Marié Digby

Marié Christina Digby (/ˌmɑːriˈeɪ/ MAR-ee-AY; born April 16, 1983) is an American singer-songwriter best known for her acoustic cover version of Rihanna's "Umbrella", which was featured on the MTV show The Hills and peaked at #10 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart.

After her freshman year at the University of California, Berkeley, she won the 2004 Pantene Pro-Voice competition with her song "Miss Invisible".

In early 2007, she began to post simple videos of herself singing cover songs of other artists on YouTube in order to gain visibility.

Digby released a Japan-exclusive collection of Japanese cover songs on March 4, 2009, titled Second Home.

Digby's second English album, Breathing Underwater, was released across Asia in summer 2009 and in North America in September 2009.

[11] In 2009, she sponsored a songwriting contest for Bronx teenagers through "The Generation Project", a non-profit organization that facilitates donor-designed charitable gifts to children in low-income areas.

Marié Digby at The Troubadour nightclub in Los Angeles in 2007