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中 文 名:斯盖拉·格蕾
外 文 名:Skylar Grey
别 名:Holly Brook Hafermann(原名)
国 籍:美国
星 座:双鱼座
出 生 地:美国威斯康星州马佐梅尼
出生日期:1986年2月23日
职 业:歌手、作曲家、唱片制作人
艺人资料
2005年9月,她发行了同名EP专辑《Holly Brook EP》。
2006年4月,她与黑暗堡垒合作的单曲《Where'd You Go》在美国大热,也使她获得MTV音乐录影带大奖“最佳铃声奖”。5月,格蕾发行了首张专辑《Like Blood Like Honey》,但是成绩不理想遭公司解约。之后她在俄勒冈州的树林里隐居。
2010年6月,她发行了第二张EP专辑《O'Dark:Thirty》。10月,她正式改名为Skylar Grey,签约Interscope Records,并为埃米纳姆和蕾哈娜写出了单曲《Love The Way You Lie》。11月,她为Diddy-Dirty Money的《Coming Home》副歌部分献声。
2011年2月1日,她与埃米纳姆为Dr. Dre的单曲《I Need a Doctor》献声。2月4日,她参加53届格莱美颁奖典礼,和Dr. Dre以及埃米纳姆演唱单曲《I Need a Doctor》,凭创作的《Love The Way You Lie》获得“年度制作”和“年度歌曲”两项大奖提名。随后,她开始筹备个人第二张专辑。6月,她发行了专辑首支单曲《Dance Without You》。7月,她发行了专辑第二支主打单曲《Invisible》。
2012年2月,她再次参加第54届格莱美颁奖典礼,凭与Dr. Dre以及埃米纳姆合唱的《I Need a Doctor》而获得‘最佳说唱歌曲合作’和‘最佳说唱歌曲’两个奖项的提名。由于前两只单曲的失败,她请来了埃米纳姆当她的专辑制作人,并重新制作第二张专辑。2月22日,格蕾与郭富城一起出席某品牌香港旗舰店开幕礼。12月,她邀来埃米纳姆与她合唱她的单曲《C'mon Let Me Ride》作为专辑的主打单曲。
2013年4月到7月,格蕾发行了她的另外三支专辑主打单曲《Final Warning》、《Wear Me Out》和《White Suburban》。7月9日,格蕾的第二张专辑《Don't look Down》发行并空降美国Billboard专辑榜第八名。10月,格蕾为埃米纳姆专辑献唱一只曲目《Asshole》。
2015年4月,Skylar Grey献唱《50度灰》主题曲MV首播。9月发行单曲“Cannonball”。
2016年4月,发行EP单曲“Moving Mountains”。
Life and career
As a child, Grey performed professionally in a folk duo with her mother, called Generations.Together, with producer and engineer Randy Green, they independently produced three albums, Dream Maker, Lift Me, and Millennial Child / Waiting for You. Grey started her first band at the age of 15, after 'sneaking' into bars and working with jazz musicians Jeff Eckles, Tim Whalen and Leo Sidran in Madison, Wisconsin.
Grey co-wrote "Done Like Me" and "She Said", alongside Jon Ingoldsby and American actress Brie Larson, for Larson's first and only album, Finally Out of P.E. (2005). In 2005, Grey was featured on American hip hop group Fort Minor's songs, "Where'd You Go" and "Be Somebody".
After working with music producer Jonathan Ingoldsby, Grey released her debut album, titled Like Blood Like Honey, on June 6, 2006, under Warner Bros. Records. The album peaked at number 35 on Billboard's Heatseekers Albums chart.
Brook later changed her stage name to Skylar Grey. She was still living in Oregon and had no recognition as Skylar Grey. Grey went to New York to meet her publisher Jennifer Blakeman, to seek help presenting her work. Blakeman had suggested that she work with English musician and record producer Alex da Kid. Grey contacted Alex da Kid via e-mail. Alex da Kid sent Grey a few tracks that he had been working on. The first song Grey wrote was "Love The Way You Lie".
In 2010, Grey also co-wrote and was featured on Diddy – Dirty Money's single "Coming Home", which gained massive commercial success.Also in 2010, Grey co-wrote "Castle Walls" by American rapper T.I. and American pop singer Christina Aguilera.On February 1, 2011, American rapper and renowned hip hop producer Dr. Dre released a song titled "I Need a Doctor", featuring Grey and Eminem. "I Need a Doctor" managed to peak at number four on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart and was certified double platinum by the RIAA.
In March 2011, it was revealed Grey signed to Interscope Records, through Alex da Kid's KIDinaKORNER and announced she would be releasing a single in the spring.On March 10, 2011, Diddy – Dirty Money performed "Coming Home", alongside Grey, live on American Idol.Later in 2011, Grey was featured on a song titled "Words I Never Said", the second single from Lupe Fiasco's Lasers (2011). Grey and Lupe Fiasco performed the song on The Colbert Report, on May 9, 2011.
On August 6, 2011, she performed at the 20th annual Lollapalooza festival, as both a solo artist and with Eminem, during the song "I Need a Doctor". The next day, while passing by the area where YouTube sensation Karmin was recording their cover of "I Need A Doctor," Grey joined the duo for an impromptu performance.
On April 1, 2012, Grey appeared alongside American rapper Machine Gun Kelly, for a performance of his single "Invincible", at WWE's Wrestlemania XXVIII event, prior to John Cena making his entrance.In August 2012, appeared twice as a guest vocalist on American hip hop supergroup Slaughterhouse's second album, Welcome to: Our House (2012). In September 2012, Grey's song "Building a Monster", was featured on the soundtrack to Tim Burton's Frankenweenie.
In 2012, Grey co-wrote Russian-German electronic dance musician Zedd's 2012 single "Clarity", which won the Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording in 2014.
On April 7, 2013, for the second consecutive year, Grey appeared at WWE's Wrestlemania event, this time in front of 80,676 fans, where she performed "Coming Home", with Sean "Diddy" Combs."Coming Home" was one of the official theme songs of Wrestlemania XXIX.On April 16, 2013, Grey released Don't Look Down's second single, titled "Final Warning", via digital distribution.On June 4, 2014, Grey released "Wear Me Out", the album's third single.Grey's second album, Don't Look Down, was released July 5, 2013. In its first week of release the album debuted at number eight on the US Billboard 200 chart, selling 24,000 copies in the United States.
In September 2013, Grey released a music video for her cover version of Daft Punk's hit single "Get Lucky". In October 2013, Grey appeared on the track "The Last Day" on Moby's eleventh album Innocents On October 17, 2013, Grey previewed a new cover of Robert Palmer's "Addicted to Love" in a trailer for the 2014 remake of Endless Love. In November 2013, she appeared on Eminem's eighth studio album, The Marshall Mathers LP 2, on a track titled "Asshole".
Grey confirmed on her official Instagram account that her third studio album would be released in 2015. In February 2015, Grey released a song from the Fifty Shades of Grey soundtrack called "I Know You." The song was acclaimed by music critics and also reached the top spot on iTunes of numerous countries. Also in February, Grey confirmed she has a song on the Furious 7 soundtrack, called "I Will Return." In March 2015, she released her version of "Addicted to Love" on iTunes, and also re-released the song "Words," which was deleted from the iTunes Store, in 2013. On March 29, 2015, Grey appeared at her third WrestleMania event, performing a medley of "Rise" and "Money and the Power" at the thirty-first annual event, alongside Travis Barker and Kid Ink.
Single “Moving Mountains”was released on April 2016.