由姐姐Alyson Renae &Aly& Michalka与妹妹Amanda Joy &AJ& Michalka&所组成的Aly&AJ,两人从小就在教堂的唱诗班中训练歌唱技巧。Aly在六岁始学钢琴弹奏,13岁时兼着把玩吉他,同时展开演戏生涯,AJ同样会吉他与钢琴外,更是模特儿与演员。从迪士尼频道出身的Aly&AJ,演过多出戏剧以及演唱多支单曲出现在剧集当中,虽然年纪轻轻,但早已身经百战朝着全方位艺人阔步迈进。
迅速签入Hollywood Records的Aly&AJ,于2005年八月推出首张作品《Into The Rush》,创下金唱片销售纪录,一路热卖至2006年,唱片公司决定改版再推出《Into The Rush》豪华加值版,请来资深制作人Jon Lind(Paula Abdul,Barry Manilow,Jesse McCartney)与Leah Haywood(Celine Dion)联手操盘。充满青春无敌的流行摇滚曲式《Chemicals React》,为改版献上衬头的首攻佳作;Aly&AJ主演的迪士尼电影《Cow Belles》则以《On The Ride》作为主题曲;2005年迪士尼献出卖座励志电影《冰上公主》,选择抒情动人的《No One》配入戏中感动桥段之中;有着电子气流过瘾润饰的摇滚佳作&Rush&,纷获电玩游戏以及电影《Twitches》青睐选用;同为青春偶像琳赛萝涵主演之《疯狂金龟车》,欢乐选用Aly&AJ翻唱Katrina And The Waves畅销夏日摇摆曲《Walking On Sunshine》。环球公司的《美少女拉拉队4》中使用了她们的作品《Division》,而在08年的电影《歌舞青春3》中开始不久后的派对中使用了ALY&AJ的《Like Whoa》作为背景音乐。
by Heather Phares
Sister acting/singing duo Aly & AJ -- whose full names are Alyson and Amanda Joy Michalka -- showed a passion for both kinds of performing at a very young age: they started playing piano at age six and began acting classes soon after. Born in L.A., the Michalkas moved to Seattle in the early '90s, where their parents exposed them to a wide variety of music and supported their excitement about both acting and making music. As the girls learned piano and guitar, they also landed acting and modeling gigs, which prepared them to pursue both careers more seriously once the family returned to southern California.
AJ Michalka won roles and appearances on shows as diverse as Birds of Prey, Oliver Beene, General Hospital, and Six Feet Under; Alyson earned the part of Keely Teslow on the Disney Channel series Phil of the Future, which allowed her to show off her musical skills as well as acting chops, performing songs such as &Protecting Me.& As Aly & AJ, the Michalka sisters recorded a cover of the Lovin' Spoonful's &Do You Believe in Magic,& which appeared in the Disney Channel movie Now You See It and became a number one most-requested song on Radio Disney. Their follow-up single, &No One,& appeared on the soundtrack to 2005's Ice Princess, and their Hollywood Records-issued debut album -- which featured songs penned entirely by the Michalkas -- dropped that same year. The holiday album Acoustic Hearts of Winter followed in 2006. In 2007 the sisters released their sophomore record, Insomniatic, accompanied by starring roles in the MTV movie version of the hit television show My Super Sweet 16.