Her father noticed Grimmie's talent for singing when she was six years old, and she started playing the piano at age 10. Grimmie was of Italian and Romanian descent and grew up in Marlton, New Jersey, where she attended Bethel Baptist Christian School, Marlton Middle School, and Cherokee High School. She had an older brother, Marcus (who served as Christina's road manager during her performances). Her mother worked as a receptionist until she was diagnosed with breast cancer her father worked at Verizon Communications as of 2014.

Life and career 1994–2009: Childhood Ĭhristina Victoria Grimmie was born to Tina (née Milos) and Albert Grimmie in the Marlton section of Evesham Township, New Jersey, on March 12, 1994. In 2019, her YouTube channel reached four million subscribers, although it dropped below four million in 2020, settling at 3.94 million by May 2023. Side B, a follow-up to Side A, was made available on Spotify and iTunes in 2017, and in June 2017, Grimmie's second and final album, All Is Vanity, was released posthumously. On June 10, 2016, Grimmie was fatally shot while signing autographs following a concert performance at The Plaza Live in Orlando, Florida. That same year, she took on an acting role, making her only motion-picture appearance in The Matchbreaker. Grimmie released her second EP, Side A, in 2016. She was signed with Island Records for a short time before being dropped.

Lil Wayne also offered to sign her to his label, Young Money Entertainment. Adam Levine, her coach on the show, announced in the finale that, regardless of the results, he would sign her to his label 222 Records. Grimmie then became a contestant on season six of The Voice, finishing in third place. After she reached two million subscribers, she released her debut studio album, With Love (2013). After releasing her debut EP, Find Me (2011), her YouTube channel reached one million subscribers. In 2009, she began posting covers of popular songs onto YouTube. Christina Victoria Grimmie (Ma– June 10, 2016) was an American singer and YouTuber.

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