Melissa Lou Etheridge (born May 29, 1961) is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and guitarist. Her eponymous debut album was released in 1988 and became an underground success. It peaked at No. 22 on the Billboard 200 and its lead single, "Bring Me Some Water", garnered Etheridge her first Grammy Award nomination for Best Rock Vocal Performance, Female in 1989. Her second album, Brave and Crazy, appeared that same year and earned Etheridge two more Grammy nominations. In 1992, Etheridge released her third album, Never Enough, and its lead single, "Ain't It Heavy", won Etheridge her first Grammy Award.
In 1993, she released what would become her mainstream breakthrough album, Yes I Am. Its tracks "I'm the Only One", "If I Wanted To", and "Come to My Window" all reached the Top 40 in the United States, while the latter earned Etheridge her second Grammy Award. Yes I Am spent 138 weeks on the Billboard 200, peaking at No. 15, and earning a RIAA certification of 6× Platinum, her largest selling album to date. Her fifth album, Your Little Secret, was released in 1995 and peaked at No. 6 on the Billboard 200, her highest-charting album to date. Its tracks "Nowhere to Go" and "I Want to Come Over" both reached the Top 40 in the United States.
Etheridge achieved further success with her albums Breakdown (1999), Skin (2001), and Lucky (2004). In October 2004, she was diagnosed with breast cancer, and underwent surgery and chemotherapy. At the 2005 Grammy Awards, she made a return to the stage, performing a tribute to Janis Joplin with Joss Stone. Stone began the performance with "Cry Baby" and Etheridge, bald from chemotherapy, joined her to perform the song "Piece of My Heart". Their performance was widely acclaimed, and India.Arie later wrote "I Am Not My Hair" about Etheridge. Later that year, Etheridge released her first compilation album, Greatest Hits: The Road Less Traveled. A great commercial success, it peaked at No. 14 on the Billboard 200, and went Gold almost immediately. Etheridge has released 16 studio albums to date, the most recent being One Way Out (2021).
Etheridge is known for music with a mixture of "confessional lyrics, pop-based folk-rock, and raspy, smoky vocals". She has been a gay and lesbian rights activist since her public coming out in January 1993. Among her various accolades, Etheridge has received two Grammy Awards (from 15 nominations), and an Academy Award for Best Original Song for "I Need to Wake Up" from the film An Inconvenient Truth (2006). She received the Berklee College of Music Honorary Doctor of Music Degree in 2006. The following year, she was honored with the ASCAP Founders Award. In September 2011, she received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. In 2026, Etheridge was nominated for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
اقرأ المزيد...كان ٢٩ مايو ١٩٦١ الاثنين تحت علامة النجمة ♊. كان هذا هو يوم 148 من السنة. كان رئيس الولايات المتحدة John F. Kennedy.
إذا كنت قد ولدت في هذا اليوم ، فأنت تبلغ٪ s سنة. كان عيد ميلادك الأخير في 65 ، الجمعة، ٢٩ مايو ٢٠٢٦ يوم مضى. عيد ميلادك القادم في 1 ، بعد السبت، ٢٩ مايو ٢٠٢٧ يوم. لقد عشت لمدة 363 يوم ، أو حوالي ٢٣٬٧٤٢ ساعة ، أو حوالي ٥٦٩٬٨١٧ دقيقة ، أو حوالي ٣٤٬١٨٩٬٠٣٤ ثانية.
Date: 29 May 1961
By BERNARD KALB Special to The New York Times
Bernard Special
834 banned units seen 'pseudo' news organs; censorship ended, replaced by form of self-censorship; ban on data 'detrimental' to natl security continues
Date: 30 May 1961
Negro student says she saw Henley attack camera man, Fed ct, Montgomery
Date: 29 May 1961
ed A E Yalman gets Newspaper and Magazine Publishers Internatl Fed award
Date: 30 May 1961
W H Lawrence resigns as Washington bur member
Date: 30 May 1961
By CRAIG CLAIBORNE
Craig CLAIBORNE
Date: 29 May 1961
Date: 29 May 1961
By ROBERT METZ
Robert METZ
liquor indus holds retail liquor tax rise in effect cuts revenue
Date: 30 May 1961
Japan Air Lines seeks to extend service to NYC and beyond
Date: 30 May 1961
Hong Kong press repts Chinese Communists mass troops along Chinese-Laotian borders
Date: 30 May 1961
Special to The New York Times
CR set to break ties