Alison Krauss Biography

Fast Facts

• Encouraged by her parents to pursue music, she started playing classical violin at the age of 5
• Won the Illinois State Fiddle Championship when she was 12 years old; that same year she was voted Most Promising Fiddler in the Midwest by the Society for the Preservation of Bluegrass Music of America
• Signed first record contract at age 14 with Rounder Records; two years later released her first solo album, 1987's Too Late to Cry
• In 1993, at age 21, became the youngest member of the Grand Ole Opry
• With her win at the 2012 Grammy Awards, she became the most awarded living artist, passing Quincy Jones for the feat