Annie Langlois Blog: Marie Digby

It's been about a year since I discovered American singer-songwriter Marie Digby for the first time. At the time of discovery she had just released her debut album 'Unfold'. In 2004 she had won Pantene's Pro-Voice competition with her autobiographical original song 'Miss Invisible'. She got to work with a professional producer and eventually was signed to Hollywood records in California which led to recording her first studio album. By then she had already managed to gather a massive audience around her network and folks in the USA had already come familiar with her acoustic cover of Rihanna's number one hit 'Umbrella' which was featured on an episode of the super popular MTV reality series 'The Hills'. From then on Digby's songs have appeared on several TV shows. Marie Digby is one of the most subscribed musicians on YouTube. Despite the fact she's become successful with her career she hasn't quit posting covers of other artists songs on YouTube and naturally her new original songs.

Marie exotic looks can be explained by her multinational roots as her mother is Japanese and her father is Irish-American. Due to her success in Japan an album called 'Second Home' containing several songs in Japanese was released in Japan.

Marie Digby's new album 'Breathing Underwater' was released in Japan last June and is coming out in the US on the 15th September. Luckily I've gotten my hands on the album and can recommend you to pre-listen the new songs on YouTube or MySpace. I'm absolutely in love with the new songs and in my mind it's a thousand times better than the first album. Working with the top producers and being on the road for a few years have really made Marie even better pop composer and lyricist than she used to be. Marie's style of singing is unique and I believe that her undeniable talent will just keep on growing and someday she will be writing songs for the world's top performers.

These songs from the new album 'Breathing Underwater' are my favorites and have been playing them nonstop since the first listen. The only question is that When will we get to see Marie's cd's in the record stores in Europe?