Early in 1999, Presley signed a deal with Java/Capitol Records,
owned by Alanis Morissette producer Glen
Ballard, and began working on her solo debut.
It would take another four years before the album saw the
light of day. After honing her songwriting skills with
the help of former Smashing Pumpkin Billy Corgan
and Ballard, Lisa Marie released To Whom It May Concern
in 2003. Also helping her on the record were first husband
Danny Keough and producers Eric Rosse (Tori Amos) and Andrew
Slater (Fiona Apple). The first single, “Lights Out,” is a haunting
homage to her heritage.
In a 2002 interview with Chris Heath, Lisa Marie
explains: "There's no reason to be careful anymore,
because everything is in that record."
"It's frustrating, sitting with all this for years
and years, not having said a word."
"I want it understood where I'm coming from."
"You want to know who I am, and what I am, it's in here,"
"This is how either fucked up I am, or crazy or deranged
or stupid or whatever you want to call it.
This is me, and it's from me, and that's the
only reason I did it."
Lisa Marie Presley has been edging toward making a record for a very
long time. She has had a recording studio in every
house she has lived in as an adult.
At about twenty-one, she started writing songs.
She was about to sign a record deal with Sony when
she got pregnant with her second child.
Lisa Marie started writing songs again, as she
emerged from an extended period of ill health and depression
following her split from Jackson.
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April 16, 2003: Lisa Marie's debut album, To Whom It May Concern, entered the Billboard album charts at #5, selling over 140,000 copies in its first week and making it one of the year's highest debuts and the only such major debut from a female solo new artist.
June 5, 2003:The Recording Industry Association of America has awarded Lisa Marie a gold record for her debut album, "To Whom It May Concern." It sold 500,000 copies in just a month of release.
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