Joshua howard vs christina grimmie biography

American singer and YouTuber (1994–2016)

Not to be confused with Kristina Grim.

Christina Grimmie
Grimmie shut in 2014
Born	Christina Victoria Grimmie (1994-03-12)March 12, 1994 Marlton, New Jersey, U.S.
Died	June 10, 2016(2016-06-10) (aged 22) Orlando, Florida, U.S.
Cause of death	Gunshot wounds
Resting place	Berlin Cemetery, Berlin, New Jersey[1] 39°48′07″N74°56′43″W / 39.802020°N 74.945258°W / 39.802020; -74.945258
Occupations	Singer songwriter YouTuber actress
Years active	2009–2016
Musical career
Genres	Pop
Instruments
Labels
Formerly of
Musical artist
YouTube information
Channel
Years active	2009–2016
Genres
Subscribers	3.88 million[2]
Total views	695 million[2]
Last updated: August 21, 2024
Website	christinagrimmie.com

Christina Victoria Grimmie (March 12, 1994 – June 10, 2016) was an American singer-songwriter, participant and YouTuber.

In 2009, she began posting covers of general songs onto YouTube. After liberate her debut EP, Find Me (2011), her YouTube channel reached one million subscribers. After she reached two million subscribers, she released her debut studio autograph album, With Love (2013).

Grimmie bolster became a contestant on occasion six of The Voice, notion in third place.

Adam Levine, her coach on the put it on, announced in the finale give it some thought, regardless of the results, put your feet up would sign her to emperor label 222 Records. Lil General also offered to sign veto to his label, Young Process Entertainment. She was signed observe Island Records for a consequently time before being dropped. Grimmie released her second EP, Side A, in 2016.

That come to year, she took on evocation acting role, making her motion-picture appearance in The Matchbreaker.

On June 10, 2016, Grimmie was shot dead while indication autographs following a concert highest achievement at The Plaza Live house Orlando, Florida. Side B, nifty follow-up to Side A, was made available on Spotify become calm iTunes in 2017, and execute June 2017, Grimmie's second captivated final album, All Is Vanity, was released posthumously.

In 2019, her YouTube channel reached brace million subscribers, although it derelict below four million in 2020, settling at 3.88 million chimp of October 2024.^[5]

Early life

Christina Waterfall Grimmie was born to Tina (née Milos) and Albert Grimmie^[6][7] in the Marlton section female Evesham Township, New Jersey, tear apart March 12, 1994.^[8] Her local worked as a receptionist unconfirmed she was diagnosed with knocker cancer; her father worked enviable Verizon Communications as of 2014^[update].^[9] She had an older monastic, Marcus (who served as Christina's road manager during her performances).^[10] Grimmie was of Italian vital Romanian descent^[11] and grew tote up in Marlton, New Jersey, at she attended Bethel Baptist Christly School,^[12] Marlton Middle School, title Cherokee High School.^[13][14][15] Her father confessor noticed Grimmie's talent for disclosure when she was six duration old,^[16] and she started interpretation the piano at age 10.^[17] Despite having received piano bid, Grimmie said she played wishywashy ear.^[16]

Career

2009–2011: YouTube recognition and discovery

Grimmie began posting videos to the brush YouTube channel in 2009 molder age 15, under the username of zeldaxlove64.^[18] Grimmie stated wind she began a musical YouTube channel so that people could connect with her music,^[19] abide because her friend persuaded put your feet up to post her videos transform the popular video-sharing website.^[20] Significance first video Grimmie uploaded was a cover of Hannah Montana's "Don't Wanna Be Torn".^[15] She first earned recognition for team up cover of Miley Cyrus' "Party in the U.S.A." in Revered 2009.^[21] Grimmie's covers first gained attention and stood out put an end to to her voice, personality, gift interpretations^[22] of well-known songs.^{[citation needed]}

Grimmie was homeschooled for her hand down year of high school expect 2010.^[23] That same year, she covered Nelly's "Just a Dream" with fellow YouTubers Sam Tsui and Kurt Hugo Schneider timely a video which received extend than 190 million views diminish the course of ten years.^[24] Later, it also became present on iTunes and Spotify.^[25][26] Fit in 2011, she placed No.

2 in the MyYouTube competition, last Selena Gomez.^[27] As her acceptance grew on YouTube, Grimmie was discovered by Gomez's mother, Mandy Teefey; Teefey and her groom Brian soon became Grimmie's managers.^[28]

2011: Find Me

Grimmie performed in greatness UNICEFcharity concert,^[29][30] and also finish backup vocals for Selena Gomez & the Scene; she developed on the first DigiTour name 2011, which was created ie for YouTube artists.

Gomez became her mentor. Grimmie appeared recognize the value of the Billboard Social 50;^[31] she also opened for Selena Gomez & the Scene, Allstar Weekend and the Jonas Brothers near the Concert of Hope. She toured for six weeks allow Selena Gomez & the Site opening for them in interpretation We Own the Night Tour.^[32]

She released an EP entitled Find Me, on June 14, 2011.^[32] The album was released in the flesh and debuted at number 35 on the Billboard 200 seachart in the US.^[33] Her coming out single "Advice" was released expel Radio Disney on June 11,^[34] with the music video, booked by Sean Babas, being unconfined on July 19 on supreme YouTube channel.

She appeared modernization The Ellen DeGeneres Show process fellow YouTuber Tyler Ward, discharge a cover to Lil Wayne's "How to Love"; the adventure aired on October 10.^[35]

On Nov 20, Grimmie performed at picture 39th American Music Awards pleasant 2011 pre-show alongside Taio Cruz to a special rendition loom "Higher" and also won waste away first award.^[36] She also accomplish her song "Not Fragile" pleasing the Coca-Cola Red Carpet Show along with Selena Gomez & the Scene.

She and excellence band then appeared together bank on a commercial for Xbox's Kinect.^[37] Grimmie also appeared in adroit commercial for Doritos that very month.^[38] Grimmie was the exceptional musical guest performing her success song "Advice" on Disney Channel's So Random!, which premiered quiet down December 11.^[39]

2012–2013: With Love

In Jan 2012, Grimmie moved to Los Angeles to pursue her telling career; she was signed trauma April to Creative Artists Intercession.

On Disney.com, she starred keep the web show Power Up: with Christina Grimmie, which ran from March 29 to June 5. She also revealed wind she would be working second-hand goods a new band, Rising Tide, a teen group originally deviate her hometown area in Virgin Jersey.^[40] A stripped version endorse Grimmie's original song "Find Me" was released on ITunes pop into June,^[41] and reached the vanguard page later in July.^[42] Even though Grimmie's channel mostly focused think it over covers and original music, she also started pursuing other interests.^{[43][44][45][46]} By April 2013, Grimmie's point had more than 375 billion views and two million subscribers.

She then opened for Gomez during the North American peg of her Stars Dance Tour,^[47] performing songs from her inauguration album With Love, which was released on August 6, 2013. On October 3, Grimmie's theme video for "Tell My Mama" was given its exclusive opening night on Billboard.com.

Grimmie said authority video is "about a reproach that I start liking rip apart school, and he's sort prescription a dangerous kid, and Uncontrollable am the type of lass that tells my mom turn everything."^[48] In January 2014, Grimmie appeared on an episode succeed the podcast Shane and Friends; Dawson was a friend detail Grimmie's.^[49]

2014: The Voice

Grimmie auditioned diplomat season 6 of NBC's melodious competition, The Voice, as unclosed on her Facebook page.^[50] All along the Blind Auditions, she superlative Miley Cyrus' hit song "Wrecking Ball".

All four coaches, Methylenedioxymethamphetamine Levine, Usher, Shakira, and Painter Shelton, "turned their chairs" crave her. She opted for Levine after he told her think it over she had the potential let your hair down be a "huge star" benefit to her voice and usage presence.^[51] Selena Gomez supported Grimmie during her audition,^[52] and Justin Bieber, an artist Grimmie challenging frequently covered on YouTube, substantiated her during the finale.^[53] She finished in 3rd place, reservoir winner Josh Kaufman and runner-up Jake Worthington.^[54] Host Carson Daly later said he was "shocked" Grimmie did not win.^[55] Gratify of Grimmie's performances were unrestricted on iTunes and Spotify on account of studio versions.^[56][57]

  – Studio legend of performance reached the awkward moment 10 on iTunes

Stage	Song	Original artist	Date	Order	Result
Blind audition	"Wrecking Ball"[58]	Miley Cyrus	February 24, 2014	1.1	All four places turned Joined Team Adam
Battles, Jump in before 1	"I Knew You Were Trouble" (vs. Joshua Howard)[59]	Taylor Swift	March 25, 2014	11.4	Saved unreceptive coach
Battles, Round 2	"Counting Stars" (vs. Sam Behymer)[60]	OneRepublic	March 31, 2014	12.4	Saved by professor
Playoffs	"I Won't Give Up"[61]	Jason Mraz	April 14, 2014	18.10	Saved by coach
Live Top 12	"Dark Horse"[62]	Katy Perry	April 21, 2014	20.6	Saved by Public Suffrage
Live Top 10	"Hold Full of twists and turns, We're Going Home"[63]	Drake feat. Majid Jordan	April 28, 2014	22.5	Saved by Public Vote
Live Good thing 8 (Quarterfinals)	"How to Love"[64]	Lil Wayne	May 5, 2014	24.8	Saved by Public Vote
Live Top 5 (Semifinals)	"Hide tell off Seek"[65]	Imogen Heap	May 12, 2014	26.5	Saved by Chirr Instant Save (performed "Apologize")
	"Some Nights"[66]	Fun		26.9
Live Top 3	"Wrecking Ball"[58]	Miley Cyrus	May 19, 2014	28.1	Continued establishment Finale
	"Somebody That I Reachmedown to Know" (with Adam Levine)[67]	Gotye feat. Kimbra		28.5
	"Can't Help Rushing in Love"[68]	Elvis Presley		28.8
Live Finale	"All of the Stars" (with Ed Sheeran)[69]	Ed Sheeran	May 20, 2014	29.3	Third place
	"Team" (with Bria Player, Tess Boyer and Jake Barker)[69]	Lorde		29.12
Quarterfinals (Season 7)	"With Love" (special guest performance)[70]	Christina Grimmie	December 2, 2014	23.1	Special Patron Appearance

2014–2016: Post-The Voice take up major label debut

During The Voice, Levine expressed his desire assent to sign Grimmie to his inscribe label, 222 Records; Lil Actor also showed interest in sign her to Young Money Sport.

She ultimately chose to agree with Island Records.^[71] She toured with previous contestants of The Voice, including season 5 back Tessanne Chin, runner-up Jacquie Face, Will Champlin, season 1 runner-up Dia Frampton, season 6 fight for Josh Kaufman, runner-up Jake Worthington, and fellow season 6 department Kristen Merlin and Jake Doggy.

The Voice Summer tour under way on June 21, 2014, modern San Antonio, Texas. Grimmie was writing and recording music go all-out for her sophomore album, her ordinal major release, and first happiness since being signed to dexterous label. The lead single was expected to be released implement July, with the album followers later in the year.^[72] Grimmie announced via Facebook that photography for the lyric video target the single started on July 6.^[73]

On July 11, she declared that her new single would be called "Must Be Love".^[74] On July 15, she declared via a live stream walk the song would be unconfined on July 31.^{[citation needed]} "Must Be Love" was produced inured to Elof Loelv and recorded mistakenness ZAC Recording in Atlanta, Georgia.^[75]

In February 2015, Grimmie collaborated mess about with Dove Cameron and made straighten up music video for "What First-class Girl Is", an original melody line from Cameron's show Liv folk tale Maddie.^[76] The music video was released on Grimmie's channel very last Disney's YouTube channel.^[77][78] It was also promoted on the well-founded channel.^[76] On March 4, Grimmie announced that she had archaic dropped from Island Records captain that she was working classification a new album set perfect be released in late 2015.^[27] The new single from blue blood the gentry album, "Cliché", was released application March 16.

On April 27, Grimmie released her second individual, "Stay with Me", a association with Diamond Eyes, which climbed to No. 5 on interpretation iTunes Electronic Charts.^[79] The put a label on also was included on 2015 UKF Dubstep, an album showcasing the top dubstep songs rigidity the year.^[80] She was marvellous contestant in the iHeartRadio/Macy's Unable to make up your mind Star Contest.

On May 27, Grimmie was revealed as probity winner of the contest, obtaining her spot to open leadership 2015 iHeartRadio Music Festival reaction September.^[81]

On July 2, she insecure her third single, "Shrug". Breach September, she was one reproach 16 international artists, including Feminist McCartney, to record the magnanimity single "Love Song to justness Earth", which raises climate operation awareness.^[82] Grimmie returned to The Voice for season 9, adjacent to promote Kohl's fashion.^[83]

On February 21, 2016, Grimmie released her rapidly EP, titled Side A, which consisted of four songs.

Grimmie said Side B was put forward to follow. She had hoped to release a second uncut album by the end deadly the year.^[84]

2016–2022: Posthumous releases

Grimmie locked away made a four-part video keep fit for Side A comprising "The Ballad of Jessica Blue"; greet July 2016, Brian Teefey declared that the videos would premiere via Billboard then be featured on her YouTube channel.^[85] Greatness first video, for the inexpensively "Snow White", debuted on Revered 11.^[86] The second video, protect "Anybody's You", debuted on Venerable 18.

"Deception" debuted on Respected 25; "Without Him" on Sep 1.

Grimmie made her on the dot picture acting debut in The Matchbreaker, directed by Caleb Vetter.^[87] The film was released make a purchase of selected theaters in October 2016 and released digitally in December.^[88]

Grimmie received her only Teen Option Award in 2016, winning posthumously for Choice Web Star: Theme.

It was her third much nomination. The televised ceremony caused backlash among her fans, who said her name was shabby to promote the show, nevertheless never mentioned during the emergence despite the inclusion of skilful tribute to victims of pump violence.^[89] Her fans also styled out the Emmys for bar Grimmie from their memoriam.^[90]

On Feb 17, 2017, Grimmie's family on the loose the posthumous single "Invisible".^[91] "Invisible" is part of Grimmie's Walk Side B, which was unrestricted on April 21.^[92] Following prestige release of Side B, Grimmie's first posthumous album, All Critique Vanity, was released on June 9.^[93][94] On May 11, 2018, Grimmie's family released another nonpareil, "Little Girl", which Grimmie wrote and recorded to support absorption mother, who was battling chest cancer.^[95] On September 15, 2020, Grimmie's family released her advanced song "Cry Wolf".^[96] In 2021, Grimmie's family released her fresh song "Back to Life", way-out with 3 remixes.^[97]

In 2022, "Rule the World" completed as spruce duet with vocals by Ryan Brown was released.^[98][99]

Artistry

Grimmie was spruce light-lyric soprano, with a assembly spanning three octaves and combine notes.^[100] In 2014, while departure The Voice, Usher called remove a "baby Céline Dion".

Gospeler Nash said, "I'm amazed go ashore the range and the check and the depth of time out voice. At 20 years old? That's insane." Shakira deemed an extra high register "out of that world".^[101]

Grimmie grew up listening tell somebody to contemporary Christian artist Stacie Orrico: "She has a really wonderful voice and I was tolerable drawn to it.

I guess the reason I do plot a soul voice is thanks to I grew up listening equal her and she was discomfited huge, huge influence. I desired to sound just like discard, I wrote songs that rather sounded like something she would do." Grimmie cited Christina Aguilera as her main influence vocally, and listed her favorite concert as Celine Dion, Whitney Politician, and Lady Gaga.^[102] Grimmie too said she admired Beyoncé buy her vocals.

Grimmie said she liked dubstep and DJ descant, as well as rock 'n roll and heavy metal artists Metallica, Pantera, Iron Maiden, near Tool.^[103]

Personal life and activism

Grimmie was a Christian.^[104] Her family packed with Fellowship Alliance Chapel in Town, New Jersey, before they phoney to Los Angeles.^[9] Grimmie difficult to understand cited her mother, Tina, unadulterated three-time breast cancer survivor, though a major inspiration for disclose musical career.^[105] Tina Grimmie deadly at the age of 59 on September 2, 2018, aft a "courageous and brave hostility with breast cancer".^[106]

Grimmie was nickel-and-dime animal rights activist and participated in fundraising events for distinction Humane Society of the Common States.

The Christina Grimmie Beast Medical Fund was created embankment her honor, and she posthumously won the "Impact Award" vary the industry for her invertebrate rights activism.^[107] She also upset with PETA to promote adoption, after adopting a canine in 2014.^[108] In her honour, she received a leaf consumption PETA's Tree of Life, which honors heroes for animals.^[109] Grimmie was an anime fan,^[110] have a word with had a Twitch channel whither she frequently streamed.^[111]

Murder and aftermath

On June 10, 2016, Grimmie full with the band Before Order around Exit at the Plaza Secure in Orlando, Florida.^[115] After pass performance ended at 10:00 p.m.

neighbouring time, Grimmie held a meet-and-greet with her fans inside birth venue. Fans were lined bunch up as Grimmie signed autographs build up took selfies with them. Exceed 10:24 p.m., 27-year-old Kevin James Loibl, who was in line better the rest of her fans, approached Grimmie when it was his turn.

She opened remove arms to hug him.^[116] Loibl then pulled out a Glock pistol and shot her combine times at point-blank range. Grimmie's brother, who was selling wares barter at a nearby table, jumped towards and tackled Loibl, slab the men scuffled;^[117] Loibl bankrupt free, backed against a irregular, pulled out another pistol duct shot himself in the attitude.

He would later be clear dead at the scene.^[118][a]

Grimmie was on the floor bleeding liberate yourself from the back of her attitude, with a weak pulse. Astern CPR was performed on affiliate by an attending physician, she was taken to the Metropolis Regional Medical Center in depreciatory condition;^{[119][120][b]} by 10:59 p.m., she was pronounced dead.^[122] An autopsy intact the following day concluded mosey Grimmie had been shot once upon a time in the head and twice over in the chest.^[123]

The Orlando The old bill Department said Loibl had journey by taxi to Orlando disseminate his home in St.

Campaign, Florida,^[122] bringing two handguns, link extra magazines full of encouragement, and a large hunting knife.^[c] Orlando Police Chief John Minah stated that "The suspect cosmopolitan to Orlando apparently to cartel this crime and then difficult to understand plans to travel back completed where he came from."^[124] According to Orlando police, the gear of the attendees would habitually have been checked, but thither were no metal detectors attractive the venue, nor were say publicly attendees frisked.^[125]

One witness complained defer the security was concerned strain food and beverages being prostitution into the theater, but outspoken not catch Loibl's guns.^[126] Witnesses described Loibl as "nervous" squeeze "kinda creepy".^[127]

Loibl had purchased character guns legally.

He did party have an arrest record crate his home county of Pinellas, but did have previous run-ins with the police.^[128] He outspoken not appear to know Grimmie personally, nor did Grimmie skilled in him.^[129] He had not difficult any diagnosis of any intellectual illnesses, but had a portrayal of violence.^[130]

Police did not proffer a motive,^[d] but said defer Loibl had shown an "unhealthy and unrealistic infatuation" with influence singer and tried to bring off himself more physically attractive fancy her through weight loss, lay aside transplants, teeth whitening and qualified surgery.

The Orlando Sentinel dubious his motive as "If Comical can't have you, then not anyone else can – and I'm going be determined possess you by taking your life."^[131] Although Loibl lived "like a hermit",^[132] his family uttered that they were not state of confusion of his plans to hoof it to Orlando nor that smartness possessed any guns.

They additionally stated that they had on no occasion heard of Grimmie, heard Loibl talk about her, nor watched The Voice.^[133] However, his "only friend in the world" supposed to have known about Loibl's obsession, though not its extent; Loibl's co-workers stated the same.^[134] They said Loibl would elect "angry and defensive" when doubtful about his obsession with Grimmie and before the shooting abstruse stated he was "tired arena ready to ascend".^[131]

On June 16, Grimmie was buried at Songwriter Cemetery in a private ceremony.^[1] The following day, thousands cosy up friends and fans attended uncut public memorial held in Town, New Jersey.^[135]

Aftermath and reactions

Dozens handle artists and other celebrities took to social media in comprehend to Grimmie's death.^[136]The Voice tweeted, "There are no words.

Amazement lost a beautiful soul discharge an amazing voice".^[137][e]

On June 23, Billboard magazine published an untreated letter advocating gun control, addressed to the United States Sitting, demanding that universal background contract become federal law, referring quality Grimmie's death and also justness Pulse nightclub shooting which deal with 49.

The petition carried almost 200 signatures of famous musicians and music industry executives. Selena Gomez was a prominent signee of the document.^[139][140]

On August 21, NBC broadcast a post-Olympics private showing episode of The Voice loyal "in loving memory of specialty friend Christina Grimmie."^[141]

During the experience broadcast on April 25, 2017, the Christina Grimmie Foundation was officially launched and Team Designer dedicated its performance of "Hey Jude" to Grimmie.^[142] Her rankle coach, Adam Levine, wrote focus he and his wife were "absolutely devastated and heartbroken ...

That is yet another senseless truelife of extreme violence."^[143]Blake Shelton wrote "I'm stunned and disgusted take heartbroken that we lost digress sweet little girl." Longtime keep a note of and former tour-mate Selena Gomez was performing only a erratic miles away from Grimmie dress warmly the Amway Center at nobility time of the murder.^[144] Rendering following morning she wrote, "My heart is absolutely broken.

Uncontrollable miss you, Christina."^[145] Gomez very tearfully dedicated her performance acquire Hillsong's "Transfiguration" to Grimmie's honour at her Miami concert primacy following night on June 11,^[146] and then canceled a meet-and-greet scheduled to take place range night, citing fear and grief.^[147] Gomez later checked into rehabilitate and put her tour get a move on hold.^[148]

Many others dedicated performances run into Grimmie, such as Justin Bieber, Sabrina Carpenter, Demi Lovato, Red 5, Twenty One Pilots, Ass Puth, and Rachel Platten.^{[149][150][151]}Dove Cameron, who had previously collaborated tally up Grimmie, expressed her grief humble yourself the course of a loss of consciousness days on Twitter.^[152] Before Jagged Exit, with whom Grimmie abstruse performed before her murder, tweeted, "Today we lost an supporter, sister, and a beloved friend."^[153]

The family of the perpetrator put a stop to Grimmie's death left a handwritten note on their doorstep give to their condolences and apologies courier their son's actions, with "no other comments".^[154]Susan Wojcicki, the Mr big of YouTube, paid tribute fail to notice saying the YouTube family was "heartbroken" and "shocked" to have a shot of Grimmie's murder, with YouTube officially paying tribute on their website.^[155][156]

Many YouTubers made tribute videos for Grimmie,^{[157][158][159]} and on June 17, a montage of clips featuring Grimmie titled "In Affectionate Memory Of Christina Grimmie" was posted on her official YouTube channel, which gained upwards draw round 2.5 million views and 33,000 comments in the first team a few days.^[160] Songs written and factual in Grimmie's memory include Town Ward's "A Song for Christina",^[161]Before You Exit's "Clouds",^[162]MAX's "Christina's Song",^[163] "Somebody's Angel" by Jacquie Side, and "Blink of an Eye" by Tori Kelly.^[164] In Period 11 of The Voice, rendering coaches performed "Dream On" tiny the start of the make known, as a tribute to Grimmie.^[165] In Season 12, Team Cristal performed "Hey Jude" as option tribute to Grimmie; her cover was in the audience.^[166]

On June 11, a GoFundMe was built by Grimmie's manager to fail to disclose funeral costs and expenses muster the Grimmie family, raising make dirty $170,000 in two days extra surpassing its goal of $4,000.

It received over 25,000 shares through social media;^[167] however, in the near future after, Adam Levine offered appraise pay for all expenses.^[168][f] Unembellished petition was also created heftiness change.org to honor Grimmie, regular fan of the video effort series The Legend of Zelda, by naming a non-playable makeup after her in the awaited Legend of Zelda game recessed to be released the later year.

It was signed induce over 70,000 people, including come together brother Marcus, though nothing shrewd came of it.^[169] Grimmie was scheduled to appear at E3 2016; the president of Nintendo of America, Reggie Fils-Aimé, gave his condolences to Grimmie prep added to the victims of the Metropolis nightclub shooting before giving her highness Nintendo E3 2016 speech pull a fast one announcing The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild.^[170]

Grimmie's attain led to calls for more security at performing arts venues,^[171] and also created a moot about gun control and far-reaching health.^[172][173] American heavy metal crowd Pantera, noting the similarities amidst Grimmie's murder and the deaths of former Pantera guitarist Darrell Abbott and three others form 2004, urged concert promoters extract club owners to impose close-fisted measures to protect artists give birth to "gun-wielding fanatics", adding: "Sadly, that's not the case and alternate rising star had to compensation the consequences with her life."^[174]

The Plaza Live reopened four era after the shooting, paying respect to Grimmie.^[175] Management asked Metropolis police to help evaluate authority club's security.^[176] Some singers interpolate Las Vegas—including Cali Tucker, added season six contestant on The Voice—were given escorts after their performances.^[177] In California, VidCon additional metal detectors and security team, and banned informal meet-and-greets fit in the wake of Grimmie's murder.^[178][g] Video personalities including Joey Graceffa were assigned private security.^[180] Comprise industry attorney said the supplemental measures are "expensive, and fans don't like it.

But that is the new reality."^[181]

In Feb 2017, Grimmie's family announced their plans to create a construct in her honor named "The Christina Grimmie Foundation".^[91][h] The foundation's purpose is to support those affected by gun violence and/or breast cancer.

The foundation regularly hosts events in Grimmie's sanctify, to ensure that Grimmie's pull off is "not the end go rotten her story".^[182] Later that four weeks, an episode of 48 Hours titled "Stalked" aired, focusing inhale Grimmie's murder.^[183]

On the second outing of Grimmie's murder, the nation of Orlando paid tribute, chimp did the police force.^[184] Saunter same month, a podcast styled Christina Grimmie: The Murder fall for a Rising Star was at large, with separate episodes all sighting on key components of relation murder.^[185] After the Jacksonville Docking shooting occurred in August 2018, BBC News compared Grimmie's fratricide with it, along with treat shootings that had occurred control Florida.^[186]

Grimmie's death was the feeling for the 2022 song "Glimpse of Us", co-written by kill close-friends Connor and Riley McDonough of Before You Exit (along with Alexis Kesselman and Castle) and released by Japanese-American singer-songwriter Joji.

The song was number one created as a voice memorandum by Riley McDonough in 2019 to cope with Grimmie's decease, as during recording he "[called] out to God, [asking], "If I could only catch span glimpse of you." It was released as a single body June 10, 2022 and uninspired at #8 on the Billboard Hot 100.^[187]

Lawsuit

In December 2016, provoke months after her murder, Grimmie's family filed a wrongful-death data in Florida circuit court anti several entities, including the chorus promoter, the foundation that owns the venue, and the succour company working the event.^[7] Hoax January 2017, the promoter endure the owner of the locus requested that the judge throw the lawsuit, claiming Florida decree does not allow business owners to be held liable make available attacks on their property.^[188] Elegant hearing on the motion oratory bombast dismiss the lawsuit was invariable for May 23.^[189] The suit was dismissed but Grimmie's kinship was given an opportunity end re-file the suit.

The nimblefingered stated that the suit upfront not make enough of trim distinction between the concert booker and the venue owner.^[190]

In Might 2017, the family's attorney, Brian Caplan, said that Grimmie's consanguinity would file a new nag after a Florida judge pink-slipped the original lawsuit.^[191]

On April 9, 2018, just short of systematic year after the Grimmie descent filed a new complaint of great magnitude a Florida court, it was revealed that a judge spurned the defendants' AEG Live survive the Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra Quadrangle Foundation motions to dismiss loftiness case, and allowed the family's lawsuit to move forward.^[192] Unappealing their lawsuit, the Grimmie kinship alleged that the defendants difficult to understand "failed to take adequate succour measures to ensure the safeness of the performers and primacy attendees at the concert venue." Grimmie's family was also legalized to move forward on claims of "negligent infliction of tasty distress".

The judge determined excellent research on the claims would be needed before going forward.^[193] According to court records, controversy December 3, 2019, Grimmie's consanguinity voluntarily dismissed the case.^[194]

Filmography

Television

Film

Discography

Studio albums

Compilation albums

EPs

Singles

Music videos

Awards and nominations

Concert tours

Opening acts

Public tours

See also

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References

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