Beginning with her debut album “Melissa Etheridge” (1988), she has written
and performed innumerable hits, including “Ain’t It Heavy,”
(Grammy®, 1992), “I’m the Only One” and “Come to My Window”
(Grammy® Award for Best Female Rock Performance, 1995). She then
issued her highest charting album, Your Little Secret, leading her to receive
the Songwriter of the Year honor at the ASCAP Pop Awards in 1996.
Ensuing albums include Skin (2001), Lucky (2004), and the DVDs
Live And Alone (2002) and Lucky Live (2004). Her Greatest Hits: The
Road Less Traveled (2005), recently re-released, included Melissa's
Oscar® winning song, “I Need To Wake Up.” In 2007, she released her
ninth studio album, The Awakening, (One of Rolling Stone magazine’s Top
50 Albums of 2007).
In April 2007, Melissa Etheridge received the distinguished ASCAP
Founders Award honoring the anthemic power, compassion, and generosity
of spirit of her music, and her enduring status as one of the greatest alltime
female rock icons.
