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Michelle Shaprow | |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Michelle Shaprow |
| Instrument(s) | Voice, Piano |
| Years active | 2010-present |
| Website | michelleshaprow |
Michelle Shaprow (SHAP-row) is an American dance pop and jazz singer and songwriter. She has released three albums.
Music career
Shaprow recorded her debut album “Purple Skies” with Grammy-nominated producer Alex Eleña and Joshua Valleau.[citation needed] She recorded her second album “Earth One” with Alex Elena and Topher Mohr. Both albums reached the top 10 in Japan.[citation needed]
Reception
“Purple Skies” was selected as one of the best albums of 2011 in Japan's "iTunes Rewind".[1] Her songs reached the top 10 pop charts in Korea’s most popular digital malls.[citation needed] Michelle’s single "If I Lost You" reached number 1 on BBC London 94.9 FM,[citation needed] charted on Gille’s Peterson’s Top 20 List and L.A.’s KCRW and played regularly as promotional theme music for VH1.[citation needed] “Back Down to Earth” became the most requested songs on Botswana’s Yarona FM.[2]
Shaprow has had hits in several genres: her dance music collaboration with Speakerboxx, “Time”, reached #5 on the Billboard dance charts and was nominated for an International Dance Music Award in the dance pop category.[3][failed verification] Pre-released versions of her songs appeared on the iTunes Store Top 100 Jazz singles chart in the U.S., Germany and Greece, Australia, Canada, Greece and Mexico.[citation needed]
Her music plays regularly at Abercrombie and Fitch, Hollister, H&M, Gilly Hicks, Barnes and Nobles, Wet Seal, BodyShop, Forever 21, EasySpirit, Arden B, Wilson's Leather, Applebee's, and Stylish Sophistication stores around the world[4] and has been featured on VH1, TLC and Discovery Channel.[5] Shaprow also appeared in a Coca Cola commercial.[citation needed]
Social media
Shaprow uses social media in marketing music and connecting with fans. In 2011, Shaprow created personalized songs with individualized messages for selected fans.[citation needed] In the same year, music industry blog Hypebot profiled Shaprow in a feature discussing her innovative use of social media platforms.[4] Her music has appeared in several of YouTuber Michelle Phan's videos. HMV Japan refers to Shaprow as ""iTunes 世代の歌姫"--“Diva of the iTunes generation"".[6]
In 2011 she signed a worldwide publishing deal with BMG. To celebrate the signing she created a video thanking her Facebook fans. The video was featured on Facebook’s official music page and industry blog Hypebot.[7]
Personal life and education
Shaprow was born in El Paso, Texas. She studied media perception, cognition, psychology and philosophy at Yale University[8] until 2004, where she was a MEChA representative.[9] While at Yale she released music on Warner Brothers Records, Om Records, Ministry of Sound and King Britt's FiveSix label.[citation needed]
She is reclusive and only makes albums “When the music tells me to”.[citation needed] She lives in Las Vegas and Los Angeles.[citation needed]
Discography
Albums
- Purple Skies – 2011
- Starlight (with Astro Bits) – 2011
- Earth One – 2014
References
- ^ "Itunes Rewind 2011". P-Vine.
- ^ ""Back Down To Earth" #1 in Botswana". Dope Den.
- ^ "ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL DANCE MUSIC AWARDS CEREMONY". Film Festivals.
- ^ a b "Michelle Shaprow Asks: "How Can I Maintain My Personal Touch As I Build My Career?"". Hypebot.
- ^ "clip-vip".
- ^ "Purple Skies". HMV.
- ^ "Michelle Shaprow's Facebook Friends Help Her Get A BMG Publishing Deal". Hypebot.
- ^ Peoples, Kaylene (2007). "Michelle Shaprow – Transcending Musical Genres". Agenda Magazine. Retrieved May 22, 2016.
- ^ Hinson, Bess (October 17, 2003). "'Real World' comes to recruit in Elm City". Yale Daily News. Retrieved May 22, 2016.
External links
- http://blogcritics.org/fresh-find-an-interview-with-michelle/
- http://www.last.fm/music/Michelle+Shaprow/+wiki
- https://www.everipedia.com/mshaprow/
- http://thedjlist.com/djs/michelle-shaprow/info/#msg/
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