Laura Pergolizzi (born March 18, 1981),[dubious – discuss] known professionally as LP, is an American singer, musician and songwriter from Huntington Station, New York.

LP has written songs for other artists including Rihanna, Christina Aguilera, the Backstreet Boys, Leona Lewis, Mylène Farmer, Cher Lloyd and Céline Dion.

[4] Pergolizzi was born on Long Island in 1981[5] to Italian-American parents, their paternal grandfather coming from Palermo and grandmother from Naples.

[8] However, in spite of extensive touring to promote the release and positive reviews from music critics, the album failed to gain widespread recognition.

[12] "Love Will Keep You Up All Night", one of the tracks they had written at The Island Def Jam Music Group with Billy Mann, was released in late 2007 on the Backstreet Boys album, Unbreakable.

"[16] LP's major label songwriting breakthroughs continued, and they 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.

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 their 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.

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.

[20] In September 2015, the song "Muddy Waters" was released as the first single from LP's fourth studio album Lost on You.

In June 2016, "Muddy Waters" featured in the closing scene of the season four finale of Netflix's original series Orange Is the New Black.

In 2017 LP performed the song "Back Where I Belong" (Otto Knows featuring Avicii) for episode 5 of season 2 of Netflix's original series Sense8.

[citation needed] LP duets with Mylène Farmer on the single N'oublie pas, released on June 22.

[33] LP performed three big concerts in Istanbul, İzmir, Ankara, respectively, in Turkey after giving an interview to the magazine.

In October 2022, LP was featured on the song "Line It Up" by American band Palaye Royale on their album Fever Dream`.