Album · Annie Lennox
Diva by Annie Lennox
Diva is an album by Annie Lennox, released in 1992. 4 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 60 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Walking On Broken Glass”, on 30 lists with a best position of #29.
Diva, Annie Lennox's first solo album after the Eurythmics years, came out on 6 April 1992, and it wears its title with a raised eyebrow. Stephen Lipson produced it, and the sound is sleek, expensive soul-pop built around that contralto, cool on the surface and aching underneath.
"Why" led the way in March 1992, a hushed, wounded ballad that lets the voice do all the heavy lifting, and "Precious", "Walking on Broken Glass" and "Cold" followed through the rest of the year. "Little Bird" arrived early in 1993, paired with "Love Song for a Vampire", her contribution to Bram Stoker's Dracula. The album went straight in at number one in Britain, took British Album of the Year at the 1993 Brits and won the Grammy for Best Long Form Music Video, and worldwide sales passed seven million.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Diva on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Walking On Broken Glass | 30 | #29 | – | 1992–2026 | |
| 2 | Why | 20 | #19 | – | 1992–2026 | |
| 3 | Little Bird | 9 | #313 | – | 1994–2005 | |
| 4 | Walking on Broken glass (single Version) | 1 | #1791 | – | 2003 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.