Rachel Platten

Biography

Rachel Ashley Platten is an American singer, songwriter, and author. After releasing two albums independently in 2003 and 2011, she signed with Columbia Records in 2015, accompanied by the release of her mainstream debut single, "Fight Song", which peaked at number 6 on the US Billboard Hot 100, which topped charts in the UK and peaked within the top ten of multiple charts worldwide. Platten won a Daytime Emmy Award for a live performance of the song on Good Morning America. Her major-label debut studio album, Wildfire (2016), was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and featured the follow-up singles "Stand by You" and "Better Place". Her second major-label album, Waves (2017), came out a year later.