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Charlyn Marie "Chan" Marshall ( SHAHN; born January 21, 1972), better known by her stage name Cat Power, is an American singer-songwriter, musician, occasional actress, and model. Cat Power was originally the name of Marshall's first band, but has become her stage name as a solo artist. Born in Atlanta, Marshall was raised throughout the southern United States, and began performing in local bands in Atlanta in the early 1990s. She was discovered opening for Liz Phair in 1993 by Steve Shelley of Sonic Youth and Tim Foljahn of Two Dollar Guitar, with whom she recorded her first two albums, Dear Sir (1995) and Myra Lee (1996), on the same day in 1994. In 1996, she signed with Matador Records, and released a third album of new material with Shelley and Foljahn, What Would the Community Think. Following this, she released the critically acclaimed Moon Pix (1998), recorded with members of Dirty Three, and The Covers Record (2000), a collection of sparsely arranged cover songs. After a brief hiatus she released You Are Free (2003), featuring guest musicians Dave Grohl and Eddie Vedder, followed by the soul-influenced The Greatest (2006), recorded with numerous Memphis studio musicians. A second album of cover tracks, Jukebox, was released in 2008. In 2012 she released the self-produced Sun, which debuted at number 10 on the Billboard 200, the highest charting album of her career to date.Critics have noted the constant evolution of Cat Power's sound, with a mix of punk, folk and blues on her earliest albums, and elements of soul and other genres more prevalent in her later material. Her 2012 album Sun incorporated electronica.

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Genres rock indie rock folk rock blues rock lo-fi

Albums

  1. Myra Lee
    1996
  2. What Would the Community Think
    1996
  3. Moon Pix
    1998
  4. The Covers Record
    2000
  5. Dear Sir
    2001
  6. You Are Free
    2003
  7. Speaking for Trees
    2004
  8. The Greatest
    2006
  9. Jukebox
    2008
  10. Sun
    2012
  11. Wanderer
    2018

Other releases

  1. Headlights
    1993
  2. Undercover
    1996
  3. Nude as the News
    1996
  4. 1998-11-06: Session Planet Claire, Aligre FM, France
    1998
  5. White Session (Radio France, Paris)
    1998
  6. 1998-11-26: ISC, Bern, Switzerland
    1998
  7. 2000-03-06: Session Planet Claire, Aligre FM, France
    2000
  8. 2000-06-18: John Peel Session
    2000
  9. New and Old Songs
    2002
  10. He War
    2003
  11. 2003-01-23: John Peel Sessions
    2003
  12. 2003-03-19 Variety Playhouse, Atlanta GA
    2003
  13. Free
    2003
  14. 2004-03-26: All Tomorrow's Parties, Pontins, Camber Sands, UK
    2004
  15. 2005-11-04: Festival Les Inrocks, La Cigale, Paris, France
    2005
  16. Living Proof
    2005
  17. Love & Communication
    2006
  18. The Greatest / Hate
    2006
  19. An Album Club Exclusive
    2006
  20. Could We
    2006
  21. Lived in Bars
    2006
  22. Live Session EP (iTunes Exclusive)
    2006
  23. eMusic Session EP
    2006
  24. The Greatest
    2007
  25. Up and Gone
    2007
  26. Song to Bobby
    2007
  27. Naked, If I Want To
    2007
  28. 2008-06-14: Bonnaroo, Manchester, TN, USA
    2008
  29. New York
    2008
  30. 2008-01-23: Black Session #276: Paris, France
    2008
  31. Dark End of the Street
    2008
  32. King Rides By
    2011
  33. Sun (sampler)
    2012
  34. Ruin
    2012
  35. Cherokee
    2012
  36. Back in the Days
    2012
  37. Silent Machine
    2013
  38. Manhattan
    2013
  39. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
    2013
  40. Wish I Was Here
    2014
  41. Go Up
    2016
  42. Woman (single version)
    2018
  43. Stay
    2018
  44. What the World Needs Now
    2018
  45. 1996-09-18: The Black Cat, Washington, D.C., USA
  46. 2002-11-17: La Boule Noire, Paris, France
  47. Clear the Room: Rarities
  48. 2001: Peel Session
  49. 2001-08: Peel Acres
  50. Not That Hot New Chick
  51. 1999-05-14: Viking Union Hall, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA, USA