caption website years_active birth_name birth_place notable_instruments label image_size background birth_date instrument genre image article_title name transformice_name occupation
bush 1986 about to perform at '' comic relief '' katebush.com 1975 -- present catherine bush bexleyheath , kent , england fairlight cmi harvest legacy , anti , parlophone / emi , fish people , columbia , 220px solo_singer 30 july 1958 vocals , keyboards art pop , baroque pop , art rock file cropped -rrb- . png : kate bush at 1986 comic relief -lrb- kate bush
 kate bush cbe katebush musician , singer-songwriter , record producer
kate bush

catherine `` kate '' bush , cbe -lrb- born 30 july 1958 -rrb- is an english singer-songwriter , musician , and record producer known for her eclectic musical style and her idiosyncratic soprano vocal performances .
in 1978 , at the age of 19 , bush topped the uk singles chart for four weeks with her debut single , `` wuthering heights '' , becoming the first woman to have a uk number one with a self-written song .
she has since released ten albums , three of which topped the uk albums chart , including 1980 's `` never for ever '' and 1985 's `` hounds of love '' .
she has had 25 uk top 40 hit singles , including the top 10 hits `` wuthering heights '' , `` the man with the child in his eyes '' , `` babooshka '' , `` running up that hill '' , and `` king of the mountain . ''
bush has been nominated 13 times for british phonographic industry accolades , and in 1987 she won a brit award for best british female artist .
during the course of her career , she has also been nominated for three grammy awards .
in 2002 , she was recognised with an ivor novello award for outstanding contribution to british music .
she is the first british solo female artist to top the uk album charts and the first female artist ever to enter the album chart at number 1 .
she is also the first -lrb- and to date only -rrb- female artist to have top 5 albums in the uk charts in five successive decades .
in august 2014 , she became the first female performer to have eight albums in the official uk top 40 albums chart simultaneously , putting her at number three for simultaneous uk top 40 albums -lrb- behind elvis presley with 12 albums in 1977 , and the beatles in 2009 with 11 albums -rrb- ; altogether she had 11 albums in the top 50 .
bush was appointed commander of the order of the british empire -lrb- cbe -rrb- in the 2013 new year honours for services to music .
she received the award from queen elizabeth ii on 10 april 2013 at windsor castle .
