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Considered by many to have one of the most beautiful and distinctive voices in music, Kathryn Dawn Lang – known professionally as kd lang – developed a career that defies description. Beginning with her entry into the music industry as country singer with a unique style, then moving to her crossover pop smash album Ingénue, and then perfecting her craft as a crooner, lang has shown a versatility matched by few of her peers. Tony Bennett, who performed with lang on the 2002 album A Wonderful World, called her "the best singer since Judy Garland."

Lang's debut album was the country offering A Truly Western Experience in 1984. It was a modest success, but her breakthrough came when she was chosen by Roy Orbison to collaborate on a remake of his classic "Crying." When they finally met to record the song, lang said that the two singers had a "tonal connection" that she liked to think "came from a spiritual place." The single won a Grammy in 1989. The following year, lang won a Grammy for the critically acclaimed country album Absolute Torch and Twang. However, lang's outlandish style, which she referred to as a "hootenanny wingding, daddy-o of a good time," did not mesh well with Nashville and she was never completely accepted by the Country music industry.

The crossover album Ingénue, featuring the radio-friendly hit single "Constant Craving," marked lang's departure from a pure Country singer. The album was nominated for four Grammy awards in 1993 and lang won for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance. Later that year, she inducted Etta James into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Her career took another turn in 1995 when she collaborated with Bennett on Moonglow. Following the success of A Wonderful World and now firmly wearing the label of crooner, lang stepped back from the spotlight for several years. Asked if she had regrets about that period in her life in a 2010 interview for Maclean's, she said no, but added she was "really glad it's in the past."

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