Closer: The Best of Sarah McLachlan is a greatest hits album by Canadian singer-songwriter Sarah McLachlan, and also contains two new tracks. It was released on 7 October 2008. The album was released in Germany on 17 October. The release date for Closer was pushed back to 11 May 2009 in the United Kingdom.
Sarah McLachlan is a highly celebrated Canadian singer-songwriter, renowned for her intimate lyrics, emotive vocals, and a career that has spanned over three decades with more than 40 million albums sold worldwide. A multi-platinum, Grammy and Juno Award-winning artist, McLachlan is best known for her introspective, piano-driven ballads that defined the sound of adult contemporary pop and rock in the 1990s.
Her musical breakthrough came with the albums Fumbling Towards Ecstasy (1993) and the diamond-selling Surfacing (1997), which featured global hits like "Angel," "Building a Mystery," and "Adia."
Beyond her successful recording career, McLachlan is a significant figure in music history for co-founding Lilith Fair (1997-1999, 2010), a groundbreaking, all-female touring music festival. Conceived in response to promoters who were hesitant to feature two female artists back-to-back, Lilith Fair became one of the highest-grossing touring festivals of its time, showcasing a new wave of female talent and raising millions of dollars for women's charities. Her philanthropic efforts also include the founding of the Sarah McLachlan School of Music, which provides free music education to underserved youth.
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