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'{{lead too short|date=January 2018}} {{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject Musicians --> | name = Meredith Brooks | image = | caption = | image_size = | background = solo_singer | birth_name = Meredith Ann Brooks | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1958|06|12}} | birth_place = [[Corvallis, Oregon]] | Origin = [[Oregon City, Oregon]], United States | instrument = Vocals, guitar | genre = | occupation = Singer-songwriter, musician, producer | years_active = 1989–2007 (as artist) | label = [[Capitol Records|Capitol]]<br />Gold Circle<br />Kissing Booth }} '''Meredith Ann Brooks''' (born June 12, 1958) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist best known for her 1997 hit song "[[Bitch (Meredith Brooks song)|Bitch]]", for which she was nominated for a [[Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance|Grammy Award]]. == Success with ''Blurring the Edges'' and "Bitch" == By 1995 Brooks landed a major label contract with [[Capitol Records]]. After three years her first single was finally released, "[[Bitch (Meredith Brooks song)|Bitch]]", and based on the success of the song she garnered nominations for the 1998 [[Grammy Awards]] for [[Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance|Best Female Rock Vocal Performance]] and [[Grammy Award for Best Rock Song|Best Rock Song]]. The single went platinum in Australia.<ref>[http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/93989/20091021-2047/www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-accreditations-singles-1997.html "ARIA Charts - Accreditations - 1997 Singles"]. Accessed July 28, 2016.</ref> Her album ''[[Blurring the Edges]]'' achieved [[Platinum record|platinum]] sales and peaked at 22 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] and 5 on the [[UK Albums Chart]]. The album was produced by [[David Ricketts]], formerly of [[David and David]] (with [[David Baerwald]]), and he also played keyboards (among other instruments) on the album. Brooks toured in the US and Europe in 1997 and 1998 to support the album. On March 30, 1998, in [[Argentina]], she opened for the [[Rolling Stones]]. During her set the crowd demanded the Stones and became violent, throwing objects including rocks and tampons at the stage and bruising her eye. She appeared again the next day wearing an Argentine soccer shirt, but the crowd again threw things at her, so after singing "Bitch" she threw the shirt on the ground and walked off.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1914&dat=19980407&id=g9sgAAAAIBAJ&sjid=MWsFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2397,1140698&hl=en |title=Argentina—not Brooks' crowd |agency=AP |newspaper=Sun Journal |location=Lewiston, Maine |date=April 7, 1998 |page=C16 }}</ref> == Subsequent career == In 1999 Brooks recorded her second album, ''[[Deconstruction (Meredith Brooks album)|Deconstruction]].'' The track "Sin City" was recorded for the movie ''[[Snake Eyes (film)|Snake Eyes]].'' She toured as part of [[Lilith Fair]] in 2000. In 2002, Brooks signed with independent label Gold Circle Records.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=oRAEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA8&lpg=PA8]''Billboard''. April 6, 2002. p. 8. Accessed July 28, 2016.</ref> She worked on her third album, ''[[Bad Bad One]]''. The label folded immediately after releasing the album. The single "Shine" charted at #35.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/meredith-brooks-p184634/charts-awards/billboard-singles |title=Meredith Brooks Billboard Singles |work=[[Allmusic]] |publisher= |accessdate=June 11, 2011}}</ref> In 2002, she produced [[Jennifer Love Hewitt]]'s album ''[[BareNaked]]'' and appeared on [[VH1]] ''[[Divas Las Vegas]]'' as a guest guitar soloist with [[Celine Dion]] and [[Anastacia]]. Brooks signed a record deal with [[Columbia Music Entertainment|SLG Records]] and re-issued ''[[Bad Bad One]]'' as ''[[Shine (Meredith Brooks album)|Shine]]'' in 2004. The track "Shine" was used as the theme music for [[Dr. Phil]] from 2004-08. The instrumental remix appears as the last track on the album.<ref name=Allmusic>{{Allmusic|class=album|id=r707147|pure_url=yes}}</ref> In 2007 Brooks completed a new children's album titled ''[[If I Could Be...]]'' and is developing Portland area [[Sony Music Entertainment]] artist [[Becca (musician)|Becca]]. Meredith is due to release a new studio album in 2018 called 'Merciless', on Kissing Booth Records, via [[Warner Bros. Records]]. An autobiography, titled "Behind The Bitch" is in the works and has been optioned for a Motion Picture by [[Sony Pictures]]. A director is yet to be announced but [[Meryl Streep]] is rumoured to be playing Meredith. == Awards and Nominations == {| class=wikitable |- ! Year !! Awards !! Work !! Category !! Result |- | rowspan="3" | 1997 | rowspan="2" | [[1997 MTV Video Music Awards|MTV VMA]] | rowspan="2" | "[[Bitch (Meredith Brooks song)|Bitch]]" | Best New Artist | {{nom}} |- | Best Female Video | {{nom}} |- | [[1997 MTV Europe Music Awards|MTV EMA]] | rowspan="2" | Herself | Best New Act | {{nom}} |- | rowspan="3" | 1998 | [[1998 Brit Awards|Brit Awards]] | Best International Female | {{nom}} |- | rowspan="2" | [[1998 Grammy Awards|Grammy Awards]] | rowspan="2" | "[[Bitch (Meredith Brooks song)|Bitch]]" | Best Rock Song | {{nom}} |- | Best Female Rock Vocal Performance | {{nom}} {{end}} == Discography == === Albums === {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Album ! <small> [[Billboard 200|US Billboard 200]]</small><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/meredith-brooks-p184634/charts-awards/billboard-albums |title=Meredith Brooks Billboard Albums |work=[[Allmusic]] |publisher= |accessdate=June 11, 2011}}</ref> |- |rowspan="2"| 1997 | ''[[Blurring the Edges]]'' |align="center"| 22 |- | ''[[See It Through My Eyes]]'' |align="center"| − |- | 1999 | ''[[Deconstruction (Meredith Brooks album)|Deconstruction]]'' |align="center"| − |- | 2002 | ''[[Bad Bad One]]'' |align="center"| − |- | 2004 | ''[[Shine (Meredith Brooks album)|Shine]]'' |align="center"| − |- | 2007 | ''[[If I Could Be...]]'' |align="center"| − |- |} === Singles === {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |- ! rowspan="2"| Year ! rowspan="2"| Title ! colspan="7"| Chart positions ! rowspan="2"| Album |- style="font-size:smaller;" ! width="35"| [[Billboard Hot 100|US]]<br><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/meredith-brooks-p184634/charts-awards/billboard-singles |title=Meredith Brooks Billboard Singles |work=[[Allmusic]] |publisher= |accessdate=June 11, 2011}}</ref> ! width="35"| [[UK Singles Chart|UK]] !width="35"| [[German Singles Chart|GER]]<br><ref>[http://www.officialcharts.de/suche.asp?search=meredith+brooks&x=0&y=0&country=de&kategorie=single German peaks]</ref> ! width="35"| [[Irish Singles Chart|IRE]]<br><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/placement|title=Irish Singles Chart |accessdate=July 6, 2011|publisher=[[Irish Recorded Music Association]]}}</ref> ! width="35"| [[Dutch Top 40|NED]]<br><ref>{{cite web |url=http://dutchcharts.nl/search.asp?search=meredith+brooks&cat=s |title=Meredith Brooks singles |work=dutchcharts.nl |publisher= |accessdate=June 11, 2011}}</ref> ! width="35"| [[ARIA Charts|AUS]]<br><ref>{{cite web |url=http://australian-charts.com/search.asp?search=meredith+brooks&cat=s |title=Meredith Brooks singles |work=australian-charts.com |publisher= |accessdate=June 11, 2011}}</ref> ! width="35"| [[RIANZ|NZ]]</small><br><ref>{{cite web |url=http://charts.org.nz/search.asp?search=meredith+brooks&cat=s |title=Meredith Brooks singles |work=charts.org.nz |publisher= |accessdate=June 11, 2011}}</ref> |- | rowspan="2"|1997 | "[[Bitch (Meredith Brooks song)|Bitch]]" | <center> 2 | <center> 6 | <center> 19 | <center> 12 | <center> 12 | <center> 2 | <center> 4 | rowspan="4"|''Blurring the Edges'' |- | "[[I Need (Meredith Brooks song)|I Need]]" | <center> − | <center> 28 | <center> − | <center> − | <center> 77 | <center> − | <center> − |- | rowspan="2"|1998 | "[[What Would Happen]]" | <center> 46 | <center> 49 | <center> − | <center> − | <center> − | <center> − | <center> − |- | "Stop" | <center> − | <center> − | <center> − | <center> − | <center> − | <center> − | <center> − |- | rowspan="2"|1999 | "Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)" | <center> − | <center> − | <center> 96 | <center> − | <center> 81 | <center> − | <center> − | rowspan="2"|''Deconstruction'' |- | "Shout" | <center> − | <center> − | <center> − | <center> − | <center> − | <center> − | <center> − |- | rowspan="3"|2004 | "Shine" | <center> − | <center> − | <center> − | <center> − | <center> − | <center> − | <center> − | rowspan="3"|''Bad Bad One'' |- | "You Don't Know Me" | <center> − | <center> − | <center> − | <center> − | <center> − | <center> − | <center> − |- | "Where Lovers Meet" | <center> − | <center> − | <center> − | <center> − | <center> − | <center> − | <center> − |} == References == {{Reflist|30em}} == External links == * {{official website|http://www.meredithbrooks.com/news.php}} * [http://www.kissingboothblog.com/ Kissing Booth], personal blog * [http://www.rockonthenet.com/artists-b/meredithbrooks_main.htm Meredith Brooks Top 40 Mainstream Page] {{Meredith Brooks}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Brooks, Meredith}} [[Category:1958 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:American female singer-songwriters]] [[Category:American singer-songwriters]] [[Category:American female guitarists]] [[Category:Singers from Oregon]] [[Category:Musicians from Corvallis, Oregon]] [[Category:People from Oregon City, Oregon]] [[Category:Corvallis High School (Oregon) alumni]] [[Category:Songwriters from Oregon]] [[Category:Guitarists from Oregon]] [[Category:20th-century American guitarists]]'