Charlie Puth

Charlie Puth (2017)

Charles Otto “Charlie” Puth Junior (born December 2, 1991 in Rumson , New Jersey , USA ) is an American singer and songwriter with German and Hungarian roots who gained great popularity through YouTube . According to the sources, he has sold more than 47.6 million records in his career, over 33.5 million of them in his home country alone. Charlie Puth's most successful release is the single See You Again , written by him, with around 15.5 million units sold.

Childhood and youth

Charlie Puth was born as one of three children to a father with German and Hungarian roots and a Jewish mother. When he was two years old, a dog injured his face and he was sewn with multiple stitches. These scars are still visible today, which gives it its distinctive eyebrow. After graduating from Berklee College of Music with a degree in music, he moved to Los Angeles.

2009–2014: beginnings

In 2009 Puths began career with the upload cover songs on YouTube . He became well known for his acoustic cover version of the Adele song Someone Like You , which he sang with Emily Luther. The US talk show host Ellen DeGeneres became aware of this cover version and invited the two to her show. DeGeneres gave them their first record deal with DeGeneres' record label eleveneleven . After Puth left eleveneleven , he signed a recording deal with Atlantic Records .

2015 to date: Some Type of Love

In February 2015 he released his first single Marvin Gaye , which he composed with Julie Frost . He sang the single with Meghan Trainor . It was his first international chart success . He achieved even greater fame, however, with his single See You Again from the soundtrack of the film Fast & Furious 7 , which he recorded with Wiz Khalifa and became a worldwide success. Puth also starred in the music video for Meghan Trainor's single Dear Future Husband in 2015 . In 2016, the last episode of the first season played Supergirl One Call Away . "Through it all" can also be heard in the finale of the third season of Supergirl. He also appeared in 2016 as himself in the 14th episode of the second season of the series Life in Pieces. In May 2018 he released his album Voicenotes with songs like Attention , How Long and The Way I Am .

Discography

Albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
year	title	DE	AT	CH	UK	US	Remarks
2016	Nine track min	DE36 (2 weeks) DE	AT17 (6 weeks) AT	CH10 (24 weeks) CH	UK6th gold (50 weeks)UK	US6th × 2 Double platinum (97 weeks)US	First published: Jan 29, 2016 Sales: + 2,292,500
2018	Voicenotes	DE14 (3 weeks) DE	AT19 (3 weeks) AT	CH4 (8 weeks) CH	UK4th silver (9 weeks)UK	US4th gold (27 weeks)US	First published: May 11, 2018 Sales: + 647,500

EPs

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
year	title	DE	AT	CH	UK	US	Remarks
2015	Some Type of Love	-	-	-	-	US37 (20 weeks) US	First published: May 1, 2015

More EPs

2010: The Otto Tunes (first published December 10, 2010)
2013: Ego (first published October 23, 2013)
2017: Spotify Singles (First released: August 23, 2017)

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
year	Title album	DE	AT	CH	UK	US	Remarks
2015	Marvin Gaye Nine Track Mind / Some Type of Love	DE15th gold (34 weeks)DE	AT3 gold (32 weeks)AT	CH2 platinum (35 weeks)CH	UK1 platinum (33 weeks)UK	US21st × 3 Triple platinum (20 weeks)US	First published: February 10, 2015 Sales: + 4,485,000; feat. Meghan Trainor
2015	One Call Away Nine Track Mind	DE30th gold (18 weeks)DE	AT8 (17 weeks) AT	CH10 gold (28 weeks)CH	UK26th platinum (28 weeks)UK	US12 × 4 Quadruple platinum (26 weeks)US	First published: August 20, 2015 Sales: + 5,565,000
2016	We Don't Talk Anymore Nine Track Mind	DE52 gold (16 weeks)DE	AT23 (17 weeks) AT	CH16 gold (30 weeks)CH	UK14th platinum (25 weeks)UK	US9 × 4 Quadruple platinum (24 weeks)US	First published: May 24, 2016 Sales: +6,045,000; feat. Selena Gomez
2017	Attention voicenotes	DE9 × 3 Triple gold (35 weeks)DE	AT11 gold (30 weeks)AT	CH6th platinum (42 weeks)CH	UK9 platinum (31 weeks)UK	US5 × 4 Quadruple platinum (40 weeks)US	First published: April 21, 2017 Sales: + 8,300,000
2017	How Long Voicenotes	DE42 gold (21 weeks)DE	AT45 (8 weeks) AT	CH20 (24 weeks) CH	UK9 platinum (18 weeks)UK	US21st × 2 Double platinum (24 weeks)US	First published: October 5, 2017 Sales: + 3,330,000
2018	Done for Me Voicenotes	DE100 (1 week) DE	-	CH55 (1 week) CH	UK45 silver (12 weeks)UK	US53 platinum (9 weeks)US	First published: March 15, 2018 Sales: + 1,360,000; feat. Kehlani
2018	The Way I Am Voicenotes	-	-	-	-	US61 gold (7 weeks)US	First published: July 24th, 2018 Sales: + 500,000
The following songs did not appear as single, but were made available for download and streaming through the album and were thus able to achieve a placement:
2015	Nothing but Trouble (Instagram Models) 808 Soundtrack	-	-	-	-	US86 (7 weeks) US	Promotion release: June 29, 2015 with Lil Wayne

More singles

2016: Suffer ( Vince Staples & AndreaLo Remix)
2016: Dangerously (release only in Italy)
2018: Change (feat. James Taylor )
2019: Easier (Remix) (with 5 Seconds of Summer )
2019: I Warned Myself
2019: Mother
2019: Cheating on You
2020: Girlfriend
2020: Hard on Yourself (with blackbear )
2020: Free

As a guest musician

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
year	Title album	DE	AT	CH	UK	US	Remarks
2015	See You Again Fast & Furious 7 (OST)	DE1 × 3 Triple gold (53 weeks)DE	AT1 platinum (30 weeks)AT	CH1 × 2 Double platinum (50 weeks)CH	UK1 × 3 Triple platinum (38 weeks)UK	US1 Diamond + platinum (52 weeks)US	First published: March 10, 2015 Sales: + 15,520,000; Wiz Khalifa feat. Charlie Puth
2020	Summer feelings	-	-	-	UK79 (7 weeks) UK	-	First published: May 6, 2020 Lennon Stella feat. Charlie Puth
The following songs did not appear as single, but were made available for download and streaming through the album and were thus able to achieve a placement:
2016	Oops Glory Days	-	-	-	UK41 silver (13 weeks)UK	-	First published: November 18, 2016 Sales: + 200,000; Little Mix feat. Charlie Puth

Further guest contributions

2016: Nobody 2016 (Lotus & Ricky Dillon feat. Charlie Puth)
2017: Sober ( G-Eazy feat.Charlie Puth) (US:gold)
2018: Attention (feat.Charlie Puth)
2020: I Hope (Remix) (Gabby Barrett feat. Charlie Puth)

Video albums

2015: Apple Music Festival: London 2015 (Initial release: October 15, 2015)

As a songwriter

year	Title artist	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, artist , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
year	Title artist	DE	AT	CH	UK	US	Remarks
2015	Slow Motion Trey Songz	-	-	-	-	US26th platinum (26 weeks)US	First published: January 20, 2015 Sales: + 1,000,000
2016	Trouble Offaiah	-	-	-	UK29 silver (16 weeks)UK	-	First published: July 27, 2016 Sales: + 200,000
2017	So Good Zara Larsson feat. Ty Dolla Sign	DE99 (1 week) DE	-	CH89 (1 week) CH	UK44 (4 weeks) UK	-	First published: Jan 27, 2017 Sales: + 115,000
2017	Bedroom Floor Liam Payne	DE100 (1 week) DE	AT69 (1 week) AT	CH95 (1 week) CH	UK21st silver (13 weeks)UK	US98 (1 week) US	First published: October 20, 2017 Sales: + 275,000
2018	You Can Cry Marshmello & Juicy J feat. James Arthur	-	-	-	UK91 (1 week) UK	-	First published: May 4, 2018
2019	So Am I Ava Max	DE21st gold (18 weeks)DE	AT26th gold (19 weeks)AT	CH18th platinum (26 weeks)CH	UK13 gold (16 weeks)UK	US- gold US	First published: March 7, 2019 Sales: + 1,530,000
	Easier 5 Seconds of Summer	-	AT58 (1 week) AT	CH66 (1 week) CH	UK27 silver (9 weeks)UK	US48 (... weeks) US	First published: May 23, 2019 Sales: + 285,000
	Small talk Katy Perry	-	-	CH91 (1 week) CH	UK43 (6 weeks) UK	US81 (1 week) US	First published: August 9, 2019 Sales: + 35,000
	Harleys in Hawaii Katy Perry	-	-	CH72 (1 week) CH	UK45 (4 weeks) UK	-	First published: October 16, 2019

Awards for music sales

Country / Region	silver	gold	platinum	diamond	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Australia (ARIA)	0! S.-	4 × gold4th	21 × platinum21st	0! D.-	1,610,000	aria.com.au
Belgium (BEA)	0! S.-	3 × gold3	4 × platinum4th	0! D.-	165,000	ultratop.be
Denmark (IFPI)	0! S.-	gold1	10 × platinum10	0! D.-	680,000	ifpi.dk
Germany (BVMI)	0! S.-	6 × gold6th	2 × platinum2	0! D.-	2,000,000	musikindustrie.de
France (SNEP)	0! S.-	2 × gold2	2 × platinum2	diamond1	700,000	infodisc.fr snepmusique.com
Italy (FIMI)	0! S.-	2 × gold2	19 × platinum19th	0! D.-	1,000,000	fimi.it
Japan (RIAJ)	silver1	0! G-	platinum1	0! D.-	250,000	riaj.or.jp JP2
Canada (MC)	0! S.-	4 × gold4th	22 × platinum22nd	0! D.-	1,920,000	musiccanada.com
Mexico (AMPROFON)	0! S.-	2 × gold2	platinum1	0! D.-	120,000	amprofon.com.mx
New Zealand (RMNZ)	0! S.-	4 × gold4th	8 × platinum8th	0! D.-	195,000	nztop40.co.nz
Netherlands (NVPI)	0! S.-	gold1	3 × platinum3	0! D.-	130,000	nvpi.nl
Norway (IFPI)	0! S.-	gold1	6 × platinum6th	0! D.-	65,000	ifpi.no
Austria (IFPI)	0! S.-	2 × gold2	platinum1	0! D.-	60,000	ifpi.at
Poland (ZPAV)	0! S.-	gold1	6 × platinum6th	0! D.-	130,000	bestsellery.zpav.pl
Portugal (AFP)	0! S.-	gold1	platinum1	0! D.-	15,000	Individual evidence
Sweden (IFPI)	0! S.-	gold1	8 × platinum8th	0! D.-	340,000	sverigetopplistan.se
Switzerland (IFPI)	0! S.-	2 × gold2	4 × platinum4th	0! D.-	140,000	hitparade.ch
Spain (Promusicae)	0! S.-	gold1	7 × platinum7th	0! D.-	300,000	elportaldemusica.es
United States (RIAA)	0! S.-	3 × gold3	22 × platinum22nd	diamond1	33,500,000	riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI)	6 × silver6th	gold1	8 × platinum8th	0! D.-	5,960,000	bpi.co.uk
All in all	7 × silver7th	41 × gold41	157 × platinum157	2 × diamond2

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personal data
SURNAME	Puth, Charlie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Puth, Charles Otto junior; Puth, Charlie junior (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American singer and songwriter
DATE OF BIRTH	2nd December 1991
PLACE OF BIRTH	Rumson , New Jersey , USA

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