Ingrid Elizabeth Andress (born September 21, 1991) is an American
country pop
Country pop (also known as urban cowboy or even urban country) is a fusion genre of country music and pop music that was developed by members of the country genre out of a desire to reach a larger, mainstream audience. Country pop music blends g ...
singer-songwriter. She has released two albums: ''
Lady Like'' (2020) and ''
Good Person'' (2022). She has achieved commercial success with "
More Hearts Than Mine" (2019), which peaked at number 30 on the
''Billboard'' Hot 100; "
The Stranger" (2020), which peaked at number 49 on Country Airplay; "
Wishful Drinking" (2021), which peaked at number 47 on the
''Billboard'' Hot 100; and "
Feel Like This" (2023), which peaked at number 60 on Country Airplay. She has also cowritten songs recorded by other artists including "
Boys" (2017) by
Charli XCX
Charlotte Emma Aitchison (born 2 August 1992), known professionally as Charli XCX, is a British singer and songwriter. She began posting songs on Myspace in 2008 before entering the London rave scene. Signing a recording contract with Asylum Re ...
.
Early life
Andress was born in
Southfield, Michigan
Southfield is a city in Oakland County, Michigan, Oakland County in the U.S. state of Michigan. An inner-ring suburb of Detroit, Southfield borders Detroit to the north, roughly northwest of downtown Downtown Detroit, Detroit. As of the 2020 Uni ...
,
and grew up in
Highlands Ranch, Colorado
Highlands Ranch is an unincorporated community and a census-designated place (CDP) located in and governed by Douglas County, Colorado, United States. The CDP is a part of the Denver–Aurora–Lakewood, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area. The p ...
. She has three sisters and a brother and was mostly homeschooled until high school. Her father is former major league strength and conditioning coach Brad Andress, who worked for the
Detroit Tigers
The Detroit Tigers are an American professional baseball team based in Detroit. The Tigers compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) American League Central, Central Division. One of the AL's eight chart ...
,
Colorado Rockies
The Colorado Rockies are an American professional baseball team based in Denver. The Rockies compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (baseball), National League (NL) National League West, West Division. Th ...
, and
New York Mets
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. As a child, she learned to play piano and drums. In middle school, she frequently listened to
Coldplay
Coldplay are a British Rock music, rock band formed in London in 1997. They consist of vocalist and pianist Chris Martin, guitarist Jonny Buckland, bassist Guy Berryman, drummer and percussionist Will Champion, and manager Phil Harvey (band m ...
and
Evanescence
Evanescence is an American Rock music, rock band founded in 1994 by singer and keyboardist Amy Lee and guitarist Ben Moody in Little Rock, Arkansas. After releasing independent extended play, EPs and a Origin (Evanescence demo album), demo ...
and she started a
heavy metal music
Heavy metal (or simply metal) is a Music genre, genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the United Kingdom and United States. With roots in blues rock, psychedelic rock and acid rock, heavy metal band ...
band. She attended
Rock Canyon High School, where she participated in high school choir competitions.
Career
Education and early career
Andress attended
Berklee College of Music
Berklee College of Music () is a Private university, private music college in Boston, Boston, Massachusetts. It is the largest independent college of contemporary music in the world. Known for the study of jazz and modern Music of the United ...
and majored in songwriting and performance.
She joined
a cappella
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group Pitch Slapped and performed on the
NBC
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singing competition ''
The Sing-Off
''The Sing-Off'' is an American television singing competition featuring a cappella groups. It debuted on NBC on December 14, 2009, and was produced by Sony Pictures Television and Outlaw Productions, with Mark Burnett's One Three Media (for a t ...
''. Andress later joined the group Delilah and placed sixth. After leaving the show, Andress finished her degree in 2013 and underwent mentorship with her former teacher at Berklee and pop songwriter
Kara DioGuardi
Kara Elizabeth DioGuardi ( ; December 9, 1970) is an American songwriter, record producer, music publisher, A&R executive, and singer. She primarily writes music in the pop rock genre. She has worked with many popular artists; sales of albums ...
. She then moved to
Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville, often known as Music City, is the capital and List of municipalities in Tennessee, most populous city in the U.S. state of Tennessee. It is the county seat, seat of Davidson County, Tennessee, Davidson County in Middle Tennessee, locat ...
, and signed a publishing deal with
Sea Gayle Music
Sea Gayle Music is an independent music publishing company based in Nashville, Tennessee in the United States. It was formed in 1999 by songwriter Chris DuBois, songwriter/producer Frank Rogers, and songwriter/artist Brad Paisley.Miner, Mauric ...
and
Arthouse Entertainment in 2014.
From there, she began co-writing songs for other artists: "
Boys" (2017), recorded by
Charli XCX
Charlotte Emma Aitchison (born 2 August 1992), known professionally as Charli XCX, is a British singer and songwriter. She began posting songs on Myspace in 2008 before entering the London rave scene. Signing a recording contract with Asylum Re ...
; "In Too Deep", recorded by
Why Don't We
Why Don't We, shortened to WDW, was an American boy band consisting of Jack Avery, Corbyn Besson, Zach Herron, Jonah Marais and Daniel Seavey. They formed in 2016 and released two studio albums and six extended plays. Because of a lawsuit, the gr ...
, "Conflicted" (2018) recorded by
Halestorm
Halestorm is an American Rock music, rock band from Red Lion, Pennsylvania, consisting of lead vocalist and guitarist Lzzy Hale, drummer Arejay Hale, guitarist Joe Hottinger, and bassist Josh Smith. Siblings Lzzy and Arejay founded the band in ...
; "Girl in the Mirror" (2019) recorded by
Bebe Rexha
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; and several songs on the ''
No Saint'' (2019) album by
Lauren Jenkins.
2018–2020: Breakthrough with ''Lady Like''
Andress signed a
recording contract
A recording contract (commonly called a record contract or record deal) is a legal agreement between a record label and a recording act (artist or group), where the act makes an audio recording (or series of recordings) for the label to sell and ...
with
Warner Nashville and
Atlantic Records
Atlantic Recording Corporation (simply known as Atlantic Records) is an American record label founded in October 1947 by Ahmet Ertegun and Herb Abramson. Over the course of its first two decades, starting from the release of its first recor ...
in July 2018. In February 2019, her first song with the label, "Lady Like", was released to digital platforms and was a top ten debut on
Top Country Albums
Top Country Albums is a chart published weekly by '' Billboard'' magazine in the United States. The 50-position chart lists the most popular country music albums in the country, calculated weekly by Broadcast Data Systems based on physical sales ...
.
In April 2019, she released the single "
More Hearts Than Mine", which reached the top five of the American and Canadian country airplay charts.
On March 27, 2020, she released her debut studio album ''
Lady Like'' through Warner Music Nashville. In April 2020, Andress reached No. 1 on the ''Billboard''
Emerging Artists chart.
The album became one of Billboard's Top 10 Best Country Albums of the year and set the record as the highest streaming country female debut album of all time upon release.
In July 2020, she released "
The Stranger", which peaked at number 49 on Country Airplay. The deluxe edition of ''Lady Like'' was released on October 2, 2020. At the
63rd Annual Grammy Awards
The 63rd Annual Grammy Awards ceremony was held in and around the Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles on March 14, 2021. It recognized the best recordings, compositions, and artists of the eligibility year, running from September 1, 201 ...
, Andress received three
Grammy Award
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s nominations:
Best Country Song
The Grammy Award for Best Country Song (sometimes known as the Country Songwriter's Award) has been awarded since 1965. The award is given to the songwriter(s) of the song, not to the artist, unless the artist is also the songwriter.
There have ...
("More Hearts Than Mine"),
Best Country Album (''
Lady Like''), and
Best New Artist
The Grammy Award for Best New Artist has been awarded since the 2nd Annual Grammy Awards in 1960 (except in 1967) "for a new artist who releases, during the Eligibility Year, the first recording which establishes the public identity of that ar ...
; these nominations made her the only country artist in a "Big Four" category.
2021–present: ''Good Person''
In August 2021, Andress released "
Wishful Drinking", a collaboration with Sam Hunt. The song peaked at number 4 on Country Airplay. The song, though originally not intended for the album, was included as a bonus track and served as the lead single to her sophomore album ''
Good Person''. "Wishful Drinking" earned Andress her 4th Grammy Award nomination, for Best Country Duo/Group Performance at the 65th annual ceremony.
Two more singles were released from the album; "Seeing Someone Else", which became her first cross-format single and peaked top 25 on the
Adult Pop Airplay
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chart, and "
Feel Like This", the album's second country single. The album charted on both the ''Billboard'' 200 and the Top Country Albums chart.
Personal life
Andress resides in
Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville, often known as Music City, is the capital and List of municipalities in Tennessee, most populous city in the U.S. state of Tennessee. It is the county seat, seat of Davidson County, Tennessee, Davidson County in Middle Tennessee, locat ...
. In 2020, during the
COVID-19 pandemic
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, Andress broke up with her boyfriend of six years and entered a new relationship.
On July 15, 2024, Andress performed "
The Star-Spangled Banner
"The Star-Spangled Banner" is the national anthem of the United States. The lyrics come from the "Defence of Fort M'Henry", a poem written by American lawyer Francis Scott Key on September 14, 1814, after he witnessed the bombardment of Fort ...
" at the
2024 Major League Baseball Home Run Derby.
The performance was widely criticized; reports called it a "flub" and "cringeworthy".
The following day, Andress said that she was
intoxicated during the performance and that she planned to undergo
rehabilitation. On February 28, 2025, Andress performed another rendition of the song at a
Colorado Avalanche
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game; this version drew positive responses.
Discography
Studio albums
Extended plays
Singles
As lead artist
As featured artist
Promotional singles
Guest appearances
Music videos
Songwriting credits
Awards and nominations
Tours
Headlining
* The Lady Like Tour (2019)
* Feeling Things Tour (2021)
* The Good Person Tour (2023)
Opening act
*
Dan + Shay
Dan + Shay is an American country pop duo composed of vocalists and songwriters Dan Smyers and Shay Mooney. They are signed to Warner Records Nashville and have released six albums, '' Where It All Began'', '' Obsessed'', '' Dan + Shay'', '' ...
The (Arena) Tour (2021)
*
Keith Urban
Keith Lionel Urban ( né Urbahn; 26 October 1967) is an Australian and American country singer, songwriter and guitarist. Recognised with four Grammy Awards, he has also received 15 Academy of Country Music Awards, including the Jim Reeves Int ...
The Speed of Now World Tour (2022)
*
Walker Hayes
Charles Edgar Walker Hayes (born December 27, 1979) is an American country pop singer and songwriter. He has released four studio albums: ''Reason to Rhyme'' in 2011 on Capitol Records Nashville, and ''Boom (Walker Hayes album), Boom ''(2017), ' ...
Duck Buck Tour (2023)
*
Stevie Nicks
Stephanie Lynn Nicks (born May 26, 1948) is an American singer-songwriter, known for her work with the band Fleetwood Mac and as a solo artist.
After starting her career as a duo with her then-boyfriend Lindsey Buckingham, releasing the album ...
Live in Concert Tour (2023)
Notes
References
External links
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1991 births
Living people
21st-century American women singers
21st-century American singers
American women country singers
American country singer-songwriters
Berklee College of Music alumni
Country musicians from Colorado
Country musicians from Michigan
People from Highlands Ranch, Colorado
People from Southfield, Michigan
Singer-songwriters from Michigan
Singer-songwriters from Colorado
Warner Records artists