Linda Perry
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Biography
Linda Perry (born 15 April 1965 in Springfield, Massachusetts) is an American singerâsongwriter, guitarist, keyboardist, bassist, and producer whose career began in Sanâ¯Franciscoâs underground scene. She first gained worldwide attention as the lead singer and primary songwriter of 4 Non Blondes, whose 1993 single "What's Up?" topped charts in ten countries and propelled the bandâs debut album Bigger,â¯Better,â¯Faster,â¯More! to 1.5â¯million U.S. sales. Linda Perry released her solo albums In Flight (1996) and After Hours (1999) before turning to production in the early 2000s, coâwriting and producing hit tracks such as "Get the Party Started" for P!nk and "Beautiful" for Christinaâ¯Aguilera, the latter earning a 2004 Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance. She founded Custard Records and later Weâ¯Areâ¯Hear, signing artists like Natashaâ¯Bedingfield and Imogenâ¯Heap, and contributed to projects for Adele, Gwenâ¯Stefani, and Dollyâ¯Parton. In 2015 she was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame, and her collaborative single "A Beautiful Noise" (2020) helped rally voters for the U.S. election. She composed the soundtracks for the films Kid 90 (2021), Citizen Penn (2021), Luckiest Girl Alive (2022) and To Leslie (2022). In 2026, she returned with the album Let It Die Here.
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- Track Popularity
- Alone
- A Thousand Lifetimes by Linda Perry
- What's Up? by Linda Perry
- Museum
- Out of My Mind
- Chasing Shadows by Billy Morrison
- Why Aren't You Angry
- Chuck Signs the Papers
- You Have No Voice
- Right Where I Belong
- Melody Gets Her Voice
- Hawking V
- In Sixth Grade
- Making a Friend
- Opening Credits
- Pep Talk
- Catherine's Thesis
- Melody and Rose
- Like a Problem
- Fish Tank
