How old is Kate Bush now?
Olivia Hensley
Updated on February 25, 2026
Catherine Bush CBE is an English singer, songwriter, pianist, dancer, and record producer. In 1978, aged 19, she topped the UK Singles Chart for four weeks with her debut single "Wuthering Heights", becoming the first female artist to achieve a UK number one with a self-written song.
Did Kate Bush write her own music?
Kate's always done her own thingShe'd composed over 100 tracks by the time she released her fantastically-eccentric debut single “Wuthering Heights”, in 1978, when she was just 19 years old.