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Laurie Anderson
$\"Anderson$ Anderson in 2020
Background information
Birth name	Laura Phillips Anderson
Born	(1947-06-05) June 5, 1947 (age 77) Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Genres	Art pop^[1] electronic avant-garde spoken word
Occupations	Musician composer performance artist electronic literature writer
Instruments	Violin keyboards percussion vocals
Years active	1969\u2013present
Labels	Warner Bros. Nonesuch Elektra
Spouse	\n Lou Reed \n (m. 2008; died 2013)

Website	laurieanderson.com

Laura Phillips \"Laurie\" Anderson (born June 5, 1947) is an American avant-garde artist,^[2]^[3] musician and filmmaker whose work spans performance art, pop music, and multimedia projects.^[3] Initially trained in violin and sculpting,^[4] Anderson pursued a variety of performance art projects in New York City during the 1970s, focusing particularly on language, technology, and visual imagery.^[2] She achieved unexpected commercial success when her song \"O Superman\" reached number two on the UK singles chart in 1981.\n

Anderson's debut studio album Big Science was released in 1982 and has since been followed by a number of studio and live albums. She starred in and directed the 1986 concert film Home of the Brave.^[5] Anderson's creative output has also included theatrical and documentary works, voice acting, art installations, and a CD-ROM. She is a pioneer in electronic music and has invented several musical devices that she has used in her recordings and performance art shows.^[6]\n

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Album and details\n	Peak positions\n
US\n	AUS^[67]\n	CH\n	DE\n	GR\n	NL\n	NZ\n	SE\n	UK\n	CAN\n
Big Science\n Date released: 1982 \n Record label: Warner Bros. \n	124\n	– \n	– \n	– \n	– \n	– \n	8\n	– \n	29^[68]\n	– \n
Mister Heartbreak\n Date released: 1984 \n Record label: Warner Bros. \n	60\n	– \n	19\n	– \n	– \n	23\n	12\n	46\n	93^[68]\n	41^[69]\n
Home of the Brave\n Date released: 1986 \n Record label: Warner Bros. \n	145\n	74\n	– \n	– \n	– \n	– \n	14\n	34\n	– \n	84^[70]\n
Strange Angels\n Date released: 1989 \n Record label: Warner Bros. \n	171\n	– \n	– \n	– \n	– \n	– \n	– \n	– \n	– \n	– \n
Bright Red\n Date released: 1994 \n Record label: Warner Bros. \n	195\n	– \n	– \n	– \n	– \n	– \n	– \n	– \n	– \n
Life on a String\n Date released: 2001 \n Record label: Nonesuch Records \n	– \n	– \n	– \n	84\n	– \n	– \n	– \n	– \n	– \n	– \n
Homeland\n Date released: 2010 \n Record label: Nonesuch Records \n	– \n	– \n	– \n	62^[71]\n	41^[71]\n	– \n	– \n	– \n	– \n	– \n
Amelia^[72]\n Date released: 2024 \n Record label: Nonesuch Records \n	– \n	– \n	41^[73]\n	– \n	– \n	– \n	– \n	– \n	– \n	– \n

Award\n	Year\n	Nominee(s)\n	Category\n	Result\n	Ref.\n
Adelaide Film Festival\n	2015\n	Heart of a Dog\n	Best Documentary\n	Won\n	^[77]\n
Chicago International Film Festival\n	2015\n	Won\n
Cinema Eye Honors Awards\n	2016\n	Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Score\n	Won\n
Outstanding Achievement in Direction\n	Nominated\n
Outstanding Achievement in Graphic Design or Animation\n	Nominated\n
Deutsche Schallplatten Prize\n	2001\n	Life on a String\n	Deutsche Schallplatten Prize\n	Won\n	^[78]\n
Film Independent Spirit Awards\n	2016\n	Heart of a Dog\n	Best Documentary Feature\n	Nominated\n	^[77]\n
Edison Awards\n	1983\n	Big Science\n	Extra International\n	Won\n	^[79]\n
Grammy Awards\n	1985\n	\"Gravity's Angel\"\n	Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocal(s)\n	Nominated\n	^[80]\n
1991\n	Strange Angels\n	Best Alternative Music Performance\n	Nominated\n
2011\n	\"Flow\"\n	Best Pop Instrumental Performance\n	Nominated\n
2019\n	\"Landfall\"\n	Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance\n	Won\n
2021\n	Songs from the Bardo\n	Best New Age Album\n	Nominated\n
2024\n	Words & Music, May 1965 \u2013 Deluxe Edition\n	Best Historical Album\n	Nominated\n	^[81]\n
Gotham Awards\n	2015\n	Heart of a Dog\n	Best Documentary\n	Nominated\n	^[77]\n
Audience Award\n	Nominated\n
La Roche-sur-Yon International Film Festival\n	2015\n	Prix Nouvelles Vagues Acuitis\n	Nominated\n
Locarno International Film Festival\n	2005\n	Hidden Inside Mountains\n	Golden Leopard - Video\n	Nominated\n
2015\n	Herself\n	Lifetime Achievement Award\n	Won\n	^[82]\n
2022\n	Herself\n	Vision Award Ticinomoda\n	Won\n	^[83]\n
Charles Eliot Norton Lectures\n	2021\u20132022\n	Herself\n	Charles Eliot Norton Professorship of Poetry at Harvard University\n	awarded\n	\n
Tenco Prize\n	2001\n	Herself\n	Tenco Prize for Songwriting\n	Won\n	^[78]\n
Tribeca Film Festival\n	2006\n	Hidden Inside Mountains\n	Best Narrative Short\n	Nominated\n	^[77]\n
Troms\u00f8 International Film Festival\n	2016\n	Heart of a Dog\n	Aurora Award\n	Won\n
Venice Film Festival\n	2015\n	Lina Mangiacapre Award\n	Won\n
Golden Lion\n	Nominated\n
Green Drop Award\n	Nominated\n
Wolf Prize\n	2017\n	Herself\n	Award for Art\n	Won\n	^[84]\n

v t e Laurie Anderson
Studio albums	\n Big Science \n Mister Heartbreak \n Home of the Brave \n Strange Angels \n Bright Red \n Life on a String \n Homeland \n Heart of a Dog \n Amelia \n
Spoken-word albums	\n The Ugly One with the Jewels \n
Live albums	\n United States Live \n Live in New York \n
Compilations	\n Talk Normal: The Laurie Anderson Anthology \n
Collaborations	\n You're the Guy I Want to Share My Money With \n The Stone: Issue Three \n Landfall (with Kronos Quartet) \n
Songs	\n \"O Superman\" \n \"Excellent Birds\" \n
Films	\n Home of the Brave \n What You Mean We? \n Heart of a Dog \n

v t e Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award
1963\u20131990	\n 1963\n Bing Crosby \n 1965\n Frank Sinatra \n 1966\n Duke Ellington \n 1967\n Ella Fitzgerald \n 1968\n Irving Berlin \n 1971\n Elvis Presley \n 1972\n Louis Armstrong \n Mahalia Jackson \n 1984\n Chuck Berry \n Charlie Parker \n 1985\n Leonard Bernstein \n 1986\n Benny Goodman \n The Rolling Stones \n Andr\u00e9s Segovia \n 1987\n Roy Acuff \n Benny Carter \n Enrico Caruso \n Ray Charles \n Fats Domino \n Woody Herman \n Billie Holiday \n B. B. King \n Isaac Stern \n Igor Stravinsky \n Arturo Toscanini \n Hank Williams \n 1989\n Fred Astaire \n Pablo Casals \n Dizzy Gillespie \n Jascha Heifetz \n Lena Horne \n Leontyne Price \n Bessie Smith \n Art Tatum \n Sarah Vaughan \n 1990\n Nat King Cole \n Miles Davis \n Vladimir Horowitz \n Paul McCartney \n
1991\u20132000	\n 1991\n Marian Anderson \n Bob Dylan \n John Lennon \n Kitty Wells \n 1992\n James Brown \n John Coltrane \n Jimi Hendrix \n Muddy Waters \n 1993\n Chet Atkins \n Little Richard \n Thelonious Monk \n Bill Monroe \n Pete Seeger \n Fats Waller \n 1994\n Bill Evans \n Aretha Franklin \n Arthur Rubinstein \n 1995\n Patsy Cline \n Peggy Lee \n Henry Mancini \n Curtis Mayfield \n Barbra Streisand \n 1996\n Dave Brubeck \n Marvin Gaye \n Georg Solti \n Stevie Wonder \n 1997\n Bobby \"Blue\" Bland \n The Everly Brothers \n Judy Garland \n St\u00e9phane Grappelli \n Buddy Holly \n Charles Mingus \n Oscar Peterson \n Frank Zappa \n 1998\n Bo Diddley \n The Mills Brothers \n Roy Orbison \n Paul Robeson \n 1999\n Johnny Cash \n Sam Cooke \n Otis Redding \n Smokey Robinson \n Mel Torm\u00e9 \n 2000\n Harry Belafonte \n Woody Guthrie \n John Lee Hooker \n Mitch Miller \n Willie Nelson \n
2001\u20132010	\n 2001\n The Beach Boys \n Tony Bennett \n Sammy Davis Jr. \n Bob Marley \n The Who \n 2002\n Count Basie \n Rosemary Clooney \n Perry Como \n Al Green \n Joni Mitchell \n 2003\n Etta James \n Johnny Mathis \n Glenn Miller \n Tito Puente \n Simon & Garfunkel \n 2004\n Van Cliburn \n The Funk Brothers \n Ella Jenkins \n Sonny Rollins \n Artie Shaw \n Doc Watson \n 2005\n Eddy Arnold \n Art Blakey \n The Carter Family \n Morton Gould \n Janis Joplin \n Led Zeppelin \n Jerry Lee Lewis \n Jelly Roll Morton \n Pinetop Perkins \n The Staple Singers \n 2006\n David Bowie \n Cream \n Merle Haggard \n Robert Johnson \n Jessye Norman \n Richard Pryor \n The Weavers \n 2007\n Joan Baez \n Booker T. & the M.G.'s \n Maria Callas \n Ornette Coleman \n The Doors \n The Grateful Dead \n Bob Wills \n 2008\n Burt Bacharach \n The Band \n Cab Calloway \n Doris Day \n Itzhak Perlman \n Max Roach \n Earl Scruggs \n 2009\n Gene Autry \n The Blind Boys of Alabama \n The Four Tops \n Hank Jones \n Brenda Lee \n Dean Martin \n Tom Paxton \n 2010\n Leonard Cohen \n Bobby Darin \n David \"Honeyboy\" Edwards \n Michael Jackson \n Loretta Lynn \n Andr\u00e9 Previn \n Clark Terry \n
2011\u20132020	\n 2011\n Julie Andrews \n Roy Haynes \n Juilliard String Quartet \n The Kingston Trio \n Dolly Parton \n Ramones \n George Beverly Shea \n 2012\n The Allman Brothers Band \n Glen Campbell \n Ant\u00f4nio Carlos Jobim \n George Jones \n The Memphis Horns \n Diana Ross \n Gil Scott-Heron \n 2013\n Glenn Gould \n Charlie Haden \n Lightnin' Hopkins \n Carole King \n Patti Page \n Ravi Shankar \n The Temptations \n 2014\n The Beatles \n Clifton Chenier \n The Isley Brothers \n Kraftwerk \n Kris Kristofferson \n Armando Manzanero \n Maud Powell \n 2015\n Bee Gees \n Pierre Boulez \n Buddy Guy \n George Harrison \n Flaco Jim\u00e9nez \n The Louvin Brothers \n Wayne Shorter \n 2016\n Ruth Brown \n Celia Cruz \n Earth, Wind & Fire \n Herbie Hancock \n Jefferson Airplane \n Linda Ronstadt \n Run-DMC \n 2017\n Shirley Caesar \n Ahmad Jamal \n Charley Pride \n Jimmie Rodgers \n Nina Simone \n Sly Stone \n The Velvet Underground \n 2018\n Hal Blaine \n Neil Diamond \n Emmylou Harris \n Louis Jordan \n The Meters \n Queen \n Tina Turner \n 2019\n Black Sabbath \n George Clinton and Parliament-Funkadelic \n Billy Eckstine \n Donny Hathaway \n Julio Iglesias \n Sam & Dave \n Dionne Warwick \n 2020\n Chicago \n Roberta Flack \n Isaac Hayes \n Iggy Pop \n John Prine \n Public Enemy \n Sister Rosetta Tharpe \n
2021\u2013present	\n 2021\n Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five \n Lionel Hampton \n Marilyn Horne \n Salt-N-Pepa \n Selena \n Talking Heads \n 2022\n Bonnie Raitt \n 2023\n Bobby McFerrin \n Nirvana \n Ma Rainey \n Slick Rick \n Nile Rodgers \n The Supremes \n Ann Wilson and Nancy Wilson \n 2024\n Laurie Anderson \n The Clark Sisters \n Gladys Knight \n N.W.A \n Donna Summer \n Tammy Wynette \n 2025\n Frankie Beverly \n The Clash \n Bobby Jones \n Taj Mahal \n Prince \n Roxanne Shante \n Frankie Valli \n

v t e Performance art
Work	\n 7000 Oaks (1982) \n Amen or The Pederasty (2015) \n Bed-in (1969) \n Breathing in/breathing out (1977) \n Body Pressure (1974) \n Buried (2015) \n Ceci N'est Pas Un Viol (2015) \n Couple in The Cage: Two Undiscovered Amerindians Visit the West (1992\u201393) \n Cut Piece (1964) \n Eating (2012) \n Empathy and Prostitution (2013) \n Food for the Spirit (1971) \n How to Explain Pictures to a Dead Hare (1965) \n I'm too sad to tell you (1970\u201371) \n Luminosity (1997) \n Mattress Performance (Carry That Weight) (2014\u20132015) \n One & Other (2009) \n Rest Energy (1980) \n Rhythm 10 (1973) \n Rhythm 5 (1974) \n Rhythm 2 (1974) \n Rhythm 0 (1974) \n Seedbed (1972) \n Seven Easy Pieces (2005) \n Shot Marilyns (1964) \n The Artist Is Present (2010) \n The Death of The Artist (2018) \n The Fathers (2016) \n The Shadow (2014) \n The Shame (2018) \n Three Weeks in May (1977) \n Untitled (Rape Scene) (1973) \n Untitled [Senior Thesis], 2008 (2008) \n
Artists	\n Marina Abramovi\u0107 \n Vito Acconci \n Bas Jan Ader \n Laurie Anderson \n Ron Athey \n Abel Azcona \n Franko B \n Matthew Barney \n Rebecca Belmore \n Joseph Beuys \n David Blaine \n Mark Bloch \n Stuart Brisley \n G\u00fcnter Brus \n Nancy Buchanan \n Chris Burden \n James Lee Byars \n Sophie Calle \n Papo Colo \n Valie Export \n Bob Flanagan \n Terry Fox \n Coco Fusco \n Guillermo G\u00f3mez-Pe\u00f1a \n Cai Guo-Qiang \n Ann Hamilton \n David Hammons \n Jo Hanson \n Newton Harrison \n Sharon Hayes \n Lynn Hershman \n Rebecca Horn \n Tehching Hsieh \n Zhang Huan \n Natalie Jeremijenko \n Joan Jonas \n Allan Kaprow \n Andy Kaufman \n Ragnar Kjartansson \n Yves Klein \n Terence Koh \n Paul Kos \n Yayoi Kusama \n Suzanne Lacy \n Phoebe Legere \n James Luna \n Miki Mal\u00f6r \n Eric Millikin \n Marta Minuj\u00edn \n Kent Monkman \n Linda Montano \n Frank Moore \n Charlotte Moorman \n Bruce Nauman \n Shirin Neshat \n Pat Oleszko \n Pauline Oliveros \n Mihai Olos \n Yoko Ono \n Eiko Otaki \n Nam June Paik \n Gina Pane \n Mark Pauline \n Petr Pavlensky \n Dorothy Podber \n Jim Pomeroy \n Duke Riley \n Rachel Rosenthal \n Martha Rosler \n Carolee Schneemann \n Tino Sehgal \n Aliza Shvarts \n Barbara T. Smith \n Michael Smith \n Stelarc \n Melati Suryodarmo \n Mierle Laderman Ukeles \n Ulay \n Wolf Vostell \n Robert Whitman \n Hannah Wilke \n
Groups	\n Ant Farm \n Concept 21 \n COUM Transmissions \n Fallen Fruit \n General Idea \n LaBeouf, R\u00f6nkk\u00f6 & Turner \n Los Angeles Urban Rangers \n Mavo \n The Yes Men \n
Media	\n Mondo New York (1988 film) \n Kusama: Infinity (2018 film) \n
Other	\n Body art \n Endurance art \n Feminist art \n Fluxus \n Happening \n Hunger artist \n monochrom \n Participatory art \n Performance art in China \n Survival Research Laboratories \n Viennese Actionism \n Process art \n

v t e Laureates of the Wolf Prize in Arts
Architecture	\n Ralph Erskine (1983/4) \n Fumihiko Maki / Giancarlo De Carlo (1988) \n Frank Gehry / J\u00f8rn Utzon / Denys Lasdun (1992) \n Frei Otto / Aldo van Eyck (1996/7) \n \u00c1lvaro Siza Vieira (2001) \n Jean Nouvel (2005) \n David Chipperfield / Peter Eisenman (2010) \n Eduardo Souto de Moura (2013) \n Phyllis Lambert (2016) \n Moshe Safdie (2019) \n Elizabeth Diller / Momoyo Kaijima / Yoshiharu Tsukamoto (2022) \n
Music	\n Vladimir Horowitz / Olivier Messiaen / Josef Tal (1982) \n Isaac Stern / Krzysztof Penderecki (1987) \n Yehudi Menuhin / Luciano Berio (1991) \n Zubin Mehta / Gy\u00f6rgy Ligeti (1995/6) \n Pierre Boulez / Riccardo Muti (2000) \n Mstislav Rostropovich / Daniel Barenboim (2004) \n Giya Kancheli / Claudio Abbado (2008) \n Pl\u00e1cido Domingo / Simon Rattle (2012) \n Jessye Norman / Murray Perahia (2015) \n Paul McCartney / \u00c1d\u00e1m Fischer (2018) \n Stevie Wonder / Olga Neuwirth (2021) \n Gy\u00f6rgy Kurt\u00e1g (2024) \n
Painting	\n Marc Chagall / Antoni T\u00e0pies (1981) \n Jasper Johns (1986) \n Anselm Kiefer (1990) \n Gerhard Richter (1994/5) \n Louise Bourgeois (2002/3) \n Michelangelo Pistoletto (2006/7) \n Rosemarie Trockel (2011) \n Cindy Sherman (2020) \n
Sculpture	\n Eduardo Chillida (1984/5) \n Claes Oldenburg (1989) \n Bruce Nauman (1993) \n James Turrell (1998) \n Louise Bourgeois (2002/3) \n Michelangelo Pistoletto (2006/7) \n Olafur Eliasson (2014) \n Laurie Anderson / Lawrence Weiner (2017) \n Fujiko Nakaya / Richard Long (2023) \n

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Early life and education

Career

1970s

1980s

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Inventions

Tape-bow violin

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Studio albums

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Legacy

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