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Morna Anne Murray (born June 20, 1945) is a Canadian singer of pop, country, and adult contemporary music, who has sold over 55 million album copies worldwide during her over 40-year career. Murray has won four Grammys including the Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance in 1979.
Murray was the first Canadian female solo singer to reach No. 1 on the U.S. charts and also the first to earn a Gold record for one of her signature songs, "Snowbird" (1970). She is often cited as one of the female Canadian artists who paved the way for other international Canadian success stories such as k.d. lang, Céline Dion, and Shania Twain. Murray is well known for her Grammy Award-winning 1978 number-one hit (in several countries) "You Needed Me", and is the first woman and the first Canadian to win Album of the Year at the 1984 Country Music Association Awards for her Gold-plus 1983 album A Little Good News.
Besides four Grammys, Murray has received a record 24 Juno Awards, three American Music Awards, three Country Music Association Awards, and three Canadian Country Music Association Awards. She has been inducted into the Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame, the Juno Hall of Fame, the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame, and Canadian Broadcast Hall of Fame. She is a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame Walkway of Stars in Nashville and has her own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles and on Canada's Walk of Fame in Toronto.In 2011, Billboard ranked her 10th on their list of the 50 Biggest Adult Contemporary Artists Ever.
Filmography
all 33
self 30
Movies 24
TV Shows 9
Anne Murray: Full Circle (2021)
Stronger Together, Tous Ensemble (2020)
Gordon Lightfoot: If You Could Read My Mind (2019)
Country Queens at the BBC (2014)
Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon (2013)
Glen Campbell: Live Anthology (1972-2001) (2012)
This Beat Goes On: Canadian Pop Music in the 1970s (2009)
Anne Murray Friends and Legends (2007)
Where Are They Now? (1999)
Family Guy (1999)
Snap (1999)
Anne Murray's Classic Christmas (1998)
Snowden on Ice (1997)
John Denver's Christmas in Aspen (1988)
Tears Are Not Enough (1985)
Night of 100 Stars II (1985)
The Canadian Conspiracy (1985)
Ernie Kovacs: Between the Laughter (1984)
The Eddie Rabbitt Special (1983)
The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's (1980)
The Johnny Cash Christmas Special 1979 (1979)
The Cannon & Ball Show (1979)
A Special Sesame Street Christmas (1978)
Mickey's 50 (1978)
Rock 'n' Roll Sports Classic (1978)
The Muppet Show (1976)
Saturday Night Live (1975)
The Midnight Special Legendary Performances 1973 (1973)
The Midnight Special (1972)
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour (1969)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962)
The Mike Douglas Show (1961)
The Midnight Special Legendary Performances: Flashback to 1973
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GenderFemale
Birthday1945-06-20 (78 years old)
Birth NameMorna Anne Murray
Birth PlaceNova Scotia, Canada
ChildrenDawn Langstroth
CitizenshipsCanada
ResidencesSpringhill · Toronto, Canada
Awardsstar on Hollywood Walk of Fame, Companion of the Order of Canada, Juno Award for Single of the Year, Juno Award for Children's Album of the Year, Juno Award for Album of the Year, Grammy Award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance, Canadian Music Hall of Fame, Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, Canada's Walk of Fame, Order of Nova Scotia, Favorite Country Single
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