Happy birthday wishes today to Melissa Etheridge, who celebrates her 59th birthday.We’re taking a look at Melissa’s amazing career.
Here are some career highlights:
- The singer-songwriter and LGBT activist attended Boston's prestigious Berklee School of Music -- but dropped out to begin her career.
- 1993's "Ain't It Heavy" won her the Grammy for Best Rock Vocal Performance (Female).
- The 1994 single "I'm the Only One" is her only Top 10 hit.
- She was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2004; months later, despite being bald from chemotherapy, she performed on the Grammys.
- She won an Oscar for her song "I Need to Wake Up" from the Al Gore global warming documentary An Inconvenient Truth.
- Melissa received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2011.
- She is grieving the death of her 21-year-old son, Beckett Cypher, who died from opioid addiction this month.