Natalie Merchant

- Name: Natalie Anne O'Shea Merchant
- Born: October 26, 1963
- Genres: Alternative, Pop
- Origin: Jamestown, New York City, USA
- Active: 1981-present
- Albums: 8
- Label: Myth America Records
- Instruments: Vocals, keyboard, piano
- Associated with 10,000 Maniacs

Natalie is an Irish-Italian songwriter and musician who made her breakthrough with the Pop-Rock band 10,000 Maniacs in 1981. After parting ways with the band in 1993, she went on to pursue a solo career.
Personal Quotes

"I've found out how overwhelming the media is and the way it drills things into your head, it's almost like a mind control. If I could control people's minds, I'd like to put something useful in."Perfect People: Natalie Merchant
"I don't want to live in a culture of despair. I'd like to live in a culture of hope.
Albums
- 1995: Tigerlily
- 1998: Ophelia
- 1999: Live in Concert
- 2001: Motherland
- 2003: The House Carpenter's Daughter
- 2005: Retrospective: 1995-2005

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- Retrospective 1995-2005 - $18.98
  
  Album Information: Following a phenomenal early run in the '80s and '90s with alt-rock sensations 10,000 Maniacs, Natalie Merchant went on to even greater success as a solo artist...
  
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- NATALIE MERCHANT COLLECTED SONGS 1985/2005 - $24.95
  
  Natalie Merchant joined 10,000 Maniacs at age 17, and her eloquent, socially conscious songs drove that band and her subsequent solo projects to achieve great success. This long-aw...
  
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- Natalie Merchant - VH1 Storytellers - $14.98
  
  Natalie Merchant got her start at age 17 as the lead singer of the folk-pop outfit 10,000 Maniacs. Her silken voice and outspoken social awareness wooed music fans and cemented her...
  
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- Carnival - $0.99
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- Tigerlily - $7.98
  
  Though the minor hits "Wonder" and "Jealousy" bore a reasonable resemblance to Merchant's work with 10,000 Maniacs, most of Tigerlily clearly established her as a solo artis...
  
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Is Natalie Mejia single? 2 Answers

I believe she is. Neither her myspace page nor her official website say anything about having a boyfriend, and she doesn't have any pictures with one either. read more

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