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Ann Dustin Wilson (born June 19, 1950) is an American singer best known as the lead singer of the rock band Heart.

Wilson has been a member of Heart since the early 1970s; her younger sister, Nancy Wilson, is also a member of the band. One of the first bands fronted by women, Heart released numerous albums between 1975 and 2016; the early Heart albums (1975) and (1977) generated classic hard rock singles such as "", "Crazy on You", and "Barracuda". Heart has sold over 35 million records worldwide, placed 29 singles on the Billboard Hot 100, and has scored top 10 albums on the Billboard 200 in the 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, and 2010s.

Wilson was ranked no. 78 in 's 2006 list of "Greatest rock Vocalists of All Time". In 2013, she was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Heart. Wilson possesses a dramatic mezzo-soprano . She is known for her operatic abilities.


Early life
Ann Dustin Wilson was born in , California. Her father was a major in the U.S. Marine Corps. Due to her father's military career, the Wilson family moved frequently. They lived near American military facilities in Panama and Taiwan before settling in Seattle, Washington, in the early 1960s. To maintain a sense of home no matter where in the world they were residing, the Wilsons turned to music. "On Sunday we'd have pancakes and opera," her sister Nancy Wilson recalled. "My dad would be conducting in the living room. We'd turn it way up and rock. There was everything from classical music to , , , , and early experimental ."

Wilson's family eventually settled in Bellevue, a suburb of , Washington. In 1968, she graduated from Sammamish High School. Shy because of a , Wilson sought fulfillment in music. In the early 1970s she joined a local band, White Heart, which changed its name to Hocus Pocus, and then in 1974 to Heart. Wilson also attended Cornish College of the Arts.Andrews, Mildred and John Caldbick. Cornish College of the Arts. HistoryLink, November 12, 2014. Web.


Career
Wilson's younger sister, Nancy, joined Heart, and the band moved to Canada. Heart recorded their first album in in 1975. It was released in the United States in 1976, with "Magic Man" becoming Heart's first Top 10 hit in the United States, peaking at No. 9 on the Billboard Hot 100, and "Crazy on You" hitting number 35. Both songs were co-written by Ann and Nancy Wilson. In 1977, was released, and in 1978, Dog & Butterfly. In 1986, "These Dreams" rose to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. In 1992, Wilson appeared on Alice in Chains' EP Sap; she sang on "Brother" and "Am I Inside".

The Wilson sisters started a recording studio, Bad Animals, in Seattle in the mid-1980s. They formed a side band, , which performed 's song "The Battle of Evermore" on the 1992 soundtrack to the (Nancy's then husband) movie Singles, and later released a four-song EP. The Lovemongers' debut album Whirlygig was released in 1997.

Wilson joined producer in A Walk Down Abbey Road, the 2001 live tribute tour to music.

Wilson's first solo album, Hope & Glory, was released on September 11, 2007. Hope & Glory features guest appearances from , k.d. lang, , , , , , and . Nancy Wilson also contributed. Three singles were released from the project: "Little Problems, Little Lies", "Isolation", and a cover of Led Zeppelin's "."

On November 22, 2012, Wilson sang an original arrangement of "The Star-Spangled Banner", accompanied by the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, at the beginning of the Thanksgiving Day football game between the and Washington Redskins.

The Wilson sisters performed at the tribute to Led Zeppelin on December 2, 2012. Present at the event were the three living members of Led Zeppelin, , and John Paul Jones. The Wilsons performed "Stairway To Heaven", backed by an orchestra and choir, and featuring drummer , son of the late Led Zeppelin drummer, .

On July 13, 2015, Wilson announced a solo tour, The Ann Wilson Thing, which began on September 21. She released her first , The Ann Wilson Thing! – #1, digitally on September 18, 2015. On July 22, 2016, Wilson announced the release of focus, the second EP from The Ann Wilson Thing! Wilson played a Florida mini-tour in September 2016 as The Ann Wilson Thing! in support of this release. On October 12, 2017, Wilson's first feature film, Ann Wilson: In Focus was released. It featured an intimate interview conducted in her home by Criss Cain along with 20 complete live song performances from the Ann Wilson of Heart tour stop in Wilmington, North Carolina, on March 21, 2017.Archived at Ghostarchive and the Https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYbfpunYGAQ" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"> Wayback Machine:

Wilson and Alice in Chains' guitarist and vocalist paid tribute to their late friend, , with a rendition of 's "Black Hole Sun" during the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ceremony on April 14, 2018.

On August 3, 2018, Wilson released "You Don't Own Me" as the second single from her solo album, Immortal. Released on September 14, 2018, the album features ten tracks that pay tribute to Wilson's influences and friends.

In May 2021, Wilson announced her first dates since the COVID-19 pandemic with the Rite of June mini-tour.

In 2022, Wilson was nominated for consideration into the 2023 Songwriters Hall of Fame.

In November 2022, Wilson was featured on the Disturbed song "Don't Tell Me" from their album Divisive. The song reached number 2 on Billboard's Hard Rock Song Sales chart.

On April 25, 2024, Heart kicked off their Royal Flush 2024 Tour at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida. The June and July 2024 dates of this tour, in the UK and Europe, were canceled in late May as the organizers informed that "In late May, Ann Wilson will undergo a time-sensitive but routine medical procedure for which the minimum recovery time is six weeks." The tour resumed on February 28, 2025.


Personal life

Relationships and family
During the 1970s, Wilson was in a relationship with Michael Fisher, the manager of Heart, while Nancy was involved with lead guitarist Roger Fisher, Michael's younger brother. Both couples controlled the band. In 1979, the relationships ended; Ann stated that Michael had fallen in love with another woman and they parted.

In 1991, Wilson adopted a daughter. In 1998, she adopted a son.

Wilson married Dean Wetter in April 2015. The pair had dated briefly in the 1980s. On the morning of August 27, 2016, Wetter was arrested for assaulting his nephews, Nancy Wilson's 16-year-old twin sons, after the boys had left the door to his RV open. The incident took place during a Heart performance at the White River Amphitheatre in Auburn, Washington the previous night. Wetter pleaded guilty to the charges. The sisters' relationship was strained by the incident. Following the end of Heart's 2016 tour, the sisters opted to tour with their own side-project bands, with Ann saying in April 2017 that Heart was on hiatus.

In February 2019, the sisters announced that Heart's hiatus had ended and that the band would embark on the Love Alive tour in the summer. In March 2019, at the Love Rocks NYC , the sisters reunited on stage for the first time since the band went on hiatus.


Health
As a child, Wilson was bullied for being overweight. She revealed that in the 1970s and into the early 1980s she would starve herself and use to stay thin. By the time Heart made a comeback in the mid-'80s, she had gained a significant amount of weight. Fearing that Heart's lead singer's physique would compromise the band's image, record company executives and band members began pressuring her to lose weight. In music videos, camera angles and clothes were often used to minimize her size, and more focus was put on Ann's more slender sister, Nancy. Wilson stated she began suffering from stress-related due to the negative publicity surrounding her weight. She underwent adjustable gastric band weight-loss surgery in January 2002 after what she called "a lifelong battle" with her weight.

In the band's 2012 autobiography, Wilson revealed her past struggles with and alcoholism,

(2025). 9780062101693, Harper Collins.
stating that she had been sober since 2009.

In July 2024, it was announced that Wilson had been diagnosed with cancer. A tumor had been removed surgically, and Heart postponed touring until 2025 to allow her to undergo preventative chemotherapy. During the tour, Wilson has been performing in a wheelchair onstage as a result of her left arm being in a sling from a broken elbow.


Discography

Studio albums
2007Hope & Glorycover album
2018Immortal
2022Fierce Blisscovers and originals
2023Another DoorWith Tripsitter


Extended plays
2015The Ann Wilson Thing! #1
2016The Ann Wilson Thing! #2 - Focus
2021Sawheat 8


Singles
1969"Standin' Watchin' You" b/w "Wonder How I Managed"non-album singlecovers, with the Daybreaks
"Through Eyes and Glass" b/w "I'm Gonna' Drink My Hurt Away"original song b/w cover, with the Daybreaks
2020"The Revolution Starts Now!"cover
2021"Tender Heart"original song
"The Hammer"
"Black Wing"Fierce Bliss
2022"Greed"


Other appearances
1984"Almost Paradise"Footloosewith
1986"The Best Man in the World"The Golden ChildOriginal song
1988"Surrender to Me"Tequila Sunrisewith
1991"Autumn to May"For Our Children - To benefit the Pediatric AIDS Foundationwith
1992"Am I Inside" and "Brother"Sapwith Alice in Chains
1992"Blue Christmas"A Very Special Christmas 2with
1993"Auld Lang Syne"Holiday Collection Volume IIITraditional song
1995"That's All Right"Blue Suede SneakersCover
1996"Jezebel"Édith Piaf Tribute
1998"Sisters Are Doin' It for Themselves"The Yellow AlbumCover, with
2003"Promise Her the Moon"Influences and Connections: Volume I - Mr. BigCover
2015"Across the Universe"Keep Calm and Salute the Beatles
2022"Don't Tell Me"Divisivewith Disturbed
2023""Rockstarwith


Live albums
2016Live at the Belly Up: The Ann Wilson Thing!


Compilations
2021The DaybreaksEP which compiles the two singles recorded with the Daybreaks


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