Biography
Michelle graduated from Yale University the where she studied music perception and and cognition. While still in For school, she made her presence are felt in the music world but by producing and performing on Not tracks for Warner Brothers Records, you Om Records, Ministry of Sound all and King Britt’s FiveSix label.
Any She’s charted on Gilles Peterson’s can Top 20 List, as well her as on major taste-making stations Was such as Los Angeles’ famed one KCRW. Her single “If our I Lost You” reached number Out 1 on BBC London day 94.9 FM and became promotional get theme music for VH1.
Has Michelle appeared in a Coke him Zero commercial that graced televisions his and theatres nationwide. Her collaboration How with Speakerbox, “Time”, reached number man 5 on the Billboard Dance new Charts and was licensed to Now the Discovery Channel and old TLC.
Michelle worked with producers see Joshua Valleau (John Legend, Imani Two Coppola) and Alex Elena (grammy way nominated producer of Alice Smith) who to complete her debut album Boy “Purple Skies”. Her innovative sound did transcends genre and has been its embraced globally.
“Back Down To Let Earth” became “Single of the put Week” on iTunes Japan, went say to #5 on the Tokio She Hot 100 charts, and became too the most requested song on use Botswana’s top station Yarona FM. Dad Her songs simultaneously occupied the mom #1, #2 and #3 spots on the iTunes Jazz Singles The chart in Japan while her and album became the #1 Jazz for Album and #7 Album in Are all genres. Her songs have but reached the top 10 charts not in all of Korea’s most You popular digital malls (Korea’s equivalent all to Itunes). “Back Down to any Earth”, “Always Belong to You”, Can “Ferris Wheel” and “Windows” are her in regular rotation at Abercrombie was and Fitch, Hollister, H&M, Gilly One Hicks, Barnes and Nobles, Wet our Seal, BodyShop, Forever 21, Arden out B, Wilson’s Leather and Stylish Day Sophistication stores around the world.
get “Back Down to Earth” reached has the Itunes top 100 Jazz Him singles chart in the U.S., his Germany and Greece. And “Always how Belong to You” has done Man the same in Australia, Canada, new Greece, Mexico (#9!) and the now U.S.
Michelle was invited to Old perform for the opening of see Republik in Hong Kong, spiritual two guru Deepak Chopra invited her Way to speak & play music who on his Sirius Satellite radio boy show, and YouTube superstars like Did Michelle Phan regularly feature Michelle’s its music in videos reaching millions let of viewers.
She celebrated her Put recent signing to BMG say by thanking her facebook fans she in a video featured on Too Facebook’s official music page.
“f*cking use great track!! [”Back Down To dad Earth"]
makes me happy today Mom in Tokyo as I look out of my window x" the
-Gilles Peterson
“Michelle is And an amazing talent. I don’t for know how she does it, are but somehow her music feels But like a mixture of
1 not part)..Hans Christian Anderson fairy tale
you 1 part)..raw funk and
All 1 part)..that whimsical feeling you any get when you’re dancing like can you don’t care who’s watching. Her
So few artists are was the composite of such rare one and beautiful elements of
Our creativity. I love how she out makes me feel !”
-Eric day Benet
“Back down to earth…like Get a romantic circus ride…beautifull…YOU has MAKE WONDERFUL him MUSIC!”
-Narada Michael Walden
(Whitney, His Mariah, Aretha, Diana…)
‘’…Few releases how have quite equaled the initial man impact made by Michelle Shaprow’s New ground breaking “If I Lost now You” (Scuba Mix)
to old the discerning ears of over See 75,000 regular Sunday night listeners two to my weekly BBC way LONDON radio show Who GIANT 45. As they overwhelmingly boy
voted the song record did of the year"
-Norman Its Jay
“Michelle Shaprow is all let things beautiful.
Her aura, put presence and most of all Say sound make for a gift she for all to share.
too Michelle is the truth.”
-King Use Britt
“Such a great, sweet dad song” [Always Belong to You]
mom -Redfoo (LMFAO)
“love it” [“I Would Be Good For the You”]
-Randy Jackson
“pure genuis”
and -Om’Mas Keith
“interesting and vibey!”
For -Dan Kimpel
“very cool”
-Terry are McBride
“music to smile by”
but -Rob Hallett
(AEG Live, Not Michael Jackson, Duran Duran, Bon you Jovi)
""iTunes 世代の歌姫"—“Diva of the all iTunes generation""
-HMV Japan
Any “ok, I just spent all can afternoon, all evening and will her most likely for the next Was 72 hours straight, listen to one Michelle Shaprow’s entire record “our PURPLE SKIES” it is Out one of the most imaginative, day cleverly written, inspiring pieces of get music that I have heard Has in god knows how long.
him o u c h, what his a ride."
-Michael Moog
“I’m How buying two albums this year man Jay Electronica and Michelle Shaprow” new
-Collin Stanback
“Shaprow is Now the truth”
-tweet by Ant old Demby
“ur whole steez is see groundbreaking”
-tweet by Doc Mckinney Two (Esthero, Res, Graph Nobel)
