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Elizabeth Fraser

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Elizabeth Davidson Fraser (born 29 August 1963) is a Scottish singer. She was the vocalist for the band Cocteau Twins, who achieved worldwide success from the mid-1980s to the late 1990s. Their studio albums Victorialand (1986) and Heaven or Las Vegas (1990) reached the top ten of the UK Album Charts, while other albums, including Blue Bell Knoll (1988), Four-Calendar Café (1993), and Milk & Kisses (1996), charted on the Billboard 200 album charts in the United States and the top 20 in the UK. She also performed as part of the 4AD group This Mortal Coil, including the successful 1983 single "Song to the Siren", and as a guest with Massive Attack on several tracks from their 1998 album Mezzanine, most notably the commercially successful single "Teardrop", and album tracks "Black Milk" and "Group Four". She later collaborated with the band again on the track "Silent Spring", released on their 2006 compilation Collected. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Elizabeth Fraser is the 2,328th most popular singer (up from 2,357th in 2024), the 5,913th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 5,916th in 2019) and the 226th most popular British Singer.

Elizabeth Fraser is most famous for being the lead vocalist of the Scottish dream pop band the Cocteau Twins, whose sound was defined by her otherworldly, ethereal voice. She is also renowned for her unique vocal styling, often featuring non-lexical vocals that transcend traditional lyrical structure.

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Elizabeth Fraser ranks 2,328 out of 4,381. Before her are Ellie Greenwich, Ewa Farna, Wei Wei, Sammi Cheng, Yook Sung-jae, and Sanna Nielsen. After her are Arca, Anuradha Paudwal, Tasmin Archer, Roxanne Seeman, Eddie Kendricks, and Mitch Miller.

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Among people born in 1963, Elizabeth Fraser ranks 618. Before her are Gianfranco Rosi, Mogens Krogh, Jean-Michel Henry, Christophe Barratier, Domingos Simões Pereira, and Wei Wei. After her are Tasmin Archer, Sven Andersson, John Bercow, Ian Brown, Michel Weber, and Srđan Dragojević.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Elizabeth Fraser ranks 5,915 out of 8,785. Before her are Lawrence Hargrave (1850), C. B. K. Beachcroft (1870), Soni Razdan (1956), Angie Sage (1952), Laurie Scott (1917), and Thomas Doherty (1995). After her are Justin Wilson (1978), Mo Hayder (1962), Parminder Nagra (1975), Tasmin Archer (1963), Henry Sewell (1807), and Nigel Stepney (1958).

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Among SINGERS In United Kingdom

Among singers born in United Kingdom, Elizabeth Fraser ranks 226. Before her are John Waite (1952), Annie Haslam (1947), Noel Harrison (1934), Reg Presley (1941), Leona Lewis (1985), and Oliver James (1980). After her are Tasmin Archer (1963), Ian Brown (1963), Julie Covington (1946), Brett Anderson (1967), Graham Parker (1950), and Cleo Laine (1927).

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