Kate Bush (English singer-songwriter, producer and dancer)

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Legal name: Catherine Bush

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Catherine Bush (born 30 July 1958) is an English singer, songwriter, record producer and dancer. In 1978, at the age of 19, she topped the UK Singles Chart for four weeks with her debut single "Wuthering Heights", becoming the first female artist to achieve a UK number one with a self-written song. Bush has since released 25 UK Top 40 singles, including the Top 10 hits "The Man with the Child in His Eyes", "Babooshka", "Running Up That Hill", "Don't Give Up" (a duet with Peter Gabriel), and "King of the Mountain". All nine of her studio albums reached the UK Top 10, with all but one reaching the top five, including the UK number one albums Never for Ever (1980), Hounds of Love (1985) and the greatest hits compilation The Whole Story (1986). She was the first British solo female artist to top the UK album charts and the first female artist to enter the album chart at number one.

Bush began writing songs at 11. She was signed to EMI Records after Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour helped produce a demo tape. Her debut album, The Kick Inside, was released in 1978. Bush slowly gained artistic independence in album production and has produced all her studio albums by herself since The Dreaming (1982). She took a hiatus between her seventh and eighth albums, The Red Shoes (1993) and Aerial (2005). In 2011, Bush released the albums Director's Cut and 50 Words for Snow.

Bush drew attention again in 2014 with her concert residency Before the Dawn, her first shows since 1979's The Tour of Life. In 2022, "Running Up That Hill" received renewed attention after it appeared in the Netflix series Stranger Things, becoming Bush's second UK number one and reaching the top of several other charts. It also reached number 3 on the US Billboard Hot 100, and its parent album, Hounds of Love, became Bush's first album to reach the top of a Billboard albums chart.

Bush's eclectic musical style, unconventional lyrics, performances and literary themes have influenced a diverse range of artists. She has received 14 Brit Awards nominations, winning for Best British Female Artist in 1987, and has been nominated for three Grammy Awards. In 2002, Bush was recognised with an Ivor Novello Award for Outstanding Contribution to British Music. She was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2013 New Year Honours for services to music. She also became a Fellow of The Ivors Academy in the UK in 2020. That year, Rolling Stone ranked Hounds of Love at number 68 on their list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. In 2021, "Running Up That Hill" was also listed at number 60 in Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. In 2023, she was ranked at number 60 on Rolling Stone's list of the 200 Greatest Singers of All Time. Bush was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2023.

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Discography

Album

YearTitleArtistRatingReleases
1978The Kick InsideKate Bush4.1114
1978LionheartKate Bush4.1525
1980Never for EverKate Bush4.4519
1982The DreamingKate Bush3.918
1985Hounds of LoveKate Bush3.8212
1989The Sensual WorldKate Bush3.821
1993The Red ShoesKate Bush3.2517
2005AerialKate Bush4.1516
201150 Words for SnowKate Bush4.357

Album + Compilation

YearTitleArtistRatingReleases
1984The Single File 1978–1983Kate Bush1
1984Kate Bush (East Germany)Kate Bush4
1986The Whole StoryKate Bush4.620
1990This Woman’s Work: Anthology 1978–1990Kate Bush5
1991Hounds of Love / Lionheart / The Kick InsideKate Bush2
1992The Kick Inside / Lionheart / Never for EverKate Bush1
1995The Kick Inside / LionheartKate Bush4
1996Lionheart / The DreamingKate Bush5
2000The Kick Inside / Never for EverKate Bush3
2018Remastered, Part I (CDs)Kate Bush41
2018Remastered in Vinyl IIKate Bush2
2018Remastered in Vinyl IKate Bush2
2018Remastered, Part II (CDs)Kate Bush1
2018Remastered in Vinyl IIIKate Bush2
2018The Other Sides (Remastered, Part IV)Kate Bush4

Album + Live

YearTitleArtistRatingReleases
1989Live at Hammersmith OdeonKate Bush4.56
2016Before the DawnKate Bush10

Album + Remix

YearTitleArtistRatingReleases
2011Director’s CutKate Bush3.57

Single

YearTitleArtistRatingReleases
1978Wuthering HeightsKate Bush533
1978嘆きの天使 / 嵐ヶ丘ケイト・ブッシュ5
1978ブルーのシンフォニーKate Bush4
1978The Man With the Child in His EyesKate Bush53
1978ローリン・ザ・ボールKate Bush4
1978Hammer HorrorKate Bush2
1979WowKate Bush41
1979Strange PhenomenaKate Bush4
1980BreathingKate Bush1
1980BabooshkaKate Bush51
1980Army DreamersKate Bush1
1980December Will Be Magic AgainKate Bush1
1981Sat in Your LapKate Bush1
1982The DreamingKate Bush51
1982There Goes a TennerKate Bush2
1983Ne t’enfuis pas / DreamtimeKate Bush1
1983Night of the SwallowKate Bush1
1983Ne t’enfuis pas / Un baiser d’enfantKate Bush1
1985Running Up That HillKate Bush526
1985CloudbustingKate Bush8
1985Hounds of LoveKate Bush5
1986The Big SkyKate Bush4
1986Don’t Give UpPeter Gabriel & Kate Bush4.54
1986Experiment IVKate Bush45
1989The Sensual WorldKate Bush54
1989Love and AngerKate Bush3.55
1989This Woman’s WorkKate Bush53
1991Rocket Man / Candle in the WindKate Bush34
1993Eat the MusicKate Bush34
1993Rubberband GirlKate Bush5
1993Moments of PleasureKate Bush35
1993Home for ChristmasKate Bush2
1994The Red ShoesKate Bush3
1994The Man I LoveKate Bush & Larry Adler34
1994And So Is LoveKate Bush3
2005King of the MountainKate Bush36
2011Wild ManKate Bush3
2012Lake TahoeKate Bush1

Single + Live

YearTitleArtistRatingReleases
2016Act One – King of the Mountain (live)Kate Bush1
2016Act Two – And Dream of Sheep (live)Kate Bush1

Single + Remix

YearTitleArtistRatingReleases
1985Cloudbusting (Meteorological mix)Kate Bush5
2011Deeper UnderstandingKate Bush4
2012Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God) (2012 remix)Kate Bush3

EP + Compilation

YearTitleArtistRatingReleases
19784 Sucessos (part 1)Kate Bush1
19794 Sucessos (part 2)Kate Bush1
1983Kate Bush (North America)Kate Bush18
1986The Hair of the HoundKate Bush6
1990Aspects of the Sensual WorldKate Bush2
2011Hounds of Love (collector’s edition)Kate Bush1
2018Selection from ‘The Other Sides’Kate Bush2

EP + Live

YearTitleArtistRatingReleases
1979On StageKate Bush35

Other + Interview

YearTitleArtistRatingReleases
1985An Interview With Kate BushKate Bush2
2006The Interview TapesKate Bush1
2016In Conversation 1983Kate Bush1

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