Editing Sarah McLachlan (section)

=== 2014–2015: ''Shine On'' ===
In late January 2014, McLachlan announced the release of her next studio album, ''[[Shine On (Sarah McLachlan album)|Shine On]]'', which was inspired by the death of her father. It was her first release on [[Verve Records]], after leaving Nettwerk/Arista after over twenty years.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Payne|first=Chris|title=Sarah McLachlan Signs to Verve; New Album 'Shine On' Coming May 6|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/5892795/sarah-mclachlan-signs-to-verve-new-album-shine-on-coming-may-6|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=January 30, 2014|date=January 30, 2014|archive-date=January 31, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140131092850/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/5892795/sarah-mclachlan-signs-to-verve-new-album-shine-on-coming-may-6|url-status=live}}</ref> Released on May 6, the album debuted at No.&nbsp;4 on the ''Billboard'' 200 with 42,000 copies sold during the week ending May 11.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/now-50-bumps-frozen-from-no-1-on-billboard-200-6084904/|title='Now 50' Bumps 'Frozen' From No. 1 On Billboard 200|last=Caufield|first=Keith|date=May 14, 2014|magazine=Billboard|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220428115812/https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/now-50-bumps-frozen-from-no-1-on-billboard-200-6084904/|archive-date=April 28, 2022|url-status=live|access-date=June 11, 2024}}</ref> She embarked on the Shine On tour across the United States in support of the album. Its opening show took place in Seattle on June 20.<ref>{{cite web |title=US 2014 Tour Announced |url=http://www.sarahmclachlan.com/news/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140316010900/http://www.sarahmclachlan.com/2014/03/us-2014-tour-announced/ |url-status=unfit |archive-date=March 16, 2014 |date=March 3, 2014}}</ref> The tour visited 30 cities all together. The Canadian leg included 25 shows in 21 cities.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.sarahmclachlan.com/2014/08/shine-on-canadian-tour/ | title=Sarah McLachlan's Shine On Canadian Tour Coming This Fall | date=August 18, 2014 | access-date=September 27, 2014 | archive-date=September 24, 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140924072918/http://www.sarahmclachlan.com/2014/08/shine-on-canadian-tour/ | url-status=live }}</ref>

McLachlan won [[Juno Award for Adult Contemporary Album of the Year|Adult Contemporary Album of the Year]] for ''Shine On'' at the [[Juno Awards of 2015|Juno Awards in March 2015]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.recordonline.com/story/entertainment/local/2015/11/26/mclachlan-takes-stage-at-upac/32952690007/|title=McLachlan takes the stage at UPAC|date=November 26, 2015|newspaper=[[Times Herald-Record]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240611053257/https://www.recordonline.com/story/entertainment/local/2015/11/26/mclachlan-takes-stage-at-upac/32952690007/|archive-date=June 11, 2024|url-status=live|access-date=June 11, 2024}}</ref> and was additionally nominated for [[Juno Award for Artist of the Year|Artist of the Year]], but did not win.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://junoawards.ca/awards/yearly-summary/?group_id=173&category_ids=173&from_year=2015&to_year=&submit=Search|title=Artist of the Year: Yearly summary: 2015|website=JunoAwards.ca|publisher=Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402095220/http://junoawards.ca/awards/yearly-summary/?group_id=173&category_ids=173&from_year=2015&to_year=&submit=Search|archive-date=April 2, 2015|url-status=dead|access-date=June 11, 2024}}</ref>

After this release, McLachlan mostly stepped back from public life to focus on motherhood and philanthropic work.<ref name="nyt">{{Cite news |issn=1553-8095 |oclc=1645522 |language=en-US |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |accessdate=2024-06-11 |date=2024-05-30 |title=Sarah McLachlan Is Resurfacing |first=Grayson Haver |last=Currin |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/30/arts/music/sarah-mclachlan-fumbling-towards-ecstasy-anniversary.html}}</ref>