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Michelle Branch

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Michelle Branch

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Also known as Michelle Jacquet Branch-Landau, Michelle Jacquet Branch

American singer, songwriter and musician

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Michelle Branch is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor who began her professional career in 1999. Born in Phoenix, Arizona, she performs in genres including pop, folk, and alternative rock. Her musical work has been released under the Maverick record label. Branch is married to Patrick Carney and has received a nomination for the Grammy Award for Best New Artist.

Her discography includes works such as *Hopeless Romantic*, *Hotel Paper*, *The Spirit Room*, and *The Michelle Branch Songbook*. She is also recognized for her contributions to music composing. Branch’s musical style is described by various sources as adult alternative pop/rock, candy pop, and contemporary pop/rock.

Synthesized by Vinony from 39 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, Crossref, Open Library, MusicBrainz, Last.fm, TMDb, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Works
4

Top works

  • Hopeless romantic
  • Hotel Paper
  • The Michelle Branch Songbook
  • The Spirit Room

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Film & TV

Acting · Phoenix, Arizona, USA

Michelle Jacquet Branch (born July 2, 1983) is an American singer, songwriter and guitarist. During the early 2000s, she won a Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals with Santana for their 2002 single, "The Game of Love". As a solo recording artist, Branch's first album Broken Bracelet came out in 2000. After signing to Madonna's Maverick record label the next year, her second album…

Known for

  • Tamron Hall — Self - Guest2019
  • Late Night with Seth Meyers — Self2014
  • Rockin' Out — Self2011
  • Hell's Kitchen — Self - Restaurant Patron2005
  • On Air with Ryan Seacrest — Self2004
  • One Tree Hill — Michelle Branch2003
  • The Hot Chick — DJ2002
  • Last Call with Carson Daly — Self2002
  • American Dreams — Lesley Gore2002
  • Total Access 24/72001

via TMDB

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Female
Origin
United States
Active from
1983
adult alternative pop/rockalternative rockalternative/indie rockcandy popcontemporary pop/rockcontemporary singer/songwriter

Member of

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
1,073,118
Total plays
17,834,769

Tags

popfemale vocalistspop rocksinger-songwriterrock

Michelle Jacquet DeSevren Branch (named after the song "Michelle" by The Beatles) was born in Phoenix, Arizona, United States on the 2nd of July, 1983. She is an American singer, songwriter and guitarist. She received a guitar from her parents for her 14th birthday. Three years later, after sending a demo tape to Hanson and opening for them on tour, had signed a deal with Maverick Records. She subsequently had four top ten hits. The inspiration for writing her own songs can be found by The Be

via Last.fm · Michelle Branch

Quotes

  • Everybody was telling me where to be and what to do; all I wanted was create this nest of security, have a normal life. At least I think that's what a therapist would have told me.

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Key facts

Born
Michelle Jacquet Branch , ( 1983-07-02 ) July 2, 1983 (age 42) , Sedona , Arizona , U.S.
Other name
Michelle Carney
Occupations
Singer musician songwriter actress
Years active
1999–present
Spouses
Teddy Landau ​ ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2004 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 2015 ) ​ Patrick Carney ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2019 ) ​
Awards
Full list
Genres
Pop rock rock country
Instruments
Vocals guitar
Labels
Maverick Warner Bros. Reprise Reprise Nashville Verve
Formerly of
The Wreckers
Website
michellebranch .com

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Encyclopedic overview

Michelle Jacquet Branch (born July 2, 1983) is an American singer, songwriter and guitarist. She won a Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals with Santana for their 2002 single, "The Game of Love".

As a solo recording artist, Branch's first album Broken Bracelet came out in 2000. After signing to the record label Maverick the next year, her second album The Spirit Room followed and contained the singles "Everywhere" and "All You Wanted". Her third album Hotel Paper was released in 2003. Two years later, she formed the country music duo the Wreckers with Jessica Harp, and produced the Grammy-nominated single "Leave the Pieces". The Wreckers disbanded in 2007 to pursue their respective solo careers. Since then, she has released extended plays in 2010 and 2011, and a fourth solo album, Hopeless Romantic in 2017. Her fifth studio album, The Trouble with Fever, was released in 2022.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Michelle Branch” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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