Marie Miller

For Marie-Chantal Miller, see Marie-Chantal, Crown Princess of Greece. For Marie Miller Carroll, Miss Minnesota 1956, see Marie Miller Carroll.
Marie Miller
Background information
Birth name Marie Graciela Miller
Born (1989-04-09) April 9, 1989
Dallas, Texas, U.S.
Origin Washington, Virginia, U.S.
Genres Americana, Folk, Indie folk, Contemporary Christian music
Occupation(s) singer/songwriter
Instruments Vocals, guitar, piano, mandolin, and bouzouki
Years active 2005-present
Labels Curb Records
Website http://www.mariemiller.net/

Marie Graciela Miller (born April 9, 1989) is a Modern Folk singer-songwriter who often blends a mesh of modern folk, pop and country. Earlier in her career, her song "Cold" charted on Christian music charts. Her first single from the EP, "You're Not Alone" was supported by CMT and VH1, and was downloaded over 100,000 times on Amazon.com. Miller's second single "6'2" was featured on ABC's Dancing With The Stars.[1] Both singles "6'2" and "You're Not Alone" received extensive airplay on SiriusXM channel's The Pulse, The Blend, and 20on20.

History

Miller was born, Marie Graciela Miller,[2] on April 9,[3] 1989, in Dallas, Texas, to Joseph and Roxanne Miller (née, Polk),[4] and she grew up for the first nine years of her life in California before finally relocating to the Shenandoah Valley area of Virginia, around the town of Washington, Virginia more precisely Huntly, Virginia,[5] while she began singing at the age of 7.[6][7] She is the third of 10 children. Miller was reared in the Roman Catholic faith at St. Peter Mission in Washington, Virginia.[7] She grew up an avid reader and was inspired as a songwriter by the works of Dostoyevsky, Tolstoy, C.S Lewis, and J.R.R Tolkien. At the age of 12 she joined her family band, playing festivals and trading off lead and harmony vocals in duets with her sister.[1]

Marie plays mandolin, guitar, piano and bouzouki[8] and says her music simply represents the stories of her everyday life. Her self-titled indie debut EP was released in 2005 which labeled her as "one of the best independent artists that you should know about". Christianitytoday.com's Top 10 CDs included the EP in their Top 10 CDs. The success of her EP led to Curb Records signing Miller in September 2006.[9] Miller released the song "Cold" in January 2007 which was picked up on Contemporary Christian music radio stations in the United States. The song hit the Contemporary Christian charts in 2007 and it remained on the charts for four months.[10]

She released the single "You're Not Alone" on January 8, 2013.[11] It was "written as a battle cry for a friend who was going through a really tough time, and he felt incredibly alone. I wanted to fight for him and somehow take away his loneliness".

Marie's single debuted inside the top 50 of iTunes' Top Singer/Songwriter Songs chart. On May 5, 2014, James Maslow and Peta Murgatroyd danced to Miller's "6'2" on ABC's Dancing with the Stars.[12]

Performing For Pope Francis

On September 26, 2015 Miller performed for Pope Francis at the Festival of Families in Philadelphia, PA for an audience of 750,000.[13] The performance aired live on television networks Fox News and CNN. Other performers for the event included artists Aretha Franklin, Andre Bocelli, Juanes, Sister Sledge, The Fray, Matt Maher, and comedian Jim Gaffigan.[14]

References

  1. 1 2 On October 28th she became friends with Danny Vicinanzo. On October 30th that friendship was confirmed on the social media site "Facebook". She has been dating Danny secretly since January 24, 2016. McIntyre, Hugh. "Tired of Taylor Swift? Marie Miller Is Just What You Need". Huffington Post. Retrieved September 28, 2014.
  2. ↑ American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers. "6'2, Work ID No. 884309047 ISWC No. T9125994458". American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers. Retrieved November 22, 2015. Work ID No. 884309047 ISWC No. T9125994458
  3. ↑ Marie Miller (mariemillersing) (April 9, 2015). "So humbled by all the birthday love including these beautiful flowers from my amazing management team". Instagram. Retrieved November 22, 2015.
  4. ↑ Texas Birth Index (2002). "U.S. Public Records Index". Family Search. Retrieved November 22, 2015.
  5. ↑ http://catholicherald.com/stories/Vine-Blessing-for-Family-Friendly-Winery-in-Huntly,1008
  6. ↑ http://catholicherald.com/stories/Christian-singer-Marie-Miller-provides-holy-leisure,27354
  7. 1 2 http://catholicherald.com/stories/Local-Catholic-Marie-Miller-to-sing-for-Pope-Francis,29838
  8. ↑ Pometto, Angela E. "Talented Front Royal Youth Evangelizes through Music". Arlington Catholic Herald. Retrieved January 18, 2013.
  9. ↑ Marie Miller at shoutlife.com; Retrieved February 18, 2007
  10. ↑ "Freedom in Creation Benefit Concert featuring Alex Mejias + Marie Miller". Vienna Patch. Retrieved January 18, 2013.
  11. ↑ "You're Not Alone - Single". iTunes. Retrieved January 17, 2013.
  12. ↑ Dancing With The Stars "James and Peta's Viennese Waltz" Check |url= value (help). Retrieved September 28, 2014.
  13. ↑ "The pope and ‘the queen’ will lift souls at festival - Catholic Philly". catholicphilly.com. Retrieved 2015-11-05.
  14. ↑ "Festival of Families - World Meeting of Families 2015". World Meeting of Families 2015. Retrieved 2015-11-05.

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