I had to get away from music and what I really think of Dido |url=http://www.dailypost.co.uk/whats-on/kt-tunstall-uk-tour-wales-13072454 |access-date=2022-10-07 |website=North Wales Live |language=en |archive-date=12 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221012133436/https://www.dailypost.co.uk/whats-on/kt-tunstall-uk-tour-wales-13072454 |url-status=live }}</ref> | |||
{{cite web | |||
| title = Cape Farewell - Disko Bay, Arts Council | |||
| work = www.artscouncil.org.uk | |||
| publisher = ] | |||
| location = London, UK | |||
| url = http://www.artscouncil.org.uk/funding/funded-projects/case-studies/cape-farewell-disko-bay/ | |||
| accessdate = 5 January 2013 | |||
}}</ref> ] is a British based arts organisation that brings artists, scientists and communicators together to instigate a cultural response to climate change. | |||
===Activism=== | |||
In 2010, Tunstall publicly disowned her birth-stepfather, David Orr, because of Orr's decision to run as a ] candidate in the general election for ].<ref name="bnp">{{cite web|url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/politics-news/election/election-2010-news/2010/04/25/scots-rocker-kt-tunstall-s-fury-at-bnp-election-candidate-stepdad-86908-22210672/|title=Scots rocker KT Tunstall's fury at BNP election candidate stepdad|accessdate=25 April 2010}}</ref> Orr is the husband of Tunstall's birth mother, Carol Ann Orr, who gave her up for adoption just days after she was born.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/home-news/kt-tunstall-s-stepfather-stands-as-bnp-candidate-1.1022873 |title=KT Tunstall’s stepfather stands as BNP candidate }}</ref> | |||
In 2007, Tunstall joined the Disko Bay Cape Farewell expedition to the West Coast of Greenland in September 2008.<ref name="Arts Council England">{{cite web | title=Cape Farewell – Disko Bay, Arts Council | website=artscouncil.org.uk | publisher=] | location=London, UK | url=http://www.artscouncil.org.uk/funding/funded-projects/case-studies/cape-farewell-disko-bay/ | access-date=5 January 2013 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130109223402/http://www.artscouncil.org.uk/funding/funded-projects/case-studies/cape-farewell-disko-bay/ | archive-date=9 January 2013 | df=dmy-all }}</ref> ] is a British-based arts organisation that brings artists, scientists and communicators together to instigate a cultural response to climate change. | |||
===Health=== | |||
In August 2012 she pulled out of a festival appearance following a sudden passing in the family, and subsequently revealed she is mourning her father and thanked fans for their support following the recent death of her dad | |||
In April 2007, Tunstall underwent surgery to correct an undersized kidney, a problem caused by a childhood infection.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.scotsman.com/news/uk-news/kt-tunstall-has-kidney-operation-2510576|title=KT Tunstall has kidney operation|author=<!--not stated-->|date=21 April 2007|newspaper=The Scotsman|access-date=31 July 2021|archive-date=31 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210731160500/https://www.scotsman.com/news/uk-news/kt-tunstall-has-kidney-operation-2510576|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
In 2008, Tunstall started experiencing problems with the hearing in her left ear. Hearing problems have always been a worry to her; a brother of hers was profoundly deaf since birth.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/music/news/tunstall-on-frightening-tinnitus-28620036.html | title=Tunstall on 'frightening' tinnitus | work=Belfast Telegraph | date=23 May 2011 | archive-date=28 January 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190128030317/https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/music/news/tunstall-on-frightening-tinnitus-28620036.html | url-status=live }}</ref> By 2018, the problem had progressed to full left-ear hearing loss and balance problems.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/scotland-now/kt-tunstalls-music-career-doubt-13558373 | title=KT Tunstall's music career in doubt after she went 'totally deaf' in one ear during US concert | work=Daily Record | date=9 November 2018 | first=John | last=Dingwall | archive-date=27 January 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190127205814/https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/scotland-now/kt-tunstalls-music-career-doubt-13558373 | url-status=live }}</ref> In July 2021, she announced that she was having to pull out of her summer tour dates and permanently avoid lengthy runs of closely consecutive performances, citing issues with her right ear which were "exactly how the breakdown of my left ear began".<ref name=hearing/> She did perform some solo shows in early summer, including the Spring Hill Arts Gathering (SHAG) in June in Washington Depot, Connecticut.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.springhillartsgathering.com/|title=Home|website=Spring Hill Arts Gathering|access-date=11 April 2023|archive-date=11 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230411190935/https://www.springhillartsgathering.com/|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
In 2013 she divorced her husband Luke Bullen who she had been dating since 2003. It is unknown what caused the split. | |||
==Discography== | ==Discography== | ||
{{Main|KT Tunstall discography}} | {{Main|KT Tunstall discography}} | ||
* '']'' (2004) | |||
===Studio albums=== | |||
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* '']'' (2007) | ||
* '']'' (2010) | |||
*2006: '']'' | |||
* '']'' (2013) | |||
*2007: '']'' | |||
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* '']'' (2016) | ||
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* '']'' (2018) | ||
* '']'' (2022) | |||
* '']'' (2023, with ]) | |||
==Awards and nominations== | |||
===Other albums=== | |||
===Awards overview=== | |||
*2001: '']'' | |||
In Tunstall's breakthrough year, 2005, she received a nomination for the ], which eventually went to ];<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4217140.stm|title=Antony and Johnsons win Mercury|access-date=29 August 2007|date=15 August 2005|work=BBC News|archive-date=30 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170630172754/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4217140.stm|url-status=live}}</ref> and she won the Best Track of the year award from '']'' magazine for "Black Horse and the Cherry Tree".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.scotsman.com/topics.cfm?tid=1020&id=2070952005|title=KT Tunstall caps year of success with Q award|access-date=30 August 2007|first=Edward|last=Black|date=11 October 2005|work=The Scotsman}}</ref> | |||
*2007: '']'' | |||
*2011: '']'' | |||
In January 2006, she received three ] nominations—best British Live Act, best British Breakthrough Act, and best British Female Solo Artist—eventually gaining the award for best British Female Solo Artist, remarking that she wished to share it with fellow nominee ].<ref name=bbcbrit/> Later the same month she was given a ], which recognises the top-selling ] artists outside their home country.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.co.uk/channel/mtvuk/news/tunstall_breaks_borders_0|title=Tunstall Breaks Borders|access-date=31 August 2007|author=JH|publisher=MTV UK|archive-date=30 September 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930224025/http://www.mtv.co.uk/channel/mtvuk/news/tunstall_breaks_borders_0|url-status=dead}}</ref> Also in 2006, she won the ] Best Song Musically and Lyrically for "Suddenly I See",<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/5017190.stm|title=Tunstall single tops Ivor awards|access-date=29 August 2007|date=25 May 2006|work=BBC News|archive-date=29 June 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070629022619/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/5017190.stm|url-status=live}}</ref> along with Scottish Style Awards "Most Stylish Band or Musician".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.stv.tv/out/showArticle.jsp?source=opencms&articleId=/out/hotnow/music/newArticle9362187 |title=KT Tunstall interview at Scottish Style Awards 2006 |publisher=Scottish TV}}{{dead link|date=July 2016}}</ref> | |||
*2011: '']'' | |||
She gained more nominations in 2007 and 2008: a 2007 ] nomination for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for "Black Horse and the Cherry Tree" (the award went to ] for "]"),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/music/bal-artslife-grammylist1207,0,816734.htmlstory?coll=bal-features-specials|title=Complete list of 2007 Grammy winners and nominees|access-date=29 August 2007|date=12 February 2007|work=The Baltimore Sun|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930041117/http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/music/bal-artslife-grammylist1207,0,816734.htmlstory?coll=bal-features-specials|archive-date=30 September 2007}}</ref> and another ] nomination for British Female Solo Artist, the award she had won in 2006.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.brits.co.uk/nominations/38/ |title=Brit Awards British Female Solo Artist |access-date=14 January 2008 |date=14 January 2008 |publisher=BRIT Awards |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080907121911/http://www.brits.co.uk/nominations/38/ |archive-date=7 September 2008 }}</ref> | |||
===List of awards and nominations=== | |||
{| class="wikitable sortable" | |||
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! Year | |||
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! Nominated work | |||
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| rowspan="3" |2005 | |||
|] | |||
|Best Track | |||
|"]" | |||
|{{won}} | |||
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| ] | |||
| Sound of 2005 (Sixth) | |||
| Herself | |||
| rowspan="2" {{nom}} | |||
|- | |||
|] | |||
|Album of the Year | |||
| rowspan="2" | '']'' | |||
|- | |||
|rowspan="8"| 2006 | |||
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Latest revision as of 23:57, 2 January 2025
Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist "Kate Tunstall" redirects here. For the French literature academic, see Kate Tunstall (academic).
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Tunstall performing in October 2023 | |
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Birth name | Kate Victoria Tunstall |
Born | (1975-06-23) 23 June 1975 (age 49) Edinburgh, Scotland |
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Years active | 2000–present |
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Website | kttunstall |
Kate Victoria "KT" Tunstall (born 23 June 1975) is a Scottish singer-songwriter and musician. She first gained attention with a 2004 live solo performance of her song "Black Horse and the Cherry Tree" on Later... with Jools Holland. She has released eight studio albums internationally: Eye to the Telescope (2004), Drastic Fantastic (2007), Tiger Suit (2010), Invisible Empire // Crescent Moon (2013), Kin (2016), Wax (2018), Nut (2022), and a collaboration album with American musician Suzi Quatro, Face to Face (2023). She has also appeared in two episodes of the comedy series This is Jinsy on Sky Atlantic.
The name of her debut studio album, Eye to the Telescope, was inspired by her childhood experiences at her father's physics laboratory at University of St Andrews. Released in 2004, the album led to her nominations for the Mercury Prize in 2005, a BRIT Award for Best British Live Act and BRIT Award for Best Breakthrough Act in 2006, and a Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance nomination in 2007. She won the BRIT Award for Best British Female Artist and the European Border Breakers Award, both in 2006. The single "Black Horse and the Cherry Tree" was given the Q Magazine Award for Best Track in 2005, and "Suddenly I See" won the Ivor Novello Award for Best Song in 2006. "Suddenly I See" became a popular hit and has been featured in The Devil Wears Prada, Blind Dating, Ugly Betty, Grey's Anatomy and Love, Rosie; Thrillville, and as a campaign song on the Hillary Clinton 2008 presidential campaign.
Tunstall has written music and songs for film soundtracks including "Boy" for The Kid, "Miracle" for Winter's Tale, "We Could Be Kings" for Million Dollar Arm; "Float", "Strange Sight" and "1000 Years" for Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast; "Fit In" for About Ray; and "Bad Moms (Suite)", "Enough is Enough (Suite)" and "Get Your Tits Up (Suite)" for Bad Moms.
Early life and education
Tunstall was born to a half-Chinese, half-Scottish mother, Carol Ann Orr, who was from Hong Kong, and an Irish father, John Corrigan. Her parents met while her mother was working as a dancer in Penthouse bar in Edinburgh, where her father was a barman. She was born at Edinburgh's Western General Hospital and at 18 days old, was placed for adoption by her mother with a family in St Andrews, Fife, Scotland. She never met her biological father.
Her adoptive father, David Tunstall, was a physics lecturer at the University of St Andrews, and her adoptive mother, Rosemarie Tunstall, was a primary school teacher; they already had adopted another child who became her older brother Joe, and went on to have another son, Dan. Tunstall has said: "My earliest memories are Californian", from a sabbatical that her father took at the University of California, Los Angeles in 1979. She was musically oriented and her adoptive parents supported her interest. She recollected that she asked for a piano when she was four.
Tunstall grew up in St Andrews, Fife, attending Lawhead Primary, then Madras College in St. Andrews and the High School of Dundee, but she spent her last year of high school in the United States at the Kent School, a selective boarding school in Kent, Connecticut. She spent time busking on Church Street in Burlington, Vermont, and at a commune in rural Vermont. Tunstall studied at Royal Holloway, University of London. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Drama & Music in 1996. Royal Holloway conferred an honorary doctorate in science on her in 2011 for her work on environmental issues as a musician.
Music career
Career beginnings (2000–2004)
Throughout Tunstall's twenties, she played in indie music bands including Elia Drew and Tomoko. She focused on songwriting, as well as performing with members of the fledgling Fence Collective. Tunstall had lived with Gordon Anderson of the Beta Band, and the Aliens, whom the song "Funnyman", on her second studio album Drastic Fantastic (2007), is about. She toured with the klezmer band Oi Va Voi, and stayed with them while they were making their second studio album, Laughter Through Tears (2003).
British label Relentless Records put forward an independent offer. However, Tunstall had decided to sign with a US major, and initially passed up the offer. But when that deal did not work out, she decided to go with Relentless. Although Relentless co-founder Shabs Jobanputra recognised the potential in the quality of Tunstall's voice and songs in the early 2000s, his assessment then was that she "wasn't ready yet" and so together with Tunstall's manager, Jobanputra discussed "the process of how we saw her happening and how we would work, why we thought the songs were great, why we thought she was great, and why it could really work if we took enough time."
Eye to the Telescope and breakthrough (2004–2007)
Tunstall's debut studio album, Eye to the Telescope, was first released in late 2004, entering the UK Albums Chart at number 73. Tunstall's first appearance of note was a solo performance of her folk blues song "Black Horse and the Cherry Tree" on Later... with Jools Holland. She had only 24 hours to prepare after scheduled performer Nas cancelled. She performed as a one-person band using a guitar, a tambourine, and a loop pedal.
Shortly after the Later appearance, Eye to the Telescope was re-released and shot up the British charts, peaking at No. 3, and was certified 5× platinum by the BPI; it was nominated for the 2005 Mercury Music Prize. It was released in the US on 7 February 2006. On the UK Singles Chart, "Black Horse and the Cherry Tree" made No. 28 on the charts and on the US Billboard Hot 100, charted at No. 20. The next release from the album in the United Kingdom was "Other Side of the World" whilst "Suddenly I See" was released in the United States and used in the opening credits of the film The Devil Wears Prada (2006), as well as in the television series Ugly Betty. Further singles released from the album were "Under the Weather" and "Another Place to Fall" which were also successful.
Tunstall released an acoustic collection album on 15 May 2006, KT Tunstall's Acoustic Extravaganza, which was first available only via mail order from her website. The album was re-released in stores worldwide in October 2006. Tunstall's North American break came when American Idol contestant Katharine McPhee contacted her asking to use "Black Horse and the Cherry Tree" as her choice for a Billboard-themed week. At the time, the song was No. 79 on the Billboard charts. Tunstall had not been shy with her opinions regarding shows like Idol, saying "The major problem I have is that it's completely controlled. They're told what to say. They're told how to sing." She chose to license the song as she felt that "no one on that show told Katharine McPhee to sing my song because no one knew it". Tunstall's belief was correct—the song was suggested to McPhee by Billboard columnist and author Fred Bronson. The song immediately jumped to No. 23 on the Billboard charts the week following McPhee's performance.
Tunstall sang with Scottish band Travis on their fifth studio album The Boy with No Name (2007), on the track "Under the Moonlight", a song written by Susie Hug, formerly of Katydids.
Drastic Fantastic and Tiger Suit (2007–2012)
Tunstall's second studio album, Drastic Fantastic, premiered on 3 September 2007 in Scotland, followed a week later on 10 September 2007 with the London release for Britain and 18 September 2007, in the US. In its first week, Drastic Fantastic reached No. 1 on the Scottish Album Charts, No. 3 on the British Charts, and No. 9 in the American Charts. The album's lead single, "Hold On", was released in the UK in August 2007, debuting at No. 34 there before peaking at No. 21. The song was also very successful in certain European nations peaking at No. 19 in Italy, No. 19 in Norway, No. 26 in Switzerland and No. 39 in Ireland. The album's second single, "Saving My Face", was released in December 2007. The song did not make the UK Top 40 Singles Charts, but did manage to peak at No. 50 on the UK Singles Charts, managing three weeks on the UK Charts. Despite missing the UK Top 40, the song made the Top 40 in Italy, making No. 23 and in Switzerland peaking at No. 93. The album's third single and final worldwide single, "If Only", was released in March 2008, becoming the second single from the album not to make the UK Top 40, it managed No. 45 in audition.
In the United States, "Hold On" was moderately successful, charting at No. 95 on the US Billboard Pop Chart and No. 27 on the US Billboard Adult Top 40. However, on the main Billboard Hot 100 charts, it stalled, failing to make impact inside the Top 100, causing it to chart at No. 104 on the US Billboard Hot 100. Drastic Fantastic became one of her best charting albums to date, charting at No. 3 on the UK Album Charts, topping the Scottish Album Charts and making the top ten of the US Billboard 200 album charts, charting at No. 9. Further singles released from Drastic Fantastic were "Saving My Face" and "If Only" which were moderately successful, charting at No. 50 and No. 45 on the UK Singles Charts respectively.
Tunstall commented that the photograph for the album cover was influenced by the rock star Suzi Quatro. On 5 October 2007, the US discount department store chain Target, in association with NBC, released a special KT Tunstall Christmas EP on CD, Sounds of the Season: The KT Tunstall Holiday Collection. On 10 December 2007, it was released in Europe through Relentless under the title Have Yourself a Very KT Christmas.
In 2008, Tunstall recorded a song for the double album Songs for Survival, in support of the indigenous rights organisation Survival International. In a video for Survival International, she speaks of music as being a force for good, and about what she has learned about tribal people on this project. She also discusses various issues concerning our culture of consumption and greed, our relation to the earth and the importance of indigenous rights in the world today. Tunstall also worked with Suzanne Vega on her seventh studio album Beauty & Crime (2007), singing backing vocals on songs "Zephyr and I" and "Frank and Ava". It was revealed in the booklet by Vega that the two had never met during the process of making the album.
Over the Christmas holidays in 2008, Tunstall joined Neil Finn's 7 Worlds Collide line-up in Auckland, New Zealand to record a charity studio album for Oxfam. The album was recorded in Finn's New Zealand studio over three weeks and featured all-new material, with singing and songwriting contributions divided amongst the group. Most of the participants from the original 2001 7 Worlds Collide line-up returned, along with several new additions including Jeff Tweedy, Glenn Kotche, John Stirratt and Pat Sansone of Wilco, New Zealand songwriters Don McGlashan and Bic Runga, and Finn's son Elroy Finn. The album, titled The Sun Came Out, was released on 31 August 2009.
On 11 February 2010, the Daily Record reported that Tunstall had recorded her new album in Berlin's Hansa Studios. Located near the former site of the Berlin Wall, the studio was used to make legendary studio albums including David Bowie's "Heroes" (1977) and U2's Achtung Baby (1991). Tunstall said, "I had an amazing three weeks recording in Hansa in Berlin in January and am finishing it all off in London." Her third studio album, titled Tiger Suit, was released in the United Kingdom on 27 September 2010 and in the United States on 5 October 2010.
Tunstall said that Tiger Suit's title is inspired by a recurring dream she had, before discovering that 2010 is the Chinese Year of the Tiger. The dream is about her, seeing a tiger in her garden and goes outside to stroke it. She returns indoors and is seized by the fear that she could have been killed. Over the years, it has occurred to her that the reason the tiger responds so passively is that she herself is disguised as a tiger, wearing a tiger suit. She said that while writing and recording the album, she experimented with a new sound she called "Nature techno", which mixes organic instrumentation with electronic and dance textures, similar in style to the work of Icelandic singer Björk. At a media showcase in London, Tunstall offered an unusual description of the songs from her forthcoming third album: "Like Eddie Cochran working with Leftfield".
The album's first single was "Fade Like a Shadow" in the United States and "(Still a) Weirdo" in the United Kingdom. Tunstall has also been a panellist on the BBC Two comedy music show Never Mind the Buzzcocks, first on series 21 episode 8 (2008), and on series 24 episode 10 (2012).
Invisible Empire // Crescent Moon (2013–2014)
On 20 March 2013, Tunstall announced that her fourth studio album would be titled Invisible Empire // Crescent Moon, which has since been considered her best by many critics and her most melancholy album to date. The title reflects the two batches of songs she recorded with singer-songwriter and producer Howe Gelb in 2012. Invisible Empire, recorded in April, is the melancholic half that deals with her father's death and the theme of mortality, while Crescent Moon, recorded in November 2012, features songs that are more ethereal. These 13 songs formed an album that Tunstall described as "from the heart," inspired by her divorce from Luke Bullen and her father's passing.
Invisible Empire // Crescent Moon was released in the United Kingdom on 10 June 2013, while it was released in Germany and Australia on 7 June, in Japan and Canada on 11 June, and 6 August 2013 in the United States. Meanwhile, the lead single, "Feel It All", was released worldwide on 10 June, and its music video premiered on 29 April. In its first week of release, the album entered the UK charts at No. 14 and it was a modest commercial success in Europe: it peaked at No. 52 in Belgium, No. 84 in the Netherlands, No. 240 in France, No. 7 in Scotland, and No. 56 in Switzerland.
In 2013, Tunstall teamed up again with Gelb in Tucson, Arizona for his twenty-first studio The Coincidentalist, and they recorded a duet, "The 3 Deaths of Lucky". She appeared on the second episode of This is Jinsy on 5 February 2014, as bearded folk musician Briiian Raggatan. Over a year after her album's release, Tunstall left Edinburgh to move to Los Angeles and began a new career as a soundtrack composer. She studied at the Skywalker Ranch and subsequently composed and performed songs for soundtracks including "Miracle" for the film Winter's Tale, featuring Colin Farrell, Russell Crowe, and Will Smith, "We Could Be Kings" written with A. R. Rahman for the Disney movie Million Dollar Arm and released on 14 May 2014. The song is included on the Million Dollar Arm: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, which also features songs by Iggy Azalea, Sukhwinder Singh and others. She recorded "Float", "Strange Sight" and a duet with Bleu on "1000 Years", for the UK version of Disney's Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast, as well as recording the song "Fit It" for the 2015 film About Ray, featuring Naomi Watts, Elle Fanning and Susan Sarandon.
Kin, Wax and Nut album trilogy (2015–2022)
From August to September 2015, Tunstall embarked on a small US Tour, made up of eleven dates, playing songs from her various albums and EPs, such as The Scarlet Tulip EP (2011). On 16 June 2016, Tunstall released the Golden State EP before the album release. It is made of the lead single "Evil Eye" and its remix, and two other tracks: "All or Nothing" taken from the French TV series Sam and "The Healer". Tunstall released her fifth studio album, Kin, on 9 September 2016. The album was produced by Tony Hoffer, and recorded in Los Angeles. Four singles were released from this album: the lead single "Maybe It's a Good Thing", plus "Hard Girls" in which Melanie C from the Spice Girls made an appearance, "Love Is an Ocean", and "It Took Me So Long to Get Here, But Here I Am". Tunstall co-wrote "Bad Moms (Suite)", "Enough is Enough (Suite)", and "Get Your Tits Up (Suite)" for the soundtrack of the 2016 comedy Bad Moms.
In 2017, Tunstall announced a trilogy of studio albums following the themes of soul, body and mind. Kin was the first, with the theme of soul. She released the second, Wax, with the theme of body, on 5 October 2018. In 2018, Tunstall contributed several songs to the Pete the Cat children's album including "CatGo & the Nine Lives", "Catalina Casesolver", "Let It Slide" and "CatGo's Weird Song". On 29 August 2019, Tunstall opened for Squeeze at Tanglewood.
In March 2020, Tunstall announced she would start recording the third and final studio album of the trilogy by fall, with the theme of mind. In 2021 she cancelled her summer tour and said she would avoid long runs of performances due to hearing problems. In 2018, she had suffered sudden hearing loss and tinnitus in her left ear. In July 2021, after she started experiencing tinnitus in her right ear, she decided to change her tour schedule to allow for longer periods of rest between performances.
In December 2021, Tunstall performed at the New Year's Eve Times Square Times Square Ball celebration in New York. Since March 2022, Tunstall has narrated adverts for car company Skoda. Tunstall announced her seventh studio album, the third and final album on the Soul, Body and Mind trilogy, would be called Nut. The album was released on 9 September 2022. The album's first single, "Canyons", was released on 1 June 2022.
Face to Face and Clueless (2023–present)
In August 2023, Tunstall released an album of duets with Suzi Quatro entitled Face to Face. After discovering they were mutual fans of each other, they were put in touch with each other by a mutual friend. In November 2023, KT Tunstall was announced as a contributor to a revised version of Clueless, a new musical adapted from the 1995 film. It premiered in the UK at the Churchill Theatre in Bromley in February 2024 featuring an original score by Tunstall and lyricist Glenn Slater. The musical is set for a West End premiere at the Trafalgar Theatre in February 2025.
Artistry
Tunstall has a contralto vocal range. Tunstall is known for her live performances, using an Akai E2 Headrush loop pedal which she affectionately calls "Wee Bastard", in her solo performances and with a full four-piece backing band (Luke Bullen on drums, Arnulf Lindner on bass, Sam Lewis on lead guitar and Kenny Dickenson on keyboards, trumpet, percussion and various other instruments), as well as her two backing vocalists, Cat Sforza and Ami Richardson.
After her debut on the BBC's Later... with Jools Holland, Tunstall performed on various American talk shows, including The Ellen DeGeneres Show on 21 September 2007. She has since performed at many large concerts and festivals such as the Hogmanay Edinburgh Concert in 2005. Tunstall said prior to that performance: "This is the gig of a lifetime... This Hogmanay party is probably the best-known and best-loved in the world, and I've been here a few times over the years dreaming of being the one entertaining the crowds. Until we're on that stage I won't believe we're allowed on it." She has also performed at the Glastonbury Festival several times, from 2005 to 2019; the Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival, the American leg of Live Earth in 2007, and the Nobel Peace Prize Concert also in 2007.
Personal life
Family
Tunstall tracked down her biological mother, Carol Ann, located her in 1998 (or 1996, according to other source) and learned that Carol was married to cab driver David Orr and had borne three more children. She has been critical of the British National Party (BNP) and publicly disowned Orr in 2010 because of his decision to run as a BNP candidate in the general election for Livingston. She however was unable to trace her biological father with the only information she had, saying, "I knew his name, I knew that he was Northern Irish, I knew that he ended up living in northern Scotland." In 2019, she appeared in Series 9 of Long Lost Family. By that time, the media attention had been too much for Carol Ann, and she was grateful to KT ("She has given me a new lease on life.") for having relocated her somewhere far away, in Southern Spain. She learned that her biological father, John Corrigan (or John Gabriel, according to other sources) had died in 2002 (at age 49), but she was united with two half-sisters, Siobhan and Lesley-Anne, by John's second marriage.
Tunstall's first name is Kate, but she chooses to use her initials KT (pronounced "Katie") instead, saying " just makes me think of a buxom lass baking bread for her man working in the fields. I have no problem with that, but it's just not really how I pictured being a rock star." The spelling KT, as opposed to Katie, also differentiates Tunstall from fellow singer Katie Melua. She also said that she derived "KT" from K–T impact, the name of a geological event that caused the extinction of dinosaurs.
Her adoptive father, David Tunstall, was a lecturer in physics at St Andrews University. The title of her debut studio album, Eye to the Telescope (2004), alludes to her experiences with scientific equipment at his laboratory.
Relationships and marriage
In 2003, Tunstall began dating Luke Bullen, the drummer in her band. On Christmas Day, 2007, Bullen proposed to her at her parents' home in St Andrews, Scotland, and the couple were married in September 2008. They divorced in May 2013, after separating the year before.
Controversy
Tunstall sparked some controversy in 2005 when she publicly criticised singer-songwriter Dido, stating that the artist "can't fucking sing" after several fans compared the two musically. Tunstall later apologised, stating that she did not want to be involved in a public feud. Tunstall clarified her comments in 2017, stating "I had total respect for her and I felt terrible about saying it. It was more anger at the journalist rather than her and I have apologised on so many occasions since."
Activism
In 2007, Tunstall joined the Disko Bay Cape Farewell expedition to the West Coast of Greenland in September 2008. Cape Farewell is a British-based arts organisation that brings artists, scientists and communicators together to instigate a cultural response to climate change.
Health
In April 2007, Tunstall underwent surgery to correct an undersized kidney, a problem caused by a childhood infection.
In 2008, Tunstall started experiencing problems with the hearing in her left ear. Hearing problems have always been a worry to her; a brother of hers was profoundly deaf since birth. By 2018, the problem had progressed to full left-ear hearing loss and balance problems. In July 2021, she announced that she was having to pull out of her summer tour dates and permanently avoid lengthy runs of closely consecutive performances, citing issues with her right ear which were "exactly how the breakdown of my left ear began". She did perform some solo shows in early summer, including the Spring Hill Arts Gathering (SHAG) in June in Washington Depot, Connecticut.
Discography
Main article: KT Tunstall discography- Eye to the Telescope (2004)
- Drastic Fantastic (2007)
- Tiger Suit (2010)
- Invisible Empire // Crescent Moon (2013)
- Kin (2016)
- Wax (2018)
- Nut (2022)
- Face to Face (2023, with Suzi Quatro)
Awards and nominations
Awards overview
In Tunstall's breakthrough year, 2005, she received a nomination for the Mercury Music Prize, which eventually went to Antony and the Johnsons; and she won the Best Track of the year award from Q magazine for "Black Horse and the Cherry Tree".
In January 2006, she received three BRIT nominations—best British Live Act, best British Breakthrough Act, and best British Female Solo Artist—eventually gaining the award for best British Female Solo Artist, remarking that she wished to share it with fellow nominee Kate Bush. Later the same month she was given a European Border Breakers Award, which recognises the top-selling European Union artists outside their home country. Also in 2006, she won the Ivor Novello Best Song Musically and Lyrically for "Suddenly I See", along with Scottish Style Awards "Most Stylish Band or Musician".
She gained more nominations in 2007 and 2008: a 2007 Grammy Award nomination for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for "Black Horse and the Cherry Tree" (the award went to Christina Aguilera for "Ain't No Other Man"), and another BRIT nomination for British Female Solo Artist, the award she had won in 2006.
List of awards and nominations
Year | Organisation | Award | Nominated work | Result |
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2005 | Q Awards | Best Track | "Black Horse and the Cherry Tree" | Won |
BBC Sound of 2005 | Sound of 2005 (Sixth) | Herself | Nominated | |
Mercury Music Prize | Album of the Year | Eye to the Telescope | ||
2006 | European Border Breakers Awards | UK | Won | |
Ivor Novello Awards | Best Song Musically and Lyrically | "Suddenly I See" | ||
Scottish Style Awards | Most Stylish Band or Musician | Herself | ||
Brit Awards | Best British Female Artist | |||
Best British Breakthrough | Nominated | |||
Best British Live Act | ||||
World Music Awards | World's Best New Artist | |||
World's Best Pop/Rock Artist | ||||
2007 | Grammy Awards | Best Female Pop Vocal Performance | "Black Horse and the Cherry Tree" | |
BMI London Awards | Pop Award | Won | ||
"Suddenly I See" | ||||
2008 | ||||
"Other Side of the World" | ||||
Brit Awards | Best British Female Artist | Herself | Nominated | |
UK Music Video Awards | Best Telecine | "If Only" | Won | |
2016 | Music Week Awards | Inspirational Artist of the Year | Herself | |
2017 | Hollywood Music in Media Awards | Original Song – Animated Film | "You Will Always Find Me in Your Heart" | Nominated |
2024 | Ivor Novello Award | Outstanding Song Collection with PRS for Music | Herself | Won |
References
- "KT TUNSTALL booking – Rock Music Artists – Corporate Event Booking Agent". Delafont.com. 23 June 1975. Archived from the original on 26 June 2014. Retrieved 9 August 2014.
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External links
- KT Tunstall – official site
- KT Tunstall at AllMusic
- KT Tunstall discography at Discogs
- KT Tunstall at IMDb
- KT Tunstall Archived 10 September 2018 at the Wayback Machine US Official Billboard Chart History
- KT Tunstall is patron of Educational Wealth Fund (2018)
- KT Tunstall, on MusicBrainz, MetaBrainz Foundation
- KT Tunstall on Billboard
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- Scottish folk singers
- Scottish pop pianists
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- Brit Award winners
- Ivor Novello Award winners
- Blue Note Records artists
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- People educated at Madras College
- People educated at the High School of Dundee
- Kent School alumni
- Scottish adoptees
- Scottish people of Irish descent
- Scottish people of Hong Kong descent
- People from St Andrews
- Caroline Records artists
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- 21st-century British women pianists