Nancy Lamoureaux Wilson is an American musician, singer, songwriter, producer, and film composer. She rose to fame alongside her older sister, singer Ann Wilson, as a guitarist and backing vocalist in the rock band Heart, which she joined in 1974.Raised near Seattle, Washington in the suburb of Bellevue, Wilson began playing music as a teenager. During college, she joined her sister Ann, who had recently begun a tenure as the singer of Heart. The first hard rock band fronted by women,Heart released numerous albums throughout the late 1970s and 1980s, beginning with Dreamboat Annie, and Little Queen, both of which generated chart singles such as "Magic Man", "Crazy on You", and "Barracuda". The band also had commercial success later on, especially with their eighth, ninth and tenth studio albums, Heart, Bad Animals and Brigade, which were released in 1985, 1987, and 1990. Over the duration of their career, Heart has sold well over 35 million records.