Michelle Branch
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Equipped with a guitar, songwriting skills and a beautiful voice, Michelle Branch gave us hits like Everywhere and All You Wanted to name a few.
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[edit] About
Born as Michelle Jacquet DeSevren Branch on July 2, 1983 in Flagstaff, Arizona USA. Michelle Branch is the middle child of David and Peggy Branch, she was raised in Sedona, a small town in Arizona. At the age of 8, she began taking singing lessons but have to give them up (11 yrs old) because they have to move to sedona, Arizona. But that didn't stopped her from taking singing leesons, she again took up singing lessons this time it's ith Gina Bettum. By She also took lessons from Ms. Bettum's husband when she received her first guitar at the age of 15 but this did not last long because she finds herself being more technical instead of going with the flow. She left school and was tutored by her mom at home with a clear arning if her grades went down she'll have to go back to school, but luckily it never happened and thus she was able to focus on her music.
Her first break in the music industry was when she was at home looking after her younger sister Nicole. A family friend called her and told her that a music manager named Jeff Rabhan was taking a time share tour at her company and to get down to her office immediately and bring a demo tape. Seeing this as a great opportuniy, so she stole her neighbor's golf cart and made her way down to the resort with Nicole. At frist, Jeff Rabhan was not interested but after forcing her tape on him, he listened to it on his way home in the car. Few months later, Michelle unexpectedly received a call from Jeff Rabhan asking to sign her. After signing with Jeff Rabhan's company, Michelle went into the studio to record in independent album named Broken Bracelet.
In Summer of 2000, Michelle received a call from Hanson's reps asking her to play for them on some of their upcoming shows. She happily accepted and packed her bags and flew to California where she would be spotted by a rep at Maverick Records and offered a record deal. In Decemeber of 2000, she signed with Maverick Records and was halfway through her first major album which is entitled The Spirit Room.
Her debut single Everywhere shot into the Billboards in no time and made Michelle an established upcomer. Everyone wants to work with her including Lifehouse, Jude, The Calling, Sheryl Crow and most recently The Dixie Chicks bringing her on the tour with them. In 2002 Michelle released her secon single All You Wanted and it stormed in at #6 and reached #1 on the TRL top 10. In summer of 2002, less than a year of the release of her debut album and after a few weeks of the release of her 3rd single Goodbye to You, Santana requested her services for the song Game of Love, for his comeback album Shaman, which hit the top 5 gaining Michelle worldwide recognition.
Two years after the release of her debut album, she released her second album entitled Hotel Paper. Same as her debut album, she wrote her songs that took her years to finish. The carrier single of the album is Are You Happy Now?, which charted, since then she has gone to perform at the Superbowl, Latin VMAs, headlining the Pepsi Smash, etc.
[edit] Awards / Nominations & Certifications
| Year | Category /Certification | Award |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | The Spirit Room: Certified Platinum | RIAA Certification |
| 2002 | Viewer's Choice Award (Everywhere) | MTV Video Music Awards |
| Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals (Game of Love) shared with Santana | Grammy Awards | |
| Viewer's Choice Award (Everywhere) | Grammy Awards | |
| 2003 | Hotel Paper: Certified Platinum | RIAA Certification |
| 2004 | Best Female Rock Vocal Performance (Are You Happy Now) | Grammy Awards |
[edit] Chart Toppers
| Year | Title | US | UK | Other Countries | Album |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Everywhere | #12 | #18 | #9 Australia; #1 Indonesia | The Spirit Room |
| 2002 | All You Wanted | #6 | #33 | #25 Australia; #4 Indonesia | The Spirit Room |
| Game of Love (Santana feat. Michelle Branch) | #5 | #16 | #19 Australie; #1 Indonesia | Shaman (Santana) | |
| Goodbye to You | #21 | #8 Indonesia | The Spirit Room | ||
| 2003 | Are You Happy Now? | #16 | #31 | #35 Australia; #1 Indonesia | Hotel Paper |
| 2003 | Breathe | #36 | #46 Australia; #1 Indonesia | Hotel Paper | |
| 2004 | One of These Days* | #15 Philippines | Hotel Paper | ||
| 2004 | Til I Get Over You | #40 Indonesia | Hotel Paper | ||
| 2005 | I'm Feeling You (Santana feat. Michelle Branch and The Wreckers) | #55 | #1 Australia; #10 Indonesia | All That I Am |
- *Philippine release only
[edit] News
- Her upcoming solo album "Everything Comes and Goes" is expected in 2009.
[edit] Tours & Concerts
No tours as of this moment
[edit] Announcements
[edit] Discography
[edit] Albums
| Title | Informations |
|---|---|
 | Released on 2000 (US) |
 | Released on August 14, 2001 (US) |
 | Released on June 24, 2003 (US) |
| | Released on November 25, 2003 (US) |
[edit] Singles
| Title | Labels | |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Everywhere | Maverick Records |
| 2002 | All You Wanted | Maverick Records |
| 2002 | Goodbye to You | Maverick Records |
| 2003 | Are You Happy Now | Maverick Records |
| 2003 | Breathe | Maverick Records |
| 2004 | One of These Days* | Maverick Records |
| 2004 | Til I Get Over You* | Maverick Records |
- *Philippine Release Only
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[edit] Other artists
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[edit] Influences
[edit] Contemporaries
[edit] Trivia
Favorites
- Color: Black, Blue
- Guitar: Taylor 614 CE
- Musician: Paul McCartney, John Lennon, Robert Plant
- Album: Cat Tails (Lisa Loeb), Unlucky (Admiral Twin), SRGT. Pepper's Lonely Hearts club, Band (The Beatles), Neon Ballroom (Silverchair)
- Song: Dancing Days (Led Zeppelin)
- Musicals: The Sound of Music, South Pacific and The King and I
- Favorite song from The Spirit Room: All You Wanted
- School Subject: History, Literature and Photography
- Least Favorite Subject: Math and science
- Food: Ice cream and Piah
- Vacation City: Moab, Utah
- Apparel: Converse shoes and Urban Outfitters.
Interesting Facts
- Married her bass player Teddy Landau on May 23, 2004
- Snippet's of her Are You Happy Now MTV was featured on TV commercials for the season finale of Dawson's Creek
- Dutch-Indonesian and French mom and Irish dad
- Born 7 weeks premature
- Height is 5'6
- Learned to speak french from her sister
- Birthday is same with lindsay lohan
