  Macy Gray was born September 9,
1970 in Canton, Ohio - growing up loving
music and training classical piano for 7
years. Macy eventually landed in Los Angeles
to pursue screenwriting and also began
writing songs. A lucky break came when Macy
had to substitute vocals for one of her songs
when a scheduled singer was a no-show. The
recording resulted in a request to sing jazz
music with a local jazz band. By 1998, Macy
had a contract with Epic Records.
 Macy released
her debut LP, On
How Life Is.
 # 10
Singles Artist of the Year
On
How Life Is was certified gold.
Macy was nominated for 2 Grammy Awards for
Best New Artist and Best
R&B Vocal Performance - Female ("Do
Something").
Macy won 2 Brit Awards for Best
International Newcomer and Best International
Female and her LP went Top 10 as her Grammy
nomination exposure continued and her single
"I
Try"
hit the Top 40.
Macy was nominated for a Soul
Train Music Award for Best R&B/Soul
Album, Female (On
How Life Is).
On
How Life Is was certified platinum.
 Macy won 2 Brit Awards for Best
International Newcomer and Best International
Female Solo Artist.
Macy hit the Top
10
with "I
Try."
On
How Life Is was certified 2x platinum.
Macy went in the studio with Fatboy
Slim to help him out on his next LP.
Macy hit #1 for 2 weeks with
"I
Try."
Macy won a L.A. Weekly Music
Award for Best New Artist.
 Macy hit the Top 40 again with
"Why
Didn't You Call Me."
Macy began touring with Santana in July and August.
Macy was nominated for a
VH1/Vogue Fashion Award for Most Fashionable
Artist - Female.
Macy was nominated for a Soul
Train Lady of Soul Award for Best
R&B/Soul or Rap New Artist ("Do
Something").
Macy hit the Top
10
with "Why
Didn't You Call Me."
Macy took home a MTV Video Music
Award for Best New Artist ("I
Try")
and the video won for Best Cinematography (Jeff Cronenwett)
("Do Something") - her videos were
also nominated for Best Female Video and ("I
Try")
and Best Art Direction (Nigel Phelps)
("Do Something").
On
How Life Is was certified 3x platinum.
The video for "Why
Didn't You Call Me" was nominated for a
Billboard Music Video Award for Best Pop New
Artist Clip of the Year.
Macy hit the Top 40 with "Still" and won a
VH1/Vogue Fashion Award for Most Fashionable
Artist - Female.
Macy won a Billboard Music Video
Award for Best Pop New Artist Clip of the
Year ("Why
Didn't You Call Me").
 # 88
Singles Artist of the Year
Macy was nominated for an American Music
Award for Favorite
Pop/Rock New Artist.
Macy won a Grammy Award for Best
Female Pop Vocal Performance ("I
Try")
and was also nominated for Record of the Year and Song of the Year (with co-songwriters
Jinsoo Lim, Jeremy Ruzumna & David
Wilder). Macy also performed at the ceremony.
 Macy hit the Top 40 with Black Eyed Peas with
"Request Line" from their LP Bridging
The Gap.
Macy was nominated for a
Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite
Female - New Artist.
Macy was booed and heckled while
performing the "Star Spangled
Banner" in her home-state of Ohio before
a football game. Macy was said to be
stumbling over the words.
Macy hit the Top 40 with "Sweet Baby."
 Macy's video with Black Eyed Peas, "Request Line," was nominated
for a MTV Video Music
Award for Best Hip-Hop Video.
Macy's next LP, The
Id,
was released.
The
Id
topped the UK Albums chart for a week.
The
Id
was certified gold.
Macy performed at The
Concert For New York City benefit concert in New
York City (later released as an LP) with
proceeds going to 9/11 charities.
Macy appeared on the soundtrack
for Divine
Secrets Of The Ya-Ya Sisterhood with "I Want To
Be Your Mother's Son-In-Law."
 Macy had a cameo appearance in
the film Spiderman and appeared on the
soundtrack with "My Nutmeg
Phantasy" (helped out by Angie
Stone and Mos Def).
Macy was featured on Santana's LP, Shaman, on the track
"Amoré (Sexo).".
Macy appeared on the 8
Mile soundtrack with the track
"Time Of My Life."
Macy could be heard on
the soundtrack for Chicago with the track
"Cell Block Tango" (which also
features Lil' Kim and Queen Latifah).
 Macy released her next
LP, The
Trouble With Being Myself, with the first single
"When I See You."
Macy could be seen
appearing in the films Scary Movie 3
and the UPN series Rock Me Baby.
Macy could be heard on the
soundtrack for Mona
Lisa Smile with "Santa Baby."
 Macy appeared on and
episode of the NBC series American Dreams.
Macy could be heard on the
compilation LP Unity
- Athens 2004 Olympics with "Oh
Yeah."
A greatest hits
collection, The
Very Best Of Macy Gray was released.
# 302 on the Top Pop Artists
of the Past 25 Years chart.
Macy could be heard on the
soundtrack for Desperate
Housewives with "Boom Boom."
 Macy could be seen in the film Idlewild.
Macy released Big.
Macy could be heard on the Shrek
The Third soundtrack with
"What I Gotta Do."
 On July 7th, Macy performed at
the Live
Earth
concert in Brazil. The 7-continent concert
organized by Al Gore brought together over
100 artists to perform and raise the world's
awareness about the climate crisis and how to
make a difference to help the environment and
the world.
 Macy released The
Sellout.
Macy released Covered.
 Macy released her tribute LP to Stevie Wonder: Talking
Book.
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On How Life Is
Released: July, 1999
US: 3x Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 4
Rolling Stone
review: 
Tracks: "Why Didn't You Call Me" - "Do
Something" - "Caligula" -
"I Try" -
"Sexomatic" - "I Can't
Wait TO Meetchu" - "Still" - "I've
Committed Murder" - "A Moment
To Myself" - "The Letter" |
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The Id
Released: September, 2001
US: Gold
Billboard
peak:
# 11
Rolling Stone
review: 
Tracks: "Relating To
A Psychopath" - "Boo" -
"Sexual Revolution" - "Hey
Young World II" (with Slick Rick) -
"Sweet Baby" -
"Harry" - "Gimme All Your
Lovin' Or I Will Kill You" -
"Don't Come Around" (with
Sunshine Anderson) - "My Nutmeg
Phantasy" (with Angie Stone &
Mos Def) - "Freak Like Me" -
"Oblivion" -
"Forgiveness" - "Blowin'
Up Your Speakers" - "Shed" |
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The Trouble With Being
Myself
Released: July, 2003
Billboard
peak:
# 44
Rolling Stone
review:
Tracks: "When I See
You" - "It Ain't The
Money" - "She Ain't Right For
You" - "Things That Made Me
Change" - "Come Together"
- "She Don't Write Songs About
You" - "Jesus For A Day" -
"My Fondest Childhood Memories"
- "Happiness" -
"Speechless" -
"Screamin'" - "Every Now
And Then" |
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The Very Best Of Macy
Gray
Released: September, 2004
Tracks: "I Try" - "Do
Something" - "Still" - "Why Didn't You Call Me" - "I've
Committed Murder" - "Sexual
Revolution" - "Sweet Baby" -
"Boo" - "When I See
You" - "It Ain't The
Money" - "She Ain't Right For
You" - "Love Is Gonna Get
You" - "Walk This Way" -
"Demons" - "When I See
You" (Bugz In The Attic Remix) -
"I've Committed Murder" (Gang
Starr Remix) - "Sexual
Revolution" (Norman Cook Radio
Version) |
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Big
Released: March, 2007
Billboard
peak:
# 39
Rolling Stone: 
Tracks: "Finally
Made Me Happy" - "Shoo Be
Doo" - "What I Gotta Do" -
"Okay" - "Glad You're
Here" - "Ghetto Love" -
"One For Me" - "Strange
Behavior" - "Slowly" -
"Get Out" - "Treat Me Like
Your Money" - "Everybody" |
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The Sellout
Released: June, 2010
Tracks: "The
Sellout" - "Lately" -
"Kissed It" (featuring Velvet
Revolver) - "Still Hurts"
(featuring Romika) - "Beauty In The
World" - "Help Me" -
"Let You Win" - "That
Man" - "Stalker" -
"Real Love" - "On &
On" - "The Comeback" |
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Covered
Released: March, 2012
Tracks: "Here Comes
The Rain Again" - "Creep"
- "You Want Them Nervous" -
"Smoke 2 Joints" - "La La
La (Teaching The Kids)" -
"Teenagers" - "Power Of
Love" - "Nothing Else
Matters" - "Sail" -
"I Try Is Cool And All, But" -
"Maps" - "Love Lockdown /
Buck" - "Mel Rap" -
"Bubbly" - "Wake Up"
- "Really" |
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Talking Book
Released: October, 2012
Tracks: "You Are The
Sunshine Of My Life" - "Maybe
Your Baby" - "You And I (We Can
Conquer The World)" - "Tuesday
Heartbreak" - "You've Got It
Bad Girl" - "Superstition"
- "Big Brother" - "Blame
It On The Sun" - "Lookin' For
Another Pure Love" - "I Believe
(When I Fall In Love It Will Be
Forever)" |
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Stripped
Released: September 9, 2016
Tracks:
"Annabelle" - "Sweet
Baby" - "I Try" -
"Slowly" - "She Ain't
Right For You" - "First
Time" - "Nothing Else
Matters" - "Redemption
Song" - "The Heart" -
"Lucy" |
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vinyl |
Ruby
Released: September 21,
2018
Tracks:
"Buddha" - "Cold
World" - "Over You" -
"White Man" - "Tell
Me" - "Sugar Daddy" -
"When It Ends" - "Just
Like Jenny" - "Jealousy" -
"Shinanigans" - "But He
Loves Me" - "Witness" |
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