I kept wondering when she was going to hit it big. I remember thinking she’s pretty, talented, has a good voice and writes her own stuff. But it never really happened. I noted at the time of my review how poorly marketed this album was. Maybe that had something to do with it.

Well, turns out she wrote a bunch of hit songs that other people made famous, most notably Katy Perry. [Read the article on Jezbel].

Here she is doing some of her songs:

There’s also been a documentary about her called Breaking Bonnie. Watch episode one.

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