   medusa is the second solo album by the scottish singer annie lennox, released in march 1995. it consists entirely of cover songs, all originally recorded by male artists. it entered the uk albums chart at no. 1 and peaked in the united states at number 11, spending 60 weeks on the billboard 200 chart. it has since achieved double platinum status in both the united kingdombpi searchable database and the united states.riaa gold and platinum database and sold more than 6 million copies worldwide. ==background and release== the album yielded four singles in the united kingdom: "no more i love you's" (which entered the uk singles chart at no. 2, lennox's highest ever solo peak), "a whiter shade of pale", "waiting in vain" and "something so right". the album was nominated for best pop vocal album at the grammy awards of 1996, losing to turbulent indigo by joni mitchell, however, lennox took home the best female pop vocal performance award for her work on the first single "no more i love you's". this album was re-released in late 1995 in a double jewel case containing the album medusa and a nine-track bonus cd featuring the studio version of paul simon's "something so right" (with simon guesting on vocals and guitar) and eight tracks recorded live from the concert in central park: "money can't buy it", "legend in my living room", her eurythmics hits "who's that girl?", "you have placed a chill in my heart" and "here comes the rain again", along with "why", "[[little bird (annie lennox song)|l
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