Ingrid Michaelson, a Staten Island native, carries the tradition of the female singer/songwriter into the 21st century with her piano-fueled songwriting, witty wordplay and slight vocal vibrato. In the past two years, Michaelson, who dropped her fifth studio album entitled Lights Out this past April, has vaulted from overachieving indie-pop sweetheart to a bona-fide pop star. Her fourth album, Human Again, debuted at No. 5 on the Billboard album chart (plus No. 1 on iTunes). This achievement merely crowned the considerable success Michaelson had already earned with her previous compositions: beautiful, idiosyncratic songs that have been prominently featured in popular films, television and on regular rotation in commercials.