Ashwin Sood’s personal life
Ashwin Sood was born on 25 September 1967 in England. He is a Canadian musician and drummer. He is best known for his musical association with his ex-wife Sarah McLachlan. He began playing drums at the age of seven. In 1990, he graduated from the Percussion Institute of Technology. He met McLachlan in the early 1990s while he was on tour with Lava Hay. She asked him to play drums on “I Will Not Forget You” on her second album, Solace. As well as Lava Hay, he has also played drums and produced songs for Bass is Bass and Mae Moore. On 7 February 1997, Sood and McLachlan were married in Negril, Jamaica. Their first daughter, India Ann Sushil Sood, was born on 6 April 2002; their second daughter Taja was born on 22 June 2007. The family lived in West Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. In September 2008, the couple separated and later divorced. He is famous for being the ex-husband of Sarah McLachlan.
Ashwin Sood’s wife, Sarah McLachlan
Sarah McLachlan is a singer-songwriter from Canada known for her highly emotional ballads. Sarah McLachlan has a net worth of $50 million. Her best-selling album, 1997’s Surfacing, won two Grammy Awards and four Juno Awards. She has sold more than 50 million albums worldwide to date as a solo artist. Beyond her solo music career, McLachlan founded the Lilith Fair tour, which brought together a wide range of female musicians.
McLachlan continued her success in 1993 with the album Fumbling Towards Ecstasy, which was an immediate hit in her native Canada. Over the following two years, the album became her international breakthrough as well, making it onto the charts in numerous countries including the United States. In 1997, McLachlan had her greatest commercial success with Surfacing, which remains her best-selling and best-known album. Peaking atop the Canadian RPM 100 Albums chart and reaching number two on the US Billboard 200, it became certified Diamond in Canada and eight times Platinum in the US. Surfacing spawned the hit singles Building a Mystery, Sweet Surrender, Adia, and Angel. Moreover, it won the Juno Award for Album of the Year and took home two Grammy Awards for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance and Best Pop Instrumental Performance.
In 2003, McLachlan released her fifth album, Afterglow; among its singles were Fallen and World on Fire. Three years later, she put out a Christmas album entitled Wintersong, which featured covers of both pop hits and seasonal tunes. The album was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album. Following this, McLachlan released the compilation album Rarities, B-Sides, and Other Stuff Volume 2, and the greatest hits album Closer: The Best of Sarah McLachlan. In 2010, McLachlan released Laws of Illusion, her first album of original material in close to seven years. Among McLachlan’s later albums are Shine On, which was inspired by her late father, and Wonderland, a Christmas album containing interpretations of traditional and contemporary holiday songs.
