Vanessa Lee Carlton (born August 16; 1980) is an American soft rock Piano pop singer; songwriter; and pianist best known for the Billboard top five; Grammy-nominated single A Thousand Miles from her debut album; Be Not Nobody which was released April 30; 2002; and certified platinum in the U.S.Carltons second album; Harmonium (released November 9; 2004); debuted at number thirty-three on the U.S. Billboard 200 and had sold 179;000 copies as of February 2006;with the single White Houses; peaking at eighty-six in the U.S. "A Thousand Miles" is a pop song written by American singer Vanessa Carlton and recorded for her debut album Be Not Nobody (2002). It was co-produced and co-arranged by Carlton and Ron Fair, and was released as the album's first single in 2002. It became Carlton's breakthrough hit and one of the most popular songs of the year.
The song was most successful in Australia and Brazil, where it reached number one, and it reached the top five in the United States, Ireland, and France, and the top ten in the United Kingdom, Italy, and the Netherlands. It has also been covered by actress Victoria Justice.Vanessa Lee Carlton (born August 16;.