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Laura Pergolizzi (born March 18, 1981), known professionally as LP, is an American singer and songwriter. LP has released six albums and three EPs. LP has written songs for other artists including
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, the
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Leona Lewis Leona Louise Lewis (born 3 April 1985) is a British singer, songwriter, actress and activist. Born and raised in the London Borough of Islington, she attended the BRIT School for Performing Arts and Technology in Croydon. Lewis achieved nationa ...
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Mylène Farmer Mylène Jeanne Gautier (; born 12 September 1961), known professionally as Mylène Farmer (), is a Canadian-born French singer, songwriter, occasional actress, writer, and entrepreneur. Having sold more than 30 million records in France, she is ...
,
Céline Dion Céline Marie Claudette Dion ( ; born 30 March 1968) is a Canadian singer. Noted for her powerful and technically skilled vocals, Dion is the best-selling Canadian recording artist, and the best-selling French-language artist of all time. Her ...
and
Christina Aguilera Christina María Aguilera (; ; born December 18, 1980) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and television personality. Known for her four-octave vocal range and ability to sustain high notes, she has been referred to as the " Voice of ...
.


Early life

Pergolizzi was born in 1981 on
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, to an Italian father and mother, her paternal grandfather coming from
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and grandmother from
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, Italy. Pergolizzi adopted the stage name "LP" after moving to New York City.


Career

David Lowery of the band Cracker saw LP performing and featured her on "Cinderella", a hidden track on the band's 1998 album, ''
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''. Lowery followed up by producing LP's debut album ''
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'', released in 2001 through
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. LP's second album, ''Suburban Sprawl & Alcohol'', was released in June 2004 through Lightswitch Records. On the record, she collaborated with songwriter and music producer
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. However, in spite of extensive touring to promote the release and positive reviews from music critics, the album failed to gain widespread recognition.


2006–2010

In 2006, LP appeared at the music conference
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and reportedly sparked a bidding war amongst major music labels, eventually being signed by
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to his
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record label, part of the
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. However, due to artistic differences, LP left the contract. She signed with
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in 2007, an independent record label, with the album tracks they have written at the major label. "Love Will Keep You Up All Night", one of the tracks they had written at The Island Def Jam Music Group with
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, was released in late 2007 on the
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album, ''
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''. LP wrote and performed "Wasted", from the album ''Suburban Sprawl & Alcohol''. "Wasted" was used as the theme song for the TV series ''
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'', which aired on
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's teen block,
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.
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's '' The Hills'' also featured LP's song "Damage Is Done" in mid-2010, and it was released on
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. During 2009, LP started writing songs for other artists, including several songs which ended up on
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's album, ''
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'' released by
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. LP co-wrote the single, " More Is More", as well as the album tracks, "Twisted", "Hey Boy" and "Love It or Leave It". She also co-wrote other tracks for and with Montag, such as the
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co-written, "Look How I'm Doin'", "I Do This" and "Who's That Girl". A song LP wrote with
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, "Standing Where You Left Me", was released on
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's debut UK album, '' Pieces'' released by
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and
Republic Records Republic Records is a New York City–based American record label owned by Universal Music Group (UMG). It was founded by Avery Lipman and Monte Lipman as an independent label in 1995, and was acquired by UMG in 2000. Republic was initially an ...
. LP moved to Los Angeles in 2010.


2011–2012

In August 2010, it was announced that LP had signed with RedOne's record label, 2011 Records. LP landed her first major breakthrough as a songwriter, co-writing Rihanna's song, " Cheers (Drink to That)", featured on Rihanna's fifth studio album '' Loud'', released on November 12, 2010, on
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. "
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" features a vocal hook performed by LP (taken from
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's " I'm with You"). In a 2010 interview with
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, Rihanna said: "I love that song ("Cheers"). That is one of my favorite songs on the album. It makes you feel like celebrating. It gives you a great feeling inside like you want to go out and have a drink. ... People can't wait for the weekend." LP's major label songwriting breakthroughs continued, and she co-wrote "Beautiful People", performed by
Christina Aguilera Christina María Aguilera (; ; born December 18, 1980) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and television personality. Known for her four-octave vocal range and ability to sustain high notes, she has been referred to as the " Voice of ...
. The song is featured on the '' Burlesque: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack'' album, which was released on November 22, 2010, through
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. In June 2011, LP co-wrote "
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", which was performed by NBC's ''
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'' finalist
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and reached #10 on the iTunes Top Singles Chart. In September 2011, LP signed a deal with
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. Shortly after, " Into the Wild", written and performed by LP, was prominently used in a
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national television advertisement campaign. In April 2012, LP released her first major label album, '' Into the Wild: Live at EastWest Studios'', a five-song live
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, and started touring extensively including festivals such as
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,
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,
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, Bumbershoot,
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as well as
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's Sonic Boom and
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's Hyde Park. In 2012, LP became the first female Martin Guitar ambassador.


2013–2017

In May 2012, LP was featured as the Artist of the Week in ''
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'' magazine. Over the following two years, she completed the recording of their album that included collaborations with
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, Isabella "Machine" Summers (from
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),
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,
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, Justyn Pilbrow, Carl Ryden and Rob Kleiner. The album was produced by
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, Warner Bros. Records' chairman and producer. On April 1, 2014, it was announced that LP's third full-length studio album would be titled '' Forever for Now'' and was scheduled to be released on June 3, 2014. The album was promoted by the lead single "Night Like This". Following the album, a second single, "Someday", was released in June 2014 in Canada. On September 16, 2014, a music video for "Tokyo Sunrise" officially premiered on ''
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'' magazine's website. In September 2015, the song "Muddy Waters" was released as the first single from LP's fourth studio album ''
Lost on You "Lost on You" is a song recorded by American recording artist LP (Laura Pergolizzi). It was released on November 20, 2015, as the second single from her third EP, ''Death Valley'' and the fourth studio album of the same name (2016). The song e ...
''. In November 2015 one of LP's best known songs, "
Lost on You "Lost on You" is a song recorded by American recording artist LP (Laura Pergolizzi). It was released on November 20, 2015, as the second single from her third EP, ''Death Valley'' and the fourth studio album of the same name (2016). The song e ...
" was released to great success. In June 2016, "Muddy Waters" featured in the closing scene of the season four finale of
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's original series ''
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''. It was also featured in the trailer for the
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show ''
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''. "Muddy Waters" clarifies the ending of season 5, episode 4 of Starz ''Power''. In November, the album's eponymous second single was released, while LP held a residency at the No Vacancy club. Both songs originate from a collaboration with
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. An EP titled ''Death Valley'' was released on June 17, 2016. The song "Hi Ho Nobody Home" by
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featuring LP was used in an episode of ''Mr. Mercedes''. In 2017 LP performed the song "Back Where I Belong" (
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featuring
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) for episode 5 of season 2 of
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's original series ''
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''. LP duets with
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on the single , released on June 22. The single immediately hit number 1 on the French
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chart upon release. The track is the second single from Farmer's upcoming studio album, .


2018–present

On June 15, 2018, LP announced on her Facebook page that she had been working on a new album. A day later, the first track from the record, "Girls Go Wild" was released. 'Recovery' was released later.
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was released on the 17 August 2018. In September 2018, LP recorded two songs for the singer
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for his new album of cover songs. In October 2019, the song "Strange" was featured on the commercial for the
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Galaxy phone. In June 2019, LP gave an exclusive interview to '' ÖMC Dergi (Dergi)'', Turkey's biggest digital music magazine, as part of the promotion of the new album ''
Heart to Mouth ''Heart to Mouth'' is the fifth studio album by American singer-songwriter LP (singer), LP, released on December 7, 2018, through BMG Rights Management, BMG. It was preceded by the singles "Girls Go Wild" and "Recovery". Background LP said she nam ...
'', and became the cover star of a magazine for the first time in Turkey. LP performed three big concerts in
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,
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,
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, respectively, in Turkey after giving an interview to the magazine. Sharing the cover photo of ÖMC Dergi, which introduced their album for the first time and gave an interview, LP posted on all her social media accounts, "Interview + Cover Artist for June!! Ankara - See you Soon!" The director and photographer Darren Craig took the photoshoot for the ÖMC Dergi - June 2019 issue of the LP. "How Low Can You Go" and "The One That You Love" were released in 2020. "One Last Time", "Goodbye", and "Angles" were released in 2021. All five songs were released as singles for the album ''Churches'', which was released on December 3 that year. In 2021, LP also released the song "Fighter" with
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. October 2022- LP was featured on the song 'Line It Up' released by American band
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in their new album Fever Dream.


Personal life

LP identifies as a
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, and said in a 2016 interview: "It's not important to prove myself as a lesbian. But nevertheless visibility is important. We are normal people just like anybody else." LP wrote the song "Lost on You" after her breakup with actress Tamzin Brown, and was in a relationship with American singer-songwriter Lauren Ruth Ward, who appears in the music video. LP also dated Mexican actress Julieta Grajales: their relationship ended in 2022. LP identifies as gender-neutral, stating in an interview: "I go by 'she' and 'her', but I honestly don't love it. But it would take me out of my life too much to insist on '
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'. But I respect people doing it." She also stated she is "equally comfortable" being considered a "garden variety lesbian woman." As of 2022, LP's official bio uses 'she' pronouns.


Discography


Studio albums


Live albums


Extended plays


Singles


Other charted songs


Music videos


Songwriting credits


Awards and nominations


Footnotes


References


External links

*
LP
discography at
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