Marié Digby
Born Marié Christina Digby on April 16, 1983, Digby already showed interest in music even at an early age, when she took piano lessons as a toddler. She later expanded her musical background when she started playing the guitar as well. She also exhibited her first attempts at writing songs during her teenage years, when she came up with the “Miss Invisible,” a song that was about being unseen and wanting to fit in. She has since started to write songs which were actually a collection of her experiences in the past 10 years of her life. While studying at the University of California, Berkeley, Digby wrote another song, “Beauty in Walking Away,” which was about her desire to stop pursuing college and instead turn to a career in music. And so in 2004, Digby went on to win the Pantene Pro Voice competition, garnering for her a professional producer for an album, 5,000 USD, and a Wurlitzer Grand Piano.
In 2005, Digby signed a deal with Hollywood Records and finished recording her debut album Unfold under this label. The album was not released immediately, and so Digby took to posting cover videos of popular artists’ songs simply to gain recognition and visibility. Digby’s moment of fame came when she posted a video clip on YouTube of herself in 2007, performing an acoustic cover of Rihanna’s “Umbrella.” Not only did the clip appear in the highly-rated season opening of MTV’s The Hills, it also became her ticket towards an appearance on Last Call with Carson Daly. The song subsequently peaked at #10 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart. It is still being viewed up to this day on YouTube, and is about to reached 15 million views.
Finally, in 2008, her debut album unfold was released, debuting at #29 on the Billboard 200. The album sold 18,000 copies in its first week alone, spelling commercial success early on. Digby has since toured across US and Asia as part of her album promotions. A Japanese edition of Unfold was also produced, so right at this time, she worked on two albums at once, the Japanese album “Second Home” and “Breathing Underwater.” The latter boasts of 17 songs, and was released on September 15, 2009, after being postponed a couple of times.
After three studio albums with seven singles each, Digby is slated to record and release another Japanese studio album.
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