Lindsay Lohan

Get ready for some Lindsay with the bark on. Casablanca/Universal recording artist, multi-talented, triple threat Lindsay Lohan is proving to be as resilient as she is radiant these days, as cutting edge as she is endearing, delivering her sophomore album, the aptly titled A Little More Personal (Raw) from the vantage point of an emotionally charged artist.

A provocative follow-up to Lindsay’s platinum-plus 2004 debut effort, Speak, The album’s scorching first single and video (with Lindsay making her directorial debut), “Confessions Of A Broken Heart (Daughter To Father),” has already hit the #1 spot on TRL in spite of its brutally honest autobiographical perspective. Co-written by the disc’s executive producer Kara DioGuardi, who has worked with Ashlee Simpson, Whitney Houston, and Kelly Clarkson, (as well as collaborating with Lindsay on her first album), among others, the song courageously explores Lindsay’s volatile relationship with her troubled father, who is currently serving time for multiple imprudent legal violations.

“Confessions Of A Broken Heart (Daughter To Father)” premiered on AOL Music’s First Listen program on September 30th, sparking a flurry of searches in AOL that made Lohan the #1 most searched artist that day. Lohan’s new video debuted at #1 on MTV.com after its online premiere, following-up the overwhelming success in the web world from her debut album Speak. On Yahoo! Music alone, Lindsay’s videos have reached upwards of 10,900,000 total plays to date. Fans looking to get up close and personal with Lindsay can read her exclusive AIM interview now on AOL Music.

Lindsay makes the admirable leap from teen songstress to subtly textured singer/songwriter on the new album, working with gritty pop craftsman like Butch Walker (Avril Lavigne, Bowling For Soup, The Donnas) Evanesence guitarist Ben Moody and producer Greg Wells (Michelle Branch), who co-produces the title cut with DioGuardi, among others. The New York City native foregoes the standard lovelorn fare on the new one, wrapping herself around a range of what Billboard Magazine calls ‘shockingly effective’ material, including “Black Hole,” “If You Were Me,” A Little More Personal,” “My Innocence,” and two gutsy, alluring covers, a piercing version of Stevie Nicks’ “Edge Of Seventeen,” produced by Moody, and an irresistible reworking of Cheap Trick’s “I Want You To Want Me,” helmed by DioGuardi and Walker. “This album has been so therapeutic for me,” says Lindsay. “But at the same time I think it captures the kind of collective hyper-existence a lot of young people find themselves in these days. I’m just thankful music has provided me with a forum to break out and express the kind of emotions that often get pushed aside.”

Casablanca Records Chairman and founder, Tommy Mottola, (who also executive produced Lindsay’s debut disc), affirms the singer’s incredible growth on her sophomore effort. “This album is graduation day for Lindsay in so many ways,” says Mottola. “She’s a full-fledged artist now, conveying the strength, wisdom and talent beyond her years to not only explore such up close and personal themes, but to take her fans with her on the journey, which is the hallmark of any viable artist mining the courage to follow their convictions.”

DioGuardi and company also make sure the fun and raucous side of Lindsay is accounted for on the 12 song disc, infusing A Little More Personal (Raw) with the kind of tangible ferocity that drove her debut album to the # 4 spot of the Billboard Top Albums chart, with the smash single “Rumors,” becoming a #1 radio station and TRL staple, and Lindsay garnering a 2005 MTV Award Best Pop Video nomination for the single, among other accolades.

Lindsay’s out-of-the-box music success is also attributable to the choices she’s made in her groundbreaking acting career. An in-demand Ford model since the age of three, she appeared in more than sixty TV commercials, eventually landing the enduring TV role of Ali Fowler in the daytime drama Another World. Notable movie roles followed, with eye-catching parts on the ABC TV movie Life Size, and the Disney Channel film, Get A Clue.

A breakthrough 1998 role playing identical twins in the Disney remake of The Parent Trap starring Dennis Quaid and Natasha Richardson, gilded her path as one of the new young actresses to watch on the horizon, and in 2003 her effort in Disney’s retooling of Freaky Friday cemented her rep, earning her a Golden Globe nomination opposite veteran actress Jamie Lee Curtis. Last year’s Mean Girls (grossing an astonishing 112 million at the box office) established Lindsay as a Hollywood force to be reckoned with. She followed up with HERBIE: Fully Loaded, and most recently has chosen an array of film roles that reflect her growth as an evocative artist determined to expand her compelling repertoire of roles.

She joins the stellar ensemble cast in Robert Altman’s adaptation of the Prairie Home Companion, due out in 2006, appearing alongside hall of fame caliber actors such as Meryl Streep, Kevin Kline, Tommy Lee Jones, and Woody Harrelson, among others. Lindsay has also signed on to appear in Emilio Estevez’ indie production, Bobby, which revolves around the hours leading up to Bobby Kennedy’s assassination at Los Angeles’ Ambassador Hotel, and also stars Elijah Wood, Anthony Hopkins, Sharon Stone, and Demi Moore.

Teen People Magazine recently named Lindsay the #2 Hottest Young Hollywood star in movies. The tireless artist will be combining her acting duties with a slew of music-related personal appearances to promote her much anticipated new debut A Little More Personal (RAW), in stores December 6th.