Michelle Shaprow (SHAP-row) is an American singer and songwriter. She studied psychology and philosophy at Yale University. and conducted her thesis on music cognition and perception.
Her music has received popular acknowledgement worldwide. “Purple Skies” was also selected as one of the best albums of 2011 in Japan’s "iTunes Rewind". Her songs reached the top 10 pop charts in Korea’s most popular digital malls. Michelle’s single "If I Lost You" reached number 1 on BBC London 94.9 FM [2], charted on Gille’s Peterson’s Top 20 List and L.A.’s KCRW and played regularly as promotional theme music for VH1.
Shaprow has had hits in multiple genres. Her dance music collaboration with Speakerboxx, “Time” reached #5 on the Billboard dance charts and was nominated for an International Dance Music Award in the dance pop category alongside Nelly Furtado, Justin Timberlake and Rihanna. Through word of mouth, pre-released versions of her songs popped up on the iTunes Store Top 100 Jazz singles chart in the U.S., Germany and Greece, Australia, Canada, Greece and Mexico.
Her music plays regularly at Abercrombie and Fitch, Hollister, H&M, Gilly Hicks, Barnes and Nobles, Wet Seal, BodyShop, Forever 21, EasySpirit, Arden B, Wilson's Leather, Applebee's, and Stylish Sophistication stores around the world. and has been featured on VH1, TLC and Discovery Channel Michelle also appeared in a Coca Cola commercial
In 2011 she signed a worldwide publishing deal with BMG. To celebrate the signing she created a video thanking her Facebook fans. The video was featured on Facebook’s official music page and industry blog Hypebot.