Chrisette Michele Biography

Fast Facts

• Won a BET J Centric Virtual Award to honor her as being "Soul Approved" in 2008
• Graduated from Five Towns College with a degree in Vocal Performance
• Released her debut album "I Am" in 2007, which featured the hit singles "If I Have My Way," "Be OK," and "Best of Me․"
• Started out with feature performances on several hip hop albums, including The Game's "Let Us Live" and Jay-Z's "Lost One․"
• Quote: "A lot of artists don't really worry about what space they're in when they create, then they give people things that aren't healthy․ Then you wonder why people aren't healthy when they listen to certain types of music․"
• Quote: "I've sang a lot of broken-hearted love songs because I had a broken heart from love․ I began to write a little bit darker․ And for me, dark just means a song that doesn't have a happy ending․"
• Has released several albums, including "I Am," "Let Freedom Reign," and "Better․"
• Best known as an R&B and soul singer and songwriter who wrote the hit song "Be OK․"
• Produced a web series on her lifestyle changes called "Journey to Better" and released a cookbook called "Fat Vegan․"
• Wrote the song "I've Gotta Love Jones" for the TV series "Tyler Perry's House of Payne․"