Christina Grimmie

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Christina Grimmie (2014)
Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
Find Me (EP)
  US 35 07/02/2011 (1 week)
With love
  US 101 08/24/2013 (1 week)
Side A (EP)
  US 171 07/02/2016 (1 week)
The Voice: The Complete Season 6 Collection
  US 192 07/02/2016 (1 week)
Singles
Hold On, We're Going Home
  US 74 05/17/2014 (1 week)
How to love
  US 79 05/24/2014 (1 week)
Somebody That I Used to Know (with Adam Levine )
  US 66 06/07/2014 (1 week)
Can't Help Falling in Love
  US 74 06/07/2014 (1 week)

Christina Victoria Grimmie (born March 12, 1994 in Marlton , New Jersey , † June 10, 2016 in Orlando , Florida ) was an American singer , actress, pianist and songwriter . She became known through the video platform YouTube , on which she published videos under the name zeldaxlove64 . She mainly covered chart songs by well-known artists such as Demi Lovato , Selena Gomez , Christina Aguilera and Miley Cyrus .

Career

Grimmie became known through a video with the singer Sam Tsui , in which both covered the song Just a Dream by Nelly . At the beginning of 2020, the video received more than 173 million views on the channel of producer Kurt Hugo Schneider and over 21 million views on Grimmie's own channel on the video platform YouTube . This had over 584 million video views and around 3.9 million subscribers in January 2019. The channel, published on February 9, 2009, received several awards from the YouTube platform. Her manager was Brian Teefey, Selena Gomez's stepfather.

From mid-June 2011, her first album Find Me was marketed on iTunes ; shortly before, her first single Advice had been presented for the first time on Radio Disney . In the second half of 2011 she toured with Selena Gomez. Grimmie took part in the sixth season of the American version of The Voice in 2014 and took third place. On February 21, 2016, their second EP, Side A, was released with four of their own songs.

death

After a concert on the evening of June 10, 2016 in Orlando , Florida , Grimmie was attacked at a meet and greet with fans by 27-year-old Kevin James Loibl from Saint Petersburg , Florida, who shot her several times and she was among others seriously injured with a headshot. Her brother Marcus Grimmie wrestled the shooter to the ground immediately after the shot was fired, but the latter was able to free himself and shot himself. Christina Grimmie was taken to a hospital in Orlando, where her death was determined around 11 p.m. local time.

The perpetrator carried two firearms, two full magazines and a hunting knife. These had been overlooked during the security check.

The motive for the attack could not be fully clarified. The responsible police authority initially assumed that the perpetrator had been mentally confused, but also referred to the pending evaluation of the shooter's telephone and computer, which could have provided further information. In the final report, the police stated that Loibl was a lone perpetrator with a fixation on Grimmie, and spoke of "unrealistic infatuation".

Posthumous publications

In 2016, the film The Matchbreaker , in which she played a leading role, was released posthumously.

In April 2017 her family released another EP called Side B . This contains four more songs that Grimmie had already produced. This also includes a remixed version of their The Voice song I Won't Give Up . The single Invisible was released in advance and was released on February 16, 2017. On June 9, 2017 Grimmie's family released the album All is Vanity with ten songs; the three songs from Side B- EP are also included.

Trivia

The tenth episode of the American crime documentary series The Stalker Files deals with the circumstances of Grimmie's murder.

Filmography

  • 2016: The Matchbreaker

Discography

Albums

  • Find Me (EP, 2011)
  • With Love (2013)
  • Side A (EP, 2016)
  • Side B (EP, 2017)
  • All is Vanity (2017)

Singles

  • Hold On, We're Going Home (2014)
  • How to Love (2014)
  • Somebody That I Used to Know (with Adam Levine , 2014)
  • Can't Help Falling in Love (2014)
  • Must Be Love (2014)
  • Cliché (2015)
  • Stay with Me (with Diamond Eyes) (2015)
  • Shrug (2015)
  • Invisible (2017)
  • Little Girl (2018)
  • Hold Your Head Up (2019)

Web links

Commons : Christina Grimmie  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b US chart history
  2. ↑ a b c Michelle Dendy: Friend: Shooter had fixation on 'The Voice' singer , WKMG-TV. June 22, 2016. Accessed June 22, 2016. 
  3. ↑ US singer Christina Grimmie dies after being shot outside Florida concert , The Guardian , June 11, 2016 (English).
  4. ↑ Christina Grimmie is the Next YouTube Sensation . ( Memento of the original from August 15, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. fanlala.com, February 11, 2011, accessed June 11, 2016. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.fanlala.com
  5. ↑ Exclusive interview: Christina Grimmie . Seventeen.com, June 2, 2011, accessed June 11, 2016.
  6. ↑ Rachel McRady: The Voice Season 6 Winner: Did Christina Grimmie, Jake Worthington, or Josh Kaufman Win? USmagazine.com, May 20, 2014, accessed June 11, 2016.
  7. ↑ "The Voice" candidate Christina Grimmie shot dead while she was signing autographs . Express , June 11, 2016.
  8. ↑ Christina Grimmie: Singer shot at autograph session . AFP message on FAZ.net , June 11, 2016, accessed on June 12, 2016.
  9. ↑ Christina Grimmie: Police identify Schützen Spiegel Online , June 11, 2016, accessed on June 11, 2016.
  10. ↑ Gal Tziperman Lotan: Police: Man who killed singer Christina Grimmie was 'infatuated' with her . In: Orlando Sentinel , June 22, 2016. Retrieved June 22, 2016. 
  11. ↑ Diamond Eyes & Christina Grimmie - Stay With Me (OUT NOW!). Retrieved April 11, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Grimmie, Christina
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Grimmie, Christina Victoria (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American singer, pianist and songwriter
DATE OF BIRTH March 12, 1994
PLACE OF BIRTH Marlton , New Jersey , United States
DATE OF DEATH June 10, 2016
Place of death Orlando , Florida , United States