Career Timeline
March 2002
- Vanessa hit the Top 40 with "A Thousand Miles"
April 2002
- Vanessa hit the Top 10 with "A Thousand Miles."
- Vanessa released her debut LP - Be Not Nobody. She told VH1 where the title came from: "Be Not Nobody is where I am at in my life right now. I know I'm only 21 but I had to go through a lot at that dance school. I lost a lot of who I was. I fell apart and it was really hard. You feel completely alone, like no one cares. Writing this record let me recapture who I am. It is summed up in the title Be Not Nobody. You need to feel comfortable in your skin and do whatever you need to do for yourself, to heal or to grow."
June 2002
- Vanessa hit #1 for 4 weeks with "A Thousand Miles"
July 2002
- Vanessa hit the Top 40 with "Ordinary Day"
August 2002
- Vanessa hit the Top 10 for the 2nd time with "Ordinary Day"
September 2002
- Vanessa topped the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart for 7 weeks with "A Thousand Miles"
October 2002
- Be Not Nobody was certified platinum
- Vanessa headlined her own tour
November 2002
- Vanessa could be heard on the holiday LP -Maybe This Christmas with "Greensleeves"
- Vanessa was the # 4 Singles Artist of the Year for 2002
December 2002
- Vanessa hit the Top 40 with "Pretty Baby"
- Vanessa ended the year with the #1 single of the year on the ARC Weekly Top 40 with "A Thousand Miles"
- Vanessa won the "Can't Get You Out of My Head" (Best Song) award at the VH1 Big In 2002 Awards>br>
January 2003
- Vanessa was nominated for an American Music Award for Favorite Adult Contemporary Artist
- Vanessa kicked off a European tour at the end of the month
February 2003
- Vanessa hit the Top 40 helping out Counting Crows on their cover of Joni Mitchell's "Big Yellow Taxi" used in the film Two Weeks Notice
- Vanessa appeared on an episode of American Dreams on NBC portraying Dusty Springfield
- Vanessa was nominated for 2 Grammy Awards including Record of the Year and Song of the Year ("A Thousand Miles"). Vanessa also performed at the ceremony
May 2003
- Vanessa could be heard on the soundtrack for American Dreams with her cover of "Wishin' And Hopin'"
- Vanessa won an Award for "A Thousand Miles" at the 51st Annual BMI Pop Awards
- Vanessa debuted her new song, "Dark Carnival", for the video game "Spy Hunter 2" at the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3)
July 2003
- Vanessa performed the National Anthem at the Major League Baseball All-Star Game on the 15th
December 2003
- Vanessa invited a select number of fans to an intimate DVD taping for her upcoming album,
Harmonium
- Vanessa was the # 58 Singles Artist of the Year for 2003
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