Lisa Brokop Biography

Lisa Brokop Biography

 Lisa Brokop (born June 6, 1973 in Surrey, British Columbia) is a Canadian country music singer/songwriter and actress. Active since 1990 in the country music field, she has released a total of six studio albums, and has charted more than twenty singles on the country music charts in her native Canada. Several of these singles have also crossed over to the American country music charts, although she has not entered Top 40 in the U.S., with her highest charting songs being "Give Me A Ring Sometime" and "Take That" peaking at both #52 in 1994. Her highest chart single to date is the #8 "Better Off Broken" from 1999 in Canada. In 1991, at seventeen, Brokop won a Canadian songwriting contest that was only the first of many accolades. As a direct result, later that same year she released her first album My Love, on Libre Records. This record featured Brokop's first radio single "Daddy, Sing To Me". The album also contained the songs "Country Girl" and "Time to Come Back Home" which were featured in the Genie Award nominated motion picture Harmony Cats, a movie in which Brokop also acted. (An album of the Harmony Cats soundtrack was later released). Brokop later signed with Capitol Records under the Liberty imprint which led to the release of two albums in three years. The first of these was Every Little Girl's Dream in 1994.

 The self-titled album Lisa Brokop was produced in 1996, producing two successful singles: "Before He Kissed Me" and "She Can't Save Him." At a comparatively early age, Brokop had achieved considerable Nashville success, but the effort had left her suffering from burn out. Brokop ended her relationship with Capitol later in 1996 and took some time off to work on her own songwriting. Capitol Records re-released Brokop's two Capitol albums, Lisa Brokop and Every Little Girl's Dream, to most online music download services on February 26, 2008. Her next album, the 1998 release When You Get to Be You was released by Columbia Records and displayed the growth and determination of Brokop as an artist. The release did well in Canada, but singles from the album performed poorly on US charts, ultimately causing Columbia not to release the album in the United States. Undeniable was released in 2000. This record begins upbeat with "I'd Like to See You Try", slows down with "Keep Mom and Dad in Love" (duet with Hal Ketchum), and rolls into "Something Undeniable", a strong track which has become a fan favorite. Other tracks include "Say", "Don't Believe Me", and "Dark Side of the Moon." Lisa Brokop's latest release is the 2005 album Hey, Do You Know Me? Described as a culmination of her life experience, it is a presentation of compelling music and gripping lyrics beginning with the title-track and also containing "Wildflower" and "Pearl" a story of forgiveness. She left Curb Records in August 2006.