[轉貼] 美《好聲音》女歌手Christina Grimmie

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Christina Grimmie

Christina Grimmie
Grimmie performing in 2014
Background information
Birth name	Christina Victoria Grimmie
Born	March 12, 1994 Marlton, New Jersey, U.S.
Died	June 11, 2016 (aged 22) Orlando, Florida, U.S.
Genres	R&B soul pop
Occupation(s)	Singer songwriter pianist
Instruments	Vocals piano guitar drums
Years active	2009–16
Labels	Creative Artists Agency Island Records
Associated acts	Adam Levine Before You Exit Selena Gomez Dove Cameron

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Christina Victoria Grimmie (March 12, 1994 – June 11, 2016)^[1] was an American singer and songwriter, best known for participating in The Voice and for her covers of hit songs by contemporary pop musicians. In June 2011, she released her debut EP, Find Me. In June 2012, she told a reporter that she wanted to stop doing covers and start writing only original music.^[2]

In 2014, Grimmie participated in Season 6 of NBC's singing competition The Voice and finished in third place. 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. Justin Bieber and Lil Wayne also supported her on the show and Lil Wayne offered to sign her to his label, Young Money Entertainment.^[3] She signed to Island Records for a short time before being dropped.^[4][5]

On June 11, 2016, Grimmie was shot and killed in Orlando, Florida.^[6]

Early life

Grimmie grew up in Marlton, New Jersey where she attended Baptist Regional Elementary School and Cherokee High School.^[7][8] She was of Italian and Romanian descent.^[9] Her father noticed her talent for singing when she was six years old ^[10] and she started playing the piano at age ten.^[11] Despite having received piano lessons, she said she played by ear.^[10] In a number of her videos and interviews, Grimmie identified herself as a Christian.^[12] Grimmie was homeschooled for her junior year in 2010.^[13]

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Death

On June 10, 2016, Grimmie was shot three times while signing autographs after a performance at The Plaza Live in Orlando, Florida. The unidentified gunman then fatally shot himself after being tackled by her brother. Grimmie was taken to a hospital in critical condition; her death was confirmed on June 11.^[6]

Responding to the news on Twitter, The Voice wrote, "There are no words. We lost a beautiful soul with an amazing voice."^[42] Her coach, Adam Levine, wrote on Instagram, "I'm sad, shocked and confused [by the shooting]. We love you so much Grimmie."^[43]

Career

2009–10: YouTube recognition and discovery

Grimmie began posting videos to her YouTube channel in 2009, at age 15. The first video she uploaded was a cover of Hannah Montana's, "Don't Wanna Be Torn."^[8] She first reached YouTube stardom early on with her cover of Miley Cyrus's "Party in the U.S.A." in August 2009.^[14] She became known for her cover with fellow YouTuber Sam Tsui of Nelly's "Just a Dream", which has had more than 128 million views between the three official versions of the video as of February 9, 2016.Since uploading her videos, she has had over 375 million views and over 2 million subscribers on her channel as of April 28, 2013, which has made her the 4th most subscribed musician on YouTube.^[17] She also placed at number 2 at the top 5 of the MyYouTube competition, behind Selena Gomez, and in front of Rihanna, Nicki Minaj, and Justin Bieber.^[18] As her popularity grew on YouTube, Grimmie was discovered by Gomez's stepfather, Brian Teefey, who met with her in May 2010 and became her manager.

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2011: Find Me

Grimmie performed in the UNICEF charity concert,^[21][22] and also performed backup vocals for Selena Gomez & the Scene, and was on the first everDigiTour in 2011, specially designed for YouTube artists. Gomez became her mentor. She appeared on the Billboard Social 50.^[23] She also opened for Selena Gomez & the Scene, Allstar Weekend and the Jonas Brothers during the Concert of Hope. She toured for six weeks with Selena Gomez & the Scene opening for them in the We Own the Night Tour.^[20]

She released an EP entitled Find Me, on June 14, 2011.^[20] Her debut single 'Advice' was released to Radio Disney on June 11,^[24] with the music video, directed by Sean Babas, being released on July 19 on her YouTube channel. She appeared on The Ellen DeGeneres Show performing with fellow YouTuber, Tyler Ward, a cover to Lil Wayne's "How to Love" that aired on October 10, 2011.^[25] On November 20, 2011, Grimmie performed at the 39th American Music Awards of 2011 re-show alongside Taio Cruz to a special rendition of "Higher". She also performed her song 'Not Fragile' at the American Music Awards of 2011 Coca-Cola Red Carpet Show along with Selena Gomez & the Scene. Grimmie was the special musical guest performing her hit song 'Advice' on Disney Channel's So Random! which premiered on December 11, 2011.^[26]

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2012–13: With Love

In January 2012, Grimmie moved to Los Angeles to pursue her singing career. Grimmie was signed to Creative Artists Agency who have signed the likes of Chris Brown and Christina Aguilera in early April 2012 after moving to LA. On Disney.com, she starred in the web show 'Power Up: with Christina Grimmie, which ran from March 29, 2012 until June 5, 2012. She also revealed that she would be working with a new feature band, to be named Rising Tide, a teen group originally from her hometown area in New Jersey.^[27] She then opened for Gomez on her North American dates of her Stars Dance Tour,^[28] performing songs from her second album With Love, which was released on August 6, 2013. On October 3, 2013, her music video for "Tell My Mama" had its Exclusive Video Premiere on Billboard.com. The video is "about a guy that I start liking in school, and he's sort of a dangerous kid, and I am the type of girl that tells my mom about everything," said Grimmie.

2014: The Voice

Grimmie auditioned for Season 6 of NBC's singing competition, The Voice, as revealed on her Facebook page.^[29] During the Blind Auditions, she performed Miley Cyrus' hit song "Wrecking Ball". All four coaches, Adam Levine, Usher, Shakira, and Blake Shelton, turned their chairs for her, and she opted for Adam Levine.^[30] She finished in 3rd place, behind winner Josh Kaufman and runner-up Jake Worthington.

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2014–16: Post-The Voice; major label debut

During the competition, Grimmie's coach Adam expressed intentions to sign her to his record deal, 222 Records, with Lil Wayne also showing interest in signing her to his record deal, Young Money Entertainment. She ultimately chose to sign with Island Records.^[4] She toured with the previous contestants of The Voice including season 5 winner Tessanne Chin, runner-up Jacquie Lee, Will Champlin, season 1 runner-up Dia Frampton and fellow season 6 finalists Kristen Merlin and Jake Barker. The Voice Summer tour started on June 21, 2014 in San Antonio, Texas. She was writing and recording music for her sophomore album, her third major release, and first release being signed to a label. The lead single was expected to be released in July 2014, with the album following later in the year.^[31] Grimmie announced via Facebook that filming for the lyric video for the single started on July 6, 2014.^[32] On July 11 she announced that her new single would be called "Must Be Love."^[33] On July 15, 2014 she announced via a live stream that the song would be released on July 31, 2014.^[34] "Must Be Love" was produced by Elof Loelv and recorded at ZAC Recording inAtlanta, Georgia.^[35]

On March 4, 2015, Grimmie announced that she had been dropped from Island Records and that she is working on a new album which is set to be released late 2015.^[36] The new single from her upcoming album, "Cliché," was released on March 16, 2015. On April 27, 2015 Christina released her second single, "Stay With Me" a collaboration with Diamond Eyes, which climbed to #5 on the iTunes Electronic Charts.^[37] The song also made it on to 2015 UFK Dubstep, an album showcasing the top dubstep songs of the year.^[38] She was also a contestant in the iHeartRadio/Macy's Rising Star Contest. On May 27, 2015, Grimmie was revealed as the winner of the Rising Star Contest, securing her spot to open the 2015 iHeartRadio Music Festival in September.^[39] On July 2, 2015, she released her third single, "Shrug".

On February 21, 2016, Grimmie released her second EP, titled "Side A", which consisted of four songs. Grimmie stated that the simple title "Side A" would mean that a "Side B" is likely to follow. In February and March 2016, she also opened for Rachel Platten on her Wildfire Tour, where Grimmie performed many of the songs from her new EP live for the first time.^{[citation needed]}

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Influences

Grimmie grew up listening to contemporary Christian artist Stacie Orrico: "She has a really awesome voice and I was so drawn to it. I think the reason I do have a soul voice is because I grew up listening to her and she was my huge, huge influence. I wanted to sound just like her, I wrote songs that kinda sounded like something she would do."^[40] Grimmie cited Christina Aguilera as her main influence vocally.^[40] She also said she admiredBeyoncé for her vocals.^[40] She said she liked dubstep and DJ music, as well as rock 'n roll and heavy metal, listening to Metallica, Pantera, Iron Maiden, and Tool.^[41]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christina_Grimmie

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簽唱會濺血 美國新生代女歌手遭槍擊 22歲香消玉殞

作者閻紀宇 | 風傳媒 – 2016年6月11日 下午7:01

美國新生代女歌手克里斯蒂娜圭密（Christina Grimmie）10日晚間在佛羅里達州奧蘭多（Orlando）舉辦簽唱會，不幸遭到一名男子槍擊，身中3槍重傷，被緊急送往醫院，雖然醫護人員徹夜搶救，但11日凌晨仍宣告不治，得年僅22歲。

 奧蘭多警局與克里斯蒂娜圭密的公關，都已證實這樁震驚美國歌壇的悲劇。經紀公司也在募資網站為克里斯蒂娜圭密的家人設立募款專頁。

美國新生代女歌手克里斯蒂娜圭密（Christina Grimmie）（美聯社）

克里斯蒂娜圭密出生於新澤西州馬爾頓（Marlton），從小就熱愛音樂與唱歌，彈得一手好鋼琴，少女時期以翻唱歌曲在YouTube竄紅，個人頻道訂閱者至今超過316萬人。

2014年，克里斯蒂娜圭密參加美國國家廣播公司（NBC）歌唱比賽《美國好聲音》（The Voice）第6季，由流行天團「魔力紅」（Maroon 5）的主唱亞當（Adam Levine）調教，以寬廣醇厚的嗓音一路闖關，最後獲得第3名。克里斯蒂娜圭密各方面條件都相當突出，歌唱事業很被看好，沒想到卻天外飛來橫禍。

當天演唱會開始之前，克里斯蒂娜圭密在推特（Twitter）上PO出視訊，請奧蘭多的歌迷一起到「The Plaza Live」劇場與她歡唱。

晚上7點半，克里斯蒂娜圭密與男孩團體「Before You Exit」一同登台。這是一場小規模演唱會，觀眾只有大約100人，10點鐘左右落幕之後，克里斯蒂娜圭密留下來為觀眾簽名。晚間10點45分，槍聲大作。

劇場雖然有安檢，但嫌犯還是乘虛而入，走向克里斯蒂娜圭密簽名的桌子，連開三槍，被她的哥哥馬克（Mark Grimmie）撲倒在地，搏鬥過程中飲彈自戕，當場死亡。兇手身上有兩把槍，警方目前正在調查他的身分與行兇動機。警方形容馬克是「英雄」，如果不是他勇敢制伏兇手，死傷恐怕會更為慘重。

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「美國好聲音」女新秀見面會遭槍擊身亡 僅22歲

作者記者蘇詠智╱綜合報導 | 聯合新聞網 – 2016年6月12日 上午12:00

美國再傳槍擊悲劇，曾在前年參加「美國好聲音」得到第3名的22歲年輕女歌手克莉絲汀娜葛雷米，在奧蘭多的演唱結束後為粉絲簽名，突然被一名男子朝頭部開了兩槍，她的哥哥馬克立刻上前制伏槍手，但槍手已掙脫並舉槍自殺，稍後克莉絲汀娜也傳重傷不治。

克莉絲汀娜葛雷米最早是以YouTube紅人之姿逐漸累積知名度，她會將自己翻唱的熱門名曲發布在網上，引起熱烈迴響，常常有上百萬人點閱，她的YouTube頻道也有300萬人註冊訂閱。她在前年參加第6屆的「美國好聲音」，在盲選階段以麥莉的名曲「愛情破壞球」讓4位明星導師全都轉過椅子搶人，最後加入「魔力紅」亞當的團隊，取得當屆季軍的好成績，歌壇前途看好，也有望發行個人專輯，怎知一切竟以如此悲劇畫下句點。

據奧蘭多警方表示，克莉絲汀娜的哥哥馬克在妹妹被槍擊後趕緊上前制服兇手，因而避免更多傷亡，在場則有目擊者透露，聽到至少5聲槍響。包括「臥虎藏龍：青冥寶劍」男星岑勇康、本屆「美國好聲音」冠軍「街頭俏妞」艾莉珊波特等，都曾在推特上為克莉絲汀娜祈福，無奈克莉絲汀娜受傷太重，回天乏術。

過往「披頭四」約翰藍儂、曾紅極一時的拉丁裔女歌手莎麗娜，都是死於槍擊事件。碧昂絲、葛妮絲派楚、珍妮佛安妮絲頓、潔西卡艾芭等曾經合拍公益短片，呼籲民眾實際行動促使立法通過加強槍枝管制，然而實際執行困難重重，至今仍未能改善。

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美《好聲音》女歌手 演唱會遭槍殺亡

2016年06月12日 

 

 

曾贏得《美國好聲音》季軍的葛雷米（圖1），在佛州演唱會遭槍擊不治（圖2）。　美聯社

美國
【桂家齊╱綜合外電報導】美國歌唱選秀節目《美國好聲音》季軍歌手克莉斯蒂娜葛雷米，前天在演唱會後遭不明男子開槍射殺，送醫後傷重不治，結束短短22年生命。

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兇手飲彈自盡

克莉斯蒂娜葛雷米（Christina Grimmie）前天於佛州奧蘭多擔任演唱會暖場歌手，結束後為粉絲簽名時，突然有一名手持雙槍男子朝她開槍，目擊者稱至少聽見4、5聲槍響，葛雷米中彈倒臥血泊，「鮮血不斷從頭部流出」。警方表示，葛雷米遭攻擊後，她的兄弟立刻撲倒槍手，槍手當場飲彈自盡身亡，葛雷米送醫後數小時不治。嫌犯身分及犯案動機仍待調查。 
葛雷米是YouTube影音頻道知名素人歌手（goo.gl/jfcHgB），擁大批粉絲，2014年參加《美國好聲音》獲得季軍，最近正籌備推出新專輯，是美國歌壇前途看好的新人。

http://www.appledaily.com.tw/appledaily/article/international/20160612/37265296/