Leslie Feist is a member of Broken Social Scene and is known as the solo artist Feist. Ms. Feist has another dual-thing going in Canadian-American citizenship and quipped in a televised interview on The Colbert Report that she was given American citizenship as part of a deal with Apple.

Yep, Feist sings 1234 on that multicolored eye popping ubiquitous ipod ad. Feist got an early start in music when at 15 she started and was the lead vocalist for a Calgary punk band called Placebo (not the European band Placebo). Her version of Placebo won a local Battle of the Bands competition and were awarded the opening slot at the Infest festival in 1993, featuring the Ramones. At this concert she met Brendan Canning, whose band hHead performed immediately before hers, and with whom she joined in Broken Social Scene ten years later.

She has friendly ties to Peaches (Merrill Nisker), Elastica and M.I.A. So what about the 1234 song? This is what Wikipedia had to say:

Following the television advertisement for the iPod nano in the UK, the single beat its original chart position of 102 to become number 8 in the UK charts. Time magazine named “1234″ one of The 10 Best Songs of 2007, ranking it at #2. Writer Josh Tyrangiel called the song a “masterpiece,” praising Feist for singing it “with a mixture of wisdom and exuberance that’s all her own”. On 6 April 2008, Feist won a Juno Award for the single as “Single of the Year”. Feist performed “1234″ on Sesame Street during its 39th season, teaching children to count. She also sang with Elmo on the same episode. She said working with the Muppets was a career highlight.

Tony Momo_Puppets anyone!

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