Diva (Annie Lennox album)

Diva
Studio album by Annie Lennox
Released	6 April 1992
Recorded	1991–1992
Studio	Mayfair and The Church (London, England)
Genre	Pop soul
Length	49:55
Label	RCA
Producer	Stephen Lipson
Annie Lennox chronology
Diva (1992) Medusa (1995)
Singles from Diva
"Why" Released: March 1992 "Precious" Released: May 1992 "Walking on Broken Glass" Released: August 1992 "Cold" Released: October 1992 "Little Bird" Released: February 1993

Diva is the debut solo studio album by Scottish singer Annie Lennox, released on 6 April 1992 by RCA Records. The album entered the UK Albums Chart at number one and has since sold over 1.2 million copies in the UK alone, being certified quadruple platinum.^[1] Diva was the 7th best selling album of 1992 in the United Kingdom.^[2] In the United States, it reached number 23 on the Billboard 200 and has been certified double platinum.^[3]

The album spawned five successful single releases, beginning with "Why" in March 1992, and followed by "Precious" in May, "Walking on Broken Glass" in August and "Cold" in October 1992. "Little Bird" was released in February 1993 as a double A-side with "Love Song for a Vampire", a song Lennox had recorded for the 1992 film Bram Stoker's Dracula. All five single releases achieved commercial success worldwide.

Diva won the Brit Award for British Album of the Year at the 1993 Brit Awards. The album received nominations for Album of the Year, Best Female Pop Vocal Performance and Best Long Form Music Video, winning the latter award at the Grammy Awards the same year. Diva has been described as "state-of-the-art soul pop" by Rolling Stone magazine, who also included the album in their "Essential Recordings of the '90s" list.^[2]