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Diva is the debut solo album by the Scottish singer-songwriter Annie Lennox, released in 1992. The album entered the UK album chart at number 1 and has since sold over 1.2 million copies in the UK alone, being certified quadruple platinum. It was also a success in the U.S. where it was a top 30 hit and has been certified double platinum. Diva won Album of the Year at the 1993 Brit Awards, and was nominated for Album of the Year at the Grammy Awards the same year. Following the informal dissolution of Eurythmics in 1990, Lennox took some time away from the music industry, during which she gave birth to her eldest daughter. She commenced working on her first solo album in 1991 with producer Stephen Lipson. Though she had been accustomed to co-writing material with Dave Stewart during her years with Eurythmics, eight of the ten tracks on Diva were written solely by Lennox herself, with two tracks being co-written by her. Upon its release, the album debuted at number one in the UK Album Charts and would eventually yield five hit singles, three of which reached the Top 10 (although they had continued to achieve number one albums, Eurythmics had not scored a UK Top 10 single since 1986). Diva was ultimately certified quadruple platinum in the UK, more than any of Eurythmics' studio albums. The song "Keep Young and Beautiful" was included on the CD release as a bonus track (the original vinyl album had only ten tracks). Another bonus track, "Step by Step", appeared on the Mexican and Japanese editions of the album and was also included as the B-Side on the single "Precious". The song was later recorded by Whitney Houston for the 1996 film soundtrack The Preacher's Wife and subsequently became a hit single. The headdress worn by Lennox on the album's cover (and seen in several of the album's videos) was obtained from the London-based costume company Angels. It had been used previously in the James Bond film Octopussy. In 1993 the album was included in Q magazine's list of the "50 Best Albums Of 1992". Rolling Stone magazine (6/25/92, p. 41) described the album as "...state-of-the-art soul pop..." and it is included in Rolling Stone's (5/13/99, p. 56) "Essential Recordings of the 90's" list. In their review, Rolling Stone commented: State-of-the-art soul pop, Annie Lennox's solo debut is sonically gorgeous; it also declares her aesthetic independence. Ace sessionmen polish Diva's gloss, and producer Stephen Lipson (Pet Shop Boys, Propaganda) operates in hyperdrive, but these eleven songs are fiercely those of a sister doing things for herself. Three years after her last outing with Dave Stewart, her cohort in Eurythmics, Lennox voids any notion that he was her Svengali and she merely the MTV beauty with stunning pipes. Writing nearly all of Diva, she manages a whirlwind tour of mainstream R&B and retains her singular persona – an ice queen thirsting to be melted by love.(RS 633) All songs by Lennox, except where otherwise noted. No. Title Writer(s) Length 1. "Why" Annie Lennox 4:53 2. "Walking on Broken Glass" Lennox 4:12 3. "Precious" Lennox 5:08 4. "Legend in My Living Room" Lennox, Peter-John Vettese 3:45 5. "Cold" Lennox 4:20 6. "Money Can't Buy It" Lennox 5:00 7. "Little Bird" Lennox 4:48 8. "Primitive" Lennox 4:19 9. "Stay by Me" Lennox 6:28 10. "The Gift" Lennox, The Blue Nile 4:52 Title A-side(s) "Step by Step" "Precious" "Don't Let Me Down" "Walking on Broken Glass" "River Deep, Mountain High" (Live) "Cold" "Feel the Need" (Live) "Love Song for a Vampire" "Little Bird" (double A-side) Lennox simultaneously released a video album for Diva, featuring promotional videos for seven of the album's tracks. The video album was directed by Sophie Muller who had worked with Lennox during her later years with Eurythmics. Some months after its first release, the Diva video album was reissued as Totally Diva, and featured two additional promotional videos that had been made since the original release ("Walking On Broken Glass" and "Precious"). The only omissions from the video album were "Little Bird" (the video for which had not yet been made at this time), and the album track "Stay By Me" for which no video has ever been made. Director: Sophie Muller VHS release date: 6 April 1992 DVD release date: 26 September 2000 Label: Sony BMG Run time: 45 minutes "Why" "Legend In My Living Room" "Precious" "Money Can't Buy It" "Cold" "Primitive" "The Gift" "Walking On Broken Glass" "Keep Young And Beautiful" Annie Lennox – keyboards, vocals Paul Joseph Moore – keyboards Marius de Vries – keyboards, programming Peter-John Vettese – keyboards, programming, recorder Edward Shearmur – piano Kenji Jammer – guitar, programming Steve Lipson – guitar, keyboards, programming, producer Doug Wimbish – bass Gavyn Wright - violin Dave Defries – trumpet Keith LeBlanc – drums Louis Jardim – percussion Steve Jansen – drum programming Produced by Stephen Lipson Recorded and engineered by Heff Moraes (also MIDI manager) Mixed by William (Bill) O'Donovan Ian Cooper – mastering Anton Corbijn – photography (inner cover) Satoshi – photography (front cover) Laurence Stevens – design Year Recipient/Nominated work Award Result 1993 Diva Best British Album Won Annie Lennox (performer) Best British Female Artist Won Stephen Lipson (producer) Best British Producer Nominated "Walking on Broken Glass" Best British Video Nominated Year Recipient/Nominated work Award Result 1993 Diva Album of the Year Nominated Best Pop Vocal Performance - Female Nominated Diva (Performer: Annie Lennox; Director: Sophie Muller; Producer: Rob Small) Best Long Form Music Video Won Region Certification Sales/shipments Austria (IFPI Austria) Gold 25,000x Canada (Music Canada) 2× Platinum 200,000^ Germany (BVMI) Gold 250,000^ Netherlands (NVPI) Gold 50,000^ Norway (IFPI Norway) Gold 25,000* Sweden (GLF) Platinum 100,000^ United Kingdom (BPI) 4× Platinum 1,200,000^ United States (RIAA) 2× Platinum 2,000,000^ ^shipments figures based on certification alone xunspecified figures based on certification alone Chart (1992) Peak position Australian ARIA Album Chart 7 Austrian Albums Chart 3 Canadian Albums Chart 8 Dutch Albums Chart 5 French SNEP Albums Chart 48 German Media Control Albums Chart 6 Italian Albums Chart 1 Japanese Oricon Albums Chart 77 New Zealand Albums Chart 6 Norwegian VG-lista Albums Chart 11 Swedish Albums Chart 5 Swiss Albums Chart 5 UK Albums Chart 1 U.S. Billboard 200 23 Chart (1992) Position Austrian Albums Chart 36 Italian Albums Chart 9 Swiss Albums Chart 21 UK Albums Chart 7 U.S. Billboard 200 69 Chart (1993) Position UK Albums Chart 35 U.S. Billboard 200 70 Preceded by Adrenalize by Def Leppard Walthamstow by East 17 UK number-one album 18 – 24 April 1992 6 – 12 March 1993 Succeeded by Up by Right Said Fred Are You Gonna Go My Way by Lenny Kravitz Preceded by Carboni by Luca Carboni Italian FIMI Chart number-one album 11 May – 1 June 1992 Succeeded by Live at Wembley '86 by Queen
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