Kt Tunstall Tickets : Kt Tunstall Gained More Nominations In 2007 And 2008

Kate Victoria Tunstall better known as KT Tunstall, is a Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist. She broke into the public eye with a live solo performance of her song "Black Horse and the Cherry Tree" on Later... with Jools Holland. She has enjoyed commercial and critical success since, picking up three nominations before winning a BRIT Award, and a Grammy Award nomination.She is also the recipient of an Ivor Novello Award.

Tunstall released her multi-platinum selling debut album, Eye to the Telescope on December 13, 2004.

The albums lead single "Black Horse and the Cherry Tree" was released on February 21, 2005 in the United Kingdom and August 29, 2005 in Canada and the United States. "Black Horse and the Cherry Tree" was one of the most successful singles and most radio-played songs of 2005 in the United Kingdom.

On the UK Singles Charts, the single made number twenty-eight on the charts and on the US Billboard Hot 100, charted at number twenty. The next release from the album in the United Kingdom was "Other Side of the World" whilst "Suddenly I See" was released in the United States. Further singles released from the album were "Under the Weather" and "Another Place to Fall" which were also successful.

"Hold On", the lead single from Tunstall's second official studio album Drastic Fantastic was released on July 16, 2007 in the United States, August 13, 2007 in Canada and August 27, 2007 in the United Kingdom. "Hold On" was the first and only UK Top 40 single from the Drastic Fantasic, charting at twenty-one on the UK Singles Charts.

In the United States, "Hold On" was moderately successful, charting at number ninety-five on the US Billboard Pop Chart and number twenty-seven on the US Billboard Adult Top 40. However, on the main Hot 100 charts, it stalled, failing to make impact inside the Top 100, causing it to chart at number one-hundred and four on the US Billboard Hot 100.

As for Drastic Fantasic, it became one of her best charting albums to date, charting at number three on the UK Album Charts, topping the Scottish Album Charts and making the top ten of the US Billboard 200 album charts, charting at number nine.

Further singles released from Drastic Fantasic were "Saving My Face" and "If Only" which were moderately successful, charting at number fifty and forty-five on the UK Singles Charts respectively.

Tunstall released her third official studio album Tiger Suit on September 27, 2010 in the United Kingdom, and in the United States and Canada on October 5, 2010. The lead US single "Fade Like a Shadow" and the lead UK single "(Still a) Weirdo" were released before the album.

In Tunstall's breakthrough year, 2005, she received a nomination for the Mercury Music Prize, which eventually went to Antony and the Johnsons;and was awarded Best Track for her composition and performance of "Black Horse and the Cherry Tree" by Q magazine.

In January the following year, 2006, she received three BRIT nominations - British Live Act, British Breakthrough Act, and British Female Solo Artist - eventually gaining the award for British Female Solo Artist, remarking that she wished to share it with fellow nominee Kate Bush.

Later the same month she was given a European Border Breakers Award, which recognises the top-selling European Union artists outside their home country.Also, in 2006 she won the Ivor Novello Best Song Musically and Lyrically for "Suddenly I See",along with Scottish Style Awards "Most Stylish Band or Musician".

She gained more nominations in 2007 and 2008: a 2007 Grammy Award nomination for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for "Black Horse and the Cherry Tree" (eventually going to Christina Aguilera for "Ain't No Other Man"), and another BRIT nomination for British Female Solo Artist the same accolade she had won in 2006.