Platten graduated from Trinity College with a degree in political science in 2003. According to Platten, from that moment on she knew she had to pursue music full-time. While she was there, she sang backup for a friend's band in front of over 80,000 people at the International Soca Monarch finals in 2002. At Trinity College, she was a member of the Trinity College Trinitones, the college's first all-female a cappella group.Īs a part of a study abroad program, she went to Trinidad to do an internship at a diplomat's office and at a record label.

She attended Buckingham Browne and Nichols high school, where she sang in the school's singing group.

Platten studied classical piano from the age of 5 and then took up guitar in high school. Platten was born on May 20, 1981, in New York City to Paul and Pamela Platten, but grew up in Newton Centre, Massachusetts, where she attended Mason-Rice Elementary School and Oak Hill Middle School. Platten performed at Global Down Syndrome Foundation's virtual fashion show on November 14, 2020. The organization honored Platten for her volunteer work with Music Heals Award at a benefit event on December 1, 2015. Platten has volunteered for over 50 Musicians On Call programs. She has worked with Musicians on Call since the early 2000s, and is part of a program where she sings bedside to hospital patients. Platten has supported numerous charities, including, Music Unites, Ryan Seacrest Foundation, Autism Speaks, Los Angeles LGBT Center, Memorial Sloan-Kettering, Boys & Girls Clubs of America, BuildOn, and Live Below the Line. She appeared on the cover of The Improper Bostonian magazine's May 2018 issue. Platten appeared as a model in clothing brand Aerie's advertising campaign in photos that have not been retouched. Platten has done several other things outside of music. Her second major-label album, Waves (2017), followed a year later. 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'. Platten won a Daytime Emmy Award for a live performance of the song on Good Morning America.

After releasing two albums independently in 20, she signed with Columbia Records in 2015 and released her mainstream debut single, ' Fight Song', which peaked at number 6 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States, topped charts in the United Kingdom, and peaked within the top ten of multiple charts worldwide. Rachel Ashley Platten (born May 20, 1981) is an American singer-songwriter and author.

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