Ingrid Andress

Biography

Ingrid Elizabeth Andress (born September 21, 1991) is an American country pop singer-songwriter. She has released two albums: Lady Like×Lady Like27 March 2020 · Studio albumSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 8 tracks1Bad Advice3:272Both3:233We’re Not Friends3:124The Stranger3:125Anything but Love3:326More Hearts Than Mine3:357Life of the Party2:568Lady Like3:15 (2020) and Good Person×Good Person26 August 2022 · Studio albumSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 12 tracks1Good Person3:232Yearbook3:323Seeing Someone Else3:274Talk2:495How Honest Do You Want Me to Be?2:546No Choice3:537Pain3:368Feel Like This3:169Blue3:2210Falling for You3:4011All the Love3:4612Things That Haven’t Happened Yet3:11 (2022). She has achieved commercial success with "More Hearts Than Mine×More Hearts Than Mine5 April 2019 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1More Hearts Than Mine3:34" (2019), which peaked at number 30 on the Billboard Hot 100; "The Stranger×The Stranger5 May 2020 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1The Stranger3:08" (2017 & 2020), which peaked at number 49 on Country Airplay; "Wishful Drinking" (2021), which peaked at number 47 on the Billboard Hot 100; and "Feel Like This×Feel Like This3 January 2023 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Feel Like This3:12" (2023), which peaked at number 60 on Country Airplay. She has also cowritten songs recorded by other artists including "Boys" (2017) by Charli XCX.

Early life

Andress was born in Southfield, Michigan, and grew up in Highlands Ranch, Colorado. She is the second of five children and has three sisters and a brother. She grew up in a sheltered and strict Christian household and was mostly homeschooled until high school. Her father, Brad Andress, is a former major league strength and conditioning coach who worked for the Detroit Tigers, Colorado Rockies, and New York Mets. Beginning at age 6, influenced by her mother, she learned to play piano and drums. In middle school, she frequently listened to Coldplay and Evanescence and she started a heavy metal music band. In 2009, she graduated from Rock Canyon High School, where she participated in high school choir competitions.

Education and early career

Andress attended Berklee College of Music and majored in songwriting and performance. She joined a cappella group Pitch Slapped and performed on the NBC singing competition The Sing-Off. Andress later joined the group Delilah and placed sixth. After leaving the show, Andress finished her degree in 2013 and underwent mentorship with her former teacher at Berklee and pop songwriter Kara DioGuardi. She then moved to Nashville, Tennessee, and signed a publishing deal with Sea Gayle Music and Arthouse Entertainment in 2014. From there, she began co-writing songs for other artists: "Boys" (2017), recorded by Charli XCX; "In Too Deep", recorded by Why Don't We, "Conflicted" (2018) recorded by Halestorm; "Girl in the Mirror" (2019) recorded by Bebe Rexha; and several songs on the No Saint (2019) album by Lauren Jenkins.
Andress then decided that her songs were too personal to have someone else sing them.
In 2017, she self-released "The Stranger×The Stranger5 May 2020 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1The Stranger3:08", via her label, What Is an Ingrid, and published by Kara DioGuardi's Arthouse Entertainment. The song received airplay on satellite radio. She signed a talent management agreement with Blythe Scokin. In July 2018, Andress signed a recording contract with Warner Nashville and Atlantic Records.

2019–2020: Lady Like

In February 2019, her first song with the label, "Lady Like×Lady Like27 March 2020 · Studio albumSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 8 tracks1Bad Advice3:272Both3:233We’re Not Friends3:124The Stranger3:125Anything but Love3:326More Hearts Than Mine3:357Life of the Party2:568Lady Like3:15", was released to digital platforms. In April 2019, she released the single "More Hearts Than Mine×More Hearts Than Mine5 April 2019 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1More Hearts Than Mine3:34", which reached the top five of the American and Canadian country airplay charts. In March 2020, she released her debut studio album Lady Like through Warner Music Nashville; it reached No. 9 on the Top Country Albums chart. The album became one of Billboard's Top 10 Best Country Albums of the year and set the record as the highest streaming country female debut album of all time. In April 2020, Andress reached No. 1 on the Billboard Emerging Artists chart.
In July 2020, she re-released "The Stranger×The Stranger5 May 2020 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1The Stranger3:08", which peaked at No. 49 on Country Airplay. The deluxe edition of Lady Like was released in October 2020. At the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards, Andress received three Grammy Awards nominations: Best Country Song for "More Hearts Than Mine", Best Country Album for Lady Like, and Best New Artist; these nominations made her the only country artist in a "Big Four" category.

2021–present: Good Person

In August 2021, Andress released "Wishful Drinking" in collaboration with Sam Hunt. The song peaked at number 4 on Country Airplay. "Wishful Drinking" earned Andress her 4th Grammy Award nomination, for Best Country Duo/Group Performance, at the 65th annual ceremony.
"Seeing Someone Else×Seeing Someone Else13 May 2022 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 2 tracks1Seeing Someone Else3:272Good Person2:55", released in May 2022, was her first cross-format single. It peaked in the top 25 on the Adult Pop Airplay chart.
The album Good Person×Good Person26 August 2022 · Studio albumSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 12 tracks1Good Person3:232Yearbook3:323Seeing Someone Else3:274Talk2:495How Honest Do You Want Me to Be?2:546No Choice3:537Pain3:368Feel Like This3:169Blue3:2210Falling for You3:4011All the Love3:4612Things That Haven’t Happened Yet3:11 was released in August 2022. It charted on both the Billboard 200 and the Top Country Albums chart. Included on the album was "Feel Like This×Feel Like This3 January 2023 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Feel Like This3:12", which reached number 60 on the Country Airplay charts.

Artistry and influences

Andress has cited the Chicks, John Denver, and Amy Grant as influences.
Andress has a vocal range of F3 - C5 (1.6 octaves).

Personal life

Andress resides in Nashville, Tennessee.
In 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, Andress broke up with her boyfriend of six years and entered a new relationship. In 2023, she parted ways with her longtime manager and her live-in boyfriend, who had marriage expectations. After the breakups, Andress was "drinking more than she ever had in her life".
In July 2024, Andress performed "The Star-Spangled Banner" at the 2024 Major League Baseball Home Run Derby; the performance was widely criticized. The following day, Andress said that she was intoxicated during the performance; she spent a month at a rehab center in Utah, where she said she cried every day. In February 2025, Andress performed another rendition of the song in her home state at a Colorado Avalanche game; this version drew better responses.

Headlining

The Lady Like Tour (2019)
Feeling Things Tour (2021)
The Good Person Tour (2023)

Opening act

Dan + Shay – The (Arena) Tour (2021)
Keith Urban – The Speed of Now World Tour (2022)
Walker Hayes – Duck Buck Tour (2023)
Stevie Nicks – Live in Concert Tour (2023)