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Macy Gray is a Grammy Award winning neo-soul/R&B singer, songwriter, record producer and actress. To date, Macy has released three studio albums, one compliation album and a live album - with a fourth studio album set to be released in 2006. Star of movies including Training Day, Spider-Man and Scary Movie 3, Gray is best known for her internation hit single "I Try", taken from her multi-platinum debut album On How Life Is.

Biography

Macy Gray (born Natalie McIntyre on September 6, 1970 in Canton, Ohio) is an American neo-soul/R&B singer and actress.

Her career began after moving to Los Angeles in 2000. "I've Committed Murder" and "Why Don'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 ("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 #11 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's 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 two children together. She had recently 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 some pest problem.

Outkast and Sleepy Brown are contributing to Gray's new album, which should be released sometime this year.

Discography

Albums

Singles

Filmography

2001 Spider-Man
2001 Training Day
2003 Scary Movie 3
2004 Lakawanna Blues
2004 Around The World In 80 Days
2005 The Crow: Wicked Prayer
2005 Shadowboxer
2005 Domino
2006 Idlewild

Shows

That's So Raven
American Dragon: Jake Long

DVD

A Day In The Life of Macy Gray (June 15, 2004)
Live in Las Vegas (August 30, 2005)
Macy Gray Photo Gallery

Awards & 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

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