Fearless Productions Presents : Marié Digby

July 17, 2009

Marié Christina Digby
April 16, 1983 (age 26)
New York City, New York, U.S.

Genre(s)
Pop, alternative rock

Occupation(s)
Singer-songwriter, guitarist, pianist

Instrument(s)
Vocals, guitar, piano

Years active
2004—present

Label(s)
Hollywood Records, Avex Trax

Website
Marié Digby Official Japanese
MySpace Official Website
YouTube Official Website

Marié Christina Digby
(pronounced mah-ree-AY DIG-bee; born April 16, 1983) is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist and pianist. She is perhaps 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. Since then, Digby has released three studio albums, including one Japanese cover album. These albums have spawned seven singles overall.

1983-2004: Early life
Digby, whose mother is Japanese and father is (Irish American), is the eldest of three siblings. She began writing songs during high school in Los Angeles, California. After completing her sophomore year as a philosophy major at the University of California, Berkeley, she came out into the public eye when she won the 2004 Pantene Pro-Voice competition with her song “Miss Invisible”.[3] The grand prize for the concert included working with a professional producer on an album, $5,000 and performing on stage with other top performers.[4]

2004-present: Music career
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. Hollywood Records then released a high-quality studio recording of her rendition of “Umbrella” to iTunes and radio stations.[5] She is often seen performing using a Gibson Hummingbird acoustic guitar.[6]

Digby’s first official single, “Say It Again”, was released to radio stations on January 18, 2008. Her debut album, Unfold, which was completed over a year before, was released on April 8, 2008. The design of the cover for the album was mostly based on the sketches she drew during her downtime while recording the album. [7] She worked with some of Hollywood’s best including Tom Rothrock (Producer), Charlie Paxson (drums) and Matt Chait (guitar). Many different editions of the album exist, including a Japanese edition with different cover artwork and an alternate tracklisting. The album’s second single, “Stupid For You”, was released in September, 2008.

Digby released a collection of Japanese cover songs on March 4, 2009. The album, titled “Second Home,” was recorded completely in Japanese and received a limited release only in Japan. One critic in Japan said Marié’s voice, “delivers the wind of the spring.”

Digby’s sophomore English release was originally slated for release in May 2009, but she asked the label to push the release date back until she finds a manager at Hollywood Records. According to Amazon.com, Breathing Underwater will now be released on September 8, 2009. The album in it’s entirety was leaked to the internet on April 8, 2009, well before the release date.

• Marié Digby’s songs “Spell” and “Say It Again” were recently featured in episodes of Smallville, the closing for season 7 episode 7, “Wrath”, and for episode 12, “Fracture”, respectively, though she did not write the song “Spell” herself and in fact does not even sing it herself (The last one being favorite song of one character).
• Her song “Bring Me Love” served as the music bed for ABC Family’s movie Holiday in Handcuffs.
• Her song “Breathing Underwater” premiered on The City (MTV series) episode 12
• Her unreleased song “Where Do I Go?” 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.
• After the popularity of “Umbrella”, on episode 301 of the show, her song “Beauty In Walking Away” was heard during episode 322 of the The Hills also, and recently “Avalanche” during episode 503.
• She appears playing her song, “Better Off Alone” in Dobler’s in ABC Family drama Greek. Episode 21 “Barely Legal”
• Say It Again” plays briefly on the final episode of ER’s fourteenth season, “The Chicago Way”

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