Breakout of the Year: Feist

A single tracking shot, sparkling choreography, and some blue sequins turned a modest indie heroine into a household name -- we get Leslie Feist's digits during the busiest week of her life.
Photo by Mary Rozzi

One of Feist's backup singers, Mary, is crying. Another, Diane, holds an ice pack to her own bruised and swollen hand. At first glance, it would seem as though things backstage at Saturday Night Live's NBC studio have gone horribly wrong for tonight's musical guest, when in fact the opposite is true.

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