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| Birth name | Brandi Marie Carlile |
| Born | (1981-06-01)June 1, 1981 (age 43) Ravensdale, Washington, U.S. |
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| Years active | 2004–present |
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| Children | 2 |
| Member of | The Highwomen |
| Website | brandicarlile |
Brandi Marie Carlile (born June 1, 1981) is an American singer-songwriter and producer. Her music spans different genres, including folk rock, alternative country, Americana, and classic rock.[1][2] Throughout her career, she has received elevenGrammy Awards and twoEmmy Awards, in addition to being nominated for anAcademy Award.
As of 2021[update], Carlile has released seven studio albums. Her debut major label album,Brandi Carlile (2005), was released to critical acclaim. Carlile garnered wider recognition with her 2007 single, "The Story", from heralbum of the same name. Carlile later releasedGive Up the Ghost (2009),Bear Creek (2012),The Firewatcher's Daughter (2015),By the Way, I Forgive You (2018), andIn These Silent Days (2021).
Carlile has received threeGrammy Awards for her work as a songwriter onTanya Tucker's albumWhile I'm Livin' (2019).[3][4][5] She was the most nominated woman at the61st Annual Grammy Awards, receiving six nominations, including nominations forAlbum of the Year (By the Way, I Forgive You),Record of the Year andSong of the Year ("The Joke").[6] In 2019, Carlile formed an all-female quartet calledthe Highwomen withAmanda Shires,Maren Morris, andNatalie Hemby. The Highwomen released theirself-titled debut album in 2019 to critical acclaim and commercial success, winning theGrammy Award for Best Country Song for the track "Crowded Table" in 2021.
Carlile has received twoEmmy Awards. In 2022, Carlile won her firstChildren's and Family Emmy Awards for Outstanding Short Form Program in the TV seriesWe the People.[7] In 2023, she received her second Emmy forOutstanding Original Song for a Preschool Program in theYouTube seriesJam Van.[8] In 2025 Carlile received her first nomination at theAcademy Award for Best Original Song for her writing and vocal contribution on "Never Too Late" withElton John.
Carlile has been involved in activism and fundraising on various issues, including humanitarian aid, COVID-19 relief, racial justice, and LGBT rights.
Brandi Marie Carlile[9] was born on June 1, 1981, inRavensdale, Washington, a small town 30 miles (50 kilometers) outsideSeattle.[10] Growing up in the only house for miles, Carlile played in the woods, built forts, and played music with her brother, Jay, and sister, Tiffany. When she was four, Carlile nearly died from bacterialmeningitis.[11] Her heart stopped several times and she was in a coma.[12] Carlile spent her early life living inKing County's southern cities ofBlack Diamond,Maple Valley, andAuburn, inSumner, Washington, and briefly lived inWest Seattle.[13]
Carlile began singing country songs on stage when she was eight years old. At age eight, Carlile performedJohnny Cash's "Tennessee Flat Top Box" with her mother, Teresa Carlile,[14] and began writing songs at age 15.[15] At 16, Carlile became a backup singer for anElvis impersonator.[16] According to Carlile, she was diagnosed withattention-deficit disorder as a teen. She attendedTahoma High School, but later dropped out to pursue her music career.[17] After being introduced to the music ofElton John, Carlile taught herself to play piano, and at 17, she learned to play the guitar.[10]
Carlile began her career performing in Seattle music clubs with twin brothersPhil and Tim Hanseroth.[18] In the beginning,Columbia Records signed Carlile in 2004 on the strength of songs she had been recording periodically at home. Released in 2005, Carlile showcased those early songs along with newly recorded tracks in the self-titled albumBrandi Carlile. The 2006 re-release by Columbia Records included re-recordings of "Throw It All Away" and "What Can I Say".[citation needed]
The album earned enthusiastic reviews; she was featured onRolling Stone's "10 Artists to Watch in 2005" list, and other "artist to watch" lists byInterview andPaste. In his review of the album,Stephen Thomas Erlewine wrote, "The accolades, combined with cover artwork that captures her at her cutest – as if she were a cousin ofRachael Leigh Cook – might make some listeners suspicious of Carlile, since the cumulative effect makes her seem like a pretty, prepackaged creation." He further wrote, "her music is... rich, warm, and seductive, familiar in its form and sound, yet sounding fresh, even original, particularly in how her folky singer/songwriter foundation blends with her art-pop inclinations."[19] The album peaked at No. 80 on theBillboard 200 and reached No. 1 on theUS Folk Albums chart.[citation needed]
Shortly after the release of the album, she left her home inSeattle and set out with the Hanseroth brothers, as she had worked with them on her earliest recordings and independent regional tours. The tightly knit trio, which forms the core of her band today, spent the better part of two years on the road honing the songs that would later become part of her albumThe Story.[20]
By the end of 2006, Carlile had embarked on several headlining tours and supported a variety of artists, includingRay LaMontagne,the Fray,Chris Isaak,Tori Amos, andShawn Colvin.[21]
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Carlile's second album,The Story, was produced byT Bone Burnett.[22] It includes a collaboration with theIndigo Girls on "Cannonball". The album was recorded in an 11-day session with Carlile, the Hanseroths, and drummerMatt Chamberlain to capture the raw intensity of Carlile's live performances. The crack in Carlile's vocals during the title track, "The Story", came out by accident and was a direct result of the way the album was recorded.[citation needed] "The Story" was featured heavily inGeneral Motors commercials during the2008 Summer Olympics.[23] Following the release of the commercials, album sales increased 368 percent from 1,323 to 6,198. Sales for the lead single, "The Story", increased in downloads of 28,091 copies.[citation needed] "The Story" peaked at No. 5 on theiTunes Music Store's most-purchased list.[citation needed] The song was also used in the 2008 commercial forSuper Bock[citation needed] and helped the song reach No. 1 and the album reach No. 4 on the Portuguese charts.[24] "The Story" was featured on the end credits of the romantic drama filmThe Lucky One. The album has sold more than 257,776 copies in the US and peaked at No. 41 on theBillboard 200 and No. 10 on theUS Rock Albums chart.[citation needed]
Music criticStephen Thomas Erlewine praised Carlile forThe Story, saying, "The roiling collection fulfills the promise of her remarkable debut, offering resounding confirmation that Carlile is a singular talent."[25]
"It wasn't until 2007'sThe Story – her T-Bone Burnett-produced sophomore release – that we realized even half of what we'd been dealt. Nearly a minute into the second song, something about her shifted from promise to absolute certainty as Carlile let loose a hurricane of lung power" wrote Rachael Maddux forPaste magazine.[citation needed]
Three songs from Carlile's previous album, "Tragedy", "What Can I Say", and "Throw It All Away", were featured in the TV dramaGrey's Anatomy. A special two-hour episode ofGrey's Anatomy also featured Carlile's song "Turpentine" during footage of the spin-off,Private Practice.Grey's Anatomy also released a version of the music video for "The Story" with interspersed footage of the show. ActorSara Ramirez performed their version of Carlile's single "The Story" in themusical episode of the show.[citation needed]
In 2007, Carlile performed at the Borderline in London and as guest onNewton Faulkner's UK tour. She was the opening act forMaroon 5 andOneRepublic during their Australia tour.[26] In April 2008, she performed on theBBC2 showLater... with Jools Holland.[citation needed]
Give Up the Ghost was released in 2009 and debuted at No. 26 on theBillboard 200.[27][28][29] Produced byGrammy Award-winning producerRick Rubin, it featured a collaboration withElton John on the song "Caroline", as well asAmy Ray, drummerChad Smith, and keyboardistBenmont Tench. In 2010,National Geographic Channel in Latin America chose the song "If There Was No You" from the album as a jingle to promote its seriesGrandes Migraciones (Great Migrations). Also that same year, during the21st GLAAD Media Awards, Carlile was nominated for aGLAAD Media Award for "Outstanding Music Artist" for the album.[30] The album peaked at No. 26 on theBillboard 200.[citation needed]
In one of the reviews of the album forPaste, Rachael Maddux wrote, "Writhing and burning and staring at life straight down the barrel,Give Up the Ghost is exactly the album Carlile needed to make at this moment. The production is thick but elegant, applied with full knowledge that the songs could exist beautifully in a sparse acoustic-strummed daze, but that they deserve more than that." She added, "The best part aboutGive Up the Ghost? She will probably make an even better album one day."[31]
In 2011, Carlile's albumLive at Benaroya Hall with the Seattle Symphony reached number 14 on theTop Rock Albums chart. The live album finds Carlile performing a mix of original songs and cover material. Recorded during two sold-out shows in November 2010 at Benaroya Hall in Seattle, Washington, the album featuresWashington-native Carlile and her long-time band (including brothersPhil and Tim Hanseroth) performing alongside theSeattle Symphony. Andrew Leahey fromAllMusic called it Carlile's best and wrote, "'Live at Benaroya Hall' is more concerned with dressing up Carlile's music in elegant, orchestral clothing, and the results are pretty stunning, from the grandeur of 'The Story' – now featuring horns, woodwinds, and strings. This isn't Brandi Carlile's first concert album, but it's certainly the best."[citation needed]
In the United States, the album reached peak positions of number 63 on theBillboard 200,[32] number 5 on theUS Folk Albums chart[33] and number 14 on theUS Rock Albums chart.[34]
Carlile's next album,Bear Creek, released June 5, 2012, was produced byTrina Shoemaker.[35] The album is a collaboration between her and the Hanseroth twins. In an interview withAmerican Songwriter she says, "We decided a decade ago to split everything in our band evenly amongst the three of us. So nobody has any vested interest in getting involved with someone else's song or their story. But nobody has a vested interest in keeping someone out of the story either. It always comes down to what's best for the song."[36] "Heart's Content" from this album was further featured in 2013's romantic movieSafe Haven, when Katie (played byJulianne Hough) and Alex (played byJosh Duhamel) heard it on radio in an empty diner and danced to it.[37]
The album peaked at No. 10 on theBillboard 200,[32] No. 1 on theUS Billboard Folk Albums,[33] and No. 3 on theUSBillboard Rock Albums chart.[34]
Carlile was also a judge for the 10th annual Independent Music Awards to support independent artists' careers.[38]
On January 11, 2014, Carlile sang the national anthem for the Saints vs. Seahawks NFL playoff game.[39] She recorded a cover ofFleetwood Mac's "The Chain" for the compilation albumSweetheart 2014.[40]
Carlile's fifth albumThe Firewatcher's Daughter released on March 3, 2015, onATO Records.[41] In a preview of her new album before release, theBoston Globe wrote, "WhetherThe Firewatcher's Daughter continues thecountry-folk flirtation of 2012'sBear Creek, returns to the warm adult songcraft ofThe Story andGive Up the Ghost, or explores some other direction entirely, she's sure to bring emotional intelligence, thoughtful clarity, and, most importantly, the most arresting female voice in pop this side ofAdele. I'm betting on her."[42]
"We didn't make any demos. To me rock and roll isn't really a genre but more of recklessness or a risk," Carlile toldNPR.[43] "The more something gets ironed out and sure of itself, the less it begins to rock somehow. That is what I think rock and roll is ... and it's scary."[41]
The preview track, "The Eye", for which a video was released prior to the album, is front-porch acoustic.[44] The review fromNPR Music said, ""The Eye" is exactly what it proclaims itself to be: a quiet breath in the midst of the album's glorious storm. Rooted in Carlile's love of bothclassic country and California pop, the song is the kind many other artists are going to want to cover. It will be hard to top the original, though; it so eloquently highlights the telepathic connection Carlile shares with her longtime bandmates. A favorite on recent tours, "The Eye" is destined to become a centerpiece in Carlile's catalog."[41]
The album was No. 1 onBillboard's Top Rock Album Chart,[45] and a first for her. This was Carlile's second consecutive album to break the Top-10 after Bear Creek topped out at No. 3. The album topped the charts in bothUS Folk andUS Rock categories.[citation needed]
The Current reviewing the album wrote,
I thought she leaned too adult-contemporary for my tastes. Boy, was I wrong! This might be her most rockin' album to date. The album starts like a house afire: Carlile totally nails the vocal on the gospel influenced "Wherever Is Your Heart", and this one makes you realize just how good she is. When she sings, you're a believer. She'll have you singing along on the infectious "The Thing I Regret". Maybe the biggest surprise on the album is "Mainstream Kid", which shows some grit! It's as badass as Carlile has ever sounded. If you had Brandi Carlile pegged as an adult-contemporary softie, you might try again. Brandi Carlile and the Hanseroth twins show that they aren't afraid to rock out.The Firewatcher's Daughter is a bold and welcome addition to her catalogue.[46]
USA Today wrote, "The Firewatcher's Daughter is an album with a big heart, one that responds with love, not fear."[47]
She performed withthe Avett Brothers onLate Show with David Letterman on May 4, 2015, singing the song popularized by theCarter Family, "Keep on the Sunny Side".[48] On December 6, 2015,The Firewatcher's Daughter earned Carlile her firstGrammy Award nomination, forBest Americana Album.[49]
Carlile was the featured musical guest onLate Night with Seth Meyers on April 7, 2016. She sang the song "Mainstream Kid" (fromThe Firewatcher's Daughter), and dedicated the performance to SenatorBernie Sanders, who also appeared on the program that night.[50]
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Carlile's sixth studio album, produced byDave Cobb andShooter Jennings,By the Way, I Forgive You, was released on February 16, 2018, and was preceded by three tracks: "The Joke", "The Mother", and "Sugartooth". Carlile performed songs from the album onJimmy Kimmel Live!. She also made a guest appearance onJohn Prine's albumThe Tree of Forgiveness.[51]By the Way, I Forgive You went on to become the highest-charting album of Carlile's career, reaching No. 5 on theBillboard 200.[52] It also reached the number 1 position on the Billboard Top Rock Albums during the same week.[53] The first single from the album, "The Joke", was listed on Former PresidentBarack Obama's year-end playlist.[54] The album received critical acclaim from critics, leading Carlile to receive six nominations at the61st Annual Grammy Awards, the most nominations for a female in 2019, including the all-genreAlbum andSong of the Year categories. She won in three categories: Americana album and both best American roots song and best American roots performance (for "The Joke").[55]
In 2019, Carlile co-founded the country music supergroupthe Highwomen withAmanda Shires andMaren Morris, later addingNatalie Hemby to complete the line-up. Carlile appeared atLoretta Lynn's 87th birthday concert alongsideTanya Tucker, where the two performed a song from Tucker's upcoming albumWhile I'm Livin', which Carlile produced withShooter Jennings. The Highwomen also made their live debut during this concert, performing "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels".[56] Their debut single "Redesigning Women" was released on July 19, 2019, and theirself-titled album was released on September 6 to critical acclaim.[57][58][59] On January 16, 2019, Carlile appeared as part of a five-hour all-star tribute concert toChris Cornell, which took place atThe Forum in Los Angeles.[60] Carlile performed a rendition ofTemple of the Dog's "Hunger Strike",Audioslave's "Like a Stone", andSoundgarden's "Black Hole Sun".[61] All proceeds of the event, hosted byJimmy Kimmel, went to benefit the Chris and Vicky Cornell Foundation and theEpidermolysis Bullosa Medical Research Foundation.[60] On October 14, 2019, Carlile performedJoni Mitchell's albumBlue in its entirety in Los Angeles atWalt Disney Concert Hall.[62]
In February 2020, Carlile was namedRecord Store Day 2020 Ambassador.[63] On June 2, 2020, Carlile teamed up with remaining Soundgarden membersKim Thayil,Matt Cameron, andBen Shepherd.[64][65] At Seattle'sLondon Bridge Studio, they re-recorded new versions of two Soundgarden's songs, "Black Hole Sun" and "Searching with My Good Eye Closed", which was released on a12-inch single vinyl dubbed "A Rooster Says", during the second of three Record Store Day events on September 26, 2020.[66][67] In October 2021Rolling Stone reported that Carlile has expressed interest in continuing her collaboration with the surviving members of Soundgarden.[68]
In April 2021, Carlile released the autobiographyBroken Horses: A Memoir.[69] The book debuted at No. 1 in non-fiction onthe New York Times Best Seller list.[70]
In late September 2021, City of Hope confirmed that Carlile would join the 16th annual Songs of Hope celebration program and would be honored with the She is the Music Award, presented by Universal Music Publishing Group chairman and CEO Jody Gerson, on September 20, 2021.[71]
On October 1, 2021, Carlile released her seventh album,In These Silent Days.[72] The album debuted at No. 11 on theBillboard 200 and topped theTop Rock Albums andAmericana/Folk Albums charts. It received critical acclaim, and the lead single "Right on Time" garnered Carlile three Grammy Award nominations in2022, includingRecord of the Year andSong of the Year. The album earned Carlile seven more Grammy nominations in2023, includingAlbum of the Year andBest Americana Album (winning the latter), while the single "You and Me on the Rock" earned three nominations, including Record of the Year, and "Broken Horses" earned two nominations:Best Rock Performance andBest Rock Song (winning both).[73]
On October 23, 2021, Carlile was the musical guest onNBC'sSaturday Night Live, where she performed "Right on Time" and "Broken Horses".[74] She reappeared thefollowing year on SNL as musical guest on December 10, 2022, where she performed "The Story" and "You and Me on the Rock" withLucius.[75]
In 2022,Joni Mitchell performed with Carlile and her associates as the closing act of theNewport Folk Festival. Mitchell's presence was an unannounced surprise, the performance was billed as "Brandi Carlile and Friends." This was the 78 year old Mitchell's first full-length performance since the early 2000s and her first appearance at the festival since 1969.[76][77]
Carlile headlined the 2022Pilgrimage Music & Cultural Festival[78] inFranklin, Tennessee.[79]
In January 2023, Carlile headlined the inauguration party forMassachusetts GovernorMaura Healey, the first lesbian governor in the United States.[80]
In 2023, Carlile once again teamed up with Tanya Tucker to produce, write and sing with Tucker on the critically acclaimed albumSweet Western Sound. Tucker and Carlile recorded a duet that appears onSweet Western Sound called "Breakfast in Birmingham".
In July 2018, Carlile announced the creation of her own music festival, "Girls Just Wanna Weekend". The festival took place atPuerto Aventuras on theRiviera Maya in Mexico January 30 – February 3, 2019, and was fronted by all-female musicians such asIndigo Girls,Maren Morris,Margo Price,Patty Griffin, and others.[81] Carlile was inspired to create her own festival after participating in the Cayamo Cruise festival for numerous years.[82]
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In a November 2002 interview, Carlile identified herself as a lesbian.[83] She later told theLos Angeles Times, "I don't have to have a lot of formality around it ... there were people before me who paved the way."[84]
In June 2012, she announced she was engaged toCatherine Shepherd, whom she had met in 2009. They married inWareham, Massachusetts, on September 15, 2012.[85] They have two daughters.[86] Since 2012, Shepherd has been the executive director of the Looking Out Foundation, Carlile's nonprofit.[87] She had previously worked asPaul McCartney's charity coordinator for ten years.[88]
Two of Carlile's longtime collaborators are Tim and Phil Hanseroth,[89] with whom she has performed since she was 17 years old. Phil is now Carlile's brother-in-law, having married Carlile's younger sister Tiffany. The three of them have matching tattoos of the Auryn amulet, the doubleouroboros that are the central magical item in the book and movieThe Neverending Story.[90]
Carlile keeps various animals.[85] She is a Christian[91][92] and lives inMaple Valley, Washington.[93]
In 2008, Carlile and Tim and Phil Hanseroth established the Looking Out Foundation, a501(c)(3) organization to give financial support to and raise awareness of causes in which they believe. The foundation has awarded grants to multiple organizations includingReverb,Honor the Earth, theBridge School, Children in Conflict,Black Visions Collective,Campaign Zero, the Women's Funding Alliance,Doctors Without Borders, and theHuman Rights Campaign.[94] The Looking Out Foundation has launched numerous grassroots campaigns including Looking Out for the Hungry, Fund Racial Justice, COVID-19 Relief Fund, the IF Project, Fight the Fear, and the Story Campaign. Carlile donates $2 from every concert ticket sale to the foundation.[95][96]
Carlile's wife, Catherine, has been the Looking Out Foundation's Executive Director since 2012.[97] Since its inception, the Looking Out Foundation has donated almost $6 million to grassroots causes.[98]
In May 2017, Carlile releasedCover Stories, a benefit album featuring songs from her 2007 album,The Story. Troubled by the world's refugee crisis, and the impact it has on children, Carlile and Looking Out Foundation choseWar Child UK as the beneficiary of the album and have raised $1 million to help the children.[99] Former US PresidentBarack Obama wrote the foreword.[100]
In October 2018, Carlile teamed up withSam Smith to re-imagine the single "Party of One" as a duet. Proceeds from the sale of the single went to the ongoing Story Campaign.[101]
In October 2020, Carlile andAlicia Keys urged people to vote with their song "A Beautiful Noise", which the pair performed on 'Every Vote Counts: A Celebration of Democracy' and aired onCBS on October 29.[102][103]
In February 2023, the Looking Out Foundation raised $300,000 in seven days for the2023 Turkey-Syria earthquake relief effort.[104]
Brandi and her wife Catherine were honored amongstPeople's 2023 Women Changing the World for their work with the Looking Out Foundation.[104]
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| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result | Ref. |
| 2025 | "Never Too Late"(Elton John, Brandi Carlile, Bernie Taupin and Andrew Watt) | Best Original Song | Nominated | [105] |
Carlile has received 11Grammy Awards from 26 nominations. She is the first female songwriter to receive two Grammy nominations forSong of the Year in the same year; her nominations in 2022 being the first since 1994 that any songwriter or songwriting team was nominated for Song of the Year twice in the same year.[106]
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| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result | Ref. |
| 2016 | The Firewatcher's Daughter | Best Americana Album | Nominated | [107] |
| 2019 | By the Way, I Forgive You | Album of the Year | Nominated | [108] |
| Best Americana Album | Won | |||
| "The Joke" | Record of the Year | Nominated | ||
| Song of the Year | Nominated | |||
| Best American Roots Performance | Won | |||
| Best American Roots Song | Won | |||
| 2020 | While I'm Livin'(as producer) | Best Country Album | Won | [3] |
| "Bring My Flowers Now" | Song of the Year | Nominated | ||
| Best Country Song | Won | |||
| "Common"(withMaren Morris) | Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group | Nominated | ||
| 2021 | "Crowded Table" | Best Country Song | Won | [3] |
| "Carried Me with You"(fromOnward) | Best Song Written for Visual Media | Nominated | ||
| 2022 | "Right on Time" | Record of the Year | Nominated | [5] |
| Song of the Year | Nominated | |||
| Best Pop Solo Performance | Nominated | |||
| "A Beautiful Noise"(withAlicia Keys) | Song of the Year | Nominated | ||
| "Same Devil"(withBrandy Clark) | Best American Roots Performance | Nominated | ||
| 2023 | In These Silent Days | Album of the Year | Nominated | [109] |
| Best Americana Album | Won | |||
| "You and Me on the Rock" | Record of the Year | Nominated | ||
| Best Americana Performance | Nominated | |||
| Best American Roots Song | Nominated | |||
| "Broken Horses" | Best Rock Performance | Won | ||
| Best Rock Song | Won | |||
| 2024 | "Dear Insecurity"(with Brandy Clark) | Best Americana Performance | Won | [110] |
| Joni Mitchell At Newport(as producer) | Best Folk Album | Won | ||
| "Thousand Miles"(withMiley Cyrus) | Best Pop Duo/Group Performance | Nominated | ||
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| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result | Ref. |
| 2022 | Outstanding Short Form Program | We the People | Won | [111] |
| 2023 | Outstanding Original Song for a Preschool Program | "One Sacred Thing" fromJam Van | Won | [112] |
Carlile won Seattle's City of Music Breakthrough Award for 2010.[113]
| Year | Association | Category | Nominated Work | Result | Ref. |
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| 2010 | GLAAD Media Awards | Outstanding Music Artist | Brandi Carlile | Nominated | [30] |
| 2018 | Americana Music Honors & Awards | Artist of the Year | Brandi Carlile | Nominated | [114] |
| Song of the Year | "The Joke" | Nominated | |||
| Album of the Year | By the Way, I Forgive You | Nominated | |||
| UK Americana Awards | International Album of the Year | Nominated | [115] | ||
| International Song of the Year | "The Joke" | Won | |||
| 2019 | |||||
| GLAAD Media Awards | Outstanding Music Artist | Brandi Carlile | Nominated | ||
| CMT Music Awards | Impact Award | Brandi Carlile | Won | ||
| Female Video of the Year | "The Joke" | Nominated | |||
| CMT Performance of the Year | Natural Woman(withMaren Morris) | Nominated | |||
| UK Americana Awards | International Song of the Year | "The Joke" | Won | ||
| International Album of the Year | By the Way, I Forgive You | Nominated | |||
| Americana Music Honors & Awards | Artist of the Year | Brandi Carlile | Won | [116] | |
| Billboard Women in Music | Trailblazer Award | Won | |||
| CMT Awards | Group Video of the Year | "Crowded Table" | Nominated | ||
| 2020 | Academy of Country Music Awards | Group of the Year | The Highwomen | Nominated | |
| Americana Music Honors & Awards | Artist of the Year | Brandi Carlile | Nominated | [117] | |
| Duo/Group of the Year | The Highwomen | Won | |||
| Album of the Year | The Highwomen | Won | |||
| While I'm Livin' | Nominated | ||||
| Song of the Year | "Crowded Table" | Won | |||
| "Bring My Flowers Now" | Nominated | ||||
| 2021 | Academy of Country Music Awards | Group of the Year | The Highwomen | Nominated | |
| Americana Music Honors & Awards | Artist of the Year | Brandi Carlile | Won | [117] | |
| 2022 | Pop Awards | Icon of the Year | Brandi Carlile | Won | [118] |
| GLAAD Media Award | Outstanding Music Artist | In These Silent Days | Nominated | [119] | |
| Fast Company | Queer 50 | Brandi Carlile | #30 | [120] | |
| Americana Music Honors & Awards | Artist of the Year | Nominated | [121] | ||
| Album of the Year | In These Silent Days | Nominated | |||
| Song of the Year | "Right on Time" | Won | |||
| 2023 | UK Americana Awards | International Artist of the Year | Brandi Carlile | Nominated | [122] |
| International Album of the Year | In These Silent Days | Nominated | |||
| 2024 | Hollywood Music in Media Awards | Best Original Song in a Documentary | "Never Too Late" | Won | [123] |
| 2025 | Satellite Awards | Best Original Song | Nominated | [124] | |
| Society of Composers & Lyricists | Outstanding Original Song for a Dramatic or Documentary Visual Media Production | Pending | [125] |
They even have matching tattoos of the auryn talisman from The NeverEnding Story, a movie they all loved as kids.
Aligned to her storybook interest, Brandi's tattoos reference a cult 1980s kids' film. The serpentine symbol of The NeverEnding Story have been recreated on the singer's shoulders.'The NeverEnding Story's my favourite,' Brandi exclaimed with vigour.'I have the Orin tattooed on each shoulder, since I really love symmetry. I had it tattooed very lightly so that they always looked vintage and identical. I love The Goonies and I love Labyrinth too!'
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