Idina Kim Menzel (May 30, 1971) is an American actress, singer and songwriter. Menzel rose to prominence when she originated the role of Maureen Johnson in the Broadway musical Rent. Her performance earned her a Tony Award nomination in 1996. She reprised the role in the musical's 2005 film adaptation. In 2003, Menzel originated the role of Elphaba in the Broadway musical Wicked, for which she won the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical. Menzel returned to Broadway in the 2014 musical If/Then, which earned her a third Tony Award nomination.
Additionally, Menzel is known for portraying the role of Shelby Corcoran on the musical comedy-drama TV series Glee from 2010 to 2013 as well as portraying Nancy in the 2007 Disney film Enchanted and being the voice of Queen Elsa in the 2013 Disney film Frozen, in which she sang the Academy and Grammy Award-winning song "Let It Go". The song reached number 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, making Menzel the first Tony Award-winning actress to reach the top 10. Her first studio album Holiday Wishes, was released in 2014 and reached number 6 on the Billboard 200 album chart. That year she was honored with the Breakthrough Artist Award at the Billboard Women in Music Awards.
此外,她还因饰演Shelby Corcoran的音乐喜剧电视连续剧《Glee》,参演迪斯尼电影《Enchanted》和为2013年的《Frozen》中的女王Elsa配音而广为人知。在电影中她演唱的歌曲《Let It Go》具有学院奖和格莱美奖的水平。这首歌在公告牌百强单曲榜位列第五,也使得Menzel成为第一位在此榜单获得前10位的托尼奖的女演员。她的第一张录音室专辑《Holiday Wishes》发布于2014年,在公告牌200强专辑榜位列第六。同年,她获得了公告牌突破艺人奖。
【关于歌曲】
"Let It Go" is a song from Disney's 2013 animated feature film Frozen, whose music and lyrics were composed by husband-and-wife songwriting team Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez. The song presents the ostracized Queen Elsa, who abandons her kingdom when her magical ability to create and control ice and snow is discovered by the public.
《Let It Go》时候迪斯尼2013年动画电影的歌曲,这首歌是由夫妻档Kristen Anderson-Lopez和Robert Lopez共同创作的。这首歌出现于女王Elsa使用她可以创造和控制冰雪魔力被大家发现之后,抛弃了她的王国的时候。
"Let It Go" reached the top five on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, and won both the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 2014 and the Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media in 2015. The song gained international recognition, becoming one of the most globally recorded Disney songs, with numerous covers being recorded in different languages. According to the IFPI, "Let It Go" sold 10.9 million copies in 2014, becoming the year's fifth best-selling song.
《Let It Go》在公告牌百强单曲榜位列第五位,并且同时获得了2014年学院奖的最佳原创歌曲和2015年格莱美最佳影视歌曲。这首歌获得了国际的赞赏,也成为了迪斯尼最广为传唱的歌曲,也拥有多种语言的版本。根据国际唱片协会,《Let It Go》在2014年售出1090万张,也成为了当年的第五畅销的歌曲。