Medusa (Annie Lennox album)

Medusa
Studio album by
Annie Lennox
Released6 March 1995 (1995-03-06)
StudioThe Aquarium (London)
Genre
Length47:11
LabelRCA
ProducerStephen Lipson
Annie Lennox chronology
Diva
(1992) 		Medusa
(1995) 		Bare
(2003)
Singles from Medusa
  1. "No More 'I Love You's"
    Released: 6 February 1995
  2. "A Whiter Shade of Pale"
    Released: 29 May 1995
  3. "Waiting in Vain"
    Released: 18 September 1995
  4. "Something So Right"
    Released: November 1995

Medusa is the second solo studio album by Scottish singer Annie Lennox, released on 6 March 1995 by RCA Records. It consists entirely of cover songs. The album entered the UK Albums Chart at number one and peaked in the United States at number 11, spending 60 weeks on the Billboard 200. It has since achieved double platinum status in both the United Kingdom and the United States.[1][2] As of 2018, Medusa had sold over six million copies worldwide.[3]

The album was nominated for Best Pop Album at the Grammy Awards of 1996. Lennox won the Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance award for her work on the first single released from Medusa, "No More 'I Love You's'" which was released in February 1995 to critical acclaim. Entering the UK Singles Charts at number two, the single is Lennox's highest-charting single in the United Kingdom to date. A further three singles were released during 1995 – "A Whiter Shade of Pale", "Waiting in Vain" and "Something So Right".

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  3. ^ "Diva & Medusa Reissued on Vinyl". Annie Lennox.com. Annie Lennox. Retrieved 15 October 2023.