Editing Sarah McLachlan (section)

=== 1993–2002: ''Fumbling Towards Ecstasy'', ''Surfacing'', and ''Mirrorball'' ===
[[File:Sarah McLachlan 1993 Calyoquot.jpg|thumb|right|McLachlan at a 1993 benefit for [[Clayoquot Sound]]]]
1993's ''[[Fumbling Towards Ecstasy]]'' was an immediate hit in Canada.<ref name="Larkin"/> From her [[Nettwerk]] connection, her piano version of the song "[[Possession (Sarah McLachlan song)|Possession]]" was included on the first ''[[Due South]]'' [[Due South: The Original Television Soundtrack|soundtrack]] in 1996. Over the next two years, ''Fumbling Towards Ecstasy'' became McLachlan's international breakthrough as well, scaling the charts in a number of countries.<ref name="Inc.1994">{{cite magazine|author=Larry LeBlanc|title=A Breakthrough Year for Canadian Acts|magazine=Billboard|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZAgEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA53|date=December 24, 1994|page=53|issn=0006-2510|access-date=December 14, 2016|archive-date=June 30, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200630232843/https://books.google.com/books?id=ZAgEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA53|url-status=live}}</ref>

Following the success from ''Fumbling Towards Ecstasy'', McLachlan returned in 1997 with ''[[Surfacing (album)|Surfacing]]'', her best-selling album to date. The album earned her two 1998 [[Grammy Awards]], one for [[Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance|Best Female Pop Vocal Performance]] (for "[[Building a Mystery]]") and one for [[Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance]] (for "[[Last Dance (Sarah McLachlan song)|Last Dance]]"), and four [[Juno Award]]s, including Album of the Year for ''Surfacing'' and Song of the Year and Songwriter of the Year for "Building a Mystery". Reaching number one on the [[Canadian Albums Chart]] and number two on the US [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]], the album has since sold over 16 million copies worldwide and brought her much international success.

Still in the spotlight from the album, McLachlan launched the highly popular [[Lilith Fair]] tour. Her song "[[Angel (Sarah McLachlan song)|Angel]]"—inspired by the fatal [[overdose]] of [[Smashing Pumpkins]] touring keyboardist [[Jonathan Melvoin]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Quora Answer by Sarah McLachlan |url=https://www.quora.com/What-was-the-inspiration-behind-Sarah-McLachlans-song-Angel/answer/Sarah-McLachlan-2?ch=10&share=ea69ac78&srid=kl9 |website=Quora |access-date=June 14, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.funtrivia.com/en/music/drugs-in-songs-17801.html|title=Drugs in Songs|publisher=Fun Trivia|access-date=22 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140307233608/http://www.funtrivia.com/en/Music/Drugs-in-Songs-17801.html|archive-date=7 March 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>—made sales skyrocket. Fellow adoptee [[Darryl McDaniels]] was so touched by "Angel" that it inspired him to reassess his life and career. He credits McLachlan and her album ''Surfacing'' (on which "Angel" appeared) with saving his life;<ref>{{cite web |url=http://music.ign.com/articles/691/691277p1.html |title=IGN: DMC: Saved by an Angel |access-date=August 7, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081025104607/http://music.ign.com/articles/691/691277p1.html |archive-date=October 25, 2008 }}</ref> the two have collaborated on many projects in support of the rights of adoptees.<ref>{{youTube|id=CRtae4jTF4A}}</ref> In 1998, "Angel" featured in the motion picture ''[[City of Angels (film)|City of Angels]]''. Its [[City of Angels: Music from the Motion Picture|soundtrack]] reached number one on the ''Billboard'' 200. More than five months after the film disappeared from the theatres, the soundtrack remained firmly entrenched among ''Billboard''{{'}}s top 40 albums and earned quadruple-platinum status.<ref name=NYT /> Another song from ''Surfacing'', "Full of Grace", featured in the [[Becoming (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)|Season 2 finale]] of ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]''; [[List of Dawson's Creek episodes#Season 1 (1998)|Season 1 episode 4]] of ''[[Dawson's Creek]]''; and the film ''[[Moll Flanders (1996 film)|Moll Flanders]]''.

McLachlan released the live album ''[[Mirrorball (Sarah McLachlan album)|Mirrorball]]'' in June 1999. The album's singles included a new live version of her earlier song, "[[I Will Remember You (Sarah McLachlan song)|I Will Remember You]]", a studio recording of which had previously been released on ''[[The Brothers McMullen]]'' soundtrack as well as ''[[Rarities, B-Sides and Other Stuff]]''. Originally released as a single in 1995, where it peaked No. 65 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and No. 10 in Canada, the 1999 version peaked at No. 14 on the Hot 100, reached No. 10 again in Canada, and garnered McLachlan her third [[Grammy Awards|Grammy Award]] for [[Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance|Best Female Pop Vocal Performance]] at the [[42nd Grammy Awards]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=42nd Annual Grammy Awards {{!}} 1999 |url=https://www.grammy.com/awards/42nd-annual-grammy-awards |access-date=March 28, 2023 |website=GRAMMY.com}}</ref> Later that year, McLachlan recorded the [[Randy Newman]] song "[[When She Loved Me]]" on the ''[[Toy Story 2]]'' soundtrack as the off-screen singing voice of the character [[Jessie (Toy Story)|Jessie]]. It was nominated for the [[Academy Award for Best Original Song]] in [[72nd Academy Awards|2000]], and McLachlan performed it at the awards ceremony, but did not win.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Publishing |first=Here |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oWMEAAAAMBAJ&dq=When+She+Loved+Me+sarah+mclachlan+academy+awards+2000&pg=PA60 |title=The Advocate |date=March 28, 2000 |publisher=Here Publishing |pages=60 }}</ref>

Following the death of her mother in December 2001, and the birth of her first daughter India, Mclachlan took a break from writing music, and shifted her focus to motherhood.<ref name="Afterglow process">{{cite news|url=https://www.fosters.com/story/lifestyle/2005/05/15/re-emerging-in-afterglow/63082158007/|title=Re-emerging in the 'Afterglow'|last=Alan|first=Ryan|date=May 15, 2005|newspaper=[[Foster's Daily Democrat]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220819022613/https://www.fosters.com/story/lifestyle/2005/05/15/re-emerging-in-afterglow/63082158007/|archive-date=August 19, 2022|url-status=live|access-date=June 14, 2024}}</ref>