Alexa Ray Joel

{{short description|American singer, songwriter, and pianist (born 1985)}}

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| image = Alexa Ray Joel Wikiimage.jpg

| caption = Joel in 2018

| birth_place = New York City, U.S.

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1985|12|29}}

| occupation = {{hlist|Singer|songwriter|pianist}}

| years_active = 2006–present

| father = Billy Joel

| mother = Christie Brinkley

| partner = Ryan Gleason (2018–present; engaged)

| relatives = {{plain list|

Karl Amson Joel (great-grandfather)
Sailor Brinkley Cook (half-sister) }}

| family =

| module = {{Infobox musical artist|embed=yes

| instrument = {{hlist|Vocals|piano|keyboards}}

| genre = {{flatlist|

| label = {{flatlist|

ARJ Music
Audio Bee
The Hang}}

}}

Alexa Ray Joel (born December 29, 1985) is an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. She is the daughter of singer/songwriter Billy Joel and model Christie Brinkley. Joel released an EP Sketches (2006) and several singles on independent record labels. She has performed at numerous charity events and New York City fashion events.

Early life

Joel was born on December 29, 1985,[http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=LH&s_site=kentucky&p_multi=LH&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB73856590DB7CE&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM/ Billy Joel, Christie Brinkley have their first child, a girl] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20190709003551/http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=LH&s_site=kentucky&p_multi=LH&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB73856590DB7CE&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=Google archive]), Lexington Herald-Leader (Kentucky, U.S.), article published December 31, 1985. Born "about 11:45 pm Sunday"; December 29 fell on a Sunday in 1985.{{cite news |work=Los Angeles Times |title=Brinkley, Joel Parents of 'Uptown Girl' |date=December 30, 1985 |page=2 |quote=The 6½-pound girl, as yet unnamed, was born in a Manhattan hospital at about 11:45 pm Sunday, said the spokeswoman, Geraldine McInerney.}}{{cite news |work=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution | title=Joel and his 'uptown girl' have a girl |date=December 31, 1985 |page=A3 |quote=Model Christie Brinkley has given her husband – singer-songwriter Billy Joel – something new to sing about, a 6½-pound daughter, a spokesman for the family said Monday.}} in Manhattan, New York City. She is the daughter of singer-songwriter Billy Joel and model Christie Brinkley.{{cite web|title=Elton John, Billy Joel – New Face 2 Face tour dates for 2009 |date=February 10, 2009 |url=http://dreamcatchercalendars.com/travelogue/blog/?p=208 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081229143342/http://dreamcatchercalendars.com/travelogue/blog/?p=208 |archive-date=December 29, 2008 }} ()[http://movies.msn.com/celebrities/celebrity-photos/christie-brinkley/?gallery=21220&photo=b648b767-2633-4596-953c-af450c179da5 "In Focus: Billy Joel"] from photos section of movies.msn.com ({{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20120603130242/http://movies.msn.com/celebrities/celebrity-photos/christie-brinkley/?gallery=21220&photo=b648b767-2633-4596-953c-af450c179da5 archive]}}) showing Joel at the age of two years with parents; photo dated June 27, 1988. Her middle name, Ray, honors the musician Ray Charles with whom her father recorded the song "Baby Grand".Stout, Gene, "[http://www.seattlepi.com/archives/1986/8601270264.asp Billy Joel Delivers – Few Surprises]," seattlepi.com (Seattle Post-Intelligencer), December 3, 1986 (retrieved July 21, 2009) ([https://archive.today/20200227211527/https://www.webcitation.org/5rZMr8MOU?url=http://www.seattlepi.com/archives/1986/8601270264.asp archive]).Mrowicki, Matt, [http://www.chorusandverse.com/content.php?id=20060619A "Turning A Fantasy Into A Promising Career"] interview ([https://web.archive.org/web/20100509091814/http://www.chorusandverse.com/content.php?id=20060619A archive]), Chorus and Verse, June 2006. Through her mother, she has a half-brother, Jack Paris Brinkley ({{né}} Taubman, born June 2, 1995), and a half-sister, Sailor Brinkley Cook (born July 1, 1998).[http://nymag.com/fashion/models/cbrinkley/christiebrinkley/ "Christie Brinkley"] model profile ([https://web.archive.org/web/20101227123241/http://nymag.com/fashion/models/cbrinkley/christiebrinkley/ archive]), New York magazine, undated profile was downloaded March 9, 2011. Joel also has two half-sisters on her father's side: Della Rose (born August 12, 2015) and Remy Anne (born October 22, 2017).{{cite web |url=https://news.yahoo.com/billy-joel-welcomes-baby-171308467.html |title=Billy Joel Welcomes Baby |publisher=Yahoo! News |date=August 12, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151126080357/https://news.yahoo.com/billy-joel-welcomes-baby-171308467.html |archive-date=November 26, 2015}}

Her father wrote his 1993 song "Lullabye (Goodnight, My Angel)" for her. It is her proclaimed favorite song he has written.[http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0611/17/sbt.01.html SHOWBIZ TONIGHT] transcript ([https://web.archive.org/web/20110629132952/http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0611/17/sbt.01.html archive]), CNN, November 17, 2006.Schlansky, Evan [http://www.americansongwriter.com/2007/05/alexa-ray-joel-q-a/ "Alexa Ray Joel: Q&A"] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20101213163822/http://www.americansongwriter.com/2007/05/alexa-ray-joel-q-a/ archive]), American Songwriter, May 1, 2007. His 1989 song "The Downeaster Alexa" bears the title of a boat he named after her but is about the struggles of Long Island fishermen.Ragogna, Mike, [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mike-ragogna/emlife-is-goodem-conversa_b_785374.html "Life Is Good: Conversations With Jason Mraz and Alexa Ray Joel, Plus Alexa's New Video 'Notice Me'"] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20101122134857/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mike-ragogna/emlife-is-goodem-conversa_b_785374.html archive]), The Huffington Post, November 18, 2010. She is also referenced in her father's 1989 song "Leningrad" (with the line "...He made my daughter laugh, then we embraced..."), in which "He" refers to a Russian man who became a circus clown after being in the Red Army.Joel, Billy, [http://www.billyjoel.com/us/music/storm-front/leningrad "Billy Joel 'Leningrad' Lyrics"] for lyrics ([https://web.archive.org/web/20110930063047/http://www.billyjoel.com/us/music/storm-front/leningrad archive]), and [http://www.billyjoel.com/it/biography "Billy Joel Biography & Timeline"] for 1987 concert date ([https://archive.today/20130118025027/http://www.billyjoel.com/it/biography archive]), both from billyjoel.com, both downloaded and archived March 26, 2011. More specifically, see [http://www.billyjoel.com/us/news/new-billy-joel-qa-are-lyrics-leningrad-true-history-and-would-you-please-play-piano-man "New Billy Joel Q&A – Are The Lyrics To 'Leningrad' A True History, ..."] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20110930000434/http://www.billyjoel.com/us/news/new-billy-joel-qa-are-lyrics-leningrad-true-history-and-would-you-please-play-piano-man archive]), BillyJoel.com, September 7, 2011.

Like her father, Joel is known for her own melodic songwriting and has noted that her musical upbringing gave her a "unique inside-peek into the songwriting process", and that "It's no wonder I write music in the same way (my father) does: melody first, and lyrics second." Joel said that by the age of 15, she was finishing complete songs with piano accompaniment, and writing poetry.

Career

In 2005, at age 19, Joel assembled a bandDeming, Mark, [{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p751701/biography|pure_url=yes}} Biography], All Music Guide, AMG (later AllMusic), presented with attribution to AMG by [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=alexa ray joel|bio=true}} Billboard.com] and without attribution to AMG by {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20070818132754/http://www.mtv.com/music/artist/id_2053729/artist.jhtml MTV.com]}} ({{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20100403111617/http://www.mtv.com/music/artist/id_2053729/artist.jhtml archive]}}), late 2006. and performed her first live show at Maxwell's in Hoboken, New Jersey. In 2006, Joel played nearly 100 shows,{{citation needed|date=September 2010}} including a Hard Rock Cafe tour completed in May 2006.Waddell, Ray, [https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN2236976520061024 "Like her father, Joel embarks on musician's life"] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20210309000016/https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN2236976520061024 archive]), Reuters attributing to "Reuters/Billboard," October 22, 2006.

=''Sketches''=

Joel self-released and independently distributedMadison, Tjames (sic), [http://www.livedaily.com/news/10748.html "Alexa Ray Joel 'Sketches' out tour"] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20100222005650/http://livedaily.com/news/10748.html archive]), LiveDaily (succeeded by Soundspike.com), September 21, 2006. the six-song EP Sketches in August 2006.[https://web.archive.org/web/20070224140924/http://www.people.com/people/article/0%2C26334%2C1542997%2C00.html "Alexa Ray Joel a Strikes Chord of Her Own"] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20100418215909/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,26334,1542997,00.html archive]), People magazine, October 8, 2006. Joel explained "It's called 'Sketches' because it's like raw sketches... About three of the songs, actually, were done in one take." Joel designed and illustrated the CD cover, packaging, and inserts that included her handwritten lyrics.Worley, Gail, [http://www.livingroomny.com/artist/alexa-ray-joel "Alexa Ray Joel"] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20100725094216/http://www.livingroomny.com/artist/alexa-ray-joel archive]), LivingRoomNY interview, after October 16, 2008, performance at Hammerstain Ballroom. Sketches also included a pop/rock cover of Neil Young's "Don't Let It Bring You Down".

=After ''Sketches''=

Joel performed at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival (April 2007),[http://www.artistdirect.com/entertainment-news/article/billy-joel-s-daughter-makes-solo-debut/4122948 "Billy Joel's Daughter Makes Solo Debut"](), Artistdirect, article published April 25, 2007. Photo: nojazzfest.com [http://www.nojazzfest.com/gallery/photos.php?directory=2007/4_27-29¤tPic=52 Gallery "53 of 80"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110617073546/http://www.nojazzfest.com/gallery/photos.php?directory=2007/4_27-29¤tPic=52 |date=June 17, 2011 }} the 2007 Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival (June 2007),[http://www.bonnaroo.com/schedule/2007/06/16/stages.aspx "Schedule"] of the 2007 Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival ([https://web.archive.org/web/20101225160516/http://www.bonnaroo.com/schedule/2007/06/16/stages.aspx archive]) and the Albany Riverfront Jazz Festival (September 2007).Brooks, Albert (photographer), [http://www.albanyjazz.com/albertbrooks/2007riverfrontjazzfestival.html Albany Riverfront Jazz Festival] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20110707110700/http://www.albanyjazz.com/albertbrooks/2007riverfrontjazzfestival.html archive]), albanyjazz.com, Albany, New York, September 8, 2007.

Joel performed onstage with her father during the 2008 Rainforest Foundation Fund Benefit Concert at Carnegie Hall on May 8, 2008.[http://movies.msn.com/celebrities/celebrity-photos/billy-joel/?gallery=21220&photo=27ed2ad3-85c5-48bf-aeea-ef91eae8a319 "In Focus: Billy Joel"] from photos section of movies.msn.com ({{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20090713065606/http://movies.msn.com/celebrities/celebrity-photos/billy-joel/?gallery=21220&photo=27ed2ad3-85c5-48bf-aeea-ef91eae8a319 archive]}}), event date: May 8, 2008, Rainforest Foundation Fund benefit. Other charity events at which Joel has performed include the "Save Sag Harbor" benefit concert (2008),Tuma, Debbie, [http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/2008/08/31/2008-08-31_christie_brinkley_billy_joel_gush_as_dau.html "Christie Brinkley, Billy Joel gush as daughter Alexa wows 'em in concert"] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20090331081841/http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/2008/08/31/2008-08-31_christie_brinkley_billy_joel_gush_as_dau.html archive]), New York Daily News, August 31, 2008. the "Stage For The Cure" benefit for pediatric cancer (New York City, 2008),[http://www.highlineballroom.com/bio.php?id=492&o=1 "GNYC presents M.E.A.N.Y. FEST 2008 kick off Stage For The Cure Benefit for Pediatric Cancer"] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20110711165637/http://www.highlineballroom.com/bio.php?id=492&o=1 archive]), Highline Ballroom (New York), October 2, 2008. a benefit for "The Art of Elysium" (artists for seriously ill children; The Hamptons, 2009),[http://www.instyle.com/instyle/parties/party/0,,20292229_20647025,00.html "Alexa Ray Joel and Michelle Trachtenberg"] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20100414015450/http://www.instyle.com/instyle/parties/party/0,,20292229_20647025,00.html archive]), InStyle, July 20, 2009. a benefit for Habitat for Humanity (Long Beach, New York, 2010),[http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/music/alexa-ray-joel-performs-in-long-beach-1.1639012 "Alexa Ray Joel performs in Long Beach"] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20100618080149/http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/music/alexa-ray-joel-performs-in-long-beach-1.1639012 archive]), newsday.com, event date June 12, 2010. the "Right To Play Day" benefit (Sag Harbor, New York, 2010),Stirling, Jay, [http://www.righttoplay.com/usa/news-and-media/Pages/NewsBlog.aspx?ID=45 "Hamptons Play Day A Success"] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20110715185727/http://www.righttoplay.com/usa/news-and-media/Pages/NewsBlog.aspx?ID=45 archive]), Right to Play website, August 16, 2010, publication date for August 14, 2010, event. and the Eric Trump Foundation benefit for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital (New York City, 2010).[http://www.erictrumpfoundation.com/?nd=2010afterparty "After Party at Hudson Terrace"] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20100921131413/http://www.erictrumpfoundation.com/?nd=2010afterparty archive]), EricTrumpFoundation.com, September 14, 2010. She has also supported animal rights, including the Animal Haven's Speakeasy Bash (New York City, 2012).{{citation needed|date=April 2020}}

Joel and her father performed the song "Baby Grand" at a Barack Obama election fundraiser at the Hammerstein Ballroom on October 16, 2008.Rush, George and Hutchinson, Bill. [http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2008/10/16/2008-10-16_bruce_springsteen_billy_joel_headline_ba.html "Bruce Springsteen, Billy Joel headline Barack Obama midtown cash bash"] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20090131222513/http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2008/10/16/2008-10-16_bruce_springsteen_billy_joel_headline_ba.html archive]), New York Daily News, October 17, 2008.

Joel debuted her single "Invisible" on The Wendy Williams Show in October 2009,Web pages from wendyshow.com: [http://www.wendyshow.com/2010/01/06/alexa-ray-joel/ "Alexa Ray Joel"] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20110728035124/http://www.wendyshow.com/2010/01/06/alexa-ray-joel/ archive]) with embedded [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTH_kwfNbak October 21, 2009, "WendyWilliamsShow" YouTube video] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20120226024429/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTH_kwfNbak&gl=US&hl=en archive]) of Joel's debut vocal performance of "Invisible"; and [http://www.wendyshow.com/2010/01/06/alexa-ray-joel-invisible/ Alexa Ray Joel Is Not “Invisible”] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20100402071356/http://www.wendyshow.com/2010/01/06/alexa-ray-joel-invisible/ archive]) (flash player) vocal performance of "Invisible"; and [http://www.wendyshow.com/2010/01/06/invisible/ "Invisible"] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20100407005305/http://www.wendyshow.com/2010/01/06/invisible/ archive]) includes video of Joel explaining story behind "Invisible." the song being described as a "piano-driven ballad... about a bad breakup."Gamboa, Glenn. [http://mobile.newsday.com/inf/infomo;JSESSIONID=D5ECE20C8984F1264FEE.2887?site=newsday&view=music_item&feed:a=newsday_10min&feed:c=music&feed:i=1.1557902&nopaging=1 "LI Sound: Alexa Ray Joel's 'Invisible' is strong intro"] ({{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20110714174521/http://mobile.newsday.com/inf/infomo;JSESSIONID=D5ECE20C8984F1264FEE.2887?site=newsday&view=music_item&feed:a=newsday_10min&feed:c=music&feed:i=1.1557902&nopaging=1 archive]}}), newsday.com, October 30, 2009.

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Alexa Joel's single, "Notice Me", released on May 24, 2010,[http://www.hollywoodnews.com/2010/06/22/nicole-richie-probation-extended-one-year/ "Alexa Ray Joel’s New Beau"] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20100628203527/http://www.hollywoodnews.com/2010/06/22/nicole-richie-probation-extended-one-year/ archive]), hollywoodnews.com, June 22, 2010. was listed as a "Hit-Bound song" on the Sirius XM Hits 1 satellite radio channel in August 2010.See voting box at right side of page at [https://web.archive.org/web/20100826071606/http://www.sirius.com/siriusxmhits1 archive] of sirius.com/siriusxmhits1 website, archived on August 8, 2010. Newsday described the single as having a "carefree braininess" and "bouncy guitar riffs and an instantly hummable chorus" that made Joel's work "sound like Regina Spektor crossed with Katy Perry".Gamboa, Glenn. [http://mobile.newsday.com/inf/infomo;JSESSIONID=BC17DAAEDC827B4EA770.2887?site=newsday&view=entertainment_item&feed:a=newsday_10min&feed:c=entertainment&feed:i=1.2005632&nopaging=1 "Long Island Sound: Taking notice of Alexa Ray Joel"] ({{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20110714174657/http://mobile.newsday.com/inf/infomo;JSESSIONID=BC17DAAEDC827B4EA770.2887?site=newsday&view=entertainment_item&feed:a=newsday_10min&feed:c=entertainment&feed:i=1.2005632&nopaging=1 archive]}}), newsday.com, June 10, 2010. "Notice Me" is Joel's first collaboration with producer Tommy Byrnes and her first since signing with Long Beach, New York management company OCD Music Group/The Hang Productions.The [http://www.ocdmusicgroup.com/thpsite.html ocdmusicgroup website] "The Hang Productions" ([https://web.archive.org/web/20100827102336/http://www.ocdmusicgroup.com/thpsite.html archive]), "About Us" tab and "Artists" tab. Joel described the "Notice Me" video as using fashion to show both a modern look and a vintage throwback look.

Joel did residencies in New York City, including the Oak Room of the Plaza Hotel (late 2010-2011,Gamboa, Glenn. [http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/music/backstage-pass-1.811987/review-alexa-ray-joel-the-oak-room-1-10-11-1.2601169 "Review: Alexa Ray Joel @ The Oak Room, 1.10.11"] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20110528174128/http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/music/backstage-pass-1.811987/review-alexa-ray-joel-the-oak-room-1-10-11-1.2601169 archive]), Newsday.com, January 11, 2011. said to add a "contemporary vibe"Gallagher, Brian Thomas. [https://web.archive.org/web/20110107111635/http://www.observer.com/2011/culture/alexa-ray-joel-oak-room "Midtown Girl: Alexa Ray Joel Goes Ahead with Her Own Life at The Plaza's Oak Room"] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20110313051208/http://www.observer.com/2011/culture/alexa-ray-joel-oak-room archive]), The New York Observer, January 4, 2011. to the "storied venue") and the Café Carlyle at the Carlyle Hotel (April 2014).{{cite news |last=Holden |first=Stephen |title=A Singer Confidently Following Her Heart |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/03/arts/music/alexa-ray-joel-is-grounded-in-the-pop-tradition.html |newspaper=The New York Times |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150316174346/http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/03/arts/music/alexa-ray-joel-is-grounded-in-the-pop-tradition.html?_r=0 |archive-date=March 16, 2015 |date=April 2, 2014 |url-status=live }}

=Fashion=

Joel is active in New York fashion events. She performed at Manhattan's "Fashion's Night Out" in 2009 (Elie Tahari),Pascoe, Jessie. [http://newyork.metromix.com/events/article/fashions-night-out-2009/1441073/content "Fashion's Night Out 2009 – A guide to navigating the evening's boutique bacchanalia"] ({{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20110723171441/http://newyork.metromix.com/events/article/fashions-night-out-2009/1441073/content archive]}}), MetroMix, published September 3, 2009. 2010 (Bloomingdale's),Kalikow, Liat, {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20100915032432/http://style.mtv.com/2010/09/11/fashions-night-out-top-moments "The Top 11 Musical Moments At Fashion's Night Out"]}} ({{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20100917075821/http://style.mtv.com/2010/09/11/fashions-night-out-top-moments/ archive]}}), MTV.com, September 11, 2010. and 2011 (Bloomingdale's).Amodio, Joseph V. [http://www.newsday.com/lifestyle/fashion-and-shopping/talk-of-the-tents-1.811932/alexa-ray-joel-loves-bloomie-s-1.3158434 "Alexa Ray Joel loves Bloomie's"] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20121014173140/http://www.newsday.com/lifestyle/fashion-and-shopping/talk-of-the-tents-1.811932/alexa-ray-joel-loves-bloomie-s-1.3158434 archive]), Newsday, September 9, 2011.

Joel interviewed celebrities and designers as a host for social networking website Julib.com during New York Fashion Week in September 2012[http://www.livetradingnews.com/alexa-ray-joel-hits-new-york-fashion-week-84809.htm#.UEgykqTyYwk "Alexa Ray Joel Hits New York Fashion Week"] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20120913231954/http://www.livetradingnews.com/alexa-ray-joel-hits-new-york-fashion-week-84809.htm archive]), Live Trading News, September 6, 2012.Ruggiero, Nina, [http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/pop-cult-1.811972/alexa-ray-joel-says-she-wants-her-own-identity-1.3999528 "Alexa Ray Joel says she wants her own identity"] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20120915095702/http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/pop-cult-1.811972/alexa-ray-joel-says-she-wants-her-own-identity-1.3999528 archive]), Newsday, September 13, 2012. and February 2013,[http://www.papierdoll.net/themag/2013/02/12/alexa-ray-joel-playing-host-again-for-the-style-and-social-network-julib-com/ "Alexa Ray Joel Playing Host Again For The Style And Social Network JULIB.com"] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20150601023332/http://www.papierdoll.net/themag/2013/02/12/alexa-ray-joel-playing-host-again-for-the-style-and-social-network-julib-com/ archive]), PapierDoll, February 12, 2013.

and she performed at the launch of Bobbi Brown's book Pretty Powerful: Beauty Stories to Inspire Confidence,Rodulfo, Kristina, [http://www.harpersbazaar.com/bazaar-blog/bobbi-brown-pretty-powerful-book-launch-092112 "Inside Bobbi Brown's Book Launch Party for Pretty Powerful"] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20120924073036/http://www.harpersbazaar.com/bazaar-blog/bobbi-brown-pretty-powerful-book-launch-092112 archive]), Harper's Bazaar, September 21, 2012. also appearing with Brown on Today.{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20120930042100/http://video.today.msnbc.msn.com/today/49194125#49194125 "Bobbi Brown, Alexa Ray Joel celebrate inner beauty"]}} ({{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20120930042100/http://video.today.msnbc.msn.com/today/49194125 archive]}}), MSN, September 27, 2012. In 2017, Joel posed for the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue along with her mother, Christie Brinkley, and her half-sister, Sailor Brinkley Cook.{{cite news |last1=Jensen |first1=Erin |title=Christie Brinkley, 63, makes splash in 'Sports Illustrated' Swimsuit Issue |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/entertainthis/2017/02/07/christie-brinkley-sports-illustrated-swimsuit-issue-alexa-ray-joel-sailor-brinkley-cook/97582684/ |access-date=April 15, 2019 |work=USA Today |date=February 8, 2017}}

She was on the cover of BELLA magazine's Beauty Issue in 2018.{{Cite web|url=https://issuu.com/bellanyc/docs/bella_ny_mayjune_2018_beauty_issue_79c74874915eed|title=BELLA New York - May/June 2018 The Beauty Issue|website=Issuu|language=en|access-date=June 12, 2019}}

Endorsements

In February 2010, Joel was chosen the new spokeswoman for Ultimark Products' Prell brand of shampoo, with Joel's songs to serve as background for commercials.Gamboa, Glenn (Newsday), [http://news.bostonherald.com/track/celebrity/view/20100224alexa_ray_joel_becoming_prell_shampoo_spokeswoman/srvc=home&position=recent "Alexa Ray Joel becoming Prell shampoo spokeswoman"] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20110613035833/http://news.bostonherald.com/track/celebrity/view/20100224alexa_ray_joel_becoming_prell_shampoo_spokeswoman/srvc=home&position=recent archive]), Boston Herald, February 24, 2010.

In September 2013, Joel became part of The Gap's "Back to Blue" television ad campaign, performing an interpretation of her father's 1977 song "Just the Way You Are".{{cite web |url=http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/music/backstage-pass-1.811987/alexa-ray-joel-tackles-just-the-way-you-are-for-gap-1.6081689 |title=Alexa Ray Joel tackles 'Just the Way You Are' for Gap |last=Gamboa |first=Glenn |date=September 16, 2013 |website=Newsday }}

Personal life

On December 5, 2009, Joel ingested a large quantity of Traumeel, a homeopathic alternative to ibuprofen. Joel was reported to have taken "several pills"; an NYU Medical Center toxicologist said the drug has "no active ingredient" and indicated that it was essentially impossible to overdose ("basically you'd be taking more of nothing").Gaskell, Stephanie. [http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/2009/12/07/2009-12-07_nearly_impossible_to_od_on_drug_she_took.html#ixzz0cqQnzjCf "Nearly impossible to overdose on drug – Traumeel – that Alexa Ray Joel took"], New York Daily News, December 7, 2009 ([https://web.archive.org/web/20100522162349/http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/2009/12/07/2009-12-07_nearly_impossible_to_od_on_drug_she_took.html archive]). Interviewed six months later by ABC News, Joel described herself as having been "distraught and in so much pain"Launier, Kimberly, and Escobedo, Monica, [https://abcnews.go.com/2020/alexa-ray-joel-suicidal/story?id=10930511 "Alexa Ray Joel Opens New Chapter With New Album"](online article with embedded video), abcnews.com, June 17, 2010 (archives of and [https://web.archive.org/web/20220624011846/https://abcnews.go.com/print?id=10930511 full article text]). Related YouTube video [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eyg1PSAOFo0 "Alexa Ray Joel Opens Up"]() was posted to YouTube channel "ABCNews" on June 16, 2010. after the end of a four-year romantic relationship but not wanting to bother anyone since it was the holiday season. "I wasn't trying to kill myself. I was panicked. I was not thinking clearly at all. I was in so much pain and I just wanted to numb it." "The intent was to calm me down because I was having a panic attack."

Joel told People magazine that her April 2010 nose job came after five years of consideration and was to correct a deviated septum and to feel better about herself,Hamm, Liza, [http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20367285,00.html "Alexa Ray Joel: 'I Hit Rock Bottom'"] article ([https://web.archive.org/web/20100729214657/http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20367285,00.html archive]), People magazine, May 17, 2010, which was linked from the [https://web.archive.org/web/20100818224433/http://www.alexarayjoel.com/press "Press" tab (archive of 2010-08-19)] of Joel's website. Joel having been "self-conscious of pictures taken from the side".[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/04/28/alexa-ray-joel-nose-job-p_n_555329.html "Alexa Ray Joel Nose Job"] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20100504215256/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/04/28/alexa-ray-joel-nose-job-p_n_555329.html archive]), Huffington Post, April 28, 2010. Joel explained that her surgery waited until she "was in a better place" than at the time of her Traumeel incident four months earlier, further stating that she is "done with plastic surgery".

In a July 2010 interview with 20/20, Joel talked about "moving out of (the) shadows" of her "two megastar parents" and about recovery from her December 2009 crisis with depression.Cuomo, Christopher (interviewer), [https://abcnews.go.com/2020/video/alexa-ray-joel-sings-upbeat-song-10958590 "Alexa Ray Joel Sings an Upbeat Song"] abcnews.com online video of ABC News 20/20 television broadcast ([https://web.archive.org/web/20100703022859/http://abcnews.go.com/2020/video/alexa-ray-joel-sings-upbeat-song-10958590 archive]), June 18, 2010, which was linked from the [https://web.archive.org/web/20100818224433/http://www.alexarayjoel.com/press "Press" tab (archive of 2010-08-19)] of Joel's website. While she acknowledged that it had been "scary" to be "compared to a rock and roll legend", her confidence was said to be "helped along by a wider acceptance" by others. Stating that "I'm not a blond girl with blue eyes and that's fine", she added that Ultimark Products approaching her to be the face of Prell shampoo was a "big confidence booster". Describing overcoming the relationship dependence that triggered her December 2009 Traumeel incident, she said: "I've got to get a new band, whole new songs, whole new career plan. Everything changed after that incident."

In 2013, Joel began dating restaurateur Ryan Gleason.{{Cite news|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/decked-singer-alexa-ray-joels-734264|title=Decked Out: Singer Alexa Ray Joel's Old Hollywood-Meets-Bohemian Glamour|work=The Hollywood Reporter|access-date=April 21, 2017|language=en}} They became engaged on January 1, 2018.{{Cite news|url=http://people.com/style/alexa-ray-joel-engaged/|title=Billy Joel and Christie Brinkley's Daughter Alexa Ray Joel Is Engaged — See Her (Huge!) Ring|work=People|access-date=January 1, 2017}} As of 2021, the wedding was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.{{Cite news|url=https://glamourbiz.com/celebrities/alexa-ray-joel-dad-wedding-net-worth|title=Alexa's Wedding|access-date=May 6, 2022|language=en}}

Discography

=''Sketches''=

(August 2006)

(EP, Audio Bee (label))Erlewine, Stephen Thomas, [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r948986|pure_url=yes}} "Sketches Review"] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20220607225057/http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:kxfixqurldte~T0 archive]) allmusic.com, includes track listing.

"The Heart of Me" – 5:23
"Now It's Gone" – 3:32
"Don't Let It Bring You Down" – 3:05
"The Revolution Song" – 4:17
"Resistance" – 4:07
"Song of Yesterday" – 2:53

=''For All My Days''=

(January 2008)

(single, Audio Bee (label))[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r1346332|pure_url=yes}} allmusic.com] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20220623002949/http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:fxfexztjldke archive]) listing for For All My Days.

"For All My Days" – 4:42

=''Invisible''=

(October 2009)

(single)

"Invisible"

=''Notice Me''=

(May 2010)

(single,Thomas, Devon, [https://www.cbsnews.com/news/alexa-ray-joel-takes-to-howard-stern-to-promote-notice-me/ Alexa Ray Joel Takes to Howard Stern To Promote "Notice Me"] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20100822193141/http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-31749_162-20010720-10391698.html archive]), CBS News, July 15, 2010. Audio Bee or OCD Music Group/The Hang Productions or ARJ Music[https://web.archive.org/web/20220606082003/http://www.allsongsby.com/artist/alexa-ray-joel/189185669/ archive)] of music search website AllSongsBy.com (search results for "Alexa Ray Joel" under 'Artist' category). (label))