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{{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject Musicians -->
| Name = Meredith Brooks
| Img =
| Img_capt =
| Img_size =
| Background = solo_singer
| Birth_name = Meredith Ann Brooks
| Born = {{birth date and age|1958|06|12}}
| Origin [[Oregon City, Oregon|Oregon City]], [[Oregon]], <br />[[United States]]
| Instrument = [[singing|Vocals]], [[guitar]]
| Genre = [[Rock music|Rock]], [[pop music|pop]]
| Occupation = [[Singer-songwriter]], [[musician]]
| Years_active = late 80's–present
| Label = [[Capitol Records|Capitol]]<br />Gold Circle<br />Kissing Booth
| URL (website removed due to intrusion attempt by the website) Reference: Norton Utilities
}}
'''Meredith Ann Brooks''' (born June 12, 1958)<ref>[http://www.associatedentertainment.com/aec/National-Acts/Music-Category-1/Meredith-Brooks Meredith Brooks biography]</ref> was an [[United States|American]] [[singer/songwriter]] and [[guitarist]]. She is best known for her 1997 hit song "[[Bitch (Meredith Brooks song)|Bitch]]", for which she was nominated for a [[Grammy Award]].
=== Early life ===
Meredith Brooks was born in [[Oregon City, Oregon]]. Her parents divorced while she was still a child. She and her brother and sister grew up in [[Corvallis, Oregon]] and were raised by their mother. At age eleven, Brooks became fascinated with the [[guitar]] and she soon learned how to play it.
=== Career Beginnings; ''[[See It Through My Eyes]]'' [1984] and ''[[The Graces (band)|The Graces]]'' [1989] ===
In the early 1980s, Brooks performed at a number of clubs in the [[Willamette Valley]] of [[Oregon]] and in [[Washington (U.S. state)|Washington]], where she was popular to a broad range of fans. She often performed at the Last Hurrah, and Eli's Hard Rock Cafe in Downtown Portland. She was managed by Denny Herman of Pacific Talent, who was also her boyfriend. She recorded ''Meredith Brooks and The Angels of Mercy: Recorded Live at the Starry Night'', a one-hour TV show. The video production was headed up by Mark de Leon Martinez, an established young music video producer from Portland. She performed that night as the opening act for Jack Charles. She then moved to [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]] to further her career in music. At that time, she recorded the songs that later appeared on ''[[See It Through My Eyes]]''. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, she was a member of [[The Graces (band)|The Graces]], who recorded one album, ''Perfect View'', in 1989.
=== ''[[Blurring The Edges]]'' [1997] and ''[[Bitch (Meredith Brooks song)|Bitch]]'' ===
In 1995, Brooks landed a major label contract with [[Capitol Records]]. Her first hit single, "[[Bitch (Meredith Brooks song)|Bitch]]", garnered her 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 song was Brooks' only major hit on the charts. Her album ''[[Blurring the Edges]]'' achieved [[Platinum record|platinum]] sales and peaked at 22 on the [[Billboard 200]] and 5 on the [[UK Albums Chart]]. The album was produced by [[David Ricketts]], formerly of [[David and David]] (with [[David Baerwald]]). Ricketts 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 30th in Argentina, whilst opening for the [[Rolling Stones]], the crowd demanded to see the Stones during her set and threw bottles and other objects at the stage. Brooks abandoned her set after 2 songs as the crowd yelled "come on Stones". The next day Brooks showed reporters bruises to her eye and ankle and stated: "They have taken away my greatest moment. I was playing with the Stones, something I never imagined I would do... and now I think I'll cancel the rest of my shows in Latin America. I have no intention of continuing to expose myself to this kind of barbaric behavior... not me, not my band, not my crew."
In 1998 she divorced her husband, Russell Jackson, after seven years of marriage.
=== ''[[Deconstruction (album)|Deconstruction]]'' [1999] and [[Lilith Fair]] ===
Brooks recorded her second major album ''[[Deconstruction (album)|Deconstruction]]'' in 1999. It was a stylistic and thematic shift away from ''[[Blurring the Edges]]''. She only toured in Europe and the album sold poorly. She originally wrote the song "Sin City", which appears on this album, for the movie ''[[Snake Eyes (film)|Snake Eyes]]'', directed by her friend [[Brian De Palma]]. She toured with Sarah McLachlan's successful [[Lilith Fair]].
=== ''[[Bad Bad One]]'' [2002] and Label Independence ===
In 2002, Brooks worked on her third solo album ''[[Bad Bad One]]'' on Gold Circle Records, an independent label. Immediately after releasing the album, the label folded and prevented the record from getting promoted or achieving significant sales. Track 11 - 'Shine' - was released as the lead single. The label's demise also interrupted her tour with [[Melissa Etheridge]] that summer, causing her and the band to return early to Los Angeles. Also in 2002, Brooks produced [[Jennifer Love Hewitt]]'s album, ''[[BareNaked]]'', and appeared on the [[VH1]] ''Divas Las Vegas'' program as a guest guitar soloist with [[Celine Dion]] and [[Anastacia]].
=== ''[[Shine (Meredith Brooks album)|Shine]]'' [2004] ===
In 2003, Brooks remarried and the next year gave birth to her son, Troy. She also signed a new record deal with the [[Columbia Music Entertainment|SLG Records]] label and released the material of ''[[Bad Bad One]]'' as ''[[Shine (Meredith Brooks album)|Shine]]''. Television psychologist [[Dr. Phil McGraw|Dr. Phil]] chose the song "Shine" as the theme for his show.
=== ''[[If I Could Be...]]'' [2008] and ''[[Becca (Singer)|Becca]]'' ===
Most recently, Brooks has completed a new children's album titled ''[[If I Could Be...]]'' and continuing to develop new artists as a producer and songwriter. In particular, she is producing [[Sony Music Entertainment Japan|Sony Music Entertainment]] artist [[Becca (Singer)|Becca]], a pop/rock singer/songwriter from [[Portland, Oregon]].
===Death===
After Becca released her debut album, Meredith died.
== Discography ==
=== Albums ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Album
! <small> [[Billboard 200|US Billboard 200]] </small>
|-
|rowspan="2"| 1997
| ''[[Blurring the Edges]]''
|align="center"| 22
|-
| ''[[See It Through My Eyes]]''
|align="center"| 189
|-
| 1999
| ''[[Deconstruction (album)|Deconstruction]]''
|align="center"| 12
|-
| 2002
| ''[[Bad Bad One]]''
|align="center"| 43
|-
| 2004
| ''[[Shine (Meredith Brooks album)|Shine]]''
|align="center"| -
|-
| 2007
| ''[[If I Could Be...]]''
|align="center"| -
|-
|}
===Singles===
{| class="wikitable"
! rowspan="3"| Year
! rowspan="3"| Title
! colspan="9"| Chart positions
! rowspan="3"| Album
|-
! colspan="4"| <small>[[Billboard charts#Singles and tracks|U.S.]]</small><ref>{{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p184634|pure_url=yes}}</ref>
! rowspan="2" width="35"| <small>[[UK Singles Chart|UK]]</small>
! rowspan="2" width="35"| <small>[[Irish Singles Chart|IRE]]</small>
! rowspan="2" width="35"| <small>[[Dutch Top 40|NED]]</small><ref>http://dutchcharts.nl/search.asp?search=meredith+brooks&cat=s</ref>
! rowspan="2" width="35"| <small>[[ARIA Charts|AUS]]</small>
! rowspan="2" width="35"| <small>[[RIANZ|NZ]]</small>
|-
! width="35"| <small>[[Billboard Hot 100|Hot 100]]</small>
! width="35"| <small>[[Top 40 Mainstream|Main Top 40]]</small>
! width="35"| <small>[[Hot Adult Top 40 Tracks|Adult Top 40]]</small>
! width="35"| <small>[[Modern Rock Tracks|Modern Rock]]</small>
|-
| rowspan="2"|1997
| "[[Bitch (Meredith Brooks song)|Bitch]]"
| <center> 2
| <center> 1
| <center> 14
| <center> 4
| <center> 6
| <center> 12
| <center> 15
| <center> 2
| <center> 4
| rowspan="4"|''Blurring the Edges''
|-
| "[[I Need (Meredith Brooks song)|I Need]]"
| <center> —
| <center> —
| <center> —
| <center> —
| <center> 28
| <center> —
| <center> —
| <center> —
| <center> —
|-
| rowspan="2"|1998
| "[[What Would Happen]]"
| <center> 46
| <center> 15
| <center> 21
| <center> —
| <center> 49
| <center> —
| <center> —
| <center> —
| <center> —
|-
| "Stop"
| <center> —
| <center> 40
| <center> —
| <center> —
| <center> —
| <center> —
| <center> —
| <center> —
| <center> —
|-
| rowspan="2"|1999
| "Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)"
| <center> —
| <center> —
| <center> —
| <center> —
| <center> —
| <center> —
| <center> 81
| <center> —
| <center> —
| rowspan="2"|''Deconstruction''
|-
| "Shout"
| <center> —
| <center> —
| <center> —
| <center> —
| <center> —
| <center> —
| <center> —
| <center> —
| <center> —
|-
| rowspan="3"|2004
| "Shine"
| <center> —
| <center> —
| <center> 35
| <center> —
| <center> —
| <center> —
| <center> —
| <center> —
| <center> —
| rowspan="3"|''Bad Bad One''
|-
| "You Don't Know Me"
| <center> —
| <center> —
| <center> —
| <center> —
| <center> —
| <center> —
| <center> —
| <center> —
| <center> —
|-
| "Where Lovers Meet"
| <center> —
| <center> —
| <center> —
| <center> —
| <center> —
| <center> —
| <center> —
| <center> —
| <center> —
|}
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
*{{official|http://www.meredithbrooks.com/news.php}}
*[http://www.kissingboothblog.com/ Kissing Booth], Brook's blog
* [http://www.rockonthenet.com/artists-b/meredithbrooks_main.htm Meredith Brooks Top 40 Mainstream Page]
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New page wikitext, after the edit (new_wikitext) | '{{BLP sources|date=January 2008}}
{{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject Musicians -->
| Name = Meredith Brooks
| Img =
| Img_capt =
| Img_size =
| Background = solo_singer
| Birth_name = Meredith Ann Brooks
| Born = {{birth date and age|1958|06|12}}
| Origin [[Oregon City, Oregon|Oregon City]], [[Oregon]], <br />[[United States]]
| Instrument = [[singing|Vocals]], [[guitar]]
| Genre = [[Rock music|Rock]], [[pop music|pop]]
| Occupation = [[Singer-songwriter]], [[musician]]
| Years_active = late 80's–present
| Label = [[Capitol Records|Capitol]]<br />Gold Circle<br />Kissing Booth
| URL (website removed due to intrusion attempt by the website) Reference: Norton Utilities
}}
'''Meredith Ann Brooks''' (born June 12, 1958)<ref>[http://www.associatedentertainment.com/aec/National-Acts/Music-Category-1/Meredith-Brooks Meredith Brooks biography]</ref> was an [[United States|American]] [[singer/songwriter]] and [[guitarist]]. She is best known for her 1997 hit song "[[Bitch (Meredith Brooks song)|Bitch]]", for which she was nominated for a [[Grammy Award]].
=== Early life ===
Meredith Brooks was born in [[Oregon City, Oregon]]. Her parents divorced while she was still a child. She and her brother and sister grew up in [[Corvallis, Oregon]] and were raised by their mother. At age eleven, Brooks became fascinated with the [[guitar]] and she soon learned how to play it.
=== Career Beginnings; ''[[See It Through My Eyes]]'' [1984] and ''[[The Graces (band)|The Graces]]'' [1989] ===
In the early 1980s, Brooks performed at a number of clubs in the [[Willamette Valley]] of [[Oregon]] and in [[Washington (U.S. state)|Washington]], where she was popular to a broad range of fans. She often performed at the Last Hurrah, and Eli's Hard Rock Cafe in Downtown Portland. She was managed by Denny Herman of Pacific Talent, who was also her boyfriend. She recorded ''Meredith Brooks and The Angels of Mercy: Recorded Live at the Starry Night'', a one-hour TV show. The video production was headed up by Mark de Leon Martinez, an established young music video producer from Portland. She performed that night as the opening act for Jack Charles. She then moved to [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]] to further her career in music. At that time, she recorded the songs that later appeared on ''[[See It Through My Eyes]]''. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, she was a member of [[The Graces (band)|The Graces]], who recorded one album, ''Perfect View'', in 1989.
=== ''[[Blurring The Edges]]'' [1997] and ''[[Bitch (Meredith Brooks song)|Bitch]]'' ===
In 1995, Brooks landed a major label contract with [[Capitol Records]]. Her first hit single, "[[Bitch (Meredith Brooks song)|Bitch]]", garnered her 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 song was Brooks' only major hit on the charts. Her album ''[[Blurring the Edges]]'' achieved [[Platinum record|platinum]] sales and peaked at 22 on the [[Billboard 200]] and 5 on the [[UK Albums Chart]]. The album was produced by [[David Ricketts]], formerly of [[David and David]] (with [[David Baerwald]]). Ricketts 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 30th in Argentina, whilst opening for the [[Rolling Stones]], the crowd demanded to see the Stones during her set and threw bottles and other objects at the stage. Brooks abandoned her set after 2 songs as the crowd yelled "come on Stones". The next day Brooks showed reporters bruises to her eye and ankle and stated: "They have taken away my greatest moment. I was playing with the Stones, something I never imagined I would do... and now I think I'll cancel the rest of my shows in Latin America. I have no intention of continuing to expose myself to this kind of barbaric behavior... not me, not my band, not my crew."
In 1998 she divorced her husband, Russell Jackson, after seven years of marriage.
=== ''[[Deconstruction (album)|Deconstruction]]'' [1999] and [[Lilith Fair]] ===
Brooks recorded her second major album ''[[Deconstruction (album)|Deconstruction]]'' in 1999. It was a stylistic and thematic shift away from ''[[Blurring the Edges]]''. She only toured in Europe and the album sold poorly. She originally wrote the song "Sin City", which appears on this album, for the movie ''[[Snake Eyes (film)|Snake Eyes]]'', directed by her friend [[Brian De Palma]]. She toured with Sarah McLachlan's successful [[Lilith Fair]].
=== ''[[Bad Bad One]]'' [2002] and Label Independence ===
In 2002, Brooks worked on her third solo album ''[[Bad Bad One]]'' on Gold Circle Records, an independent label. Immediately after releasing the album, the label folded and prevented the record from getting promoted or achieving significant sales. Track 11 - 'Shine' - was released as the lead single. The label's demise also interrupted her tour with [[Melissa Etheridge]] that summer, causing her and the band to return early to Los Angeles. Also in 2002, Brooks produced [[Jennifer Love Hewitt]]'s album, ''[[BareNaked]]'', and appeared on the [[VH1]] ''Divas Las Vegas'' program as a guest guitar soloist with [[Celine Dion]] and [[Anastacia]].
=== ''[[Shine (Meredith Brooks album)|Shine]]'' [2004] ===
In 2003, Brooks remarried and the next year gave birth to her son, Troy. She also signed a new record deal with the [[Columbia Music Entertainment|SLG Records]] label and released the material of ''[[Bad Bad One]]'' as ''[[Shine (Meredith Brooks album)|Shine]]''. Television psychologist [[Dr. Phil McGraw|Dr. Phil]] chose the song "Shine" as the theme for his show.
=== ''[[If I Could Be...]]'' [2008] and ''[[Becca (Singer)|Becca]]'' ===
Most recently, Brooks has completed a new children's album titled ''[[If I Could Be...]]'' and continuing to develop new artists as a producer and songwriter. In particular, she is producing [[Sony Music Entertainment Japan|Sony Music Entertainment]] artist [[Becca (Singer)|Becca]], a pop/rock singer/songwriter from [[Portland, Oregon]].
== Discography ==
=== Albums ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Album
! <small> [[Billboard 200|US Billboard 200]] </small>
|-
|rowspan="2"| 1997
| ''[[Blurring the Edges]]''
|align="center"| 22
|-
| ''[[See It Through My Eyes]]''
|align="center"| 189
|-
| 1999
| ''[[Deconstruction (album)|Deconstruction]]''
|align="center"| 12
|-
| 2002
| ''[[Bad Bad One]]''
|align="center"| 43
|-
| 2004
| ''[[Shine (Meredith Brooks album)|Shine]]''
|align="center"| -
|-
| 2007
| ''[[If I Could Be...]]''
|align="center"| -
|-
|}
===Singles===
{| class="wikitable"
! rowspan="3"| Year
! rowspan="3"| Title
! colspan="9"| Chart positions
! rowspan="3"| Album
|-
! colspan="4"| <small>[[Billboard charts#Singles and tracks|U.S.]]</small><ref>{{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p184634|pure_url=yes}}</ref>
! rowspan="2" width="35"| <small>[[UK Singles Chart|UK]]</small>
! rowspan="2" width="35"| <small>[[Irish Singles Chart|IRE]]</small>
! rowspan="2" width="35"| <small>[[Dutch Top 40|NED]]</small><ref>http://dutchcharts.nl/search.asp?search=meredith+brooks&cat=s</ref>
! rowspan="2" width="35"| <small>[[ARIA Charts|AUS]]</small>
! rowspan="2" width="35"| <small>[[RIANZ|NZ]]</small>
|-
! width="35"| <small>[[Billboard Hot 100|Hot 100]]</small>
! width="35"| <small>[[Top 40 Mainstream|Main Top 40]]</small>
! width="35"| <small>[[Hot Adult Top 40 Tracks|Adult Top 40]]</small>
! width="35"| <small>[[Modern Rock Tracks|Modern Rock]]</small>
|-
| rowspan="2"|1997
| "[[Bitch (Meredith Brooks song)|Bitch]]"
| <center> 2
| <center> 1
| <center> 14
| <center> 4
| <center> 6
| <center> 12
| <center> 15
| <center> 2
| <center> 4
| rowspan="4"|''Blurring the Edges''
|-
| "[[I Need (Meredith Brooks song)|I Need]]"
| <center> —
| <center> —
| <center> —
| <center> —
| <center> 28
| <center> —
| <center> —
| <center> —
| <center> —
|-
| rowspan="2"|1998
| "[[What Would Happen]]"
| <center> 46
| <center> 15
| <center> 21
| <center> —
| <center> 49
| <center> —
| <center> —
| <center> —
| <center> —
|-
| "Stop"
| <center> —
| <center> 40
| <center> —
| <center> —
| <center> —
| <center> —
| <center> —
| <center> —
| <center> —
|-
| rowspan="2"|1999
| "Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)"
| <center> —
| <center> —
| <center> —
| <center> —
| <center> —
| <center> —
| <center> 81
| <center> —
| <center> —
| rowspan="2"|''Deconstruction''
|-
| "Shout"
| <center> —
| <center> —
| <center> —
| <center> —
| <center> —
| <center> —
| <center> —
| <center> —
| <center> —
|-
| rowspan="3"|2004
| "Shine"
| <center> —
| <center> —
| <center> 35
| <center> —
| <center> —
| <center> —
| <center> —
| <center> —
| <center> —
| rowspan="3"|''Bad Bad One''
|-
| "You Don't Know Me"
| <center> —
| <center> —
| <center> —
| <center> —
| <center> —
| <center> —
| <center> —
| <center> —
| <center> —
|-
| "Where Lovers Meet"
| <center> —
| <center> —
| <center> —
| <center> —
| <center> —
| <center> —
| <center> —
| <center> —
| <center> —
|}
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
*{{official|http://www.meredithbrooks.com/news.php}}
*[http://www.kissingboothblog.com/ Kissing Booth], Brook's blog
* [http://www.rockonthenet.com/artists-b/meredithbrooks_main.htm Meredith Brooks Top 40 Mainstream Page]
{{Persondata <!-- Metadata: see [[Wikipedia:Persondata]]. -->
| NAME =Brooks, Meredith
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES =
| SHORT DESCRIPTION =
| DATE OF BIRTH =June 12, 1958
| PLACE OF BIRTH =
| DATE OF DEATH =
| PLACE OF DEATH =
}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Brooks, Meredith}}
[[Category:1958 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:American female singers]]
[[Category:American singer-songwriters]]
[[Category:American female guitarists]]
[[Category:Musicians from Oregon]]
[[Category:People from Corvallis, Oregon]]
[[Category:People from Oregon City, Oregon]]
[[da:Meredith Brooks]]
[[de:Meredith Brooks]]
[[es:Meredith Brooks]]
[[fr:Meredith Brooks]]
[[it:Meredith Brooks]]
[[ka:მერედით ბრუქსი]]
[[nl:Meredith Brooks]]
[[ru:Мередит Брукс]]
[[fi:Meredith Brooks]]
[[sv:Meredith Brooks]]' |
