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Template:Infobox musical artist 2 Marié Christina Digby (born April 16, 1983) is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist and pianist. She is best known for her acoustic cover version of Rihanna's No. 1 hit "Umbrella", which attracted attention on YouTube in 2007. The song was subsequently played on the radio station STAR 98.7, was featured on the third season opening episode of the MTV show The Hills,[1] and peaked at #10 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart. Digby performed the song on the late night talk show Last Call with Carson Daly on August 2 2007.
Digby's first official single, Say It Again, was released to radio stations on January 18, 2008. Her debut album, "Unfold", is set to be released on April 8, 2008.
Biography
Digby, whose mother is Japanese and father is Irish-American, is the eldest of three siblings including her sisters; Naomi (born December 12, 1985) and Erina (born August 8, 1987). She began writing songs in high school in LA and after graduating, spent one year at the University of California, Berkeley before leaving college to concentrate on music full-time. She came into the public light in 2004 after winning the Pantene Pro-Voice Music Competition with her autobiographical song "Miss Invisible".[2][3]
After performing at numerous night clubs, Digby signed a publishing deal with Rondor Music, a subsidiary of Vivendi SA's Universal Music Group in early 2005. By the end of 2005, Digby had signed with Disney's Hollywood Records and her first album of original songs was completed by the end of 2006. Also in 2006, her song "Fool" was included on the Disney compilation album Girl Next. In early 2007, she began to post simple videos of herself singing cover songs of other artists on YouTube in order to gain visibility for herself. Hollywood Records then released a high-quality studio recording of her rendition of "Umbrella" to iTunes and radio stations.[4]
Controversy
There has been controversy over Digby's YouTube popularity. As of September 2007, her homemade music videos have been viewed over 2.3 million times on the video sharing website.[4] It has been suggested by The Wall Street Journal that she feigned a grassroots effort and amateur status in order to generate buzz as part of an online marketing campaign created by Hollywood Records,[4] a strategy sometimes labeled "astroturfing". She has responded, writing on her blog that she never lied about being signed to Hollywood Records and has stated that her videos were her own "desperate" response to a lack of promotion.[5][6]
Discography
- 2008: Unfold
EPs
- 2007: Start Here EP
Popular Culture
- Digby's song "Spell" was recently featured in an episode of Smallville, the closing for season 7 episode 7, "Wrath". The song "Say It Again" was playing on Kara Kent's iPod as her favorite song at the end of episode 12 "Fracture" in the same season.
- Her song "Bring Me Love" served as the music bed for ABC Family's movie Holiday in Handcuffs.
- Her unreleased song "Where Do We Go From Here?" was the main song for the Lifetime movie The Dive From Clausen's Pier.
- As one of the musicians chosen by Gap for their new "The Sound of Color" campaign, Digby wrote and recorded "Paint Me In Your Sunshine", inspired by the color yellow.
References
- ^ "The Hills (Season 3) - Episode 1: You Know What You Did". MTV. Retrieved 2007-08-21.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - ^ "Marie Digby From Los Angeles Has Been Chosen by America as the Winner of the National Pantene Pro-Voice Music Competition". Highbeam Research. July 26, 2004.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) (Press release) - ^ Grant, Lindsey (2004-07-15). "The Perks of Being a Wallflower". The Daily Californian. Retrieved 2007-08-21.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ a b c Smith, Ethan & Lattman, Peter (September 6 2007). "Download This: YouTube Phenom Has a Big Secret". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved on September 10 2007.
- ^ Digby, Marié (September 9 2007). "Just a few things and that's it for this topic!". Myspace. Retrieved on September 10 2007.
- ^ Tien, Ellen (September 9 2007). "Pulse | What I'm Wearing Now". The New York Times. Retrieved on September 10 2007.
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