k.d. lang

Ingénue won lang a broader audience, but she didn't immediately produce a follow-up. Instead, her next recorded work was the largely instrumental soundtrack for Gus Van Sant's film adaptation of Tom Robbins' Even Cowgirls Get the Blues in 1993; the soundtrack was actually released several months before the film. It wasn't until 1995 that lang delivered All You Can Eat, her third full-fledged solo album. It continued the pop direction of its predecessor, showing no traces of country. The album proved she had a dedicated following, reaching the Top Ten in Canada, the U.K., and Australia, and peaking at number 37 on the Billboard 200. Lang embraced traditional popular standards on 1997's Drag (a collection of songs about smoking), then continued to follow her pop-oriented instincts on 2000's Invincible Summer. She returned again to standards for a duet with Tony Bennett on his 2001 set Playin' with My Friends: Bennett Sings the Blues. A full album together, 2002's A Wonderful World, won the Grammy Award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album. (Lang also went out on the road with Bennett for a successful co-headlining concert tour.)

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