American singer-songwriter

Michelle Branch Michelle Jacquet DeSevren Branch (born July 2, 1983) is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist. During the early 2000s, she released two top-selling albums: '' The Spirit Room'' and '' Hotel Paper.'' She won a Grammy Award for Best Pop C ...

has released five studio albums, one

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, two

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s, and twelve

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(including two as a featured artist). She released her debut album, ''Broken Bracelet'', through the independent label imprint Twin Dragon Records in 2000 before signing a recording contract with

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the following year. In August 2001, Branch released her second studio album and major-label debut, ''

The Spirit Room ''The Spirit Room'' is the major-label debut studio album by American singer-songwriter Michelle Branch, released by the Maverick Recording Company and Warner Bros. Records in the United States on August 14, 2001. The album was recorded at Suns ...

''. It peaked at number twenty-eight on the ''Billboard'' 200 and featured three Top 40 singles on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, including the top 10 hit "

All You Wanted "All You Wanted" is a song by American singer-songwriter Michelle Branch, released as the second single from her debut album, ''The Spirit Room'' (2001). Written by Branch and produced by John Shanks, the song was released in the United States b ...

" and her debut single, " Everywhere", which entered the top 20 of multiple international record charts. The album has been certified 2× Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for selling over two million copies in the United States. Branch has sold 3 million certified copies of her albums in the United States. Branch's third album, '' Hotel Paper'', was released June 21, 2003. The album was a commercial success, peaking at number two on the ''Billboard'' 200 and spawned two charting singles: " Are You Happy Now?", which peaked at number sixteen on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, and " Breathe", which peaked at number thirty-six. The album has been certified Platinum by the RIAA for selling over one million copies. From 2005 through 2007, Branch recorded with fellow musician

Jessica Harp Jessica Leigh Harp (born February 3, 1982) is an American songwriter and former country artist from Kansas City, Missouri. Between 2005 and 2007, Harp and Michelle Branch recorded and performed as The Wreckers, a duo that topped the country cha ...

as the

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duo

The Wreckers The Wreckers were an American country music duo formed in 2005 by Michelle Branch and Jessica Harp, both of whom had solo recordings before the duo's foundation. In 2006, the duo released its debut album '' Stand Still, Look Pretty'', which produ ...

. Branch's solo career resumed in 2009 with the release of her country single " Sooner or Later" and the

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, ''

Everything Comes and Goes ''Everything Comes and Goes'' is an EP by Michelle Branch, released to her official website on July 16, 2010, and was released at iTunes on August 27, 2010. The EP was recorded at Starstruck Studios, Soundstage Studios, and Nashville Noise in Na ...

''. Following a series of creative disputes and label disruptions that resulted in ''Everything Comes and Goes'' being reduced from a full-length album to an extended play and her subsequent album, ''West Coast Time'', going unreleased, Branch released "

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" from the extended play of the same name in 2011 through Reprise Records. In 2015, Branch signed a new record deal with

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and in 2017, she released her fourth album and first for that label, '' Hopeless Romantic''.

Studio albums

Reissues

Extended plays

Singles

As lead artist

As featured artist

Other contributions

Videos

Video albums

Music videos

Notes

References

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