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One of the finest and most outstanding musical voices of our time, singer, songwriter, campaigner and activist, Annie Lennox is celebrated as an innovator, an icon, and a symbol of enduring excellence. Annie’s music career is peerless with over 80 million record sales to date and winning countless awards, while her tireless charity work is widely praised receiving prestigious awards and honours.
In October 2007 Annie released her much-anticipated album, "Songs Of Mass Destruction" to critical acclaim. The album featured “SING” a new song featuring 23 or the world’s most acclaimed female superstars, invited by Annie to appear on the record to help draw attention to the HIV AIDS pandemic, especially focusing on the country of South Africa, where women and children are worst affected.
Annie Lennox was first invited to Cape Town in 2003, to take part in the inaugural concert of Nelson Mandela's 46664 HIV campaign. It was there that she personally witnessed the plight of people struggling to cope with the situation - in clinics, orphanages, hospitals and townships.
Now approaching its 4th anniversary, the SING campaign continues to raise funds and awareness in order to contribute to support and change. The money raised through SING helps prevent the spread of HIV in South Africa in different ways, most importantly through treatment literacy programs at a direct grass roots level. In addition to the ongoing SING campaign Annie is an Ambassador for UNAIDS.
In 2010 Annie Lennox met with the Mayor and agreed to become his Ambassador for HIV in the capital. In January 2011, Annie Lennox received an OBE in the New Years Honours list.