Sir George Ivan "Van" Morrison
(born August,31st 1945)
is a Northern
Irish
singer-songwriter
and musician
whose recording career
started in the 1960s.
Morrison's albums
have performed well
in the UK
and Ireland,
with more than
40 reaching the
UK top 40,
as well as
internationally,
including in Germany,
the Netherlands
and Switzerland.
He has scored
top ten albums
in the UK
in four consecutive decades,
following the success of
2021's
Latest Record Project,
Volume 1.
Eighteen of his albums
have reached
the top 40
in the United States,
twelve of them between
1997 and 2017.
Since turning 70
in 2015,
he has released
– on average –
more than an
album a year.
His accolades
include two
Grammy Awards,
the 1994
Brit Award for
Outstanding Contribution
to Music,
the 2017
Americana
Music Lifetime
Achievement Award
for Songwriting,
and inductions into
both the
Rock and Roll
Hall of Fame
and the Songwriters
Hall of Fame.
In 2016
he was knighted
for services to
the music industry
and to tourism in
Northern Ireland
The Best of Van Morrison
is a compilation album
by Northern
Irish singer-songwriter
Van Morrison
It compiles songs
spanning 25 years
of his recording career.
Released in 1990
by Polydor Records,
the album was a
critical and
commercial success,
becoming one of
the best-selling records
of the 1990s
and helping revive
Morrison's
mainstream
popularity.
The album remains
Morrison's
best-seller.
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