More Info on Ingrid MichaelsonSimilar Undetermined MusicSearch Artistopia
Biography
Infobox musical artist|name = Ingrid Michaelson|image = Ingrid michaelson.jpg|caption =|image_size = 200|background = solo_singer|birth_name = Ingrid Ellen Egbert Michaelson|alias =|Born = Birth date and age|1979|12|08cite news| url= http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/18/nyregion/18singer.html? _r=1& oref=slogin | work=The New York Times | first=Devan | last=Sipher | title=Singing Her Way From Obscurity to Fame on the Internet | date=December 18, 2007|origin = Staten Island , New York , United States|U.S. |instrument = singing|Vocals , guitar , piano , ukulele |genre = Indie pop , indie folk |occupation = Singer-songwriter , musician |years_active = 2002present|label = Cabin 24 Records|website = official website| http://www.ingridmichaelson.com http://www.twitter.com/ingridmusic Twitter http://www.youtube.com/ingridmichaelson YouTube|Domestic_partner(s)= Greg Laswell (2009 - present)|current_members =|past_members = 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 Scrubs (TV series)|Scrubs , Bones (TV series)|Bones , '' Grey's Anatomy http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php? storyId=10300691 The Making of Musicians on MySpace . National Public Radio|NPR Talk of the Nation (May 21, 2007). Retrieved on May 25, 2007. The Big C and One Tree Hill (TV series)|One Tree Hill , http://www.cwtv.com/thecw/one-tree-hill-music One Tree Hill'' Featured Music. The CW Television Network|CW (n.d.). Retrieved on May 25, 2007. as well as in Old Navy|Old Navy's fall 2007 Fair Isle http://garysavelson.wordpress.com/2007/10/01/old-navy-commercial-fair-isle-sweater-collection-ingrid-michaelson-the-way-i-am/ Old Navy Commercial, Fair Isle Sweater Collection, Ingrid Michaelson, The Way I Am « Gary Savelson and Opel|Opel's / Vauxhall Motors|Vauxhall's Meriva 2010 advertising campaign. http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=7v7YJbAlMNA http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=Y4oSsimn6qA
Biography
Michaelson was born to artistic parents. Her father is a composer and her mother is a sculptor. 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. http://www.silive.com/printer/printer.ssf? /base/awe-0/1179953106265180.xml& coll=1& thispage=2 Baby, Remember Her Name . Staten Island Advance AWE. (24 May 2007). Retrieved on August 14, 2007. She is a graduate of Staten Island Technical High School and Binghamton University , where she received a degree in theater. While at Binghamton University she was a member of the Binghamtonics, a co-ed acappella 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.
Toward the end of 2008, she opened for Jason Mraz on his Europe tour, touring in the UK, Sweden, Denmark, the Netherlands, Germany and France among others. In the second half of 2009, Ingrid began her "Everybody" tour of the United States and Europe which continued in 2010.
In 2010 Ingrid was engaged to marry fellow artist Greg Laswell .cite web|work= http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/you/article-1250275/Ingrid-Michaelson-The-singer-calls-tune.html They are now married, which the singer acknowledged on her Twitter on January 16th 2012.cite web|work= http://www.twitter.com/ingridmusic
Television appearances
Trivia|date=January 2012A number of Michaelson's songs have been used in the TV series '' Grey's Anatomy ''. "The Way I Am" was featured in " List of Grey's Anatomy episodes#Season 3: 2006-2007|Six Days (Part 2) " (January 11, 2007), garnering attention from viewers. "Breakable" was featured in " Grey's Anatomy episodes (Season 3)#Staring at the Sun|Staring at the Sun " (16 November 2006). "Corner of Your Heart" was featured in " List of Grey's Anatomy episodes#Season 3: 2006-2007|Testing 1-2-3 " (13 September 2007)."Keep Breathing" was featured on the May 17, 2007, season 3 finale, " Grey's Anatomy episodes (Season 3)#Didn.27t We Almost Have It All.3F|Didn't We Almost Have It All ". "Giving Up" was featured in the 22 May 2008 season 4 finale, " Grey's Anatomy episodes (Season 4)#Freedom|Freedom ". "Turn to Stone", a new B-side single from her upcoming album, Everybody , was featured in the 7 May 2009 season 5 episode, "What a Difference a Day Makes". "All Love" was featured in the second hour of the Season 5 finale. "The Chain" was featured in the 1 October 2009 season 6 episode " Grey's Anatomy (season 6)#ep6-03_.28105.29|I Always Feel Like Somebody's Watchin' Me ". On January 21, 2010, "Everybody" was played on Season 6."Everybody" also appeared on "Brothers & Sisters" Season 4 Episode 14.
Four of her songs have also appeared in One Tree Hill (TV series)|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"; "The Way I Am" was used in Season 4, Episode 19: "Ashes of Dreams You Let Die"; and "Can't Help Falling In Love" was used in Season 6, Episode 23: "Forever And Almost Always". Other appearances include "The Way I Am" and "Breakable" in The Real World: Denver , as well as "The Way I Am", "Die Alone" and "Far Away (Untitled)" in The Bad Girls Club . "Breakable" was also featured in Season 2, Episode 3: "The List is Life" of Kyle XY . Old Navy featured "The Way I Am" in its fall/winter advertisement. "Are We There Yet" was featured on the ABC family show "Make it or Break it"
On Valentine's Day 2008, Michaelson was the musical guest on Good Morning America , and 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 (1992 TV series)|The Tonight Show with Jay Leno , The Ellen DeGeneres Show , The AT& T Blue Room , The Artists Den|Live From The Artists Den '', NPR's Bryant Park Project , The Rachael Ray Show and Last Call with Carson Daly , where she performed with Joshua Radin .
Her song "Be OK" appears in The House Bunny , episode 15 of the second season of NBC's 2010 series Parenthood (2010 TV series)|Parenthood , a Traveler's Insurance commercial, a Mott's Apple Juice commercial featuring actress Marcia Cross ., http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/76100/Cross-twins-land-mum-a-saucy-role and a Ritz Crackers commercial in 2011. It was also used in a season 4 episode of Ugly Betty .
Michaelson recorded a duet with Sara Bareilles called "Winter Song", which featured on the The Hotel Cafι Presents Winter Songs . An animated music video was released to accompany the song. They performed the song on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992 TV series)|The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on December 9, 2008. This was also featured in '' Grey's Anatomy '''s fifth season. "Winter Song" was also featured on the eighth episode of season 4 of Brothers & Sisters (2006 TV series)|Brothers & Sisters , the seventeenth episode of Scrubs (TV series)|Scrubs season eight, and on the fifth episode of the third season of Army Wives . Michaelson and Bareilles performed the song at the 2010 National Christmas Tree Lighting.
Her song "Starting Now" appeared in Pretty Little Liars (TV series)|Pretty Little Liars on July 20, 2010, in the seventh episode of season 1, "The Homecoming Hangover".
Her song "You and I", from the 2008 album Be OK (album)|Be OK , plays over the credits of the 2010 romantic comedy '' My Girlfriend's Boyfriend (2010 film)|My Girlfriend's Boyfriend , starring Alyssa Milano , Christopher Gorham , Michael Landes , Tom Lenk and Beau Bridges .
Part of her song "Everybody" was featured in 2010's Ramona and Beezus .
Additionally, her song "The Chain" was featured in the CW show Hellcats , season 1, episode 12 "Papa, Oh Papa" on January, 24, 2011.
Her song " Maybe (Ingrid Michaelson song)|Maybe " was featured on the American Broadcasting Company|ABC medical drama Body of Proof in the episode "Society Hill", the sixth episode of the first season. It was also used on the USA network show In Plain Sight , in the episode, "I'm a Liver, Not a Fighter," in Season 4.
Her song "Sort Of" was used on the advert for the internet browser Google Chrome . The advert premiθred during the champions league final in May 2011. Her song "Turn to Stone" was featured on The Vampire Diaries in the episode "As I Lay Dying", the season 2 finale on May 12, 2011. On June 15, 2011, "Turn to Stone" was used for a contemporary dance routine on So You Think You Can Dance .
Her song "Keep Breathing" was featured on The Big C in Series one, Episode 2 towards the end of the episode. It has also appeared in a '' Grey's Anatomy episode.
Travis Wall choreographed a duet to her song "Turn to Stone" for the eighth season of the television show So You Think You Can Dance . It was performed by Melanie Moore and Marko Germar in the Top 20 episode on June 15, 2011, and again during the season finale as a judges' pick.
Michaelson's song "Are We There Yet? " from the album Everybody was featured on Season Three Episode 1 "The Birthday" of The Vampire Diaries on September 15, 2011.
Michaelson's cover of "Can't Help Falling in Love" is featured in the trailer for Like Crazy which will be released on October 28, 2011.update after|2011|10|28 In October 2011, "Everybody" appear in Disney's Lady and the Tramp , Diamond Edition Trailer music, along The Lion King Blu-ray edition Sneak Peaks.
Her song "All Love" appeared over the end credits of episode seven of the HBO series Enlightened (TV series)|Enlightened first broadcast on November 21, 2011.
Ingrid performed "Blood Brothers" at the 85th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in 2011.cite web|work= http://www.nbcumv.com/mediavillage/networks/nbcentertainment/macysthanksgivingdayparade
Collaborations
In 2006, Ingrid teamed up with William Fitzsimmons (musician)|William Fitzsimmons on his album Goodnight , which was released that same year.
Ingrid and her friend Sara Bareilles co-wrote "Winter Song" which was featured on The Hotel Cafι Presents Winter Songs , a compilation of both original recordings as well as classic holiday tracks sung by a lineup of female singer-songwriters. Ingrid 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 .cite web|url= http://www.webcitation.org/63zWf2lro|title=Irish Top 50 Singles|publisher= Irish Recorded Music Association |accessdate=December 17, 2011
Ingrid 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".
Ingrid 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." http://www.directcurrentmusic.com/music-news-new-music/2010/2/9/greg-laswell-take-a-bow.html http://greglaswell.tumblr.com/post/336473265/hello-the-solo-residency-iphone-app-take-a-bow
Ingrid'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, Ingrid co-wrote a song entitled " Parachute (song)|Parachute " with Marshall Altman which was covered by singer Cheryl Cole on her debut solo album 3 Words ; it hit number 1 in the UK. Ingrid initially felt the track was "so poppy" that she could not release it herself. However, after the song was reworked by " Everybody (Ingrid Michaelson album)|Everybody " producer Dan Romer to make a more "interesting, funky production", Ingrid released the song as a personal single. http://music-mix.ew.com/2010/10/18/ingrid-michaelson-parachute-video-cheryl-cole/ To date, the song has received two separate music videos.
Of the release of "Parachute" and upcoming material, Ingrid 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." http://www.billboard.com/#/news/ingrid-michaelson-aims-for-less-ukulele-1004116373.story
Discography
Studio albums
Title
Details
Peak chart positions
US cite web
US Rock cite web
US Heat cite web
US Indie cite web
CAN cite web
GER cite web
Slow the Rain
Release date: January 10, 2005
Label: self-released
Formats: Compact disc|CD , music download
Girls and Boys
Release date: May 16, 2006
Label: Cabin 24 Records
Formats: CD, music download
Be OK
Release date: October 14, 2008
Label: Cabin 24 Records
Formats: CD, music download
Everybody
Release date: August 25, 2009
Label: Cabin 24 Records
Formats: CD, music download
Human Again
Release date: January 24, 2012
Label: Cabin 24 Records
Formats: CD, music download
"" denotes releases that did not chart
Singles
Year
Single
Peak chart positions
Certifications ( List of best selling music artists
Album
US cite web
US AC cite web
US Adult cite web
US Rock cite web
AUT cite web
CAN cite web
GER cite web
UK cite web
2007
37
20
15
36
51
69
align="left"
Recording Industry Association of America|US : PlatinumCertification Cite Ref|region=United States|type=single|title=The Way I Am|artist=Ingrid Michaelson
Girls and Boys
2008
91
45
64
174
Be OK
2009
27
14
38
97
Everybody
2010
2012
Human Again
"" denotes releases that did not chart
Other charted songs
Title
Year
Peak chart positions
Album
US
CAN cite web
IRE
Winter Song " ( Sara Bareilles and Ingrid Michaelson)
"Fire"
References
Barelinks|date=January 2012reflist
External links
commons category
official website| http://ingridmichaelson.com/
Ingrid Michaelson Persondata| NAME =Michaelson, Ingrid | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = | DATE OF BIRTH =1979-12-08 | PLACE OF BIRTH =Staten Island, New York | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = DEFAULTSORT:Michaelson, Ingrid Category:1979 births Category:Living people Category:Binghamton University alumni Category:People from Staten Island Category:Musicians from New York City Category:American singers Category:American singer-songwriters Category:American pianists Category:American sopranos Category:American guitarists Category:Ukulele players Category:American folk musicians
