Vanessa Carlton

Vanessa Lee Carlton is an American singer-songwriter and pianist. Her debut album, Be Not Nobody (2002), released by A&M Records, received a platinum certification in the United States, and her debut single "A Thousand Miles" spent 41 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 and earned three Grammy nominations. The album also spawned the singles "Ordinary Day" and "Pretty Baby". Her next album, Harmonium (2004) debuted at number 33 on the Billboard 200. The album marked a stalwart divergence from pressure from record label executives who wanted to influence the recording. After departing from A&M in 2005, Carlton released Heroes & Thieves in 2007. Despite minimal chart success, the album was a critical success, receiving praise from Metacritic, AllMusic, PopMatters, and USA Today.

16 August 1980

Born on the same birth date (16 August 1980): Bob Hardy (bassist) • Emerson (footballer, born August 1980) • Piet Rooijakkers

Born on the same birth day (16 August): Anne of Austria, Queen of Poland • Bonnie Bernstein • Gloria Blondell • Hugo Gernsback • Jonatan Johansson (footballer) • José Luis Clerc • Katharine Hamnett • Kevin Ayers • Mal Waldron • Matt Christopher • Moussa Sissoko • Pierre Méchain • Seth Peterson • Zachary Taylor

Born in the same month (August 1980): Aaron Staton • Aya Sumika • Bart Scott • Craig Breslow • Emerson (footballer, born August 1980) • Esteban Paredes • Jack Cassel • Jeremy Shockey • Keith Dabengwa • Nadia Ali (singer) • Paul Parry • Tácio