Vanessa Carlton

Vanessa Lee Carlton born August 16 1980 is an American singersongwriter pianist and actress Her 2002 debut single A Thousand Miles spent 41 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 and earned three Grammy nominations becoming her signature song It preceded her debut album Be Not Nobody released by AM Records that same year and reaching number five on the Billboard 200 It further produced the singles Ordinary Day and Pretty Baby Her next album Harmonium 2004 experienced similar success its troubled production led Carlton to depart AM in 2005 Carlton released her third album Heroes Thieves 2007 to minimal chart success but critical praise She independently produced her next two albums Rabbits on the Run 2011 and Liberman 2015 both of which were acclaimed for its personal subject matter and musical shift Her sixth studio album Love Is an Art was released in 2020 In 2025 Billboard ranked Carlton among the best female artists of the 21st century Carlton released her most recent album Veils in 2026 Outside of music Carlton made her Broadway debut with a leading role in the Carole King musical Beautiful 2019 Description above from the Wikipedia article Vanessa Carlton licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia