LP (singer)

Laura Pergolizzi (born March 18, 1981), known professionally as LP, is an American singer and songwriter, best known for her single "Lost on You". She has released five albums and three EPs. She has written songs for other artists including Cher, Rihanna, the Backstreet Boys, Leona Lewis, Mylène Farmer, Céline Dion and Christina Aguilera.[1]

This article is about the American singer-songwriter. For the phonograph record format, see LP record.

LP
LP performing at WTMD's First Thursday series in Canton, Baltimore, Maryland, in June 2014
Background information
Birth name	Laura Pergolizzi
Also known as	LP
Born	(1981-03-18) March 18, 1981 Long Island, New York, U.S.
Origin	Long Island, New York, U.S.
Genres	Indie rock pop rock indie pop alternative rock
Occupation(s)	Singer-songwriter
Instruments	Vocals guitar ukulele harmonica
Years active	1998–present
Labels	Warner Bros. Records
Website	iamlp.com

History

Early life and career

Laura Pergolizzi was born in 1981 on Long Island,[2] to an Italian father and an Irish mother, her paternal grandfather coming from Naples and grandmother from Palermo, Italy.[3] Pergolizzi adopted the stage name "LP" after moving to New York City.[4] David Lowery of the band Cracker saw LP performing and featured her on "Cinderella", a hidden track on the band's 1998 album, Gentleman's Blues.[5] Lowery followed up by producing LP's debut albumHeart-Shaped Scar, released in 2001 through Koch Records.

LP's second album, Suburban Sprawl & Alcohol, was released in June 2004 through Lightswitch Records. On the record, she collaborated with songwriter and music producer Linda Perry.[4] However, in spite of extensive touring to promote the release and positive reviews from music critics, the album failed to gain widespread recognition.[6]

2006–2010

In 2006, LP appeared at the music conference South by Southwest and reportedly sparked a bidding war amongst major music labels, eventually being signed by L.A. Reid to his Island Def Jam Music Group record label, part of the Universal Music Group. However, due to artistic differences LP left the contract. She signed with SoBe Entertainment in 2007, an independent record label, with the album tracks she had written at the major label.[7] "Love Will Keep You Up All Night", one of the tracks she had written at Island Def Jam Music Group with Billy Mann, was released in late 2007 on the Backstreet Boys album, Unbreakable. LP wrote and performed "Wasted", from her album Suburban Sprawl & Alcohol, which was the theme song for a television show, South of Nowhere, on The N, currently known as TeenNick. MTV's The Hills also featured LP's song "Damage Is Done" in mid-2010, and it was released on iTunes.

During 2009, LP started writing songs for other artists, including several songs which ended up on Heidi Montag's album, Superficial (Warner Music).[8][9] LP co-wrote the single, "More Is More", as well as the album tracks, "Twisted", "Hey Boy" and "Love It or Leave It". She also co-wrote other tracks for and with Montag, such as the Cathy Dennis co-written, "Look How I'm Doin'", "I Do This" and "Who's That Girl". A song LP wrote with Alexander Kronlund, "Standing Where You Left Me", was released on Erik Hassle's debut UK album, Pieces (Roxy/EMI/Universal). LP moved to Los Angeles in 2010.[10]

2011–2012

In August 2010, it was announced that LP had signed with RedOne's record label, 2101 Records. LP landed her first major breakthrough as a songwriter, co-writing Rihanna's song, "Cheers (Drink to That)", featured on Rihanna's fifth studio album Loud, released on November 12, 2010, on Def Jam Recordings. "Cheers" features a vocal hook performed by LP (taken from Avril Lavigne's "I'm with You"). In a 2010 interview with MTV News, Rihanna said: "I love that song ("Cheers"). That is one of my favorite songs on the album. It makes you feel like celebrating. It gives you a great feeling inside like you want to go out and have a drink. ... People can't wait for the weekend."[11] LP's major label songwriting breakthroughs continued, as she co-wrote "Beautiful People", performed by Christina Aguilera. The song is featured on the Burlesque: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack album, which was released on November 22, 2010 through RCA Records.

In June 2011, LP co-wrote "Afraid to Sleep", which was performed by NBC's The Voice finalist Vicci Martinez and reached #10 on the iTunes Top Singles Chart. In September 2011, LP signed a deal with Warner Bros. Records. Shortly after, "Into the Wild", written and performed by LP, was prominently used in a Citibank national television advertisement campaign. In April 2012, LP released her first major label album, Into the Wild: Live at EastWest Studios, a five-song live extended play, and started touring extensively including festivals such as SXSW, Bonnaroo, Lollapalooza, Bumbershoot, Tropfest as well as Tokyo's Sonic Boom and London's Hyde Park. In 2012, she became the first female Martin Guitar ambassador.[12]

2013–present

LP at the Zelt-Musik-Festival 2018 in Freiburg, Germany

In May 2012, LP was featured as the Artist of the Week in Vogue magazine. Over the following two years, she completed the recording of her album that included collaborations with Billy Steinberg, Isabella "Machine" Summers (from Florence and the Machine), Josh Alexander, Claude Kelly, Justyn Pilbrow, Carl Ryden and Rob Kleiner.[13] The album was produced by Rob Cavallo, Warner Bros. Records' chairman and producer. On April 1, 2014, it was announced that LP's third full-length studio album would be titled Forever for Now and was scheduled to be released on June 3, 2014. The album was promoted by the lead single "Night Like This".[1] Following the album, a second single, "Someday", was released in June 2014 in Canada.[14] On September 16, 2014, a music video for "Tokyo Sunrise" officially premiered on Time magazine's website.[15]

In September 2015, the song "Muddy Waters" was released as the first single from LP's fourth studio album Lost on You.[16][17] In November 2015 one of LP's best known songs, Lost on You was released to great success.

In June 2016, Muddy Waters featured in the violent and emotionally charged closing scene of the season four finale of Netflix's original series Orange Is The New Black. It was also featured in the trailer for the NBC show Shades of Blue. "Muddy Waters" clarifies the ending of season 5 episode 4 of Starz Power, as the layers of uncertainty and drama are revisited. In November, the album's eponymous second single was released, while LP held a residency at the No Vacancy club.[18] Both songs originate from a collaboration with Mike Del Rio. An EP[17][19] titled Death Valley was released on June 17,2016.

The song "Hi Ho Nobody Home" by David Baerwald featuring LP was used in an episode of Mr. Mercedes. In 2017 she performed the song "Back Where I Belong" (Otto Knows featuring Avicii) for the episode 5 (second season) of the Netflix's original series Sense8.

LP duets with Mylène Farmer on the single N'oublie pas, released on June 22. The single immediately hit number 1 on the French iTunes chart upon release.[20] The track is the second single from Farmer's upcoming studio album Désobéissance.

On June 15, 2018, LP announced on her Facebook page that she had been working on a new album.[21] A day later, the first track from the record, "Girls Go Wild" was released.[22]

In September 2018 she recorded two songs for the singer Morrissey for his new album of cover songs.[23]

On June 6, 2019, Grey Daze, the old band of late Linkin Park's singer Chester Bennington, announced on their Instagram page that she had recorded some vocals for a song from their upcoming album which also features vocals from Chester.[24]

In October 2019, the song "Strange" was featured on the commercial for the Samsung Galaxy phone. [25]

Discography

Studio albums

List of studio albums, with selected chart positions

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions										Sales	Certifications
		US [26]	US Heat [27]	AUT [28]	BEL (Wa) [29]	FRA [30]	ITA [31]	POL [32]	SPA [33]	SWI [34]	UK Indie [35]
Heart-Shaped Scar	Released: 2001 Formats: CD, digital download Label: Koch[4]	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Suburban Sprawl & Alcohol	Released: June 29, 2004 Label: Lightswitch Formats: CD, digital download	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Forever for Now	Released: June 2, 2014 Label: Warner Bros. Format: CD, LP, digital download	132	2	—	73	—	—	—	—	—	—	US: 16,000[upper-alpha 1]
Lost on You	Released: December 9, 2016 Label: Vagrant Format: CD, LP	—	7	34	6	6	9	5	2	7	5	POL: 40,000[37]	FIMI: Platinum[38] SNEP: Platinum[39] ZPAV: 2× Platinum[40]
Heart to Mouth	Released: December 7, 2018 Label: BMG, Vagrant Format: CD, LP, digital download	—	2	—	34	48 [41]	29 [42]	6	62 [43]	22	16	POL: 10,000[37]	ZPAV: Gold[44]
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Live albums

List of live albums, with selected chart positions

Title	Album details
Live in Moscow	Released: May 29, 2020[45] Label: BMG, Vagrant

Extended plays

List of extended plays, with selected chart positions

Title	Details	Peak chart positions					Sales	Certifications
		US Heat [26]	US South [26]	FRA [46]	POL [32]	SWI [34]
Into the Wild: Live at EastWest Studios	Released: April 24, 2012 Label: Warner Bros. Records Format: CD/DVD, LP, digital download	6	6	—	—	—
Spotify Sessions[47]	Released: October 2, 2012 Format: Streaming	N/A
Death Valley[48]	Released: June 17, 2016 Format: Digital download	—	—	75	4	41	US: 3,000[upper-alpha 2] POL: 10,000[37]	ZPAV: Gold[49]
"—" denotes items which were not released in that country or failed to chart.

Singles

List of singles, with selected chart positions

Title	Year	Peak chart positions										Certifications	Album
		US Rock [50]	AUT [51]	BEL (Wa) [29]	FRA [46]	GRE [52]	ITA [53]	JPN [54]	POL [55]	SPA [56]	SWI [34]
"Good with You"[57][4]	2007	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		Non-album single
"Into the Wild" (Live)	2012	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		Into the Wild: Live at EastWest Studios
"Into the Wild"		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		Forever for Now
"Night Like This"[58]	2014	—	—	—	—	—	—	35	—	—	—
"Someday"[14]		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Muddy Waters"[16]	2015	42	—	—	171	—	—	—	—	—	—		Death Valley and Lost on You
"Lost on You"[17]		42	4	1	1	1	5	—	1	9	5	FIMI: 4× Platinum[59] IFPI GRE: Platinum[36] IFPI SWI: Platinum[60] SNEP: Diamond[61] ZPAV: Platinum[62]
"Other People"[63]	2016	—	—	42	117	5 [64]	45 [65]	—	7	—	—	FIMI: Platinum[59]
"N'oublie pas" (with Mylène Farmer)	2018	—	—	—[upper-alpha 3]	1	—	—	—	—	—	—		Désobéissance
"Girls Go Wild"		—	—	—	—	—	77 [66]	—	8	—	—	ZPAV: Gold[44] FIMI: Gold	Heart to Mouth
"Recovery"[67]		—	—	—	—	—	89 [68]	—	—	—	—
"The One That You Love"	2020	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		To be announced
"—" denotes items which were not released in that country or failed to chart.

Other charted songs

Title	Year	Peak chart positions		Album
		FRA [46]	POL [55]
"Tightrope"	2016	56	—	Lost on You
"When We're High"	2017	123	18
"No Witness"		—	33
"—" denotes items which were not released in that country or failed to chart.

Music videos

Title	Year
"Wasted"[69]	2004
"Good with You"/"Cling to Me"	2007
"Someday"	2011
"Into the Wild"	2012
"Tokyo Sunrise"	2014
"Halo"	2016
"Lost on You"
"Night like This"
"Other People" (2 versions)	2016/2017
"Tightrope"	2017
"When We're High"
"No Witness"
"N'oublie pas"	2018
"Girls Go Wild"
"Recovery"
"Shaken" (Animated)	2019
"Lost on You" (Live in Moscow)	2020
"The One That You Love"

Songwriting credits

Title	Year	Artist	Album	Label
"Love Will Keep You Up All Night"	2007	Backstreet Boys	Unbreakable	Jive
"Standing Where You Left Me"	2010	Erik Hassle	Taken EP	Roxy/EMI/Universal
"More Is More"		Heidi Montag	Superficial	Warner Bros.
"Twisted"
"Hey Boy"
"Love It or Leave It"
"Beautiful People"		Christina Aguilera	Burlesque: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack	RCA Records
"Cheers (Drink to That)"	2011	Rihanna	Loud	Island Def Jam
"You Don't Get to Know"		Hitomi	Non-album single	Avex/Japan
"Waiting Outside the Lines" Remix		Greyson Chance featuring Charice		Geffen
"Afraid to Sleep"		Vicci Martinez (The Voice)		Universal Republic
"I'm Still Hot"		Luciana		Violent Lips
"Happening"	2012	Chiddy Bang		EMI Records
"Hi-Roller Baby"		Joe Walsh	Analog Man	Concord Music
"Shine Ya Light"		Rita Ora	Ora	Roc Nation
"Lolita"		The Veronicas	Non-album single	Sire Records
"Fingerprint"		Leona Lewis	Glassheart	Sony Music
"Red"	2013	Cher	Closer to the Truth	Warner Bros.
"Pride"
"Tidal Wave"	2014	Karmin	Pulses	Epic
"Human"		Cher Lloyd	Sorry I'm Late
"Line of Fire"		The Veronicas	The Veronicas	Sony Music
"Mirror Man"	2015	Ella Henderson	Chapter One	Syco
"Solo para ti"	2016	Cazzette	Desserts EP	ICONS Music
"I Better Love You"	2017	Will Heard	Trust EP	Black Butter
"Miracle"		Marina Kaye	Explicit	Capitol Records
"Change My Mind"	2019	Celine Dion	Courage	Columbia Records

Footnotes

1. United States sales figures for Forever for Now as of September 2016.[36]
2. United States sales figures for Death Valley as of September 2016.[36]
3. "N'oublie pas" did not reach the region's Ultratop 50 chart, but charted at number 17 on the Ultratip Bubbling Under ranking.[29]

References

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32. Peak chart positions for studio albums in Poland:
    • Death Valley: "OLiS – sales for the period 16.09.2016 – 22.09.2016". OLiS. Retrieved September 29, 2016.
    • Lost on You: "OLiS – sales for the period 27.01.2017 – 02.02.2017". OLiS. ZPAV. Retrieved February 9, 2017.
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    • For "Other People": "AirPlay Top: 28.01. – 03.02.2017". Polish Airplay Top 100. Retrieved February 6, 2017.
    • For "When We're High": "AirPlay Top: 01.07. – 07.07.2017". Polish Airplay Top 100. Retrieved July 10, 2017.
    • For "No Witness": "AirPlay Top: 28.10. – 03.11.2017". Polish Airplay Top 100. Retrieved November 6, 2017.
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External links

• Official website
• LP discography at Discogs