Life’s Work: An Interview with Annie Lennox

Annie Lennox abandoned classical studies at London’s Royal Academy of Music to pursue a career as a singer-songwriter. Thirty-six years later, she has sold more than 80 million albums, logged numerous hit singles, and won four Grammys, first as half of the pop duo Eurythmics, then as a critically acclaimed solo artist. A longtime human […]

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Alison Beard

by

Alison Beard

From the Magazine (October 2010)

Annie Lennox abandoned classical studies at London’s Royal Academy of Music to pursue a career as a singer-songwriter. Thirty-six years later, she has sold more than 80 million albums, logged numerous hit singles, and won four Grammys, first as half of the pop duo Eurythmics, then as a critically acclaimed solo artist. A longtime human rights activist, she was recently appointed a goodwill ambassador for UNAIDS. She plans to release a new album later this year.

A version of this article appeared in the October 2010 issue of Harvard Business Review.

Alison Beard is an executive editor at Harvard Business Review and previously worked as a reporter and editor at the Financial Times. A mom of two, she tries—and sometimes succeeds—to apply management best practices to her household.
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Life’s Work: An Interview with Annie Lennox

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