For over 25 years, Mary Black has been a dominant presence in Irish music. She has played a frontline role in bringing Irish music to an ever-growing global audience. At a time when less adventurous performers preferred to stick to the well-worn ballads from Ireland's rich music heritage, Mary explored the best work available from new composers. This fresh material combined with her unique interpretation, saw her release numerous award-winning albums that spawned countless hits. Mary Black is the most influential female Irish vocalist of her generation with 7 platinum solo albums.

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- Mary’s popularity reached a new level with the release of No Frontiers in 1989. It generated triple-platinum sales as Mary's reputation began spreading far beyond her native shores to Europe, Australia, Japan and the USA.

- Mary’s 1993 album The Holy Ground went platinum on the day of its release, followed by five sell-out shows at the Point Theatre in Dublin to an audience of 20,000.

- 2008 marked the 25th anniversary of Mary's first solo album, and to celebrate the momentous occasion Mary released a special compilation double album 25 Years/25 Songs. It featured a personal, hand-picked selection of gems spanning Mary's career.  She also recorded two brand new songs for the project, and the album went straight to No. 1 in the Irish charts, where it remained for a staggering five weeks, spending over seven months in the Irish top 40!

- The British magazine What Hi-Fi? considers Mary Black's voice to be so pure that they have repeatedly used it for comparing the sound quality of different high fidelity systems.

- Joan Baez, Emmy Lou Harris, and Steve Martin, to name a few have all performed with Mary over the years, and she is widely considered by US and Canadian stars to be THE Irish singer to collaborate with.

 


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