Melissa Etheridge is an acclaimed American singer, songwriter, musician, and guitarist known for her powerful vocals and confessional lyrics blending rock, pop, and folk influences. Rising to fame with her debut album in 1988, she broke into the mainstream with the 1993 release Yes I Am, which featured hits like "I'm the Only One" and "Come to My Window" and went six times platinum. Etheridge has earned multiple Grammy Awards and an Academy Award for Best Original Song for "I Need to Wake Up" from the documentary An Inconvenient Truth. A passionate advocate for LGBTQ+ rights since publicly coming out in 1993, she has continued to release music and inspire fans through personal and professional challenges, including her widely praised return to the stage following a breast cancer diagnosis. Etheridge remains a prominent figure in rock music, with a career spanning more than three decades and sixteen studio albums, including her latest, One Way Out, released in 2021.