Continuing to work on her own music, write with others, and make high-profile guest appearances, she reached the U.S. Hot 100 as featured vocalist on the late-2014 Nicki Minaj single Bed of Lies following a performance of the song with Minaj on Saturday Night Live.

Still incorporating shades of hip-hop, heartfelt lyrics, and a more atmospheric sound marked the follow-up, 2016s Natural Causes.

Born Holly Brook Hafermann in Mazomanie, Wisconsin in 1986, Grey began singing as a toddler.

An early love of folk and jazz led to a strong affection for the music of Joni Mitchell, and she performed as half of the folk duo Generations with her mother, Candace Kreitlow, from her preteen years into high school.

The mother-daughter act released three albums via Heartwood Productions between 1996 and 2002, usually credited as Holly Brook and Candy K.

Still going by Holly Brook, she signed with Universal Music Publishing Group and Machine Shop Records and wrote two songs with Ingoldsby for actress Brie Larsons album, Finally Out of P.E.

It saw release in 2005.

One of those songs, the single Whered You Go, reached number four on the Hot 100.

As Holly Brook, Grey released her first solo album, Like Blood Like Honey, in 2006.

Meanwhile, she embarked on tours opening for artists, among them Jamie Cullum, k.d.

Duncan Sheik.

After parting ways with Machine Shop, Grey continued to take writing sessions, and she was eventually featured on tracks by rapper Apathy that appeared on the 2009 album Wanna Snuggle That same year, she joined Sheiks touring band and contributed to his Whisper House LP.

Sheik and Ingoldsby co-produced her 2010 release, ODark:Thirty EP.

As Skylar Grey, her first collaboration was with English songwriterproducer Alex da Kid.

Their song Love the Way You Lie made its way to Eminem, who did a version with Rihanna that became a worldwide hit, topping the Hot 100 and earning Grey, Alex, and Eminem a Grammy nomination for Song of the Year.

Grey recorded a solo version of the song that appeared on her 2012 EP, The Buried Sessions of Skylar Grey.

It was released by Alex da Kids Interscope imprint Kid Ina Korner.

As she went to work on her Skylar Grey long-form debut, she was featured on a variety of recordings, including hit singles by Diddy - Dirty Money (Coming Home) and Dr.

Dre (I Need a Doctor).

She performed a medley of the latter song and Love the Way You Lie, Pt.

Later that year, another writing collaboration, Lupe Fiascos Words I Never Said, featured Grey, leading to a performance with the rapper on TVs The Colbert Report.

Grey issued her debut single, Dance Without You, in June 2011.

That years CMon Let Me Ride -- produced by Alex da Kid and featuring Eminem --reached Canadas Hot 100.

The year 2013 saw the release of songs she co-penned for Cee Lo Green (Only You) and will.i.am (Love Bullets) before Greys full-length debut, Dont Look Down, arrived on Kid Ina Korner.

With guests including Eminem, Big Sean, and Travis Barker, it peaked at number eight on the Billboard 200.

In 2014, the 2012 release Clarity by Zedd featuring Foxes, which Grey co-wrote, won a Grammy for Best Dance Recording.

That year, she also sang on Mobys The Last Day and landed on the dance charts with a guest spot on David Guettas Shot Me Down.

Continuing to work on her own music, write with others, and make high-profile guest appearances, she reached the U.S.

Hot 100 as featured vocalist on the late-2014 Nicki Minaj single Bed of Lies following a performance of the song with Minaj on Saturday Night Live.

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