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Sarah McLachlan to release new studio album in June

By Patrick Luce Mar 22, 2010, 17:14 GMT

Sarah McLachlan’s new studio album arrives as Lilith Fair 2010 begins. © Robin Wong / PR Photos.

Fans of singer Sarah McLachlan can get ready for her first studio album of new material in seven years with the arrival of ‘The Laws of Illusion’ on June 15th on Arista Records.

The multi-platinum and Grammy-Award winning singer/songwriter is currently at work recording in Montreal and Vancouver with longtime collaborator/producer Pierre Marchand. The album will be released just weeks in advance of the kick off to Lilith Fair 2010 - the historic all women touring festival, founded by McLachlan, which became one of the highest grossing touring festivals in the world.

A special pre-order campaign for Sarah’s new album is available now exclusively at sarahmclachlan.com. Fans that pre-order her new album will be offered the added benefit of exclusive access to purchase Lilith Fair tickets before they are made available anywhere else, and additionally will receive an instant download of Sarah’s new song, “One Dream.”

A resident of Vancouver, Sarah recently performed at the opening ceremony for the Winter Olympics and wrote and recorded "One Dream," which was used as part of NBC's marketing campaign for the Vancouver Winter Olympics.  Click Here to Watch the video for "One Dream."

Since joining Arista over two decades ago in 1988, every one of Sarah McLachlan’s studio and live albums has been certified gold, platinum, or multi-platinum by the RIAA, starting with ‘Touch’ (1988) and ‘Solace’ (1991), both gold sellers.  Her 1994 breakthrough, ‘Fumbling Towards Ecstasy’ (triple-platinum) was followed by the digitally enhanced multimedia version of ‘The Freedom Sessions’ (1995, gold). 

Her landmark fourth album, the 8x-platinum ‘Surfacing’ (1997), contained two Grammy Award-winning tracks, as “Building a Mystery” won for Best Female Pop Vocal, and “Last Dance” was voted Best Pop Instrumental.  1999’s triple-platinum ‘Mirrorball,’ and its platinum long-form video counterpart, were both culled from that year’s Lilith Fair tour, and spun off Sarah’s third Grammy-winning performance, as “I Will Remember You” won for Best Female Pop Vocal. 

The double-platinum ‘Afterglow’ followed in 2003, and received a Grammy nomination for Best Pop Vocal Album, while its opening track, “Fallen” was nominated for Best Female Pop Vocal.  2007's ‘Wintersong,’ was the #1 best seller on the Holiday Album charts that year, was nominated for a Grammy for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album, and was certified Platinum, marking her 15th release to be certified gold, platinum, or multi-platinum by the RIAA.

Sarah’s most recent release ‘Closer: The Best Of Sarah McLachlan’ (2008) contained 14 classic tracks from McLachlan’s award-winning catalog, as well as two newly recorded/previously unreleased songs, “U Want Me 2” and “Don't Give Up On Us.”