Sturdy Branch

Michelle Branch: A defiantly normal teen who's become a TRL darling in the last four months.

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But Branch, who admits she feels "so awkward" whenever she has to do a photo shoot and would rather play all-ages shows that allow her sizeable Radio Disney and Nickelodeon audiences to be inspired by her girl-with-guitar example ("I couldn't even get into my own shows!"), is apparently a long way from trying to alter her image, à la the newest Britney incarnation.

"I'm pretty happy the way I am," she says, "but then, nobody created this image for me. This is really who I am," she laughs. "This is me!"