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Vanessa Carlton

Vanessa Carlton is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Kimya Dawson, Robyn, Fleetwood Mac, Neil Young and Fred Neil. Those roots explain a lot about how Vanessa Carlton arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Michelle Branch, Sara Bareilles, Jewel, KT Tunstall and Mandy Moore, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Goo Goo Dolls, Third Eye Blind, Cam'ron, Deer Tick and My Morning Jacket, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 45 connections around Vanessa Carlton, reaching back through Kimya Dawson and forward to Goo Goo Dolls. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

Background

Vanessa Lee Carlton is an American singer-songwriter, pianist, and actress. Her 2002 debut single "A Thousand Miles" spent 41 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 and earned three Grammy nominations, becoming her signature song. It preceded her debut album, Be Not Nobody, released by A&M Records that same year and reaching number five on the Billboard 200. It further produced the singles "Ordinary Day" and "Pretty Baby". Her next album, Harmonium (2004), experienced similar success; its troubled production led Carlton to depart A&M in 2005.

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Vanessa CarltonKimya DawsonRobynFleetwood MacNeil YoungFred NeilElliott SmithLucinda WilliamsCarole KingGoo Goo DollsThird Eye BlindCam'ronDeer TickMy Morning JacketMinnieMessy Little RaindropsMoontowerMichelle BranchSara BareillesJewelKT TunstallMandy MooreNatalie ImbrugliaAshlee SimpsonRyan Cabrera

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Vanessa Carlton connections

Vanessa Carlton grew out of Kimya Dawson, Robyn, Fleetwood Mac and Neil Young, shares an orbit with Michelle Branch, Sara Bareilles, Jewel and KT Tunstall, went on to shape Goo Goo Dolls, Third Eye Blind, Cam'ron and Deer Tick. 45 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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