Scottish singer-songwriter and activist Annie Lennox was BOTD in 1954. Born in Aberdeen, she moved to London in her teens to study at the Royal Academy of Music. In 1977, she met Dave Stewart and formed rock band The Tourists, before regrouping as synth-pop duo The Eurythmics. They rocketed to international success with a series of No 1 singles combining sleek electronica with Lennox’s powerful soul-influenced soprano, notably Sweet Dreams (Are Made of These), Here Comes the Rain Again, Who’s That Girl?, Thorn In My Side, Miracle of Love and Sisters Are Doin’ It For Themselves (recorded with Aretha Franklin). Much of the band’s appeal focused on Lennox’s androgynous features and fluid gender-play, appearing in men’s suits with a shaven head or in Marilyn Monroe drag. The band earned a dedicated LGBTQ following, bolstered by Lennox’s advocacy for women’s rights and HIV/AIDS charities. In 1990, she contributed a much-admired recording of Ev’ry Time We Say Goodbye for the Cole Porter tribute album Red Hot + Blue, performing the song in Derek Jarman’s film of Christopher Marlowe‘s queer-themed play Edward II. She launched a solo career in 1992, scoring huge success with her album Diva, including the singles Why and Walking on Broken Glass. Her 1995 covers album Medusa won a Grammy Award for her recording of No More I Love You’s. In 1999, she and Stewart reformed The Eurythmics, producing the comeback album Peace. Her other solo albums include Bare, earning a Grammy nomination for best pop vocal album; Songs of Mass Destruction; and Nostalgia, a compilation of jazz and blues classics, earning a Grammy nomination for best traditional pop vocal album. In 2004, she received an Oscar for the song Into the West, co-written for the film The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. She and Stewart were inducted into the Rock ‘n Roll Hall of Fame in 2022. Lennox has been married three times, and has two children with her second husband.