Michelle Branch really is "Everywhere"--and we're not just talking about her catchy, guitar-driven first single. Since the release last summer of the 18-year-old Arizona native's self-written debut CD, she's opened for Lifehouse and Better Than Ezra, been featured in Kenneth Cole's Unlisted ads and had her ubiquitous song used in American Pie 2 and Gilmore Girls TV promos. And just think: She had to drive a golf cart clear across town three years ago to get her demo tape to her future manager. Now that's above par.

			"It's nice to see a young pop musician who writes, produces and performs great songs -- I respect Michelle for that. Plus, she's really nice and very cool." --Carson Daly

SEDONA SERENITY: Credits her family's move from chilly Flagstaff to beautiful Sedona for inspiring her music (she took lessons from a vocal teacher there who encouraged her to sing "with a lot of soul")

IDOLS: The Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin

VERY FAVORITE BAND: The Beatles

VERY CONFUSED ABOUT THE LYRICS: From age four to seven, thought the song "Ticket To Ride" included the lines, "She's got a chicken to ride"

MATH MUSICIAN: Wrote most songs in math class, for example "Sweet Misery" was penned in Algebra 1

FAREWELL, RED ROCK HIGH SCHOOL: Homeschooled since age 15 so that she could focus on her music career

DEBUT: Broken Bracelet (2000), an independently-produced CD of songs she wrote herself

BREAKTHROUGH: The Spirit Room (2001), on the Maverick label

NKOTB NOSTALGIA: Says the last time she danced was when she used to play her New Kids On The Block cassette

QUOTE: "I met my manager when he was looking at a time share resort for the $100 they give you... [laughing] Is that a good thing for a manager to do?"
-- Michelle on meeting Jeff Rabhan, TeenPeople.com