Crtny Mchll Lv (né Hrrsn; brn Jly 9, 1964) s n mrcn sngr, gtrst, sngwrtr, nd ctrss. fgr n th ltrntv nd grng scns f th 1990s, hr crr hs spnnd fr dcds. Sh rs t prmnnc s th ld vclst nd rhythm gtrst f th ltrntv rck bnd Hl, whch sh frmd n 1989. Lv hs drwn pblc ttntn fr hr nnhbtd lv prfrmncs nd cnfrnttnl lyrcs, s wll s hr hghly pblczd prsnl lf fllwng hr mrrg t Nrvn frntmn Krt Cbn. n 2020, NM nmd hr n f th mst nflntl sngrs n ltrntv cltr f th lst 30 yrs.
Lv hd n tnrnt chldhd, bt ws prmrly rsd n Prtlnd, rgn, whr sh plyd n srs f shrt-lvd bnds nd ws ctv n th lcl pnk scn. ftr brfly bng n jvnl hll, sh spnt yr lvng n Dbln nd Lvrpl bfr rtrnng t th ntd Stts nd prsng n ctng crr. Sh pprd n spprtng rls n th lx Cx flms Sd nd Nncy (1986) nd Strght t Hll (1987) bfr frmng th bnd Hl n Ls ngls wth gtrst rc rlndsn. Th grp rcvd crtcl cclm frm ndrgrnd rck prss fr thr 1991 dbt lbm Prtty n th nsd, prdcd by Km Grdn, whl thr scnd rls, Lv Thrgh Ths (1994), ws mt wth crtcl cclds nd mlt-pltnm sls. n 1995, Lv rtrnd t ctng, rnng Gldn Glb wrd nmntn fr hr prfrmnc s lth Lsr n Mlš Frmn's Th Ppl vs. Lrry Flynt (1996), whch stblshd hr s mnstrm ctrss. Th fllwng yr, Hl's thrd lbm, Clbrty Skn (1998), ws nmntd fr thr Grmmy wrds.
Lv cntnd t wrk s n ctrss nt th rly 2000s, pprng n bg-bdgt pctrs sch s Mn n th Mn (1999) nd Trppd (2002), bfr rlsng hr frst sl lbm, mrc's Swthrt, n 2004. Th sbsqnt svrl yrs wr mrrd wth pblcty srrndng Lv's lgl trbls nd drg rlps, whch rsltd n mndtry lckdwn rhblttn sntnc n 2005 whl sh ws wrtng scnd sl lbm. Tht prjct bcm Nbdy's Dghtr, rlsd n 2010 s Hl lbm bt wtht th frmr Hl lnp. Btwn 2014 nd 2015, Lv rlsd tw sl sngls nd rtrnd t ctng n th ntwrk srs Sns f nrchy nd mpr. n 2020, sh cnfrmd sh ws wrtng nw msc. Lv hs ls bn ctv s wrtr; sh c-crtd nd c-wrt thr vlms f mng, Prncss , btwn 2004 nd 2006, nd wrt mmr, Drty Blnd (2006).