Which Canadian singer began his recording career with a self-titled debut album released on May 19 1998, and won Rolling Stone's Best New Artist award that year?
Rufus Wainwright discography The discography of Rufus Wainwright, a Canadian-American singer-songwriter, consists of seven studio albums, three live albums, three compilations, three extended plays (EPs), three video albums, nine singles, and nine music videos. Wainwright's self-titled debut album was released through DreamWorks Records in May 1998. Although his success was limited, Wainwright reached #24 on "Billboard's" Top Heatseekers chart, and "Rolling Stone" named him 1998's Best New Artist. Wainwright's second album, "Poses", was released through the same label in June 2001, resulting in the #1 position on the Heatseekers Chart and #117 on the "Billboard" 200. With material recorded from the same session, "Want One" was released through DreamWorks in September 2003, and "Want Two" was released through Geffen Records in November 2004.
Robbie Robertson (album) Robbie Robertson is the solo debut album by Canadian rock musician Robbie Robertson, released in 1987. Though Robertson has been a professional musician since the late 1950s, notably a founder of and primary songwriter for The Band, this was his first proper solo album. "Robbie Robbertson" won the Juno Award for "Album of the Year", and producers Daniel Lanois and Robertson won the "Producer of the Year" Juno award, both in 1989 (there were no Juno Awards in 1988).