Meredith Brooks

Meredith Brooks
Birth name	Meredith Ann Brooks
Born	(1958-06-12) June 12, 1958 (age 60) Corvallis, Oregon
Origin	Oregon City, Oregon, United States
Occupation(s)	Singer-songwriter musician producer
Instruments	Vocals, guitar
Years active	1976–2007 (as artist)
Labels	Capitol Gold Circle Kissing Booth

Meredith Ann Brooks (born June 12, 1958) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist best known for her 1997 hit song "Bitch", for which she was nominated for a Grammy Award.

Contents

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  1 Early career with Sapphire and the Graces
  


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  2 Solo career
  


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  3 Subsequent career
  


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  4 Awards and Nominations
  


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  5 Discography
  
  
  
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    5.1 Albums
    
  
  
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    5.2 Singles
    
  
  
  
  


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  6 References
  


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  7 External links
  

Early career with Sapphire and the Graces

Brooks started her music career in 1976 as a member of an all-female band called Sapphire, based in Eugene, Oregon, touring and recording with CMS Records in the Pacific Northwest. Her bandmates were Janis Gaines, Cynthia Larsen, Patricia French and Pam Johnson. Seeking greater success, Brooks pushed the band to move to Seattle without Gaines on keyboards, reducing Sapphire to a foursome. In Seattle, Sapphire recorded at Kaye-Smith Studios at the same time as Heart.^[1] When this version of the band split in 1982, Brooks moved to Los Angeles to develop a solo career, releasing an album titled Meredith Brooks in 1986, which saw limited success in Mexico. In 1987, she joined Charlotte Caffey and Gia Ciambotti to form the trio the Graces, releasing the single "Lay Down Your Arms" which rose to number 56 on Billboard's charts. The Graces subequently released an album, Perfect View, and three more singles, but these did not chart, and the Graces were dropped from the A&M label in 1991.^[2]

Solo career

In 1995, Brooks landed a solo contract with Capitol Records. After two years, her first single was released, "Bitch", and she was nominated twice for the 1998 Grammy Awards, for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance and Best Rock Song. The single went Platinum in Australia.^[3]

Her album Blurring the Edges achieved Platinum sales, peaking at 22 on the Billboard 200 and 5 on the UK Albums Chart. The album was produced by David Ricketts, formerly of David and David, and he also played keyboards (among other instruments) on the album. Brooks toured in the US and Europe in 1997 and 1998 to support the album, and also participated in the Lilith Fair music festival tour in both of those years.

On March 30, 1998, in Argentina, she opened for the Rolling Stones. During her set the crowd demanded the Stones and became violent, throwing objects including rocks and tampons at the stage and bruising her eye. She appeared again the next day wearing an Argentine soccer shirt, but the crowd again threw things at her, so after singing "Bitch" she threw the shirt on the ground and walked off.^[4][5]

Subsequent career

In 1999, Brooks recorded her second album, Deconstruction. The track "Sin City" was recorded for the movie Snake Eyes.

In 2002, Brooks signed with independent label Gold Circle Records.^[6] She worked on her third album, Bad Bad One. The label folded immediately after releasing the album.

In 2002, she produced Jennifer Love Hewitt's album BareNaked and appeared on VH1 Divas Las Vegas as a guest guitar soloist with Celine Dion and Anastacia.

Brooks signed a record deal with SLG Records and re-issued Bad Bad One as Shine in 2004. The track "Shine" was used as the theme music for Dr. Phil from 2004-08. The instrumental remix appears as the last track on the album.^[7]

In 2007 Brooks completed a new children's album titled If I Could Be... and is developing Portland area Sony Music Entertainment artist Becca.

Brooks is a member of the Canadian charity Artists Against Racism.^[8]

Awards and Nominations

Year	Awards	Work	Category	Result
1997	Billboard Music Video Awards	"Bitch"	Best New Artist Clip (Pop/Rock)	Nominated
	MTV VMA		Best New Artist	Nominated
			Best Female Video	Nominated
	MTV EMA	Herself	Best New Act	Nominated
	Billboard Music Awards		Top Hot 100 Artist - Female	Nominated
1998	Pollstar Concert Industry Awards		Best New Artist Tour	Nominated
	Brit Awards		Best International Female	Nominated
	ECHO Awards		Best International Newcomer	Nominated
	Blockbuster Entertainment Awards		Favorite Female - New Artist	Won
	Grammy Awards	"Bitch"	Best Rock Song	Nominated
			Best Female Rock Vocal Performance	Nominated
	APRA Awards		Most Performed Foreign Work[9]	Won

Discography

Albums

Year	Album	US Billboard 200[10]
1997	Blurring the Edges	22
	See It Through My Eyes	−
1999	Deconstruction	−
2002	Bad Bad One	−
2007	If I Could Be...	−

Singles

Year	Title	Chart positions							Album
		US [11]	UK	GER [12]	IRE [13]	NED [14]	AUS [15]	NZ [16]
1997	"Bitch"	2	6	19	12	12	2	4	Blurring the Edges
	"I Need"	−	28	−	−	77	−	−
1998	"What Would Happen"	46	49	−	−	−	−	−
	"Stop"	−	−	−	−	−	−	−
1999	"Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)"	−	−	96	−	81	−	−	Deconstruction
	"Shout"	−	−	−	−	−	−	−
2004	"Shine"	−	−	−	−	−	−	−	Bad Bad One
	"You Don't Know Me"	−	−	−	−	−	−	−
	"Where Lovers Meet"	−	−	−	−	−	−	−

References

1. 
   ^ Patricia Claggett French (2011). You Can Go Home Again: An Autobiography. Xlibris. p. 162. ISBN 9781456875213..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
   


2. 
   ^ https://www.sputnikmusic.com/bands/Meredith-Brooks/22028/
   


3. 
   ^ "ARIA Charts - Accreditations - 1997 Singles". Accessed July 28, 2016.
   


4. 
   ^ "Argentina—not Brooks' crowd". Sun Journal. Lewiston, Maine. AP. April 7, 1998. p. C16.
   


5. 
   ^ MTV News Staff (April 10, 1998). "Meredith Brooks Talks About Stones Incident". MTv.com. Retrieved February 16, 2018.
   


6. 
   ^ [1]Billboard. April 6, 2002. p. 8. Accessed July 28, 2016.
   


7. 
   ^ https://www.allmusic.com/album/r707147
   


8. 
   ^ http://artistsagainstracism.org/artists/
   


9. 
   ^ "1998 Winners - APRA Music Awards". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) | Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society (AMCOS). Archived from the original on 18 September 2009. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
   


10. 
    ^ "Meredith Brooks Billboard Albums". Allmusic. Retrieved June 11, 2011.
    


11. 
    ^ "Meredith Brooks Billboard Singles". Allmusic. Retrieved June 11, 2011.
    


12. 
    ^ German peaks
    


13. 
    ^ "Irish Singles Chart". Irish Recorded Music Association. Retrieved July 6, 2011.
    


14. 
    ^ "Meredith Brooks singles". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved June 11, 2011.
    


15. 
    ^ "Meredith Brooks singles". australian-charts.com. Retrieved June 11, 2011.
    


16. 
    ^ "Meredith Brooks singles". charts.org.nz. Retrieved June 11, 2011.
    

External links

• Official website


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  Kissing Booth, personal blog


• Meredith Brooks Top 40 Mainstream Page

v t e Meredith Brooks
Studio albums	Blurring the Edges (1997) See It Through My Eyes (1997) Deconstruction (1999) Bad Bad One (2002) Shine (2004) If I Could Be... (2007)
Singles	"Bitch"

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