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BLP sources|date=November 2010Cleanup|date=April 2009Infobox musical artist|name = Bonnie McKee|image = |caption = Bonnie's debut album, Trouble.|background = solo_singer|birth_name = Bonnie Leigh McKeeCalifornia Births, 1905 - 1995, http://www.familytreelegends.com/records/39461? c=search& first=Bonnie& last=McKee Bonnie Leigh McKee – Birth Date: 01/20/1984, County of Birth: Solano (Vacaville)|alias =|birth_date = birth date and age|1984|1|20|death_date =|origin =|instrument = Piano |genre = pop rock |occupation = Singer, songwriter, actress|years_active = 2000–present|label = Reprise Records (2000–2007)|associated_acts =|website =|current_members =|past_members = Bonnie Leigh McKee (born January 20, 1984) is a North American singer - songwriter , formerly signed to Reprise Records . She released her debut album Trouble (Bonnie McKee album)|Trouble in 2004, which was a minor success. The single "Somebody" was included in the soundtrack to the 2004 comedy film Win a Date with Tad Hamilton! . As a songwriter McKee has enjoyed success writing international hit singles for Katy Perry (" California Gurls ", " Teenage Dream (Katy Perry song)|Teenage Dream " and " Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.) "), Taio Cruz (" Dynamite (Taio Cruz song)|Dynamite ") as well as Britney Spears (" Hold It Against Me (Britney Spears song)|Hold It Against Me ").
Biography
Early life
McKee was born in Vacaville, California , and spent her formative years in the Seattle area. Upon moving to Seattle, she joined the Seattle Girls Choir . She toured Europe in 2000 as a member of its top Prime Voci choir, including a concert in Rome at the request of Pope John Paul II . She recorded two albums with the choir, including "Jackson Berkey Meets The Seattle Girls' Choir" and "Cantate 2000".
McKee's youth was somewhat unconventional. She attended the private high school, The Bush School , but amid failing most of her classes, and at the requests of parents concerned with the influence McKee would have on her classmates, she was kicked out before she could finish her freshman year. However, the week after her expulsion, The Bush School did allow her to participate in a program in which she spent a week in a recording studio with her classmates. This demo contained several songs that ended up on her album Trouble (Bonnie McKee album)|Trouble , including the title track and "When it All Comes Down", the latter being inspired by her rejection from the school.
2004& ndash;2005: Trouble
McKee had progressed to writing her own music by the time she was twelve. By fifteen she was performing on her own and had produced her own six-track extended play|EP . This material, re-recorded, formed the core of her first major label album, Trouble released September 28, 2004. She gave the EP to a friend, who happened to babysit for a family with connections to the music industry in Los Angeles. Her EP sparked interest around town, and her song, "Somebody" fell into the hands of Nic Harcourt, who played it on Morning Becomes Eclectic , igniting a bidding war among the major labels.
Ultimately, McKee signed with Tom Whalley as his first artist as the CEO at Warner Brothers, and signed of one of the last 'big' record deals before the industry began to suffer.
At sixteen, McKee moved to Los Angeles on her own, and recorded her album with Rob Cavalo.
McKee's first major brush with national exposure came in the March 7, 2004 "Shoot the Moon" episode of the American Dreams TV series, in which she portrayed Janis Joplin . Her song "Somebody" was featured in the 2004 film Win a Date with Tad Hamilton! , garnering enough notice to cause her album to be released ahead of its (previously delayed) schedule.
There was lots of press, including interviews and shoots with Blender , Nylon , Interview , Paper , The Los Angeles Times and Teen People . She played on Jimmy Kimmel Live and was also featured on MTV's Buzzworthy , VH1's You Outta Know , and MTV's Pre-RL .
In the non-fiction book "The Long Tail" by Chris Anderson (writer)|Chris Anderson , McKee is used as an example of how the internet, specifically Yahoo's Launchcast service, forced Reprise to change how they marketed McKee. According to the book, Robin Bechtel, Warner Bros. and Reprise Records Head of New Media, tried to convince the label that because of the internet data, the label was marketing McKee to the wrong audience. Reprise was trying to target the adult contemporary audience (women in their 30s and 40s), but when an early track release on Launchcast revealed the song was a hit with a strong preteen, teen and 20-something female audience, Reprise gave McKee more 'edge' and targeted them instead. Even though McKee's single was a hit on the internet, Trouble sold fewer than 17,000 copies and got very little airplay. Bechtel pitched this story to Chris Anderson for his book.
2007& ndash;present: Acting, songwriting and second studio album
In mid 2007 McKee was dropped from Reprise. Feeling happy about her departure, she soon started recording new music and eventually got a supporting role in the film August Rush .
She made an appearance on CSI: NY in the episode " Help (CSI: NY episode)|Help " alongside Alex Band . McKee played a dead subway singer and performed her own songs including "Trouble" and "To Find You".
McKee collaborated with Dr. Luke and Katy Perry for Perry's second album, co-writing both of Perry's international hit singles, " California Gurls " and " Teenage Dream (Katy Perry song)|Teenage Dream ", both of which topped the Billboard Hot 100| Billboard Hot 100 , as well as "Last Friday Night". She co-wrote five songs for Britney Spears 's 2011 album, including the lead single, " Hold It Against Me ". McKee is also a co-writer on Taio Cruz 's hit single, " Dynamite (Taio Cruz song)|Dynamite " found on the international edition of his second studio album, Rockstarr , and has written songs for Leighton Meester, Fefe Dobson, Miranda Cosgrove, and Elliot Yamin.
McKee is currently working on her second studio album.cite web|last=Lipschutz|first=Jason|title=Hit songwriter Bonnie McKee to record solo album - Yahoo& #33; News|url= http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20101113/music_nm/us_bonniemckee_1|publisher=Yahoo& #33; News|accessdate=26 November 2010|date=12 November 2010 She is working with American producer Dr. Luke , who is also the executive producer of the album.
In an interview with alexkazemi.com, McKee said that she had worked with Kelly Clarkson on her upcoming fifth studio album. http://alexkazemi.com/2010/07/listensingle-review-teenage-dream-katy-perry/
McKee appeared in Bravo (US TV channel)|Bravo 's Platinum Hit as a guest judge. On episode 6 (of season 1), she judged the challenge where the final seven contestants were tasked with writing a song about risk. She told the second place team that they should write pop song lyrics that a four-year-old could understand.
McKee revealed via her twitter page http://twitter.com/#!/BonnieMcKeee/status/145223338627833856 that she is working on new music and hopes to have a new single released by summer of 2012.
It seems that she's also working with Leona Lewis , writing a song called "Lovebird" http://thelavalizard.com/2012/01/new-song-leona-lewis-lovebirds-snippet/.
Max Martin , Lukasz Gottwald , Mathieu Jomphe, Jacob Kasher Hindlin
"How I Roll"
Christian Karlsson, Henrik Jonback, Magnus Lidehäll , Pontus Winnberg, Nicole Morier
"Seal It With A Kiss"
Lukasz Gottwald, Max Martin, Henry Walter
"Gasoline"
Lukasz Gottwald, Claude Kelly, Benjamin Levin, Emily Wright
Namie Amuro
Checkmate!
AFTERSCHOOL )
DOUBLE , Jörgen Elofsson , Erik Lidbom
Kelly Clarkson
Stronger (Kelly Clarkson album)
"Hello"
Kelly Clarkson, Josh Abraham , Oliver Goldstein, Bonnie McKee
"Alone"
Josh Abraham, Oliver Goldstein, Bonnie McKee, Ryan Williams
Top Ten Singles
The following singles peaked inside the top ten on the Billboard Hot 100| Billboard Hot 100 . ;Number-one singles
"California Gurls"
"Teenage Dream"
"Hold It Against Me"
"Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)"
;Top 10 Hits
"Dynamite"
References
reflist
External links
MySpace|bonniemckee|Bonnie McKee
Official information
Reprise Records: http://www.warnerreprise.com/qt-ref/bonniemckee_epk_ref.mov 2003 EPK; Retrieved December 6, 2004
Reprise Records: http://www2.warnerbros.com/web/music/spotlight.jsp? id=spotlight_bonnie_mckee& frompromo=spotlight_list_bonnie_mckee Artist Spotlight: Bonnie McKee; Retrieved December 6, 2004
NBC: http://www.nbc.com/American_Dreams/episode_guide/40.html American Dreams Episode Guide, Season 2 Episode 215, Shoot The Moon 8/7pm 3/07/04; Retrieved December 6, 2004
Interviews and Articles
Jones, Oliver: http://blender.com/guide/articles.aspx? id=1078 Coming Attraction: Bonnie McKee Blender , October 2003; Retrieved December 6, 2004
Mooallem, Steven: Bonnie McKee: the ingenue who turned her messed-up life into music - Music Prediction - Interview Interview , November 2003; Retrieved December 6, 2004
Elliot, Russell W.: http://www.musicaldiscoveries.com/reviews/bonniemckee.htm Bonnie McKee; Trouble; interview and album review Musical Discoveries , July 24, 2004; Retrieved December 6, 2004
Monger, James Christopher: Allmusic|class=artist|id=p625709|pure_url=yes Bonnie McKee Biography AMG , 2004; Retrieved December 6, 2004
Tate, Natalie: Bursting through stereotypes; Singer-songwriter brings maturity, depth to ‘bubblegum’ pop star image UCLA Daily Bruin , December 2, 2004; Retrieved December 6, 2004
Lieberman, Sara: It Girl: Bonnie McKee Alloy , September 29, 2004; Retrieved December 6, 2004
Persondata|NAME = McKee, Bonnie |ALTERNATIVE NAMES = McKee, Bonnie Leigh |SHORT DESCRIPTION = American singer |DATE OF BIRTH = January 20, 1984 |PLACE OF BIRTH = Vacaville, California|Vacaville , California , United States|US |DATE OF DEATH = |PLACE OF DEATH = DEFAULTSORT:McKee, Bonnie Category:1984 births Category:Living people Category:American singers Category:American film actors Category:Actors from California
