Michelle Branch

Michelle Jacquet DeSevren Branch was born on July 2, 1983, in Sedona, Arizona, to David and Peggy Branch, six months after they were married
Her father is of Irish descent, and her mother is of Dutch Indonesian and French descent
Her siblings include an older half-brother named David and a younger sister named Nicole
Beginning to sing at the age of three, Branch enrolled in voice lessons at Northern Arizona University when she was eight, and received her first guitar for her fourteenth birthday
During the early 2000s, she released two top-selling albums, The Spirit Room and Hotel Paper, and was subsequently nominated for the Grammy Award for Best New Artist in 2003
In 2005, she formed the country music duo The Wreckers with friend and fellow musician Jessica Harp, and produced the Grammy-nominated single "Leave the Pieces"
The Wreckers disbanded in 2007 to pursue their respective solo careers
She has had several commercially successful songs, most notably winning a Grammy with Santana for "The Game of Love"