Jill Sobule, the singer greatest identified for her groundbreaking 1995 single I Kissed A Girl, has died at 66.
Sobule tragically perished in a home hearth in Minneapolis early on Thursday morning, in accordance with Variety.
The singer’s consultant confirmed her loss of life to the publication.
Sobule, who additionally had a track featured in the traditional 1995 comedy Clueless, reached quantity 20 on US Billboard Modern Rock Tracks that yr with I Kissed A Girl, making it the most-successful overtly LGBTQ-themed track as much as that time on the Billboard charts.
Although her fame ebbed over time, she continued to frequently report and launch new music in current years.
The performer had been scheduled to seem at Swallow Hill Music’s Tuft Theater in Denver, Colorado — her birthplace — on Friday.
Jill Sobule, the singer greatest identified for her groundbreaking 1995 single I Kissed A Girl, has died at 66. Sobule tragically perished in a home hearth in Minneapolis early on Thursday morning, in accordance with Variety; pictured in March 2023 in Beverly Hills
Sobule’s track I Kissed A Girl reached quantity 20 on the US Billboard Modern Rock Tracks in 1995, making it the primary overtly LGBTQ-themed track to succeed in hit standing; Sobule is pictured in the track’s video
Beginning together with her 1990 debut, Things Here Are Different, Sobule launched a formidable 10 studio albums and two stay albums.
She was additionally featured in a 2003 live performance film and launched a greatest-hits compilation in 2001, together with a number of EPs in the 2000s and early 2010s.
Following her hit with I Kissed A Girl, Sobule was featured on the Clueless soundtrack with the track Supermodel.
The track — which she did not write, in contrast to I Kissed A Girl — was launched because the third single from the hit Alicia Silverstone–starring film’s soundtrack in August 1995.
But in contrast to her earlier success that yr, Supermodel didn’t chart in the US, although it had modest chart success in Australia.
Beginning together with her 1990 debut, Things Here Are Different, Sobule launched a formidable 10 studio albums and two stay albums; pictured in 1995 in Minneapolis, Minnesota
