Lisa Loeb Biography

Lisa Loeb (born Lisa Anne Loeb in Bethesda, Maryland, United States on 11 March 1968 ) is an American singer-songwriter and actress. She launched her career in 1994 with the song, Stay. She is only one of two artists to have a number one single on the Billboard Hot 100 while not signed to a recording contract (the other being Macklemore with 2013's Thrift Shop).

Loeb carried the momentum of her early success into a multi-dimensional career encompassing music, film, television, voice-over work and children’s recordings. Her five acclaimed studio CDs include her major label debut, the gold-selling Tails and its follow-up, the Grammy-nominated, gold-selling Firecracker. She tours worldwide and has captivated a younger audience as she released award-winning Catch the Moon in 2003, and 5 years later Camp Lisa in 2008. In conjunction with Camp Lisa, she launched her own non-profit, The Camp Lisa Foundation, designed to help underprivileged kids attend summer camp through its partnership with Summer Camp Opportunities Provide an Edge, Inc. (S.C.O.P.E.). Loeb has starred in two television series, “Dweezil and Lisa,” a weekly culinary adventure for the Food Network and No. 1 Single, a dating show on the E! Network in 2006.

The Way It Really Is was released August 2004 as Loeb's fifth studio-recorded album, based on the song "The Way It Really Is."

Her greatest hits compilation, The Very Best of Lisa Loeb, was released through Universal in January 2006 .

Her seventh studio album No Fairy Tale was released on January 29, 2013, by 429 Records.

Loeb tours with and without her band, such as touring with Daru Oda and Adam Levy. Other band members have included Mark Spencer, Matt Beck, Ronny Crawford, Joe Quigley, Joe Travers, Mark Meadows, Michael Eisenstein, Dave Gibbs, and Leland Sklar.

Her album "A Simple Trick to Happiness" was released on February 28, 2020