Brandi Carlile
Brandi Marie Carlile (born June 1, 1981) is an American singer-songwriter and producer. Her music spans different genres, including folk rock, alternative country, Americana, and classic rock. During her career, she has received eleven Grammy Awards and two Emmy Awards, in addition to being nominated for an Academy Award. In 2026, she was named one of TIME's Women of the Year. As of 2025, Carlile has released eight studio albums. Her debut major label album, Brandi Carlile (2005), was released to critical acclaim. Carlile garnered wider recognition with her 2007 single "The Story" from her album of the same name. She later released Give Up the Ghost (2009), Bear Creek (2012), The Firewatcher's Daughter (2015), By the Way, I Forgive You (2018), In These Silent Days (2021), and Returning to Myself (2025). Carlile has received three Grammy Awards for her work as a songwriter on Tanya Tucker's album While I'm Livin' (2019). She was the most nominated woman at the 61st Annual Grammy Awards, receiving six nominations, including nominations for Album of the Year (By the Way, I Forgive You), Record of the Year and Song of the Year ("The Joke"). In 2019, Carlile formed an all-female quartet called the Highwomen with Amanda Shires, Maren Morris, and Natalie Hemby. The Highwomen released their self-titled debut album in 2019 to critical acclaim and commercial success, winning the Grammy Award for Best Country Song for the track "Crowded Table" in 2021. Carlile has received two Emmy Awards. In 2022, Carlile won her first Children's and Family Emmy Awards for Outstanding Short Form Program in the TV series We the People. In 2023, she received her second Emmy for Outstanding Original Song for a Preschool Program in the YouTube series Jam Van. In 2025 Carlile received her first nomination at the Academy Award for Best Original Song for her writing and vocal contribution on "Never Too Late" with Elton John. Carlile has been involved in activism and fundraising on various issues, including humanitarian aid, COVID-19 relief, racial justice, and LGBTQ rights.
Genre: folk, americana
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Top Tracks
- Thousand Miles (feat. Brandi Carlile)
- Damage Gets Done (feat. Brandi Carlile)
- Nothing Compares 2 U (Live) (feat. Brandi Carlile)
- Common (feat. Brandi Carlile)
- Breakfast In Birmingham [Feat. Brandi Carlile]
- Housewarming (feat. Brandi Carlile) (The New Recording)
- Dance Around It
- The Rose Of Laura Nyro
- Little Richard’s Bible
- Who Believes In Angels?
- You Without Me
- Never Too Late
- Swing For The Fences
- Beware Of Darkness - Live from Newport Folk Festivel/2019
- A Little Light
- The River Man
- Someone To Belong To
- Beware Of Darkness
- The Joke
- Party of One
Albums (63)
- Human (feat. Jon Hopkins) [Sad Gay Version] (2026)
- Life On The Run (2026)
- America The Beautiful (Live) (2026)
- Human (Live With The BBC Concert Orchestra) (2026)
- Returning To Myself (2025)
- Returning To Myself (Commentary Album) (2025)
- Church & State (2025)
- A War With Time (2025)
- Returning To Myself (2025)
- Philadelphia (2025)
- Who Believes In Angels? (2025)
- Swing For The Fences (2025)
- Wandering (2025)
- Who Believes In Angels? (2025)
- Never Too Late (From The Film “Elton John: Never Too Late”) (Acoustic Version) (2024)
- Never Too Late (From The Film “Elton John: Never Too Late”) (2024)
- You’re Gonna Go Far (with Brandi Carlile) (2024)
- Little Blue (feat. Brandi Carlile) (2023)
- Closer To Fine (From Barbie The Album) (2023)
- Breakfast In Birmingham [Feat. Brandi Carlile] (2023)
- Home (2023)
- Dear Insecurity (feat. Brandi Carlile) (2023)
- Down in the Willow Garden (feat. Brandi Carlile) (2023)
- In These Silent Days (Deluxe Edition) In The Canyon Haze (2022)
- You're Not Alone [Feat. Brandi Carlile] (2022)
- In These Silent Days (2021)
- Right on Time (In Symphony) (2021)
- Right on Time (In Harmony) (2021)
- Right on Time (2021)
- Speak Your Mind (from the Netflix Series "We The People") (2021)
- I Put a Spell on You (Single from The Social Dilemma) (2021)
- Take Me Home, Country Roads (2021)
- A Rooster Says (2021)
- A Beautiful Noise (2020)
- The Highwomen (2019)
- The Chain (From the Motion Picture Soundtrack "The Kitchen") (2019)
- Party of One (feat. Sam Smith) (2018)
- Spotify Singles (2018)
- By the Way, I Forgive You (2018)
- Whatever You Do (2018)
- Sugartooth (2018)
- The Mother (2017)
- The Joke (2017)
- Cover Stories: Brandi Carlile Celebrates 10 Years of the Story (An Album to Benefit War Child) (2017)
- God Only Knows (2016)
- The Firewatcher's Daughter (2015)
- The Things I Regret (2015)
- The Eye (2014)
- O Holy Night (2014)
- Bear Creek (2012)
- Live At Benaroya Hall with The Seattle Symphony (2011)
- XOBC (2010)
- Give Up The Ghost (2009)
- Creep (Live at the Avalon, Boston, MA - May 2007) (2008)
- The Heartache Can Wait (2007)
- Live EP (2007)
- Live at Easy Street Records (2007)
- Live at Connect Set (2007)
- The Story (2007)
- The Story (2007)
- Live from Neumo's (2006)
- Live at Sony Connect (2005)
- Brandi Carlile (1970)
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