Chris Cornell (born Christopher John Boyle; July 20, 1964) is an American rock musician and singer-songwriter, best known as the lead vocalist, primary songwriter and rhythm guitarist for the Seattle rock band, Soundgarden. He was also the former lead vocalist and songwriter for the supergroup Audioslave.
Cornell is also known for his numerous solo works and soundtrack contributions since 1991 and as founder and frontman for Temple of the Dog, the one-off tribute band dedicated to his friend the late Andrew Wood. Cornell is also known for his role as one of the architects of the 1990s grunge movement, for his extensive catalog as a songwriter and for his near four octave vocal range as well as his powerful vocal belting technique.
He has released four solo studio albums, Euphoria Morning (1999), Carry On (2007), Scream (2009), Higher Truth (2015) and live album Songbook (2011). Cornell received a Golden Globe Award nomination for his song “The Keeper” which appeared in the film Machine Gun Preacher and co-wrote and performed the theme song to the James Bond film Casino Royale (2006), “You Know My Name.”
Cornell was voted “Rock’s Greatest Singer” by readers of Guitar World, ranked 4th in the list of “Heavy Metal’s All-Time Top 100 Vocalists” by Hit Parader, 9th in the list of “Best Lead Singers of All Time” by Rolling Stone, and 12th in MTV’s “22 Greatest Voices in Music.”
Across his entire catalog, Cornell sold 14.8 million albums, 8.8 million digital songs, and 300 million on-demand audio streams in the U.S. alone, as well as over 30 million records worldwide. He was nominated for 16 Grammy Awards, winning three.
On January 17, 2017, it was announced that Audioslave would reunite for their first show in twelve years at Prophets of Rage’s “Anti-Inaugural Ball”, protesting President Donald Trump’s inauguration as President of the United States. The event took place on January 20, 2017.
Cornell struggled with depression for most of his life. He was found dead in his Detroit hotel room in the early hours of May 18, 2017, after performing at a Soundgarden concert an hour earlier at the Fox Theatre. His death was ruled a suicide by hanging.
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After helping his daughter Toni learn the song “Patience”, Chris Cornell got inspired in March of 2016 to record the song himself after hearing the news that Guns N’ Roses were reuniting. On July 20, 2020 this song was released in celebration of Chris’s 56th birthday.
No One Sings Like You Anymore, Vol. 1 is the fifth and final studio album by Chris Cornell, released posthumously without prior announcement by his estate and Universal Music Enterprises on December 11, 2020. It consists of 10 covers sequenced and recorded by Cornell in 2016, including covers of Harry Nilsson’s “Jump into the Fire”, John Lennon’s “Watching the Wheels” and Prince’s “Nothing Compares 2 U” (made famous by Sinéad O’Connor).
The album was preceded by Cornell’s cover of Guns N’ Roses’ “Patience”, released as a single on July 20, 2020, in honor of his 56th birthday. The single became Cornell’s first solo song to hit No. 1 on Billboard’s Mainstream Rock chart.
Cornell had also previously released “Stay with Me Baby” for the HBO series Vinyl, for which he was influenced by Terry Reid’s version. Cornell’s wife Vicky Cornell said in a statement: “This album is so special because it is a complete work of art that Chris created from start to finish. He couldn’t wait to release it.”
The album’s title is a line from the Soundgarden song “Black Hole Sun.”
Physical versions of the album will be released on March 19, 2021.
Discography:
Solo:
Euphoria Morning (1999)
Carry On (2007)
Scream (2009)
Songbook (2011)
Higher Truth (2015)
No One Sings Like You Anymore, Vol. 1(2020)
Albums with Soundgarden:
Ultramega OK (1988)
Louder Than Love (1989)
Badmotorfinger (1991)
Superunknown (1994)
Down on the Upside (1996)
King Animal (2012)
Albums with Audioslave
Audioslave (2002)
Out of Exile (2005)
Revelations (2006)
Album with Temple of the Dog
Temple of the Dog (1991)
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