Ysabella Brave

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Ysabella Brave
Birth name MaryAnne Ysabella
Born December 4, 1979 (1979-12-04) (age 28)
Origin Flag of the United States
California, United States
Genre(s) Blues
Jazz
Great American Songbook
Rock
Soul
R&B
Pop
Show tune
Gospel
Film soundtrack
Occupation(s) Singer
Business and fraud analyst
Years active 2006–present
Label(s) Cordless
Website YsabellaBrave.com

Ysabella Brave (born December 4, 1979 as MaryAnne Ysabella) is an American vocalist[1] signed by Cordless Recordings, a division of the Warner Music Group. She was discovered through the popularity of her YouTube channels, ysabellabrave[2] and ysabellabravetalk[3].

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Ysabella Brave posted the first videos of herself singing on YouTube on July 14, 2006. Most of her songs are accompanied by prerecorded music tracks, but some are a cappella. Her singing genres include blues, jazz, the Great American Songbook, rock, soul, R&B, and pop music, amongst others, as well as some of her own original lyrics and music.

After over a year of regularly posting videos, Ysabella Brave has built up a large following on YouTube. Her ysabellabrave channel has 33,389 subscribers, making it the 93rd most subscribed YouTube channel of all time and the 43rd most subscribed of all time as a YouTube Director. Her ysabellabravetalk channel has over 12,227 subscribers. She continues to be a prolific provider of content on YouTube and between her two channels has 171 videos. (Subscriber stats as of May 8, 2008). Ysabella Brave's videos have been viewed 9,338,637 times, as of September 26, 2007.

Ysabella Brave's second YouTube channel, ysabellabravetalk, was created to separate her music and comedy videos from those in which she expresses personal opinions on subjects raised by her viewers, and her vlogs. The first video on her talk channel was posted on March 4, 2007.

Ysabella Brave has a distinctive voice, but her songs rarely sound similar as she will often adapt her style to suit the piece that she is singing. On screen she creates deep sonorous tones with such effortless confidence that many of her new viewers (given the amateur nature of YouTube) incorrectly assume that she must be lipsynching.

Ms. Brave is also known for her unique classy look, often commented about in the comments section of her videos.

[edit] Career

Ysabella Brave's popularity took a notable step outside of the confines of YouTube when she was signed as a recording artist for Cordless Recordings, an e-label of the Warner Music Group. She has been written about in the Los Angeles Times[4], The New York Times[5], The San Diego Daily Transcript[6], and blogs[7].

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Ysabella Brave was a finalist in the Miss Horrorfest 2006 contest.

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ WMG Combines Cordless, Rykodisc, Taps Slim Moon. Billboard (June 21, 2007).
  2. ^ ysabellabrave. YouTube (March 1, 2006).
  3. ^ ysabellabravetalk. YouTube (February 25, 2007).
  4. ^ Dan Neil (June 3, 2007). Wish on a Star. Los Angeles Times.
  5. ^ Virginia Heffernan (June 7, 2007). ...And We All Went to the Seashore. The New York Times.
  6. ^ Daniel Coffey (February 15, 2007). What's Privacy Got To Do With It?. The San Diego Daily Transcript.
  7. ^ A Star is Born on Youtube. SFluxe.com (February 19, 2007).;

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