Rachel Ashley Platten is a famous American singer and songwriter who is currently signed to Columbia Records. She is best known for her singles ‘Fight Song’, ‘Better Place’ and ‘Stand by You’ as well as for her album ‘Wildfire’. Besides being an amazing singer, the talented lady also possesses a talent for songwriting. She wrote and sang the song ‘1000 Ships’ that became a huge hit and was listed on the Billboard Adult charts. Interested in music since childhood, the Emmy Award winner had never thought that she would be such a successful singer one day! Well, the mission of Platten is to connect people through her music. Rachel Platten believes that bringing people together is the most important thing one can do in their life. Coming to Platten’s popularity on social media, she is immensely popular on social networking sites like Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube. She has over 505k and 131k followers on Instagram and Twitter respectively. Besides this, she has over 1.76 million subscribers on her YouTube channel.