KT Tunstall
Tunstall performing in October 2023
Background information
Birth name	Kate Victoria Tunstall
Born	(1975-06-23) 23 June 1975 (age 50) Edinburgh, Scotland
Origin	St Andrews, Fife, Scotland
Genres	Alternative rock folk rock pop rock indie rock[1] folktronica[2]
Instruments	Vocals guitar
Years active	2000–present
Labels	Relentless Blue Note Universal Caroline Sony/ATV Music Publishing
Website	kttunstall.com

Kate Victoria "KT" Tunstall (born 23 June 1975)^[3][4] is a Scottish singer-songwriter and musician. She first gained attention with a 2004 live solo performance of her song "Black Horse and the Cherry Tree" on Later... with Jools Holland, and has subsequently also appeared in two episodes of the comedy series This is Jinsy on Sky Atlantic. In 2025, it was estimated that Tunstall's accumulated record sales totalled seven million.^[5] Her accolades include a Q Award, European Border Breakers Award, two Ivor Novello Awards, a UK Music Video Award and two BRIT Awards for Best British Female Artist and Best British Breakthrough. Additionally, she has been nominated for a Grammy Award, Mercury Music Prize, World Music Award and a Hollywood Music in Media Award.

The name of her debut studio album, Eye to the Telescope, was inspired by her childhood experiences at her father's physics laboratory at University of St Andrews. Released in 2004, the album became a strong seller worldwide, selling over five million copies internationally^[6] and ultimately became the 51st best-selling album of the 2000s decade in the United Kingdom.^[7] The single "Black Horse and the Cherry Tree" was given the Q Magazine Award for Best Track in 2005, and "Suddenly I See" won the Ivor Novello Award for Best Song in 2006. "Suddenly I See" became a popular hit and was adopted as a campaign song on the Hillary Clinton 2008 presidential campaign.^[8][9] Her second album, Drastic Fantastic (2007), features some tracks written prior to the release of Eye to the Telescope, and was supported by the singles "Hold On", "Saving My Face" and "If Only". She began the 2010s decade with the release of her third album, Tiger Suit (2010).

In April 2013, she released "Feel It All" as the lead single from her fourth album Invisible Empire // Crescent Moon (2013). From 2016 until 2022, she released three albums as part a trilogy – Kin (2016), Wax (2018), Nut (2022). Singles released during this period include "Maybe It's a Good Thing" and "It Took Me So Long to Get Here, But Here I Am". In 2023, she partnered with American singer and bassist Suzi Quatro on the collaborative album Face to Face.