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Macy Gray (born Natalie Renee McIntyre on September 6 1967)[1] is an American Grammy Award-winning soul, R&B, and neo soul singer, songwriter, record producer, and actress famed for her raspy voice.

To date, Macy has released three studio albums, one compilation album and a live album – with a fourth studio album, "Big", set to be released in 2007. She has acted in a number of films including Training Day, Spider-Man, and Scary Movie 3, Gray is best known for her international hit single "I Try", taken from her multi-platinum debut album On How Life Is.

Biography

Born in Canton, Ohio, Macy Gray's career began after moving back to Los Angeles, California in 1998. "I've Committed Murder" and "Why Didn't You Call Me" were minor hits there.

In 2001, Gray won the Grammy Award for "Best Female Pop Vocal Performance" for "I Try", which was also nominated for "Song of the Year" and "Record of the Year". She then collaborated with Fatboy Slim (on Halfway Between The Gutter And The Stars), The Black Eyed Peas and Slick Rick (on the song "The World Is Yours", from the Rush Hour 2 soundtrack), as well as acting for the first time in Training Day. Gray was booed in 2001 after forgetting the words to the American national anthem.

In the midst of the controversy, Gray's The Id became a commercial failure, largely stalling on the U.S. charts, in spite of appearances by John Frusciante and Erykah Badu, though the single "Sweet Baby" hit number eleven there. Perhaps in fairness to Gray, The Id was released a mere week after the September 11, 2001 attacks. In 2002, she appeared in Spider-Man as herself and worked on Shaman, an album by Santana, before releasing 2003 The Trouble With Being Myself. A cartoon based on Gray's childhood was being developed at one point, but it never came to fruition.

Gray was married to Tracy Hinds from 1996 to 1998; they had three children together. She opened up a music academy called "The Macy Gray Music Academy" in 2005 and it was the scene of MTV's Punk'd because of black mold in the building.

OutKast and Sleepy Brown are contributing to Gray's new album Big, which is due for release on February 6, 2007.

Gray also performed voiceovers for the character Seeiah in the Electronic Arts video game SSX Tricky.

Discography

Albums

Singles

Other Singles Featuring Macy Gray

Filmography

• 2001 Training Day -as Sandman's Wife
• 2002 Spider-Man -as Herself
• 2003 Scary Movie 3 -as Herself
• 2003 Gang of Roses -as Assassin
• 2004 Lackawanna Blues - as Pauline
• 2004 Around The World In 80 Days -as Sleepy Frenchwoman
• 2005 The Crow: Wicked Prayer -as El Niño's Guard
• 2005 Domino -as Lashandra Davis
• 2006 Shadowboxer - as Neisha
• 2006 Idlewild - as Taffy

Shows that Macy Guest-Starred in

• That's So Raven (Taken to the Cleaners) as Rhonda
• American Dragon: Jake Long as Trixie's Grandmother (voice)
• Blue's Clues as Herself

DVD

• A Day In The Life of Macy Gray (June 15, 2004)
• Live in Las Vegas (August 30, 2005)
• Diva Delivery-Castle High - Episode of Duck Dodgers (January 28, 2005)
• Lightning in a Bottle

Trivia

• Gray appeared on the 8th season of Bravo's Celebrity Poker Showdown, playing for Habitat for Humanity. She finished in third place, behind Robin Tunney and Christopher Meloni, and ahead of Joy Behar and Andy Dick.
• Macy Gray was a Neopet for a short period of time on the popular virtual pets site of the same name. She was changed into the Kau during July 2000.
• Macy Gray performed the theme song for the Nickelodeon cartoon, As Told by Ginger.

Awards and nominations

1999

• 1999 Grammy Award nominations for Best New Artist and Best Female R&B Vocal Performance ("Do Something").
• 1999 Soul Train Award nomination for Best R&B/Soul Album - Female ("On How Life Is").

2000

• 2000 MTV Video Music Awards win for New Artist Video of the Year ("I Try"), Best Cinematography ("Do Something").
• 2000 MTV Video Music Award nominations for Female Video of the Year ("I Try"), Best Art Direction ("I Try)".
• 2000 Grammy Award win for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance ("I Try").
• 2000 Grammy Award nominations for Record of the Year ("I Try"), and Song of the Year ("I Try") - shared nomination with Jinsoo Lim, Jeremy Ruzumna and David Wilder.
• 2000 American Music Award nomination for Favorite New Artist - Pop / Rock

2001

• 2001 MTV Video Music Award nominations for Breakthrough Video ("Geto Heaven") - shared nomination with Common, and Best Hip Hop Video ("Request Line") - shared nomination with the Black Eyed Peas.
• 2001 Billboard Music Video Awards nominations for Best Rap/Hip-Hop Clip of the Year ("Request Line") - shared nomination with the Black Eyed Peas, and Director of the Year [8]

References

See also

• List of famous tall women

External links

• Label Website
• Official MySpace Page
• Official Macy Gray Site
• Official Macy Gray RSS Feed
• Macy Gray goes naked for Elton John AIDS Foundation benefit

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