Hilary McRae
Encyclopedia
Hilary McRae is an American
pop
singer-songwriter
. She was the first ‘developing artist' to release an album on the Starbucks
Cafe and Concord Music Group
's label, Hear Music
.
, FL
, began writing songs at age 16. After attending Boston's Berklee School of Music she toured Central and South America as the keyboardist and backing vocalist for Latin superstar Christian Castro. She was discovered by producer Zach Ziskin, who produced and recorded an album for her, which led to a deal with Hear Music to release her debut album, entitled "Through These Walls", on which McRae wrote all 12 songs. She became famous in late 2007 when 1.5 million digital downloads of her song "Consider Me Gone" were promoted as the "Song of the Day" at all U.S. Starbucks stores. “Through These Walls” was released April 15, 2008 on the Hear Music record label. The album attained Billboard top “Heatseeker” status for 4 consecutive weeks, peaking at #17. Her pop single, “Every Day (When Will You Be Mine)”, charted on Billboard’s Adult Contemporary chart for 11 consecutive weeks, peaking at #22 for the week ending September 6, 2008. McRae, a Yamaha-endorsed artist, has opened for recording artists such as Fergie, Natasha Bedingfield, Teddy Geiger, Leon Russell, Huey Lewis, and Todd Rundgren, and completed her first nationwide tour in late 2008. She made her national television debut on the CBS Early Show which aired May 24, 2008.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
pop
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...
. She was the first ‘developing artist' to release an album on the Starbucks
Starbucks
Starbucks Corporation is an international coffee and coffeehouse chain based in Seattle, Washington. Starbucks is the largest coffeehouse company in the world, with 17,009 stores in 55 countries, including over 11,000 in the United States, over 1,000 in Canada, over 700 in the United Kingdom, and...
Cafe and Concord Music Group
Concord Music Group
Concord Music Group is a record company owned by Village Roadshow formed in 2004 by the merger of Concord Records and Fantasy Records. In 2005, the company acquired the classics and jazz label Telarc International. On December 18, 2006, Concord announced the re-launch of the soul label Stax;...
's label, Hear Music
Hear Music
Hear Music, also known as StarCon is the brand name of Starbucks' retail music concept and record label. Hear Music began as a catalog company in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1990 before being purchased by Starbucks in 1999.-Concept:...
.
Career
Hilary McRae, born in Boynton BeachBoynton Beach, Florida
Boynton Beach is a city in Palm Beach County, Florida, United States. The population was 60,389 at the 2000 census. As of 2006, the city had a population of 66,714 according to the University of Florida, Bureau of Economic and Business Research...
, FL
Florida
Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...
, began writing songs at age 16. After attending Boston's Berklee School of Music she toured Central and South America as the keyboardist and backing vocalist for Latin superstar Christian Castro. She was discovered by producer Zach Ziskin, who produced and recorded an album for her, which led to a deal with Hear Music to release her debut album, entitled "Through These Walls", on which McRae wrote all 12 songs. She became famous in late 2007 when 1.5 million digital downloads of her song "Consider Me Gone" were promoted as the "Song of the Day" at all U.S. Starbucks stores. “Through These Walls” was released April 15, 2008 on the Hear Music record label. The album attained Billboard top “Heatseeker” status for 4 consecutive weeks, peaking at #17. Her pop single, “Every Day (When Will You Be Mine)”, charted on Billboard’s Adult Contemporary chart for 11 consecutive weeks, peaking at #22 for the week ending September 6, 2008. McRae, a Yamaha-endorsed artist, has opened for recording artists such as Fergie, Natasha Bedingfield, Teddy Geiger, Leon Russell, Huey Lewis, and Todd Rundgren, and completed her first nationwide tour in late 2008. She made her national television debut on the CBS Early Show which aired May 24, 2008.
External links
- Hilary McRae official site