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Melissa Lou Etheridge is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and activist. Her self-titled debut album Melissa Etheridge was released in 1988 and became an underground success. The album 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 1993, Etheridge won her first Grammy award for her single "Ain't It Heavy" from her third album, Never Enough. Later that year, she released what would become her mainstream breakthrough album, Yes I Am. Its tracks "I'm the Only One" and "Come to My Window" both reached the top 30 in the United States, and the latter earned Etheridge her second Grammy award. Yes I Am peaked at No. 15 on the Billboard 200, and spent 138 weeks on the chart, earning a RIAA certification of 6× Platinum, her largest to date.
Birth Name
Melissa Lou Etheridge
Born
Monday, 29 May 1961
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
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| Runaway Radio | Self | 2024 |
| No Place Like Home | Narrator | 2021 |
| CBS Mornings | Self | 2021 |
| Turning the Tables with Robin Roberts | Self | 2021 |
| Mary Janes: The Women of Weed | Self | 2021 |
| Ahead of the Curve | Self | 2020 |
| Tamron Hall | Self | 2019 |
| The Kelly Clarkson Show | Self - Guest / Self - Musical Guest | 2019 |
| A Year in Music | Self | 2019 |
| The '90s Greatest | Self - Singer-Songwriter | 2018 |
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
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| Year | Type | Category | Won |
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| 2007 | Oscar | Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song | Won |
