History Music / VanessaCarlton

* TwistEnding: The ending of her "Pretty Baby" music video reveals that the boy that all the loving flashbacks were shown of throughout the video is [[spoiler:being held by her in her room, duct tape-tied]].
** [[spoiler:{{Yandere}}]]

* RefrainFromAssuming: It's called "A Thousand Miles", not "Making My Way Downtown".

* MatzoFever: She's half Jewish.

Ironically, her "real artist" persona led to the commercial disappointment of her next album, ''Harmonium'', which introduced darker themes while maintaining a personal feel. Her label [[Creator/AAndMRecords A&M Records]] lacked confidence in her nonconformist attitude towards the album and thus gave it little promotion, with only one single, "White Houses", barely making any fanfare. Many critics at this point wrote her off as a OneHitWonder gimmick, though she still maintained a loyal fanbase. This included Music/StevieNicks, with whom [[IntergenerationalFriendship she became friends with]] after she supported her on tour and continued to assist with production long after.

She eventually recorded "Rabbits on the Run" in Peter Gabriel's "Real World Studios" in the UK. Drawing inspiration from Creator/StephenHawking and ''Literature/WatershipDown'' and featuring the Capital Children's Choir, the album features minimal production values and a more atmospheric sound. It was eventually released on indie label Razor & Tie and is regarded as the purest expression of herself by her fanbase due to the lack of label pressures.

* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Her girly-girl to Music/MichelleBranch's tomboy (she and Michelle have often been mistaken for each other, due to their similar appearance and the fact that they were popular around the same time).

* AdvertisedExtra: The soul featuring credit on any of Vanessa's albums so far is her close friend Music/StevieNicks on "The One" off "Heroes & Thieves". Despite this, all Stevie does is some backing vocals that don't even appear through the whole song.
* AlbumTitleDrop: "Rabbits On The Run" takes its name from a line in "Carousel."
"Love Is An Art" on "Love Is An Art"

* HellIsThatNoise: The screams from the end of "She Floats" from "Harmonium" and "Miner's Canary" from "Love Is An Art"

* BiTheWay: She came out in 2010 at a Gay Pride concert.

* NewSoundAlbum: Her first three albums consisted of adult contemporary/baroque pop music. However, ''Rabbits on the Run'' saw her switching to an indie folk style, with occasional influences from baroque pop. Vanessa has also stated that her next album, ''Euphoria,'' will be a dance-pop record.

* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Her girly-girl to Michelle Branch's tomboy (she and Michelle have often been mistaken for each other, due to their similar appearance and the fact that they were popular around the same time).

Vanessa Lee Carlton (born August 16, 1980) is an American singer-songwriter who first came to prominence in 2002 with her runaway hit single, "A Thousand Miles". The song was heard literally [[EarWorm everywhere]] after that, becoming a theme for the early 2000s and the new emerging sound at the time. Along with Music/MichelleBranch and Music/AvrilLavigne, she was one of the teen artists marketed as the "Anti-Music/{{Britney|Spears}}", a movement which went against the perceived artificiality of pop music at the time by emphasizing singers who could also write their own tunes and in her case, play the piano[[note]][[http://melcampbell.com.au/archives/the-anti-britney-swindle/ Mel Campbell has an in-depth essay on the culture of the time]][[/note]]. She gained a major following of loyal [[FanNickname Nessaholics]] for this reason. However, her mainstream popularity was already beginning to wane, as her next single, ''Ordinary Day'', only managed to reach top 30 in the charts.

Vanessa Lee Carlton (born August 16, 1980) is an American singer-songwriter who first came to prominence in 2002 with her runaway hit single, "A Thousand Miles". The song was heard literally [[EarWorm everywhere]] after that, becoming a theme for the early 2000s and the new emerging sound at the time. Along with Music/MichelleBranch and Music/AvrilLavigne, she was one of the teen artists [[TheManIsStickingItToTheMan marketed]] as the "Anti-Music/{{Britney|Spears}}", a movement which went against the perceived artificiality of pop music at the time by emphasizing singers who could also write their own tunes and in her case, play the piano[[note]][[http://melcampbell.com.au/archives/the-anti-britney-swindle/ Mel Campbell has an in-depth essay on the culture of the time]][[/note]]. She gained a major following of loyal [[FanNickname Nessaholics]] for this reason. However, her mainstream popularity was already beginning to wane, as her next single, ''Ordinary Day'', only managed to reach top 30 in the charts.

Ironically, her "real artist" persona led to the commercial disappointment of her next album, ''Harmonium'', which introduced darker themes while maintaining a personal feel. Her label A&M Records lacked confidence in her nonconformist attitude towards the album and thus gave it little promotion, with only one single, "White Houses", barely making any fanfare. Many critics at this point wrote her off as a OneHitWonder gimmick, though she still maintained a loyal fanbase. This included Music/StevieNicks, with whom [[IntergenerationalFriendship she became friends with]] after she supported her on tour and continued to assist with production long after.

Ironically, her "real artist" persona led to the commercial disappointment of her next album, ''Harmonium'', which introduced darker themes while maintaining a personal feel. Her label A&M Records lacked confidence in her nonconformist attitude towards the album and thus gave it little promotion, with only one single, "White Houses", barely making any fanfare. Many critics at this point wrote her off as a OneHitWonder gimmick, though she still maintained a loyal fanbase. This included StevieNicks, with whom [[IntergenerationalFriendship she became friends with]] after she supported her on tour and continued to assist with production long after.