Annie Lennox career highlights

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With her original band The Tourists in 1979.

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Heading into the 1980s with fellow Tourists band members Dave Stewart, Peet Coombes, Eddie Chin and Jim Toomey.

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Celebrating the success of Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) with Eurythmics' David  Stewart in 1984. The record went gold and platinum.

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Lennox became known for her androgynous physique and boyish way of dressing, often wearing suits with sheer-lace bras.

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Dressed as Elvis Presley for the 1984 Grammy Awards.

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On the dance floor with Siobhan Fahey from Bananarama after a gig in London in 1989.

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Performing with David Bowie at the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert for Aids Awareness at Wembley Stadium in London, 1992.

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With Seal after winning a Grammy for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for No More I Love You's in 1996.

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In a bold Union Jack suit for a performance at the 1999 Brit Awards, when she won Outstanding Contribution to British Music.

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With Nelson Mandela ahead of the charity concert 46664 in Cape Town, South Africa in 2003. Lennox was joined by Dave Stewart, Roger Taylor, Brian May and Peter Gabriel – all of whom performed at the show, which raised money for the Nelson Mandela Foundation and the fight against Aids in Africa.

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In 2004 she won an Oscar for her song Into The West, which appears on the soundtrack to Lord of the Rings.

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With Billy Connolly and Tilda Swinton after each having received honorary degrees from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow, 2006.

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She was joined by Aretha Franklin on stage at the 25th Anniversary Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Concert in New York in 2009.

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She gave a dramatic performance on top of a makeshift ship at the closing ceremony for the 2012 Olympics.

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Lennox was joined by Stewart at the 2014 Grammys.

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