Marie Christina Digby (Birthday April 16th) - American Singer, Personal Details, Career, Awards.
Marie Christina Digby Biography
Born on April 16, 1983, Marie Christina Digby was the eldest of the three daughters of cross-breed parents. Her mother is Japanese while her father is Irish-American. Shy by nature, she felt uncomfortable being in the limelight when she was in school.
However, Marie Christina Digby love for music forced her to shed all her inhibitions as Marie Christina Digby took to playing piano when Marie Christina was in High School. Marie Christina Digby even started writing lyrics for songs but Marie Christina Digby hid it from her family as Marie Christina was apprehensive about their reaction.
Marie Christina Digby first performance was in high school when Marie Christina Digbyparticipated in a talent show. Though Marie Christina Digby was nervous initially, her love for music overpowered her and left the audiences in awe of her performance.
Marie Christina Digby formed her band while Marie Christina was studying in the University of California at Berkeley in 2002 as a philosophy major. Music and her band were so dear to her that Marie Christina completed all her syllabus in just three days so that Marie Christina Digby could perform with her band at various clubs in Los Angeles!
Marie Christina Digby left her college mid-way to concentrate on music and perform at various night clubs. Her efforts bore fruit in 2004 when her song 'Miss Invisible' helped her in winning the Pantene Pro-Voice Music Competition. In 2005, Marie Christina Digby signed deal with Rondor Music, a subsidiary of Vivendi SA's Universal Music Group, and Disney's Hollywood Records. It was in the year 2006 when her song 'Fool' was included in Disney compilation album Girl Next.
In her ''desperate'' attempt to garner publicity and gain visibility, Marie Christina Digby started posting videos of herself singing songs of other artists on Youtube. Her acoustic version of Rihanna's No. 1 hit 'Umbrella' soared the popularity charts, with the song regularly featuring on Bubbling under Hot 100 Singles chart. In order to capitalize on the song's popularity, Hollywood Records recorded her rendition of 'Umbrella' and released it to iTunes and radio stations.
However, Marie Christina Digby Youtube popularity was besmirched by controversy when the Wall Street Journal claimed that her Youtube stunt was part of a pre-planned marketing strategy by Hollywood Records and that she had faked her amateur status to create buzz for her and her songs. Marie Christina Digby rebuffed the allegations, saying that Youtube stunt was done in frustration due to lack of publicity.
Marie Christina Digby songs have featured in several TV shows like Smallville, and movies. While her song 'Bring Me Love' featured in ABC Family's movie Holiday in Handcuffs, her another unreleased song 'Where Do We Go From Here?' appeared in the Lifetime movie The Dive From Clausen's Pier.
Marie Christina Digby’s first official single 'Say It Again' was released on January 18, 2008 and her debut album 'Unfold' also is all set for release this year.
However, Marie Christina Digby love for music forced her to shed all her inhibitions as Marie Christina Digby took to playing piano when Marie Christina was in High School. Marie Christina Digby even started writing lyrics for songs but Marie Christina Digby hid it from her family as Marie Christina was apprehensive about their reaction.
Marie Christina Digby first performance was in high school when Marie Christina Digbyparticipated in a talent show. Though Marie Christina Digby was nervous initially, her love for music overpowered her and left the audiences in awe of her performance.
Marie Christina Digby formed her band while Marie Christina was studying in the University of California at Berkeley in 2002 as a philosophy major. Music and her band were so dear to her that Marie Christina completed all her syllabus in just three days so that Marie Christina Digby could perform with her band at various clubs in Los Angeles!
Marie Christina Digby left her college mid-way to concentrate on music and perform at various night clubs. Her efforts bore fruit in 2004 when her song 'Miss Invisible' helped her in winning the Pantene Pro-Voice Music Competition. In 2005, Marie Christina Digby signed deal with Rondor Music, a subsidiary of Vivendi SA's Universal Music Group, and Disney's Hollywood Records. It was in the year 2006 when her song 'Fool' was included in Disney compilation album Girl Next.
In her ''desperate'' attempt to garner publicity and gain visibility, Marie Christina Digby started posting videos of herself singing songs of other artists on Youtube. Her acoustic version of Rihanna's No. 1 hit 'Umbrella' soared the popularity charts, with the song regularly featuring on Bubbling under Hot 100 Singles chart. In order to capitalize on the song's popularity, Hollywood Records recorded her rendition of 'Umbrella' and released it to iTunes and radio stations.
However, Marie Christina Digby Youtube popularity was besmirched by controversy when the Wall Street Journal claimed that her Youtube stunt was part of a pre-planned marketing strategy by Hollywood Records and that she had faked her amateur status to create buzz for her and her songs. Marie Christina Digby rebuffed the allegations, saying that Youtube stunt was done in frustration due to lack of publicity.
Marie Christina Digby songs have featured in several TV shows like Smallville, and movies. While her song 'Bring Me Love' featured in ABC Family's movie Holiday in Handcuffs, her another unreleased song 'Where Do We Go From Here?' appeared in the Lifetime movie The Dive From Clausen's Pier.
Marie Christina Digby’s first official single 'Say It Again' was released on January 18, 2008 and her debut album 'Unfold' also is all set for release this year.
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The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) article was wrong about Marié Digby. To anyone who followed her videos, it's obvious that Marié Digby has always been herself.
The WSJ article contained:
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"Ms. Digby's MySpace and YouTube pages don't mention Hollywood Records. Until last week, a box marked "Type of Label" on her MySpace Music page said, "None."
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However, she had joined MySpace in 2004, roughly 2 years before she was signed, and she merely didn't bother to update a setting, and she'd probably forgotten that setting even existed. I signed up for a MySpace music page, and it could even be missed when first signing up. And, since months after she recorded her CD, there was no indication it was ever going to be released, I wouldn't expect that it would even cross her mind to change her status to signed, even if she was still aware of that setting. Note, her CD didn't come out until approximately 2 years after she was signed, and approximately 4 years after she joined MySpace.
The article went on to state:
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"After inquiries from The Wall Street Journal, the entry was changed to "Major," though the label still is not named."
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Makes sense to me. There is no point in naming a record label when there is no indication they are going to release your CD. And, given that, who she was signed with has just as little relevance as that she was signed. (Note, the CD, titled "Unfold" finally came out on April 8, 2008. Buy it, it's wonderful).
The WSJ article contained:
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"Most of Ms. Digby's new fans seem pleased to believe that they discovered an underground sensation."
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In fact, the vast majority of the posts were about her music, and not about "discovering" her. For most of us viewers, a huge number of people had already seen her videos when we found her, which were posted long before the WSJ article, so we could hardly claim to have 'discovered her.'
The term "feigning amateur status", used in the WSJ article is completely ridiculous. Marié Digby posted music videos, and expressed enthusiasm, and hope. She was largely unknown outside of Los Angeles.
Marié Digby has posted that a Wall Street reporter talked to Marié Digby for about an hour, but they never asked the questions that would have cleared this up. Instead, they took one response, which merely meant that her signed status wasn't relevant to her goals (and frankly, would have seemed ridiculous in the videos), as meaning she was hiding it.
There were radio station interviews, before the WSJ article, where she mentioned being signed. If she were hiding it, she would have hid it there too.
I gather Marié Digby's family is rather well off. She never mentioned that in her videos either. I wouldn’t say she was, "feigning middle class status," but I'm sure some people would! Sad!
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