Michelle Branch

Name: Michelle Branch
Date of Birth: July 2, 1983
Place of Birth: Phoenix, Arizona, USA
Profession: Musician, Actress
Education: Red Rock High School, Northern Arizona University
Education: Studied at the off-Broadway Dance Center and at the Professional Performing Arts School
Father: David
Mother: Peggy
Sister: Nicole (born in 1987)
Brother: David (born on March 11, 1979)
Among the artists appearing on the tribute album Remembering Patsy Cline. (August 25, 2003)
Her album Hotel Paper sold more than 150,000 copies its first week out. (July 12, 2003)
UNLIKE some of pop's blonder, more flamboyant stars, Branch doesn't mind being the girl next door -- She's pretty, smart and laughs easily at music journalists as well as herself.
Branch is constantly mistaken for her fellow female singer-songwriter Vanessa Carlton. (June 19, 2003)
Snippets of Branch's Are You Happy Now? was featured on TV commercials for the DAWSON'S CREEK series finale. (2003)
Branch says her collaboration with Carlos Santana on The Game of Love was unlike any song she'd recorded – she admits she never sang somebody else's song, but when she went into the recording studio, Santana had already put his guitar track down on the song, making her feel like “there's so much at stake, I'm going to go in there and just sing my heart out and just cross my fingers. (November 20, 2002)