The Sky Plaza and the surrounding buildings

Sky Plaza (also known as The Plaza Tower) is a 103-metre (338 ft) tower block, in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It is the second phase of a development in Leeds city centre, consisting of 572 student apartments. It was the worlds tallest student accommodation building until the completion of Nido Spitalfields in 2010^[1][2] and whilst not the tallest building in Leeds, its roof is the highest point in the city as it is built on high ground. It can be seen from as far as 25miles (40km) from most areas.

The original planning application was an approved 26 storey scheme which was altered into the 37 storey tower. The design was submitted by Carey Jones Architects and the main contractor on site will be Shepherd Construction. Work on the foundations began in May 2007, with a completion date of 2009.

The tower crane was being lowered on 24 February 2009 and the portable crane took down the rest of the tower crane on 1 March 2009.

Owen Hatherley, writing in The Guardian, is critical of the building's design, describing it as the "tackiest" example of "pseudomodernist" architecture in the UK^[3].

Leeds Buildings Heights

See also[link]

	Yorkshire portal
	Architecture portal

• List of tallest buildings in Leeds
• Architecture of Leeds

References[link]

External links[link]

• Article on Skyscraper News

This article about a Yorkshire building or structure is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. v t e

This article's lead section may not adequately summarize its contents. Please consider expanding the lead to provide an accessible overview of the article's key points. (February 2011)

Aubrey Plaza
Plaza at the 2012 Time 100
Birth name	Aubrey Christina Plaza
Born	(1984-06-26) June 26, 1984 (age 28) Wilmington, Delaware, United States
Medium	Stand-up, television, film, improv
Years active	2004–present
Genres	Deadpan
Notable works and roles	April Ludgate in Parks and Recreation Daisy Danby in Funny People Julie Powers in Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World
Website	http://aubreyplaza.tumblr.com/

Aubrey Christina Plaza^[1] (born June 26, 1984)^[2] is an American actress and comedian who has gained popularity through her deadpan-style comedy, and currently co-stars in Parks and Recreation as April Ludgate.

Early life[link]

Plaza was born in Wilmington, Delaware, the daughter of Bernadette, an attorney, and David Plaza, a financial advisor.^[3][4][5] She has two younger sisters, Renee and Natalie,^[3] the latter of whom she uses as inspiration for her teenage character April Ludgate on Parks and Recreation.^[6]

Plaza was named after the song "Aubrey" by Bread.^[3][7] Her father is Puerto Rican and her mother is of Irish and English descent.^[3][8] Plaza has stated: "I was like the only diverse kid in my high school, and I'm half-Puerto Rican. But yeah, I have a huge family and tons of cousins in Puerto Rico."^[6] She participated in productions with the Wilmington Drama League.^[3]

Plaza graduated from Ursuline Academy^[3][9] in 2002, and New York University's Tisch School of the Arts in 2006.^[3] While at NYU in 2004, Plaza suffered a stroke that caused temporary paralysis and expressive aphasia, but she has fully recovered.^[3][10]

Career[link]

Plaza has said that she has had many internships and that she "was an intern for Samba Post-Its." One of her jobs was to "literally wallpaper a bathroom with Post-Its." She also worked as an NBC page.

She has been performing improv and sketch comedy at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater since 2004. She also recently began performing stand-up and has appeared at the Laugh Factory and The Improv. In 2008, she was seen in the Improv Everywhere prank "Mobile Desktop", in which she and two other people brought desktop PCs, including a CRT screen, tower computer, keyboard and mouse into a Starbucks and used them just as people use laptops there.

Plaza starred in the online series The Jeannie Tate Show, and stars as Robin Gibney in ESPN's Mayne Street. She also appeared in the first episode of "Terrible Decisions with Ben Schwartz" on Funny or Die.^[11]

Plaza at the San Diego Comic-Con International in July 2010

She played Seth Rogen's love interest, Daisy, in 2009's Funny People directed by Judd Apatow. She also had roles in the comedy films Scott Pilgrim vs. the World and Derrick Comedy's Mystery Team, which debuted at 2009 Sundance. She appeared in a CollegeHumor short alongside Jason Bateman and Will Arnett.

She plays April Ludgate, the deadpan employee in Parks and Recreation, and has a recurring role as "the Princess" in the comedic sci-fi web series Troopers on CollegeHumor.

On March 12, 2010, Plaza performed at A Night of 140 Tweets: A Celebrity Tweetathon for Haiti, produced by Rob Huebel, Paul Scheer, Ben Stiller, and Mike Rosenstein, at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in Los Angeles.

In 2010 she made a guest appearance in Portlandia.

Plaza appeared as a guest judge during a roast segment on The Next Food Network Star in 2011.

She appeared in Episode 199 of the WTF with Marc Maron podcast.

In early 2012, she was featured in Father John Misty(J. Tillman)'s music video for the song "Hollywood Forever Cemetery Sings", off the album "Fear Fun".

Filmography[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Aubrey Plaza

• Aubrey Plaza at the Internet Movie Database
• Aubrey Plaza Videos - Plaza's video website
• Aubrey Plaza NBC Profile - Profile from Parks and Recreation
• Troopers web series

Robin Thicke
Robin Thicke (2012)
Background information
Birth name	Robin C. Thicke
Also known as	Thicke
Born	(1977-03-10) March 10, 1977 (age 35) Los Angeles, California, United States
Genres	R&B, soul, hip hop
Occupations	Singer-songwriter, record producer, actor, musician
Instruments	Vocals, piano, guitar and saxophone
Years active	1994–present
Labels	Nu America, Star Trak, Interscope
Associated acts	Pharrell Williams, Lil Wayne
Website	www.robinthicke.com

Robin Charles Thicke ( /ˈθɪk/; born March 10, 1977) is an American R&B singer-songwriter, musician, composer, and actor. Thicke's albums, which he previously released under the name Thicke, are noted for their feature of a predominantly R&B sound.^[1][2] Thicke has written hits for popular artists such as Jennifer Hudson, Usher, Mary J. Blige and Raven-Symoné. Thicke has also been acknowledged for his work in popular albums such as Confessions and Tha Carter III.

Thicke is a judge on the ABC show Duets.^[3]

Career[link]

Early years[link]

Before his days as a singer-songwriter, Thicke had written "Love Is On My Side" on Brandy's self-titled album and a number of songs for 3T's "Sexual Attention" and collaborated with Jordan Knight, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis on several songs in Knight's 1999 album Jordan Knight. He also co-wrote the songs "When You Put Your Hands On Me" for Christina Aguilera's debut album and "No Tears on My Pillow" for Mýa's sophomore release, Fear of Flying. As an artist, he recorded and performed solely under his surname, Thicke. He would continue to do so until 2005.

2002–2004: Early commercial success[link]

In 2000, Thicke, who simply went by his last name, went to work on material for his debut album, initially titled Cherry Blue Skies. The album focused more on soul than his pop-offerings for other artists.

In 2002, Thicke released his debut single "When I Get You Alone". The track samples Walter Murphy's "A Fifth of Beethoven", which itself is a disco rendition of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony. The music video for the song received some rotation on MTV2 and BET's Rated Next and was spun moderately on pop and urban radio, peaking at #49 on Radio & Records Pop chart.^{[citation needed]} Globally, however, "When I Get You Alone" became a chart success when it peaked within the top 20 in Australia, Belgium, and Italy, and reached the top ten of the singles charts in New Zealand and the top three in the Netherlands.^{[citation needed]} The tune was featured for the soundtrack of Agent Cody Banks.^{[citation needed]}

The moderate success was enough to signal the release of the album, with its name changed to A Beautiful World. Despite the release of a second single, "Brand New Jones", the album received very little promotion, and debuted at a low number 152 on the US Billboard 200, eventually selling 63,000 copies.^[4]

Runner-up Blake Lewis performed "When I Get You Alone" during the 2007 season of American Idol when the top 3 chose a song to sing. Lewis has often put Robin Thicke in his list of musical influences in interviews and on the American Idol website. The song was also performed by Blaine Anderson (played by Darren Criss) on Glee during the season 2 episode "Silly Love Songs".^{[citation needed]}

[edit] 2005–2007: The Evolution of Robin Thicke

In 2005, Thicke performed as a guest on the remix of Will Smith's song, "Switch". After being signed to The Neptunes label, Star Trak, he began working on his second album entitled The Evolution of Robin Thicke. The first single, "Wanna Love U Girl", featured producer Pharrell and experienced chart success on urban radio in the United Kingdom. For the video, Thicke changed his appearance, cutting off his trademark long hair. In 2006, a remix version of the song was filmed with rapper Busta Rhymes. Nearly a year after the single was released, the album was released on October 3, 2006. To promote the album Thicke toured with India.Arie, and then opened for John Legend in late 2006.

His second single, the ballad "Lost Without U", began getting a lot of radio airplay in Urban & Rhythmic stations towards the end of 2006 and early 2007.^{[citation needed]} With the assistance of radio airplay, the song became his breakout hit, reaching as high as number fourteen on the Billboard Hot 100, and number one on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, the first Caucasian male artist to top that chart since George Michael.^[5] With album sales over 1.5 million copies sold domestically after the re-release as a Deluxe Edition (with three new bonus tracks) on February 13, 2007, The Evolution of Robin Thicke became a commercial success in the United States.^{[citation needed]}

The album peaked at number five on the Billboard 200 and number one on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart,^[4] garnering Thicke his first R&B number one album of his career. In early 2007 the single "Lost Without U" and album The Evolution of Robin Thicke simultaneously spent two consecutive weeks at number one on the R&B singles and albums charts respectively. On the March 3, 2007 issue of Billboard magazine, Thicke simultaneously topped four Billboard charts; Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay, and Hot Adult R&B Airplay.^{[citation needed]} In March 2007, The Evolution of Robin Thicke was certified Platinum by the RIAA.^{[citation needed]} Thicke and his record label Interscope soon considered potential tracks to be released as the album's next and third single. Thicke's preference was the track "Can U Believe", which peaked at number fifteen on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and at number ninety-nine on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.^[5][6] On October 2, 2007 the track "Got 2 Be Down" was released as the album's fourth official single. The single peaked at number sixty on Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks.^[5]

Late in 2007, Thicke finished promotion for the album as the featured opening act for the North American leg of Beyoncé's US tour, The Beyoncé Experience.^[7] Thicke also performed a one off UK concert in London's Koko Arena on September 24, 2007. As of February 10, 2009, the album was certified Double-Platinum by the RIAA.

[edit] 2008–10: Something Else and Sex Therapy

There's so many meanings behind that title. Number one, it reflects what we're going through as a nation here in America. I just felt, with Barack Obama and the new energy he's bringing, that it is time for some fresh hope and new attitudes. Then, in terms of me as an artist, because I'd been singing all these songs about self-reflection - like '2 The Sky' and 'Angels' - I just thought it was time for me to start singing about something ELSE! Also, I felt that - with my music being a little different from everything else you can get out there - the music IN ITSELF is also something different and something else!"

—Robin Thicke interview by Pete Lewis, Blues & Soul, November 2008.[8]

Thicke released his third solo album, entitled Something Else, on September 30, 2008.^{[citation needed]} It debuted at number three on the Billboard 200 charts and sold nearly 140,000 records the first week.^{[citation needed]} The first single from the album was "Magic" a further expansion of the R&B sound that powered his 2006 breakthrough, The Evolution of Robin Thicke.^{[citation needed]} "Magic" went on to peak at number two on the Urban AC charts.^{[citation needed]} He followed this success with the second single, "The Sweetest Love", which also peaked at number two on the Urban AC charts and remained in the top five for twelve consecutive weeks.^{[citation needed]}

During an interview to promote his third album, Thicke explained:

Thicke appeared on an episode of ABC's The Bachelor to perform “Magic” and “The Sweetest Love” for the remaining female contestants. Thicke wrote and produced a track for the movie Precious in which his wife Paula Patton also starred.^[10] He co-headlined a U.S. tour with Jennifer Hudson, which began March 31, 2009 in Albany, New York, and wrapped up 25 shows later in Biloxi, Mississippi.^[11] At the start of the tour, Thicke released "You're My Baby" as the official third single from Something Else, despite filming and releasing a music video for the track "Dreamworld".^[11] As of April 2009, Something Else has shifted over 435,000 units in the U.S.

Seven months after the release of Something Else, Billboard.com announced that Thicke would release his fourth studio album in the fall of 2009, which would not be self-produced.^[11] The album, titled Sex Therapy, had its release date postponed to winter, on December 15, 2009. Jay-Z is featured on the track "Meiple (Me I Play)". The first single from the album was the self-titled track, produced by Polow Da Don and released in October 2009. In November 2009, Thicke premiered the second single to radio, "Shakin' It for Daddy", featuring rapper Nicki Minaj. It was also produced by Polow Da Don.

Speaking of the musical background to Sex Therapy, Thicke told Pete Lewis - Deputy Editor of Blues & Soul - "I'm always gonna have the influence of Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder and Al Green in my music. But with this album I also wanted to show my HIP HOP side. I grew up listening to Run DMC and NWA and Biggie and Pac and Jay-Z... So I really wanted to make a record that represented how much that music has influenced me."^[12] Earlier in 2009, on October 14, Leighton Meester's debut single "Somebody to Love", featuring Thicke, was released. Thicke told MTV he was glad to have Lil Wayne on the album. He also pointed out that he was featured on Lil Wayne's last two albums, and Lil Wayne was on his last two albums. "We're kind of good luck charms for each other."^{[citation needed]}

Thicke appeared on ABC's New Year's Rockin' Eve on January 1, 2010 and performed three songs in Las Vegas, in a pre-recorded segment. Also in 2010, it was confirmed that he, along with Melanie Fiona, would feature on The Freedom Tour with Alicia Keys. As of October 2011, the album has sold 269,000 copies in the United States.^[13]

[edit] 2011–present: Love After War

During 2011, Thicke was confirmed to go on tour with Jennifer Hudson, with whom he toured in 2009.^[14] Later that year, Robin Thicke released his fifth studio album, Love After War, on December 6, 2011.^[15] The album has produced two singles. There is the title track and lead single, "Love After War". The second single is "Pretty Lil' Heart", which features Lil Wayne. Robin Thicke appeared on ABC's New Year's Rockin' Eve 2012 performing via remote feed from Los Angeles, California.^{[citation needed]}

Thicke is appearing as a judge on a new ABC television show called Duets which premiered May 24, 2012 and which also features John Legend, Jennifer Nettles, and Kelly Clarkson.^[3]

Artistry[link]

Songwriting and producing[link]

Thicke began his songwriting career by writing hits for popular artists. He co-wrote and produced the Color Me Badd hit "Sexual Capacity" in 1996. The Thicke original "When I Get You Alone" was performed by Guy Sebastian, the winner of the first Australian Idol 2003, during the competition and at the Idol grand finale. "When I Get You Alone" was a popular song choice for Sebastian; he put the live idol performance on his four-times platinum debut single "Angels Brought Me Here"; it was the fastest selling single in Australia debuting at #1 and immediately breaking an Aria record.^[16] In 2004, Thicke co-wrote "Out With My Baby" with Guy Sebastian, from Sebastian's second album, Beautiful Life. Thicke also produced this single for Sebastian.^[17] During this same year, he wrote a song with the singer and actress Raven-Symoné for the album This Is My Time, with the song "Set Me Free".

In April 2007, Thicke co-wrote a song with singer/songwriter Angela Via called "Wrong for You". In 2008, Thicke was enlisted by producer Polow da Don to play piano on the Usher track, "Love in This Club".^[18] At the 2009 Grammy Awards, Thicke was recognized for his work on Lil Wayne’s sixth studio album Tha Carter III, as well as Jennifer Hudson’s self titled debut album. Thicke wrote and produced the song "Tie My Hands" on Tha Carter III, which went on to win Best Rap Album. Thicke wrote and produced the song "Giving Myself" for the album Jennifer Hudson, which went on to win Best R&B Album.

Collaborations[link]

In 2007, Thicke appeared on 50 Cent's album Curtis, which was released on September 11, 2007, on a song called "Follow My Lead". The following year, he worked with Ashanti on her fourth studio album, The Declaration, which was released on June 3, 2008.^[6][7] Also that year, Thicke reunited with Lil Wayne and was featured on his album Tha Carter III on a track entitled "Tie My Hands", which Thicke also produced.

Discography[link]

• A Beautiful World (2003)
• The Evolution of Robin Thicke (2006)
• Something Else (2008)
• Sex Therapy (2009)
• Love After War (2011)
• 6th Studio Album (2012)

Personal life[link]

Thicke's mother is Days of Our Lives actress and singer Gloria Loring and his father is Canadian actor Alan Thicke. They divorced when he was seven.^{[citation needed]}

Thicke began dating actress Paula Patton at the age of 16.^[19] They were married in 2005 and had a son, Julian Fuego Thicke, on April 6, 2010.^[20] In the Fall of 2010, Robin Thicke spent several weeks in New York City recording and living in a rented SoHo apartment which he had converted into a makeshift professional studio.^[21] Thicke has said he does not like his music being described as "blue-eyed soul", calling the label "small-minded and stereotypical."^[22]

Tours[link]

• The Beyoncé Experience – as an opening act for the North American leg
• Jennifer Hudson and Robin Thicke – co-headline tour
• The Freedom Tour – as an opening act for the tour along with Melanie Fiona
• Robin Thicke with special guest Miguel in Houston, Texas
• Love After War – 3 week promotional tour in November 2011

Awards and nominations[link]

Recording artist[link]

Songwriting and production[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official website
• Robin Thicke at the Internet Movie Database
• Robin Thicke on Myspace

Joshua Radin
Press photo of Joshua Radin for his 2010 album, "The Rock and The Tide."
Background information
Born	(1974-06-14) June 14, 1974 (age 38)
Origin	Cleveland, Ohio
Genres	Acoustic, folk
Occupations	Singer, songwriter
Instruments	Acoustic guitar, Electric Guitar
Years active	2004–present
Labels	Mom & Pop Records
Website	JoshuaRadin.com

Joshua Radin (born June 14, 1974) is an American recording artist, songwriter and actor.

Beginnings[link]

He was born and raised in Shaker Heights, Ohio, to a Jewish family of Polish, German, Austrian, and Russian background.^[1][2] He studied drawing and painting at Northwestern University, following his college years with stints as an art teacher, screenwriter, and art gallery employee.

Radin turned to music when he moved to New York City, bought a guitar, and taught himself to play and write music.^[3]

In 2004, American actor Zach Braff introduced Radin's first composition, "Winter" to Scrubs' show creator, Bill Lawrence, who ultimately used several of Radin's songs within various scenes of the hit television series.^[4][5]

Musical career[link]

According to Radin his musical career started in 2004, and he had learned to play the guitar only two years before that. His first song, "Winter", appeared on his debut album "We Were Here".^[6] Since that time, Radin has been touring the United States, as well as much of the United Kingdom and Europe. Over the course of his career, Radin has shared stages with artists such as Sheryl Crow, Tori Amos, Imogen Heap, Meiko, Missy Higgins, Maria Taylor, Gary Jules, Amber Rubarth, Schuyler Fisk, The Script and many more. In addition to his American following, Radin has enjoyed success with his 2008 release, "Simple Times" in the United Kingdom. His song "I'd Rather Be With You" reached #2 on the UK Charts and number two on the US Top Digital Chart.^[7][8]

[edit] We Were Here (2006)

Radin has said that much of the album was inspired by a bad break-up.^[10] It was released exclusively to iTunes for a month, before attracting attention from major labels.^[11] Released on Columbia Records in May 2006,^[11] We Were Here presented the first batch of songs Radin ever wrote. The album drew critical acclaim and received a four-star review from Rolling Stone, who praised it for Radin's "whispery, silver-bell voice" and its themes, calling them "poignant and refreshingly frank." The record hit number one on the iTunes Folk Album Chart and included a number of well known musicians, including Ryan Adams who played guitar on the song "Lovely Tonight".^[12]Zach Braff hand-picked one of the tracks to be featured on the soundtrack for The Last Kiss.^[10][13]

[edit] Simple Times (2008)

Radin's second album, "Simple Times" went straight to #1 on the iTunes overall chart upon its release. Radin enlisted highly regarded producer Rob Schnapf (Elliott Smith, Beck). The two spent seven weeks recording at L.A.'s legendary Sunset Sound Studio working with a cast of musicians that included guitarist Greg Leisz, bassist Johnny Flaugher, keyboardist Jason Borger, drummer Victor Indrizzo and percussionist Lenny Castro. Among the album's many highlights are "You Got Growin' Up To Do," featuring guest vocalist Patty Griffin, lead single "I'd Rather Be With You" and "Brand New Day." ^[14] Tracks from the album were featured on TV shows such as "Bones," "Scrubs," "House," "Grey's Anatomy," "One Tree Hill," "Life Unexpected," "90210," "Brothers and Sisters" and "American Idol," among others.^[6] Radin's "Simple Times" was released on Mom and Pop Records.^[15]

[edit] The Rock and The Tide (2010)

Radin's third studio album, The Rock and The Tide was released on October 12, 2010 on Mom and Pop Records, his second release with the label. The album reached number five on the iTunes albums chart upon its release. "The Rock and The Tide" was produced by Martin Terefe (Cat Stevens, Ron Sexmith).^[16][17]

Television and Movies[link]

Radin's songs were used on television series such as Scrubs, Grey's Anatomy, Brothers and Sisters, American Idol, One Tree Hill, among others.^[18]

Radin also played his song "Today" along with five other songs for Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi at their August 16, 2008 wedding.^{[6] [19][20]}

He has amassed more than 75 film and television placements of his songs in television and movies,^[21][16] including:

• 90210 - Vegetable Car,^[22] The Fear You Won't Fall,^[22] The Rock and The Tide^[22]
• 8xTX on T4 - Winter,^[21]
• 10 Inch Hero - Only You,^[23]
• ABC Promo - Off The Map - Here We Go ^[24]
• Adam - Someone Else's Life,^[25] When You Find Me ^[25]
• American Idol – Everything'll Be Alright,^[21] Closer,^[21] Friend Like You,^[21] One of Those Days ^[21]
• Army Wives - Friend Like You,^[26] We Are Okay,^[27] You Got What I Need^[27]
• Broken Windows - Someone Else's Life,^[28]
• Brothers & Sisters - Everything'll Be Alright,^[29] What If You,^[30] Someone Else's Life,^[31]
• The Bonnie Hunt Show - I'd Rather Be With You,^[32]
• Bones (Double Trouble in the Panhandle) - No Envy, No Fear,^[33] The Rock and The Tide
• Catch and Release - What if You^[34]
• Castle- No Envy, No Fear^[35]
• Conan O'Brien - I'd Rather Be With You^[36]
• Cougar Town - The Rock and The Tide^[37]
• Dakota Skye - Someone Else's Life^[38]
• Dear John (2010 film) - Paperweight
• The Early Show - I'd Rather Be With You^[21]
• Eli Stone - The One You Knew,^[39] Brand New Day,^[40] Friend Like You^[41]
• Ellen Wedding Show - Today ^[21]
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show - You've Got Growing Up to Do^[42]
• General Electric - Brand New Day^[43]
• Gossip Girl - The Rock and The Tide ^[21]
• Grey's Anatomy – Closer,^[44] The Fear You Won't Fall^[45] Sky,^[46] One of Those Days,^[47] You Got What I Need,^[16]
• Hilton Ad - Today^[48]
• Hidden Palms - Closer^[33]
• House M.D. – Brand New Day^[49]
• JC Penny Ad – Only You^[50]
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! - Closer,^[21] Star Mile^[21]
• The Last Kiss - Star Mile,^[51] Paperweight^[52]
• Life Unexpected - Brand New Day,^[53] The Rock and Tte Tide,^[54] One of Those Days,^[55] The Rock and The Tide^[21]
• Lifetime Movie: Bond Of Silence Road To Ride On^[21]
• Leverage - Winter^[56]
• Lie to Me - I'd Rather Be with You^[57]
• The Nanny Diaries - Closer^[58]
• Noah's Arc - Closer,^[21] Don't Look Away,^[21] Winter^[21]
• The Bachelorette (Season 6, Episode 4) - Brand New Day,^[59] Streetlight^[60]
• One Tree Hill - Everything'll be Alright,^[61] No Envy, No Fear,^[62] They Bring Me to You,^[62] You've Got Some Growing Up to Do,^[63] One Of Those Days,^[63] The Rock and the Tide^[64]
• Parenthood - The Rock And The Tide^[65]
• Post Grad - Brand New Day^[66]
• Random 1 - These Photographs^[21]
• Re-Animated - Closer,^[21] Today^[21]
• Runaway - Closer^[67]
• Shameless - Winter
• Scrubs – Don't Look Away,^[33] These Photographs,^[33] Winter,^[33] Today,^[33] Closer,^[33] I'd Rather Be With You,^[33] Sesame Street Theme^[33]
• Shooting Sizemore - Closer^[21]
• So You Think You Can Dance - Sundrenched World (Live Session),^[33] The Fear Your Wont Fall^[33]
• Studio 60 - Closer^[68]
• Swisstel Commercial - Friend Like You^[21]
• What About Brian - Closer^[69]
• Why I Wore Lipstick to My Mastectomy - These Photographs^[21]
• Without a Trace - Brand New Day^[70]
• World Heritage City - Winter^[21]

Discography[link]

Studio albums[link]

Singles[link]

EPs[link]

1. First Between 3rd and 4th (2004)
2. Live Session (iTunes Exclusive EP) (2006)
3. Unclear Sky (iTunes Exclusive EP) (2008)
4. Simple Times – Bonus Material (Demos) EP (2009)
5. Songs Under a Streetlight EP (2010)

Compilation appearances[link]

• His Way, Our Way (Frank Sinatra tribute album)

References[link]

External links[link]

Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: Joshua Radin

• Official website
• Joshua Radin’s official blog
• Joshua Radin on MySpace
• Review of One of Those Days at Daily Music Guide
• Joshua Radin at the Internet Movie Database

Video links

• Joshua Radin – Winter, and other songs

Ingrid Michaelson
Ingrid Michaelson performing in Amsterdam, 2009
Background information
Birth name	Ingrid Ellen Egbert Michaelson
Born	(1979-12-08) December 8, 1979 (age 32)[1]
Origin	Staten Island, New York, U.S.
Genres	Indie pop, indie folk
Occupations	Singer-songwriter, musician
Instruments	Vocals, guitar, piano, ukulele
Years active	2002–present
Labels	Cabin 24 Records, Mom+Pop Records
Website	Official website Twitter YouTube

Ingrid Ellen Egbert Michaelson (born December 8, 1979) is a New York-based indie-pop singer-songwriter. Her music has been featured in episodes of several popular television shows, including Scrubs, Bones, Grey's Anatomy^[2] The Big C, In Plain Sight, and One Tree Hill,^[3] as well as in Old Navy's fall 2007 Fair Isle^[4] and Opel's/Vauxhall's Meriva 2010 advertising campaigns.^[5][6]

Biography[link]

Michaelson was born to artistic parents. Her father is a composer and her mother is a sculptor. Michaelson took up piano at age four, and trained until seven at Manhattan's Third Street Music School, continuing for many more years at the Jewish Community Center of Staten Island's Dorothy Delson Kuhn Music Institute. While there she met vocal coach Elizabeth McCullough, who worked with her through high school.^[7] She is a graduate of Staten Island Technical High School and Binghamton University, where she received a degree in theater.^[7] While at Binghamton University she was a member of the Binghamtonics, a co-ed a cappella group, as well as the Pappy Parker Players, an improv comedy group, and the theatre repertory company under Sue Peters. Her time at Binghamton is mentioned in the song "The Hat". She grew up doing a musical theater group called "Kids On Stage". Later in life, she became a director until she decided to pursue her career in music.

Toward the end of 2008, she opened for Jason Mraz on his European tour, touring in the UK, Sweden, Denmark, the Netherlands, Germany and France among others. In the second half of 2009, Ingrid began her "Everybody" tour of the United States and Europe which continued in 2010.

In 2010 Ingrid was engaged to fellow artist Greg Laswell.^[8] They are married, which the singer acknowledged on her Twitter on January 16, 2012.^{[citation needed]}

Appearances and performances[link]

Television and radio[link]

• The AT&T Blue Room
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show
• Good Morning America
• Last Call with Carson Daly (performance with Joshua Radin)
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien
• Live From The Artists Den
• Live with Regis and Kelly
• NPR's "Bryant Park Project"
• The Rachael Ray Show
• Shark Tank (performing "Be OK" and demonstrating the Miso-Media, an iPad application for learning how to play stringed instruments)
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
• VH1

Other appearances[link]

• Michaelson and Sara Bareilles performed "Winter Song" at the 2010 National Christmas Tree Lighting
• Michaelson performed "Blood Brothers" at the 85th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in 2011^[9]

Songs featured in television series[link]

[edit] Grey's Anatomy

• "Breakable"—"Staring at the Sun" (November 16, 2006)
• ”The Way I Am"--"Six Days (Part 2)" (January 11, 2007)
• "Corner of Your Heart"--"Testing 1-2-3" (13 September 2007)
• "Keep Breathing"--season 3 finale, "Didn't We Almost Have It All" (May 17, 2007)
• "Giving Up"-- season 4 finale, "Freedom" (May 22, 2008)
• "Turn to Stone" (a new B-side single from her upcoming album, Everybody)--season 5 episode, "What a Difference a Day Makes" (May 7, 2009)
• ”Winter Song”—season 5
• "All Love"--season 5 finale
• "The Chain"--season 6 episode "I Always Feel Like Somebody's Watchin' Me" (October 1, 2009)
• "Everybody"--season 6 (January 21, 2010)

[edit] One Tree Hill

• "Masochist"--season 4, episode 13, "Pictures of You"
• "Overboard"--season 4, episode 14, "Sad Songs for Dirty Lovers"
• "The Way I Am"--season 4, episode 19, "Ashes of Dreams You Let Die"
• "Can't Help Falling in Love"--season 6, episode 23, "Forever And Almost Always"

Other series[link]

• "Winter Song”--Army Wives, season 3, episode 5
• "The Way I Am", "Die Alone" and "Far Away (Untitled)" in The Bad Girls Club
• "Keep Breathing"--The Big C, season 1, episode 2
• "Maybe”--Body of Proof, season 1, episode 6, “Society Hill"
• ”Winter Song”--Brothers & Sisters, season 4, episode 8
• "Everybody"--Brothers & Sisters, season 4, episode 14
• "All Love"--HBO series Enlightened, episode 7
• "The Chain"--Hellcats, season 1, episode 12, "Papa, Oh Papa"
• "Soldier"--In Plain Sight, 2011 episode "Meet The Shannons"
• "Maybe”--In Plain Sight, season 4 episode, "I'm a Liver, Not a Fighter"
• "Breakable"--Kyle XY, season 2, episode 3, "The List is Life"
• "Are We There Yet"--Make It or Break It
• “Be OK”— Parenthood, season 2, episode 15
• "Starting Now"--Pretty Little Liars, season 1, episode 7, "The Homecoming Hangover"
• "The Way I Am" and "Breakable"--The Real World: Denver
• "Winter Song"--Scrubs, season 8, episode 17
• ”Turn to Stone”—So You Think You Can Dance, choreographed by Travis Wall, season 8, Top 20 episode on June 15, 2011, and season finale as a judges' pick
• "Be OK”—Ugly Betty, season 4
• "Turn to Stone"--The Vampire Diaries, season 2 finale, "As I Lay Dying"
• "Are We There Yet?" --The Vampire Diaries, season 3, episode 1, "The Birthday"

Songs featured in films[link]

• "Be OK"--The House Bunny (2008)
• "You and I"--My Girlfriend's Boyfriend (2010)
• "Everybody"--Ramona and Beezus (2010)
• "Can't Help Falling in Love"--trailer for Like Crazy (2011)
• "Everybody"—trailer for Disney's Lady and the Tramp, Diamond Edition (2011)
• ”Everybody”—Sneak Peek for Disney’s Diamond Edition of The Lion King Blu-ray (2011)

Songs featured in commercials[link]

• "Sort Of" (instrumental version)--Google Chrome
• ”Be OK”—Mott's Apple Juice commercial featuring actress Marcia Cross^[10]
• ”The Way I Am”--Old Navy commercial
• ”Be OK”--Ritz Crackers commercial
• ”Be OK”--Traveler's Insurance commercial

Collaborations[link]

In 2006, Ingrid teamed up with William Fitzsimmons on his album Goodnight, which was released that same year.

Ingrid and her friend Sara Bareilles co-wrote "Winter Song" which was featured on The Hotel Café Presents Winter Songs, a compilation of both original recordings as well as classic holiday tracks sung by a lineup of female singer-songwriters. Ingrid also worked with Bareilles, performing "Winter Song" for the President Obama and his family as well as many spectators at the National Christmas Tree Lighting in December 2010. In 2011, "Winter Song" reached number 2 on the Irish Singles Chart.^[11]

Ingrid provided back-up vocals on two songs from PlayRadioPlay!'s album Texas, including "I'm a Pirate, You're a Princess" and the title track, "Texas".

Ingrid provided back-up vocals on Greg Laswell's album, Take A Bow, which was released on May 4, 2010. Collaboration was done on the songs "Take Everything," "My Fight (For You)," and "Come Clean."^[12][13]

Ingrid's band includes Allie Moss and Bess Rogers on guitar, who are singer/songwriters in their own right. Allie Moss released a 2009 EP entitled Passerby. A single from the EP, "Corner", has been picked up by BT for their BT Infinity television commercials in the UK. Other band members include Chris Kuffner (Bass), husband of Bess Rogers(Guitar), Saul Simon-MacWilliams (keys) and Elliot Jacobson (drums).

In 2010, Ingrid co-wrote a song entitled "Parachute" with Marshall Altman which was covered by singer Cheryl Cole on her debut solo album 3 Words; it hit number 5 in the UK. Ingrid initially felt the track was "so poppy" that she could not release it herself. However, after the song was reworked by "Everybody" producer Dan Romer to make a more "interesting, funky production", Ingrid released the song as a personal single.^[14] To date, the song has received two separate music videos.

Of the release of "Parachute" and upcoming material, Ingrid explained in a 2010 interview with Billboard.com, "I just felt like I wanted to put something out. I'm not ready to put a full album out, so we thought we'd put this out and see how people take it or don't take it," saying that she expects to release her next album, "probably in the middle of next year."^[15]

Discography[link]

Studio albums[link]