  Meredith was born in Oregon. Her
1st taste of musical fame came with the band,
The Graces, who had a small
hit in 1989 with "Lay Down Your
Arms." It wasn't until the mid-90s that
Meredith focused on her own career as a solo
artist - after leaving professional music for
awhile to marry and helping her husband run a
restaurant.
 # 18
Singles Artist of the Year
Meredith released her debut solo
LP - Blurring
The Edges.
Meredith hit the Top 40 with
"Bitch."
 Meredith took "Bitch" into the Top 10.
Meredith hit #1 for 3 weeks with
"Bitch."
Blurring
The Edges went platinum.
Meredith toured with the Lilith
Fair.
Meredith was
nominated for 2 MTV Video Music
Awards for Best Female Video and Best New Artist ("Bitch").
 Meredith hit the Top 40 with
"What Would Happen."
A collection of track
Meredith recorded in 1984 was released as See
It Through My Eyes.
 # 56
Singles Artist of the Year
Meredith hit the Top
10
again with "What Would Happen."
 Meredith was nominated for 2 Grammy Awards for Best Rock Vocal
Performance - Female and Best Rock Song (songwriting with
Shelly Peiken) ("Bitch").
Opening for the Rolling
Stones is considered an honor, but can
also be hazardous. Meredith Brooks found that
out on March 30th in Argentina when the crowd
demanded to see the Stones during her set and
threw bottles and other objects at the stage.
Brooks abandoned her set after 2 songs as the
crowd yelled "come on Stones". The
next day Brooks showed reporters bruises to
her eye and ankle and stated: "They have
taken away my greatest moment. I was playing
with the Stones, something I never imagined I
would do... and now I think I'll cancel the
rest of my shows in Latin America. I have no
intention of continuing to expose myself to
this kind of barbaric behavior... not me, not
my band, not my crew."
Meredith hit the Top 40 with
"Stop."
 Meredith released Deconstruction.
Meredith released Bad
Bad One.
Meredith's song
"Shine" from her LP Bad
Bad One will be used as the theme song
to The Dr. Phil Show.
# 393 on the Top Pop Artists
of the Past 25 Years chart.
VH1: 100
Greatest Songs of the 90's included "Bitch" at # 79.
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Blurring The Edges
Released: May, 1997
US: Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 22
Tracks: "I
Need" - "Bitch" -
"Somedays" - "Watched You
Fall" - "Pollyanne" -
"Shatter" - "My Little
Town" - "What Would Happen" - "It
Don't Get Better" -
"Birthday" - "Stop"
- "Wash My Hands" |
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See It Through My Eyes
Released: November, 1997
Tracks: "Pick It
Up" - "Look" -
"You're Gonna Miss My Loving" -
"See It Through My Eyes" -
"Thunder And Lightning" -
"Video Idol" -
"Jessica" - "Company
Man" - "Your Attention" -
"Who's Fooling Who" |
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Deconstruction
Released: September, 1999
Tracks: "Shout"
- "Lay Down" - "I Have
Everything" - "Cosmic Woo
Woo" - "Nobody's Home" -
"All For Nothing" - "I
Said It" - "Back To Eden"
- "Bored With Myself" -
"Careful What You Wish For" -
"Sin City" - "Back To
Nowhere" - "Little Slice" |
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Bad Bad One
Released: May, 2002
Tracks: "Crazy"
- "High" - "Bad Bad
One" - "Pleasure" -
"Pain" - "You Don't Know
Me" - "Where Lovers Meet"
- "Walk Away" - "Your
Name" - "Shine" -
"Lucky Day" - "Stand"
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40 chart run (from the ARC Weekly Top
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