- Gave birth to her first child at age 26, a daughter Lucy Belle Guthrie. Child's father is Robin Guthrie. (September 1989)
- Gave birth to her second child at age 34, a daughter Lily Reece. Child's father is Damon Reece. (March 1998)
- Other than Nina Simone, her musical influences include Tim Buckley, Kate Bush, Pet Shop Boys, Judy Henske, Billie Holiday, Esther Ofarim, Édith Piaf, Björk, Joni Mitchell, Frank Sinatra and Les Voix Bulgares.
- Scritti Politti's Green Gartside said that Fraser was his third favorite vocalist of all time (behind Paul McCartney and Brian Wilson).
- Used to have a tattoo of Siouxsie Sioux on her arm.
- Performed for two nights as part of the 'Meltdown Festival' at London's Southbank Centre, curated by Anohni. (August 2012)
- The youngest of six children. At 16, was forced to leave the family house for having a "punk look".
- Had an intense personal relationship with the late singer-songwriter Jeff Buckley. They recorded the duet: "All Flowers in Time Bend Towards the Sun". The song was written by Buckley and never released commercially. Fraser speaks about their relationship in the BBC documentary, 'Jeff Buckley: Everybody Here Wants You (2002)'.
- Was awarded the NME Award for 'Best Female Singer'. (1984)
- (January 28, 2016) With her longtime partner Damon Reece, composed an operatic score for The Nightmare Worlds of H.G. Wells (2016), a four-part mini-series.
- For some recordings, used foreign words without knowing their meaning, the words acquired meaning for her only as she sang them.
- Fraser's vocals were influenced by Bulgarian acapella folk singers featured on the compilation album 'Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares'.
- For "Lament for Gandalf", her musical contribution to the soundtrack for The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002), Fraser sings in Sindarin, a fictional language devised by J.R.R. Tolkien, spoken by the Grey-elves.
- Her recorded solo work includes renditions of "Strange Fruit" (originally performed by Billie Holiday) and "At Last I Am Free" (originally performed by Chic).
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