Suzanne Vega

Suzanne Nadine Vega (born 1959 in Santa Monica, California) is an American singer, recording artist and songwriter. She is best known for her songs "Luka" and "Tom's Diner". 

At the age of nine she began to write poetry. She wrote her first song at age fourteen. She attended New York's High School of Performing Arts. There she studied modern dance and graduated in 1977.

Personal life
On March 17, 1995, Vega married Mitchell Froom, a musician and a record producer. They have a daughter, Ruby Froom (born July 8, 1994). The band Soul Coughing's Ruby Vroom album was named after her. Recently Ruby sang with her mother.
Vega and Froom separated in 1998.

On February 11, 2006, Vega married Paul Mills, a lawyer and poet.

Studio albums
YearAlbumUKU.S.AUSNZGERFRSUI1985Suzanne Vega 11 91 23 9 54 - -1987Solitude Standing 2 11 7 1 6 - 81990Days of Open Hand1 7 50 74 24 16 - 19199299.9F° 20 86 56 38 27 - 241996Nine Objects of Desire2 43 92 - - 43 25 232001Songs in Red and Gray 100 178 - - 53 36 472007Beauty & Crime3 127 129 - - 81 52 792010Close-Up Vol. 1, Love Songs - - - - - - -2010Close-Up Vol. 2, People & Places - - - - - - -2011Close-Up Vol. 3, States of Being - - - - - - - 2012Close-Up Vol. 4, Songs of Family - - - - - - -20142016Lover, Beloved: Songs from an Evening with Carson McCullers2025Flying with Angels
1 Days of Open Hand made #2 in Norway albums chart
2 Nine Objects of Desire made #20 in Finland, #23 in Switzerland, #39 in Sweden
3 Beauty & Crime made #9 in Estonia, #13 in Finland, #37 in Czech Republic, #49 in Poland, #74 in Italy
 Close-Up Vol. 2, People & Places Number 2 Top Purchased Album (Amazon.com) 11th October-13th October

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Category:American folk musicians
Category:American rock guitarists
Category:American rock singers
Category:Musicians from Santa Monica, California
Category:Singers from Santa Monica, California