Nostalgia (Annie Lennox album)

Nostalgia
Studio album by
Annie Lennox
Released30 September 2014 (2014-09-30)
RecordedOctober 2013 – mid-2014
Genre
Length42:31
LabelIsland
Producer
Annie Lennox chronology
A Christmas Cornucopia
(2010) 		Nostalgia
(2014)
Singles from Nostalgia
  1. "I Put a Spell on You"
    Released: 15 September 2014
  2. "Summertime"
    Released: 30 September 2014

Nostalgia is the sixth solo studio album by Scottish singer-songwriter Annie Lennox. It was released on 30 September 2014 by Island Records.[1] It was Lennox's first album in four years, and her third album of covers. The album consists entirely of cover versions, mainly of compositions from the Great American Songbook originally written in the 1930s; two compositions initially date from the 1950s. The material was researched and learned by Lennox as she studied archival footage uploaded to YouTube.[2]

Nostalgia debuted at number nine on the UK Albums Chart, becoming Lennox's sixth UK top-10 solo album. It has since been certified Gold by the BPI for sales in excess of 100,000 copies in the UK. It debuted at number 10 on the US Billboard 200 with first-week sales of 32,000 copies, earning Lennox her third top-10 solo album on the chart, as well as her first-ever number-one album on both Billboard's Jazz Albums and Traditional Jazz Albums charts.[3] It had sold 139,000 copies in the United States as of April 2015.[4] Nostalgia peaked inside the top ten in Austria, Canada, Italy and Switzerland. The album was nominated for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album at the 57th Grammy Awards.[5]

  1. ^ Lennox, Annie (15 August 2014). "New Album – Nostalgia – Coming Soon". AnnieLennox.com. Archived from the original on 19 August 2014. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
  2. ^ Hampp, Andrew (14 August 2014). "Exclusive: Annie Lennox Talks Return to Music With 'Nostalgia' Album, Reveals Cover, Track List & More". Billboard. Archived from the original on 16 August 2014. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
  3. ^ Caulfield, Keith (30 October 2014). "Annie Lennox 'Thrilled and Delighted' to Have No. 1 Jazz Album". Billboard. Archived from the original on 2 November 2014. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
  4. ^ "Upcoming Releases". Hits Daily Double. Archived from the original on 25 April 2015.
  5. ^ "Grammys 2015: Complete list of nominees". Los Angeles Times. 5 December 2014. Archived from the original on 8 January 2016. Retrieved 15 December 2014.