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Jul 11, 2025 10:18pm

Diana Jean Krall <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_Canada" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">OC</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_British_Columbia" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">OBC</a> (born November 16, 1964) is a Canadian <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jazz" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">jazz</a> pianist and singer known for her <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contralto" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">contralto</a> vocals.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diana_Krall#cite_note-BandN-1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[1]</a> She has sold more than 15 million albums worldwide, including over six million in the US. On December 11, 2009, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_(magazine)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Billboard</a> magazine named her the second-greatest jazz <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artist" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">artist</a> of the decade (2000–2009), establishing her as one of the best-selling artists of her time.Krall is the only jazz singer to have had eight albums debut at the top of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_charts#Jazz" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Billboard Jazz Albums</a> chart.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diana_Krall#cite_note-2" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[2]</a> To date, she has won two <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammy_Awards" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Grammy Awards</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diana_Krall#cite_note-3" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[3]</a> and eight <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juno_Award" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Juno Awards</a>. She has also earned nine gold, three platinum, and seven multi-platinum albums.Early yearsKrall was born on November 16, 1964, in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanaimo" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Nanaimo</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Columbia" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">British Columbia</a>, the daughter of Adella A. (née Wende), an elementary school teacher, and Stephen James "Jim" Krall, an accountant.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diana_Krall#cite_note-4" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[4]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diana_Krall#cite_note-5" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[5]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diana_Krall#cite_note-6" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[6]</a> Krall's only sibling, Michelle, is a former member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Canadian_Mounted_Police" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">RCMP</a>). Krall's father played piano at home, and her mother sang in a community choir. Krall began studying piano herself at the age of four<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diana_Krall#cite_note-7" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[7]</a> and took exams through <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Royal_Conservatory_of_Music" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">The Royal Conservatory of Music</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diana_Krall#cite_note-8" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[8]</a>In high school, she was a member of a student jazz group; at 15, she began playing professionally in local restaurants.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diana_Krall#cite_note-9" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[9]</a> Krall won a scholarship to attend the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berklee_College_of_Music" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Berklee College of Music</a> in Boston, where she studied from 1981 to 1983,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diana_Krall#cite_note-10" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[10]</a> before spending time in Los Angeles to play jazz. She returned to Canada to record her first album in 1992.She met veteran bassist <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Brown_(musician)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Ray Brown</a> in the early 1980s.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diana_Krall#cite_note-11" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[11]</a> Impressed by her piano playing, he introduced Krall to other musicians and was an important mentor.<img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7d/Diana_krall.jpg" alt="Diana Krall - Wikipedia">