Christina Grimmie

At 22 years old, Christina Grimmie has this physical status:

Christina Grimmie (March 12, 1994 – June 10, 2016) was an American YouTuber, guitarist, songwriter, and actress.

She started posting covers of famous songs on YouTube in 2009.

She gained one million followers on her YouTube channel after releasing her debut EP, Find Me (2011).

With Love (2013), she debuted her debut studio album after her YouTube channel hit two million viewers. Grimmie finished third in third place in 2014 as a contestant on season six of The Voice.

Adam Levine, the show's head coach, announced in the finale that despite the results, he would keep the show's name 222 Records.

Lil Wayne has also offered to join Young Money Entertainment, a wholly owned company.

She was signed to Island Records for a short time before being dropped. Grimmie's second EP, Side A, debuted in 2016. In the same year, she played an actor in The Matchbreaker for her first and only motion picture appearance.

Grimmie was fatally wounded in a murder-suicide by an insatisfied fan on June 10, 2016; the shooting took place while signing autographs following a concert performance at The Plaza Live in Orlando, Florida. Side B, a posthumous sequel to Side A, was released on Spotify and iTunes in 2017.

Both Is Vanity, Grimmie's second and final collection, was announced posthumously on June 9, 2017.

Her YouTube channel attracted four million viewers in 2019.

Personal life and activism

Grimmie was a Christian. Before heading to Los Angeles, her family attended Fellowship Alliance Chapel in Medford, New Jersey. Grimmie cited her mother, a three-time breast cancer survivor, as a major inspiration for her musical career. Tina Grimmie, Grimmie's mother, died on September 2, 2018, after a "courageous and brave fight against breast cancer" had been lost.

Grimmie was an animal rights campaigner who appeared in fundraising activities for the Human Rights Society of the United States. The Christina Grimmie Animal Medical Fund was established in her honour, and she received the "Impact Award" from the industry for her animal rights campaign. Since adopting a puppy in 2014, she worked with PETA to promote pet adoption. She was given a leaf from PETA's Tree of Life, which honors heroes for animals. Grimmie, a fan of anime, had a Twitch channel where she often watched.

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Life and career

Christina Grimmie was born on March 12, 1994 in the Marlton section of Evesham Township, New Jersey, to Tina and Albert Grimmie. Her mother worked as a receptionist before being diagnosed with breast cancer; her father worked at Verizon Communications as of 2014. Marcus (who served as Christina's road manager during her appearances) was her older brother. Grimmie, who was of Italian and Romanian descent, grew up in Marlton, New Jersey, where she attended Bethel Baptist Christian School, Marlton Middle School, and Cherokee High School. Grimmie's talent for singing emerged when she was six years old, and she began playing the piano at age 10. Grimmie said she played by ear despite having taken piano lessons.

Grimmie began posting videos on her YouTube channel in 2009, under the name zeldaxlove64. Grimmie started a YouTube channel so that people could participate in her music, and because her friend recommended that she post her videos on the famous video sharing website. Hannah Montana's "Don't Want To Be Torn" was the first video she posted on her blog. In August 2009, she first received acclaim for her reporting of Miley Cyrus' "Party in the United States." Grimmie's first appeared on television and stood out due to her voice, demeanor, and interpretations of well-known songs.

In 2010, Grimmie was homeschooled for her junior year of high school. Sam Tsui and Kurt Hugo Schneider co-produced Nelly's "Just a Dream" with fellow YouTubers Sam Tsui and Kurt Hugo Schneider in a video that attracted more than 190 million views over the course of ten years. Later this year, it became available on iTunes and Spotify. In 2011, she came in No. 3 in the world of No. 1 in 2011. Selena Gomez is the second in the MyYouTube competition. Grimmie's mother, Mandy Teefey, was discovered in 2011 by Gomez's mother, Mandy Teefey; Teefey and her husband Brian were soon Grimmie's bosses;

Grimmie appeared in the UNICEF charity concert and also did backup vocals for Selena Gomez & the Scene; she appeared on the first DigiTour in 2011, which was specifically for YouTube artists. Gomez became her mentor. Grimmie appeared on the Billboard Social 50, Selena Gomez & the Scene, Allstar Weekend, and the Jonas Brothers during the Concert of Hope; she also opened for Selena Gomez & the Scene, Selena Gomez & the Scene, and the Jonas Brothers. In the We Own the Night Tour, Selena Gomez and the Scene Opening for them.

On June 14, 2011, she released Find Me, an EP. The album was released independently and debuted at number 35 on the Billboard 200 chart in the United States. On June 11, her debut single "Advice" was announced to Radio Disney, with the music video, directed by Sean Babas, being released on July 19 on her YouTube channel. She appeared on The Ellen DeGeneres Show alongside fellow YouTuber Tyler Ward, a tribute to Lil Wayne's "How to Love"; the segment aired on October 10, 2011.

Grimmie appeared on November 20, 2011 at the 39th American Music Awards of 2011 pre-show with Taio Cruz, who also received her first award. Selena Gomez & the Scene performed her song "Not Fragile" at the Coca-Cola Red Carpet Show, as well as Selena Gomez & the Scene. She and the band then appeared together in a commercial for Xbox's Kinect. That same month, Grimmie appeared in a Doritos commercial. Grimmie appeared on Disney Channel's So Random! on December 11, 2011, when she appeared on December 11, 2011.

Grimmie moved to Los Angeles in January 2012 to pursue her singing career; she was hired by the Creative Artists Agency in April. Christina Grimmie appeared in the web show Power Up: Christina Grimmie, which ran from March 29, 2012 to June 5, 2012. She also revealed that Rising Tide, a teen group from her hometown area in New Jersey, would be working with a new band. In June 2012, a stripped version of Grimmie's original song "Find Me" was released on ITunes and made its way to the front page later this year. Although Grimmie's main focus was on covers and original music, she also started seeking other passions. Grimmie's channel had more than 375 million views and two million subscribers as of April 2013. She opened for Gomez on her North American leg of her Stars Dance Tour, performing songs from her debut album With Love, which was released on August 6, 2013. On October 3, her music video for "Tell My Mama" was the first on Billboard.com. "This is about a guy I'm starting to like in school, and he's obviously a risky kid," Grimmie said, "I'm the kind of girl that tells my mom about everything." Grimmie appeared on a episode of Shane and Friends in January 2014; Dawson was a Grimmie friend.

As announced on her Facebook page, Grimmie auditioned for season 6 of NBC's singing competition, The Voice. She appeared on Miley Cyrus' hit song "Wrecking Ball" during the Blind Auditions. Adam Levine, Usher, Shakira, and Blake Shelton, the four coaches, "turned their chairs" for her. She went for Adam Levine after he told her that she had a chance to be a "huge star" due to her voice and stage presence. Selena Gomez supported Grimmie during her audition, and Justin Bieber, an artist Grimmie who had often covered YouTube, praised her during the finale. She came in 3rd place, behind winner Josh Kaufman and runners-up Jake Worthington. Grimmie did not win, according to Host Carson Daly later in the day. Both of Grimmie's shows were released as studio versions on iTunes and Spotify.

Grimmie's coach Adam expressed his desire to sign her to his record company, 222 Records, during the show; Lil Wayne expressed concern about transferring her to Young Money Entertainment. She eventually signed with Island Records. Tessanne Chin, season 5 champion Josh Kaufman, runner-up Jake Worthington, and fellow season 6 contestants Kristen Merlin and Jake Barker all traveled with her previous contestants of The Voice, including season 5 winner Tessanne Chin, runner-up Jacquie Lee, Will Champlin, season 6 champion Josh Kaufman, runner-up Jake Worthington, and season 6 runner-up Jake Barker. In San Antonio, Texas, the Voice Summer tour began on June 21, 2014. She was writing and recording music for her sophomore album, her third major release, and first release since being signed to a company. The lead single was supposed to be released in July 2014, but the album followed later this year. Filming for the single's lyric video started on July 6, 2014, Grimmie revealed on Facebook.

"Must Be Love" will be her new single on July 11, she announced on July 11. She revealed via live stream on July 15, 2014, that the album would be released on July 31. Elof Loelv's "Must Be Love" was released by Elof Loelv and was recorded at ZAC Recording in Atlanta, Georgia.

Grimmie collaborated with Dove Cameron and produced a music video for "What A Girl Is," Cameron's original song from Cameron's show Liv and Maddie's February 2015 release. The music video was released on Grimmie's channel and Disney's YouTube channel. It was also on the official channel. Grimmie revealed on March 4, 2015 that she had been dropped from Island Records and that she was working on a new album set to be published in late 2015. On March 16, 2015, the album's latest single, "Cliché," was released. Grimmie's second single, "Stay With Me," a Diamond Eyes production, debuted at No. 26 on April 27, the highest ranking in the country. On the iTunes Electronic Charts, they rank 5th in the iTunes Electronic Charts. The song was also included on 2015 UKF Dubstep, an album showcasing the year's best dubstep hits. She was a contestant in the iHeartRadio/Macy's Rising Star Competition. Grimmie was announced as the winner of the competition on May 27, 2015, securing her spot in the 2015 iHeartRadio Music Festival in September.

"Shrug" became her third album on July 2, 2015. She was one of 16 international artists, including Paul McCartney, to record "Love Song to the Earth," which raises climate change concerns in September. Grimmie returned to The Voice for season 9, to promote Kohl's style.

Grimmie's second EP, Side A, was released on February 21, 2016, which featured four songs. Grimmie predicted that Side B would arrive. By the year's end, she had hoped to debut her second full-length album.

Grimmie's "The Ballad of Jessica Blue" was a four-part video series for Side A; in July 2016, Brian Teefey revealed that the videos would debut via Billboard and then be broadcast on her YouTube channel. On August 11, the first video for the song "Snow White" debuted. On August 18, the second video for "Anybody's You" premiered. On August 25, "Deception" debuted; "Without Him" debuted on September 1.

In The Matchbreaker, Caleb Vetter's first film appearance in a motion picture, Grimmie made her debut in the motion picture acting debut. In October 2016, the film was seen in selected theaters and then released digitally in December.

Grimmie received her first Teen Choice Award in 2016, winning the Choice Web Star: Music award humbly. It was her third appearance in this category. Despite the inclusion of a homage to victims of gun violence during the broadcast, the televised ceremony sparked backlash among her supporters, who claimed that her name was used to advertise the event, but no one was mentioned during the program. Her followers also slammed the Emmys for excluding Grimmie from their memoriam.

Grimmie's family's posthumous single "Invisible" was released on February 17, 2017. "Invisible" is a subpoena of Grimmie's EP Side B, which was released on April 21, 2017. All Is Vanity, Grimmie's first posthumous album, was released on June 9, 2017. Grimmie's family released "Little Girl," another song that Grimmie wrote and performed to help her mother when she battled breast cancer. Grimmie's family recorded her original song "Cry Wolf" on September 15, 2020. Grimmie's family released her original song "Back to Life" in 2021, as well as 3 remixes.

"Rule the World" was released in 2022 as a duet with vocals by Ryan Brown.

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