A singer-songwriter whose music splits the difference between coffeehouse-worthy
folk and contemporary indie-pop, Ingrid Michaelson is best known for the
platinum-selling singles "Girls Chase Boys" and "The Way I Am." She was born in
New York City, New York, on December 8, 1979, and studied voice, piano, and
musical theater as a child. Slow the Rain, her debut album, was released
independently in 2005, followed by Girls and Boys in 2006. The latter record
proved to be her breakthrough, with its most successful single, "The Way I Am,"
reaching Number 37 on the Billboard Hot 100, N...