Christina Grimmie

Christina Grimmie, known by her YouTube username Zeldalove64, is an American singer-songwriter and pianist. She is famous for her covers of popular songs by various pop artists. As of January 2014, Grimmie's main channel, zeldalove64, has over 2.3 million subscribers and 240 million video views.

Biography
Christina Grimmie is from Marlton, New Jersey. She is of Italian and Romanian descent. Grimmie started singing when she was 5 years old and playing the piano at the age of ten. Despite having received piano lessons, she says she plays by ear. She can also play the guitar, drums, and flute. Grimmie is a Christian. Starting September 2010, She was homeschooled as she entered junior year.

YouTube
Christina Grimmie gained popularity on YouTube for creating covers of hit songs by popular artists such as Miley Cyrus, Demi Lovato, Selena Gomez, Christina Aguilera, Justin Bieber, Katy Perry. Grimmie is best known for her cover with fellow YouTuber Sam Tsui of Nelly's Just a Dream, which has had about 76 million views between the three official versions of the video as of April 3, 2013. Her first video was Don't Wanna Be Torn, originally by Hannah Montana, which she uploaded in July 17, 2009. She first reached YouTube stardom early on with her cover of Miley Cyrus's Party in the U.S.A, on August 12, 2009. As of January 2014, the video has over 11.5 million views.

Recently she has created more original music. As of January 2014, Grimmie's main channel, zeldalove64, has over 2.3 million subscribers and 240 million video views.

2010-2011
Grimmie has performed in the UNICEF charity concert. She also performed backup vocals for Selena Gomez & the Scene. Additionally she was on the first ever Digitour, specially designed for YouTube artists. Gomez has became her mentor. Christina has appeared on the Billboard Social 50. 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. She released an EP, entitled Find Me, on June 14, 2011. Her debut single 'Advice' was released to Radio Disney on June 11, 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. On November 20, 2011, Grimmie performed at the 39th American Music Awards of 2011 Pre-show alongside with 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's band the Scene. Christina Grimmie was the special musical guest performing her hit song 'Advice' on Disney Channel's So Random! which premiered on December 11, 2011.

2012
In January 2012 she moved to Los Angeles to pursue her singing career, as she told fans on Facebook and Twitter. 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. she is currently working on a new album, as she told fans on Facebook and Twitter. On Disney.com, she stars in the new web show Power Up: with Christina Grimmie. The show airs every Friday started from March 29, 2012 until June 5, 2012.

2013
She will open for Gomez on her North American dates of her Stars Dance Tour, 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," says Grimmie.

Trivia

 * Christina can't read music notes.


 * Christina has another account called PureXEssence64, however it is no longer active.


 * She is currently dating her friend 'Bobby'.


 * Christina's height is 5'3.


 * Her favorite video game is The Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina of Time.


 * Christina loves Nintendo.


 * She also plays Skyrim and lots more video games, the song 'The Dragonborn Comes' was covered by Christina.


 * She is a fan of FUN, Christina Aguilera, Skrillex and Stacie Orrico.


 * Christina owns a Macbook Pro.


 * Her favorite animals are cows.


 * She likes Anime.


 * Her favorite color is green because it's the color of Link's tunic. (The main character of The Legend Of Zelda).


 * Christina has a dog named Chloe.