Ingrid Michaelson
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Ingrid Michaelson (born 1979) is a New York-based indie-pop singer-songwriter, probably best known for her single The Way I Am. Her music has been featured in episodes of several popular television shows, including Grey's Anatomy[2] and One Tree Hill,[3] as well as in Old Navy's Fall 2007 Fair Isle advertising campaign.[4]
Biography
Michaelson was born to artistic parents. Her father is composer Carl Michaelson and her, mother Elizabeth Egbert, is a sculptor and the Executive Director & President of the Staten Island Museum. Michaelson took up piano at age five, and trained until seven at Manhattan's Third Street Music School, continuing for many more years at the Jewish Community Center of S.I.'s Dorothy Delson Kuhn Music Institute. While there she met vocal coach Elizabeth McCullough, who worked with her through high school. She also has a brother named Griffin Michaelson, who is currently 14 years old.[5] She is a graduate of Staten Island Technical High School and Binghamton University, where she received a degree in theater.[5] Her time at Binghamton is both mentioned and the backdrop for the song, "The Hat."
On September 10, 2008, she opened for Dave Matthews Band's Stand Up for a Cure charity show at Madison Square Garden. Her set included Die Alone, Breakable, Overboard, Be OK, The Way I Am, Locked Up and some playful covers of Ice Ice Baby and The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Theme song. She closed her set with a solo acoustic performance of Over the Rainbow in tribute to the late DMB saxophonist LeRoi Moore.
In the fall of 2008, she opened for Jason Mraz on his Europe tour, touring in the UK, Sweden, Denmark, the Netherlands, Germany and France amongst others.
Television Appearances
A number of Michaelson's songs have been used in the TV series Grey's Anatomy. "The Way I Am" was featured in "Six Days (Part 1)" (11 January 2007)."Breakable" was featured in "Staring at the Sun" (16 November 2006). "Corner Of Your Heart" was featured in "Testing 1-2-3" (13 September 2007)."Keep Breathing" was featured on the 17 May 2007 season 3 finale, "Didn't We Almost Have It All"."Sky", a Joshua Radin song in which Ingrid features was used in season 4 episode 15 "Losing My Mind". "Giving Up", a new song, was featured in the 22 May 2008 season 4 finale, "Freedom".
Three of her songs have also appeared in One Tree Hill. "Masochist" was featured in Season 4, Episode 13: Pictures of You; "Overboard", was used in Season 4, Episode 14: Sad Songs for Dirty Lovers; and "The Way I Am" was used in Season 4, Episode 19: Ashes of Dreams You Let Die. Other appearances include "The Way I Am" and "Breakable" featured in The Real World: Denver. As well as "The Way I Am", "Die Alone" and "Far Away (Untitled)" in The Bad Girls Club.
On Valentine's Day 2008, Michaelson was the musical guest on Good Morning America, the following day she appeared on Live with Regis and Kelly. She has also appeared on VH1, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, The AT&T blue room, NPR’s Bryant Park Project and Last Call with Carson Daly where she performed with Joshua Radin.
Her newly released song Be Ok appears in The House Bunny.
Discography
- 2005 - Slow the Rain
- 2007 - Girls and Boys
- 2008 - Be OK (was released October 14)
Chart Performance
Albums
| Year | Title | Chart peak positions | Sales, certifications and notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billboard 200 | Heatseekers | Independent Albums | Internet Albums | |||
| 2007 | Girls and Boys | 63 | 1 | 6 | 75 | |
| 2008 | Be OK | 35 | - | 2 | - | |
Singles
| Year | Single | Chart peak positions | Album | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. | U.S. Pop |
U.S. Adult Top 40 |
U.S. AC |
Top 40 Recurrents | |||
| 2007 | "The Way I Am" | 37 | 31 | 15 | 2 | 20 | Girls and Boys |
| 2008 | "Be OK" | 91 | - | - | - | - | Be OK |
Notes
- ^ Singing Her Way From Obscurity to Fame on the Internet - New York Times
- ^ The Making of Musicians on MySpace. NPR Talk of the Nation (21 May, 2007). Retrieved on 25 May, 2007.
- ^ One Tree Hill Featured Music. CW (n.d.). Retrieved on 25 May, 2007.
- ^ Old Navy Commercial, Fair Isle Sweater Collection, Ingrid Michaelson, The Way I Am « Gary Savelson
- ^ a b Baby, Remember Her Name. Staten Island Advance AWE. (24 May 2007). Retrieved on 14 August, 2007.
External links
- Official site
- Ingrid Michaelson Label Website
- Fan site
- Ingrid Michaelson on Plum TV
- Official Myspace
- Interview from Amazon Wire Podcasts, Amazon.com, 17 April 2008
- Interview from Talk of the Nation, 21 May 2007