Beauty & Crime marked Suzanne Vega's first album of entirely new material in six years, drawing inspiration from her native New York City. The album won a Grammy for Best Pop Vocal Album.
- The album's title is a deliberate pun on the phrase "beauty and crime."
- Songs on the album were written over a period of several years, reflecting on events and places in New York City.
- Beauty & Crime was the first album of Vega's career to win a Grammy Award.
Suzanne Vega is a New York City-based singer-songwriter, one of the key figures of the early 1980s neo-folk revival. She is known for her distinctive vocal style and lyrical focus on urban life and social commentary. 2007 found Vega releasing her seventh studio album, a decade into her relationship with Blue Note Records, having recently explored digital music distribution and spoken-word performance.
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