Lisa Loeb

If she had never made another record, Lisa Loeb would still go down in the record books as the first unsigned artist to top the American charts, as her meteoric single "Stay (I Missed You)" -- from the soundtrack to 1994's Reality Bites -- spent three weeks at number one soon after the film's release. "Stay" earned Loeb an audience practically overnight, but it was her subsequent body of work that revealed the full extent of her talent. As a songwriter, Loeb offered a literate, artful look at the nature of human relationships, set to melodies that ran from thoughtful indie folk to clever, polished pop tunes. 1995's Tails, Loeb's first album after "Stay," found her building on the promise of her hit, as did 1997's Firecracker, but she continued to grow as a songwriter, and 2004's The Way It Really Is was a mature, fully realized collection of songs that captured her at her best. Beginning with 2004's Catch the Moon, she launched a successful second career in children's music, winning a Grammy for 2016's Feel What U Feel. And Loeb even dipped her toe into punk-pop with 2013's upbeat, guitar-driven No Fairy Tale.

Born in Dallas, Loeb studied piano as a child but later switched to guitar