Ingrid Michaelson
Ingrid Michaelson | |
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 Ingrid Michaelson performing in Amsterdam, 2009 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Ingrid Ellen Egbert Michaelson |
| Born | December 8, 1979[1] |
| Origin | Staten Island, New York, U.S. |
| Genres | Indie pop, indie folk |
| Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter, musician |
| Instrument(s) | Vocals, guitar, piano, ukulele |
| Years active | 2002–present |
| Labels | Cabin 24 Records, Mom + Pop Music |
| Website | Official website |
Ingrid Ellen Egbert Michaelson (born December 8, 1979) is a New York-based indie-pop singer-songwriter. Her music has been featured in episodes of several popular television shows, including The Vampire Diaries, Scrubs, Bones, Grey's Anatomy[2] The Big C, In Plain Sight, and One Tree Hill,[3] as well as in Old Navy's fall 2007 Fair Isle[4] and Opel's/Vauxhall's Meriva 2010 advertising campaigns.[5][6]
Biography
Michaelson was born to artistic parents. Her father, Carl Michaelson, is a composer ("The Praise of Christmas") and her mother, Elizabeth Egbert, is a sculptor. Her mother is of Dutch ancestry. [7] Michaelson took up piano at age four, and trained until seven at Manhattan's Third Street Music School, continuing for many more years at the Jewish Community Center of Staten Island's Dorothy Delson Kuhn Music Institute. While there she met vocal coach Elizabeth McCullough, who worked with her through high school.[8] She is a graduate of Staten Island Technical High School and Binghamton University, where she received a degree in theater.[8] While at Binghamton University she was a member of the Binghamtonics, a co-ed a cappella group, as well as the Pappy Parker Players, an improv comedy group, and the theatre repertory company under Sue Peters. Her time at Binghamton is mentioned in the song "The Hat". She grew up doing a musical theater group called "Kids On Stage". Later in life, she became a director until she decided to pursue her career in music.
Musical career
2002-2005: Beginnings and Slow The Rain
Michaelson began recording her own music in 2002, promoting through Myspace as well as many other internet outlets. Michaelson would play her original songs from the album around cafes and small venues across New York City. Eventually, Michaelson collected her previously recorded songs along with others she had recorded, and put out her first album Slow The Rain on her own label, Cabin 24 Records. Michaelson would sell the album at the small performances. For a short period of time the album was available on amazon.com as a digital download, but Michaelson took the album off.[9]
2006-2008: Girls & Boys
In 2006, Michaelson independently put out her second album, Girls and Boys. The album, like her previous music, was streamed on Myspace. A music producer from the ABC Drama Grey's Anatomy found her music online. After being contacted by the music producer, Michaelson began to be approached by several record companies. Wanting to retain all of the rights she had as an independent artist, Michaelson developed a deal with Original Signal Recordings, acting as the marketing and distribution arm for Michaelson's label. Through Original Signal, Michaelson re-released Girls and Boys into mainstream marketing on September 18th, 2007. It peaked at #63 on The Billboard charts[10] and received positive reviews from critics.[11]c-review-ingrid-michaelson-girls-and1/ |title=Music Review: Ingrid Michaelson - Girls and Boys - Blogcritics Music |publisher=Blogcritics.org |date=2007-10-25 |accessdate=2012-07-25}}</ref>[12]
2008-2011: Be Ok, Everybody
In 2008, Michaelson released her 3rd album, and 1st Compilation Album, Be OK. The album debuted at #35 on the Billboard Charts and received mixed to positive reviews. The album features the single, Be OK, which received a large amount of exposure on several shows and commercials. In 2009, Michaelson released her fourth album, Everybody. Everybody debuted on #18 on the Billboard charts and received positive reviews. It features the single, Maybe, which received positive reviews and was featured on several television programs.
2012-present: Parachute and Human Again
In 2010, Michaelson digitally released the single Parachute, a song that she wrote but was used by Cheryl Cole on her album 3 Words. The song has not been featured on any albums, but is available on both iTunes and Amazon.com. In 2012, Michaelson released her fifth album, Human Again. Human Again debuted at #5 on the Billboard charts and received very positive reviews, with critics praising the album's unique sound. Michaelson's tour for the album, The Human Again Tour was sold out almost every night of the tour.
Appearances and performances
Television and radio
- The AT&T Blue Room
- The Ellen DeGeneres Show
- Good Morning America
- Last Call with Carson Daly (performance with Joshua Radin)
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien
- Live From The Artists Den
- Live with Regis and Kelly
- NPR's "Bryant Park Project"
- The Rachael Ray Show
- Shark Tank (performing "Be OK" and demonstrating the Miso-Media, an iPad application for learning how to play stringed instruments)
- The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
- VH1
Other appearances
- Michaelson and Sara Bareilles performed "Winter Song" at the 2010 National Christmas Tree Lighting
- Michaelson performed "Blood Brothers" at the 85th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in 2011[13]
Songs featured in television series
- "Breakable"—"Staring at the Sun" (November 16, 2006)
- ”The Way I Am"--"Six Days (Part 2)" (January 11, 2007)
- "Corner of Your Heart"--"Testing 1-2-3" (13 September 2007)
- "Keep Breathing"--season 3 finale, "Didn't We Almost Have It All" (May 17, 2007)
- "Giving Up"-- season 4 finale, "Freedom" (May 22, 2008)
- "Turn to Stone" (a new B-side single from her upcoming album, Everybody)--season 5 episode, "What a Difference a Day Makes" (May 7, 2009)
- ”Winter Song”—season 5
- "All Love"--season 5 finale
- "The Chain"--season 6 episode "I Always Feel Like Somebody's Watchin' Me" (October 1, 2009)
- "Everybody"--season 6 (January 21, 2010)
- "Palm Of Your Hand"--season 8
- "Masochist"--season 4, episode 13, "Pictures of You"
- "Overboard"--season 4, episode 14, "Sad Songs for Dirty Lovers"
- "The Way I Am"--season 4, episode 19, "Ashes of Dreams You Let Die"
- "Can't Help Falling in Love"--season 6, episode 23, "Forever And Almost Always"
Other series
- "Winter Song”--Army Wives, season 3, episode 5
- "The Way I Am", "Die Alone" and "Far Away (Untitled)" in The Bad Girls Club
- "Keep Breathing"--The Big C, season 1, episode 2
- "Maybe”--Body of Proof, season 1, episode 6, “Society Hill"
- ”Winter Song”--Brothers & Sisters, season 4, episode 8
- "Everybody"--Brothers & Sisters, season 4, episode 14
- "All Love"--HBO series Enlightened, episode 7
- "The Chain"--Hellcats, season 1, episode 12, "Papa, Oh Papa"
- "Soldier"--In Plain Sight, 2011 episode "Meet The Shannons"
- "Maybe”--In Plain Sight, season 4 episode, "I'm a Liver, Not a Fighter"
- "Breakable"--Kyle XY, season 2, episode 3, "The List is Life"
- "Are We There Yet"--Make It or Break It
- “Be OK”— Parenthood, season 2, episode 15
- "Starting Now"--Pretty Little Liars, season 1, episode 7, "The Homecoming Hangover"
- Cant Help Falling In love--Pretty Little Liars, Season 2, Episode 21 Breaking the code
- Black and Blue--Pretty little liars , Season 2 Episode 24 If this dolls could talk
- "The Way I Am" and "Breakable"--The Real World: Denver
- "Winter Song"--Scrubs, season 8, episode 17
- ”Turn to Stone”—So You Think You Can Dance, choreographed by Travis Wall, season 8, Top 20 episode on June 15, 2011, and season finale as a judges' pick
- "Be OK”—Ugly Betty, season 4
- "Turn to Stone"--The Vampire Diaries, season 2 finale, "As I Lay Dying"
- "Are We There Yet?" --The Vampire Diaries, season 3, episode 1, "The Birthday"
Songs featured in films
- "Be OK"--The House Bunny (2008)
- "You and I"--My Girlfriend's Boyfriend (2010)
- "Everybody"--Ramona and Beezus (2010)
- "Can't Help Falling in Love"--trailer for Like Crazy (2011)
- "Everybody"—trailer for Disney's Lady and the Tramp, Diamond Edition (2011)
- ”Everybody”—Sneak Peek for Disney’s Diamond Edition of The Lion King Blu-ray (2011)
- "Blood Brothers"—trailer for People Like Us (2012)
- "Everybody"—-LOL (2012 film) (2012)
- "More, More, More"—-Hope Springs (2012 film) (2012)
Songs featured in commercials
- "Sort Of" (instrumental version)--Google Chrome
- ”Be OK”—Mott's Apple Juice commercial featuring actress Marcia Cross[14]
- ”The Way I Am”--Old Navy commercial
- ”Be OK”--Ritz Crackers commercial
- ”Be OK”--Traveler's Insurance commercial
- ”Soldier”--Target commercial
Songs featured elsewhere
- "Turn to Stone"—solo contemporary dance routine choreographed by Mark Meismer, performed by Sophia Lucia
Collaborations
In 2006, Michaelson teamed up with William Fitzsimmons on his album Goodnight, which was released that same year.
Michaelson and her friend Sara Bareilles co-wrote "Winter Song" which was featured on The Hotel Café Presents Winter Songs, a compilation of both original recordings as well as classic holiday tracks sung by a lineup of female singer-songwriters. Michaelson also worked with Bareilles, performing "Winter Song" for the President Obama and his family as well as many spectators at the National Christmas Tree Lighting in December 2010. In 2011, "Winter Song" reached number 2 on the Irish Singles Chart.[15]
Michaelson provided back-up vocals on two songs from PlayRadioPlay!'s album Texas, including "I'm a Pirate, You're a Princess" and the title track, "Texas".
She provided back-up vocals on Greg Laswell's album, Take A Bow, which was released on May 4, 2010. Collaboration was done on the songs "Take Everything," "My Fight (For You)," and "Come Clean."[16][17]
Michaelson's band includes Allie Moss and Bess Rogers on guitar, who are singer/songwriters in their own right. Allie Moss released a 2009 EP entitled Passerby. A single from the EP, "Corner", has been picked up by BT for their BT Infinity television commercials in the UK. Other band members include Chris Kuffner (Bass), husband of Bess Rogers(Guitar), Saul Simon-MacWilliams (keys) and Elliot Jacobson (drums).
In 2010, Michaelson co-wrote a song entitled "Parachute" with Marshall Altman which was covered by singer Cheryl Cole on her debut solo album 3 Words; it hit number 5 in the UK. She initially felt the track was "so poppy" that she could not release it herself. However, after the song was reworked by "Everybody" producer Dan Romer to make a more "interesting, funky production", Michaelson released the song as a personal single.[18] To date, the song has received two separate music videos.
Of the release of "Parachute" and upcoming material, Michaelson explained in a 2010 interview with Billboard.com, "I just felt like I wanted to put something out. I'm not ready to put a full album out, so we thought we'd put this out and see how people take it or don't take it," saying that she expects to release her next album, "probably in the middle of next year."[19]
Personal life
In August 2011, she married fellow musician Greg Laswell. They currently reside in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn with their Border terrier, Shep Proudfoot.
Discography
Studio albums
| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [20] |
US Rock [21] |
US Heat [22] |
US Indie [23] |
CAN [24] |
GER [25] | ||||
| Slow the Rain |
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Girls and Boys |
|
63 | 17 | 1 | 6 | — | 100 | ||
| Be OK |
|
35 | 13 | — | 2 | — | — | ||
| Everybody |
|
18 | 7 | — | — | — | — | ||
| Human Again |
|
5 | 2 | — | 1 | 22 | — | ||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||||||
Singles
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales threshold) |
Album | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [26] |
US AC [27] |
US Adult [28] |
US Rock [29] |
AUT [30] |
CAN [24] |
GER [31] |
UK [32] | |||||||
| 2007 | "The Way I Am" | 37 | 20 | 15 | — | 36 | 51 | 69 | — | Girls and Boys | ||||
| 2008 | "Be OK" | 91 | — | — | — | 45 | — | 64 | 174 | Be OK | ||||
| 2009 | "Maybe" | — | 27 | 14 | 38 | — | — | 97 | — | Everybody | ||||
| 2010 | "Everybody" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| 2012 | "Ghost" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Human Again | ||||
| "Blood Brothers" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||||||||||||||
Other charted songs
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US | CAN [34] |
IRE [15] | |||
| "Winter Song" (Sara Bareilles and Ingrid Michaelson) |
2008 | — | 97 | 2 | The Hotel Café Presents Winter Songs |
| "Fire" | 2012 | 103 [35] |
— | — | Human Again |
References
- ^ Sipher, Devan (December 18, 2007). "Singing Her Way From Obscurity to Fame on the Internet". The New York Times.
- ^ The Making of Musicians on MySpace. NPR Talk of the Nation (May 21, 2007). Retrieved on May 25, 2007.
- ^ One Tree Hill Featured Music. CW (n.d.). Retrieved on May 25, 2007.
- ^ Old Navy Commercial, Fair Isle Sweater Collection, Ingrid Michaelson, The Way I Am « Gary Savelson
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- ^ [2][dead link]
- ^ "Elizabeth Egbert".
- ^ a b Baby, Remember Her Name. Staten Island Advance AWE. (24 May 2007). Retrieved on August 14, 2007.
- ^ "Ingrid Michaelson On 'Grey's Anatomy' Spot, Beginning in Music". WatchMojo.com. Retrieved 2012-07-25.
- ^ http://www.billboard.com/#/album/ingrid-michaelson/girls-and-boys/794616
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- ^ "INGRID MICHAELSON "Girls and Boys" Cabin 24". Washingtonpost.com. Retrieved 2012-07-25.
- ^ "Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade". http://www.nbcumv.com.
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- ^ a b "Irish Top 50 Singles". Irish Recorded Music Association. Retrieved December 17, 2011.
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- ^ "Greg Laswell - Hello/ The Solo Residency / iPhone App/ Take A Bow". Greglaswell.tumblr.com. 2010-01-15. Retrieved 2012-02-10.
- ^ Blauvelt, Christian (2010-10-18). "Ingrid Michaelson's 'Parachute'video: An EW exclusive premiere | The Music Mix | EW.com". Music-mix.ew.com. Retrieved 2012-02-10.
- ^ http://www.billboard.com/#/news/ingrid-michaelson-aims-for-less-ukulele-1004116373.story
- ^ "Ingrid Michaelson Album & Song Chart History - Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved March 15, 2011.
- ^ "Ingrid Michaelson Album & Song Chart History - Rock Albums". Billboard. Retrieved March 15, 2011.
- ^ "Ingrid Michaelson Album & Song Chart History - Heatseekers Albums". Billboard. Retrieved March 15, 2011.
- ^ "Ingrid Michaelson Album & Song Chart History - Independent Albums". Billboard. Retrieved March 15, 2011.
- ^ a b "Ingrid Michaelson Album & Song Chart History - Canadian Hot 100". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved May 27, 2011.
- ^ "Die ganze Musik im Internet: German Charts - Albums". Hung Medien. Retrieved March 15, 2011.
- ^ "Ingrid Michaelson Album & Song Chart History - Hot 100". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved May 27, 2011.
- ^ "Ingrid Michaelson Album & Song Chart History - Adult Contemporary". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved May 27, 2011.
- ^ "Ingrid Michaelson Album & Song Chart History - Adult Pop Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved May 27, 2011.
- ^ "Ingrid Michaelson Album & Song Chart History - Rock Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved May 27, 2011.
- ^ "austriancharts.at - Austria Top 40". Hung Medien. Retrieved May 27, 2011.
- ^ "Die ganze Musik im Internet: Charts - German Singles". Hung Medien. Retrieved May 27, 2011.
- ^ "Chart Log UK: M - My Vitriol". The Official Charts Company. Retrieved May 27, 2011.
- ^ "American single certifications – Ingrid Michaelson – The Way I Am". Recording Industry Association of America.
- ^ "Canadian Singles Chart". Billboard. Retrieved December 17, 2011.
- ^ "Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles (Chart Date: 2012-02-11)" (requires registration). Billboard. Retrieved February 3, 2012.
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