Ingrid Ellen Michaelson (born December 8, 1979) is an American singer-songwriter and actress. Her first album, Slow the Rain, was released in 2005, and she has since released eight more albums: Girls and Boys, Be OK, Everybody, Human Again, Lights Out, It Doesn't Have to Make Sense, Songs for the Season, and her most recent, Stranger Songs. Her two highest-charting singles are "The Way I Am" (2007) and "Girls Chase Boys" (2014), at #37 and #52 on the Billboard Hot 100, respectively.

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Reviews / Live

Live Review: Ingrid Michaelson, David Lazarus

The seasoned performer creates a night to remember.

Reviews / Album

Album Review: Ingrid Michaelson - Lights Out

Lyrically playful and none too serious, Lights Out will brighten up the winter.

Features / Music

Singing Out Loud

"Instead of thinking, ‘I’m going to write about love’, ‘I’m going to write about this’, I was, like, ‘I’m going to write a song where I hit a low A and a high C’, you know what I mean?"

Features / Music

Indie Again

"I was married last year, and I feel like a lot of the songs on the record [are] about the idea of feeling like a person again after not for so long. I feel like that happens when you meet the person that you love; it kind of puts all those pieces in the right place."

Reviews / Album

Album Review: Ingrid Michaelson - Human Again

Not that she’s become a roaring rock singer of course, but there’s a confidence that allows for big choruses and notes that reach out to better express the human emotion behind the lyric.