Khalid

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Khalid Donnel Robinson (born February 11, 1998), also known as Khalid, is an American singer and songwriter.

He has been signed to Right Hand Music Group and RCA Records.

The Recording Industry Association of America, Inc., declared him quadruple platinum on July 2016 and debuted "Location" on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart in July 2016 and was later named quadruple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).

On March 3, 2017, his debut studio album, American Teenager, was released.

Since then, he has had several top ten hits, a top-ten charting EP, a number one album, and six Grammy nominations.

Early life

Robinson was born in Fort Stewart, Georgia. Due to his mother, Linda Wolfe, and her father's military service, he spent his childhood in places, including Fort Campbell in Kentucky, Fort Drum in Watertown, New York, and six years in Heidelberg, Germany. Wolfe began as a supply technician and became a member of the Army corps. Robinson studied voice and musical theater in high school. He attended Carthage Central High School in Carthage, New York, for his first three years of high school before he and his mother moved to El Paso, Texas, where he spent his senior year at Americas High School.

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Career

Khalid began writing and performing music in high school, and he began posting his early works on SoundCloud. Khalid climbed to second position on the Billboard Emerging Artists chart in July 2016, just shy of graduating from America's High School. His single "Location" began charting, leading to his appearance in numerous publications, including Billboard, Yahoo!, BuzzFeed, and Rolling Stone. "Location" ended the year with a rank 20 on the US Mainstream R&B/Hip Airplay chart, and in 2017 reached the top 10 on the US Hot R&B Songs chart with production from Syk Sense, Tunji Ige, and Smash David. On The Fader's website, the music video for "Location" premiered. The album's second single, "Young Dumb & Broke," became a hit at rhythmic styles and swept over to pop radio in early 2018.

Khalid's single "Electric," Alina Baraz's single "Electric," was released in January 2017. His collaboration with Brasstracks, "Whirlwind," was part of the Yours Truly & Adidas Originals Songs From Scratch collection, and he has received over 700,000 SoundCloud plays. Khalid also contributed uncredited vocals to Kendrick Lamar's album "The Heart Part 4" which was released on March 24, 2017. Khalid and Alessia Cara appeared in "1-800-273-8255," making it Khalid's highest-charting single on the Billboard Hot 100.

On his 21-city Location Tour, including the 1,500-capacity Tricky Falls in El Paso, he sold out every venue. Following the conclusion of the tour, his debut studio album American Teen was released on March 3, 2017. At the 2018 ceremony, the album received critical acclaim and Grammy Award nominations for Best Urban Contemporary Album and Best R&B Song (for "Location") respectively. The album was awarded platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on October 24, 2017 for sales over 1,000,000 in total pure sales and album-equivalent units.

Khalid received the VMA Award for Best New Artist in 2017. On March 15, 2017, Khalid appeared on "Location" on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, backed by The Roots. In the episode entitled "Don't Stop Me Now," which aired on ABC drama series Grey's Anatomy, his song "Angels" was included. Khalid was the key to El Paso's city in September 2018.

Khalid's next album was titled "Silence," an American DJ Marshmello's collaboration that was released on August 11, 2017 via RCA Records. The album debuted on the Top 200 in over 28 countries. It dominated the dance charts in Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States, and the United States, and it was ranked in the Top ten of more than fifteen countries, including Germany, Sweden, and Norway. It also appeared on the year-end charts of Hungary, Denmark, Austria, Belgium, and the Netherlands. In addition, it had been designated multi-platinum in several countries. Platinum by BPI (United Kingdom) and BM (Germany), double platinum by BEA (Belgium), RMNZ (New Zealand) and RIAA (United States), a triple platinum by SRIA (Sweden), and a quintuple platinum by ARIA (Australia).

In the Marvel film Black Panther, Khalid's song "The Ways" with rapper Swae Lee was included. The song peaked at number 63 on the Billboard Hot 100 as of February 23, 2018. On Lorde's "Homemade Dynamite" remix, he collaborated with Lorde, SZA, and Post Malone in 2017. In 2018, he recorded "Love Lies," a duet with singer Normani, which was included in the Love, Simon film soundtrack, which debuted in the top ten of the Billboard Hot 100. "Love Lies" was each artist's first on the US Pop Songs chart and ranked in the top 20 of the 2018 Billboard Hot 100 Year-End chart.

In May 2018, he wrote "Youth" in collaboration with Canadian artist Shawn Mendes. The song was released on Mendes' self-titled album and made reference to the current social and political climate at the time. On May 20, 2018, Mendes and Khalid performed "Youth" at the 2018 Billboard Music Awards as a salute to the victims of gun violence victims. The show choir from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School performed at the festival.

Khalid wrote and performed vocals for DJ/producer Martin Garrix's "Ocean," which was released by Stmpd Rcrds on June 15, 2018. On the Billboard Hot 100, number 5 on the Dance/Electronic Songs chart, it debuted at number 78, with a final year ending at number 16 on the 2018-year end chart, followed by number 81 next year.

"Lovely" was collaborated on by Billie Eilish on the album "Goodbye & Good Riddance, Juice Wrld's debut album. On Benny Blanco's debut single "Eastside," he appeared alongside Halsey in July 2018. After a historic 30-week climb, the song debuted in Billboard's top ten and landed at number one on the US Pop Songs chart. On September 14, the first day of two hometown shows, he also released a song titled "Better." The song debuted in the top five on pop radio and was ranked in the top five.

Khalid released an EP, Suncity, on October 19, 2018, via RCA Records, in October 2018. The EP debuted at number eight on the Billboard 200, peaking at number 8. The album also produced the song "Saturday Nights," which was later updated to include country artist Kane Brown.

Khalid released the single "Talk" in February 2019, and he made his debut on Saturday Night Live on March 9, 2019 performing "Talk" and "Better." On April 5, 2019, his second studio album, Free Spirit, was released, as well as a accompanying short film. In its first week, Khalid's first US number-one album debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200, with 202,000 album-equivalent units (including 85,000 pure album sales) in its first week.

Khalid made history by becoming the first and only artist to occupy the entire top 5 of the Billboard R&B Songs chart on April 20, 2019.

Khalid's 59-week streak (and counting) on the Hot 100 had been on the charts since his Normani collaboration "Love Lies" debuts on the top on the chart in March 2018. On the Hot 100 over the last year, he charted 12 tracks (both solo hits and features).

Khalid embarked on his fourth concert tour, the Free Spirit World Tour, which will visit North America, Europe, and Oceania on May 18, 2019. It is set to finish on December 5, 2019.

Following the unveiling of Free Spirit, Khalid was deemed the most popular global artist on Spotify, garnering 50.4 million monthly listeners, eventually surpassing Ariana Grande. Khalid and Major Lazer released "Trigger," a single that was also included on Death Stranding's soundtrack in October 2019.

Khalid premiered his single "New Normal" during Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic Unity 22 spaceflight at Spaceport America, New Mexico, on July 11, 2021. The song will appear on his forthcoming third studio album Everything Is Changed.

Khalid's first mixtape Scenic Drive debuted on December 3, 2021, just a few months before the album's debut. Khalid performed "Backseat," the third track on the mixtape, on November 20, 2021.

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