Life and career Greyson Chance

1 life , career

1.1 1997–2010: life , musical beginnings
1.2 2010–14: hold on til night , truth told, part 1
1.3 2014–present: somewhere on head

life , career
1997–2010: life , musical beginnings

chance born on august 16, 1997 in wichita falls, texas, , grew in edmond, oklahoma. youngest child of scott , lisa chance, has older sister, alexa, , older brother, tanner, both of whom make music. chance began playing piano @ age 8 , had 3 years of piano lessons.

chance s paparazzi cover video posted youtube, on april 28, 2010, , 2 weeks video generated low views. @ least 2 social websites, gossipboy.ca , reddit.com, posted video embeds on may 10, 2010. next morning, embedded on ryanseacrest.com, reported finding video via buzzfeed, website attempts track , predict emerging viral internet memes. later in day, tvguide, huffington post, , yahoo! music s video blog, video ga ga, posted articles embedding video; tvguide mentioned in article facebook fan page had been started chance. afternoon, ryan seacrest , ellen degeneres linked video on twitter accounts, did celebrity ashton kutcher later evening.

degeneres first saw video after chance s brother, tanner chance, wrote show suggesting watch it. video had 10,000 views when degeneres first saw it. on afternoon of may 11, yahoo! music reported: of writing, video has had more 36,000 views far, , s been invited perform on ellen degeneres show. on may 12, degeneres announcement of chance s booking on show broadcast @ different times across u.s. , posted website. wall street journal , los angeles times, among other mainstream media, posted articles embedding video , announcing forthcoming appearance. greyson taped interview , performance of paparazzi in los angeles. during interview, chance received phone call lady gaga, boy says true inspiration. evening, abc world news broadcast report on chance, introduced diane sawyer, said story struck abc news part billy elliot , part glee. on may 13, chance s appearance on ellen degeneres show broadcast, , mainstream media, including cbs , people, reported on appearance. morning, ryan seacrest posted link on twitter, time video of chance appearing on ellen degeneres show. not has received attention degeneres , seacrest also, on may 14, singer, songwriter, , author david archuleta linked video on twitter claiming greyson talented.

on may 15, greyson chance created official myspace page , official twitter account. same day, crazed hits, music industry tip-sheet run alex wilhelm, while citing no sources, reported interscope records had signed 12-year-old chance record deal. same day, newsok posted video, 3 things know greyson michael chance , , article in chance s father quoted saying family spend weekend deciding how wanted proceed before signing contracts.

on may 18, new york post reported on deal interscope records, citing chance s sister , father confirming deal; post reported calls made chance s school being referred guy oseary. chance made second appearance on ellen, airing may 26, 2010, on performed original song broken hearts , received $10,000 award winning ellen s wonderful web of wonderment contest, brand new yamaha piano, , announced degeneres s first signed artist new recording label eleveneleven. while explaining reasons naming record label, listed 1 reason fact first saw chance s paparazzi cover on may 11, 2010. also, states 11 greyson s soccer jersey number. guy oseary, manages madonna s career, , troy carter, manages lady gaga s career, co-managers of greyson chance s career, no partnership major recording label had been finalized.

the chronology of events has resulted in media analysis of marketing phenomenon separately musical or biographical elements. on may 15, 2010, christian science monitor published article staff writer gloria goodale; citing chance s quick rise media attention , establishment of various official , fan websites chance, concerns raised music industry analyst jeff snyder quality of video itself, goodale asked whether there s big media hand behind sixth grader greyson michael chance. on may 18, 2010, goodale followed second article focusing on modern age of media manipulation , introduced saying, reports far suggest greyson chance youtube video legit. on may 18, 2010, itn news posted video report youtube channel, in many of same questions raised; highlighting aspects of chance s paparazzi video, media industry analyst alan stevens pointed out growing inability within our modern media culture distinguish between videos produced amateurs , videos produced professionals made appear amateur in origin.

2010–14: hold on til night , truth told, part 1

greyson @ film premiere of harry potter , deathly hallows – part 2 in july 2011.

his debut single, waiting outside lines , released itunes on october 26, 2010. released digitally in uk on december 9. single contained remix featuring filipina singer charice, studio versions of covers of lady gaga s paparazzi , fire augustana. throughout december, chance appeared @ day 2010 in downtown toronto @ air canada centre, performed latter, , visited both paris , london, appearing on local radio stations , giving private concerts in both cities. on february 5, 2011, greyson chance entered national spotlight again appearance/performance of waiting outside lines on cbs s show, while stopping through new york on miranda cosgrove s dancing crazy tour. started waiting 4u tour australian pop/r&b singer cody simpson on april 9 in ivins, utah. tour ended on may 18, 2011, in portland, oregon.

on may 17, 2011, second single, unfriend , released itunes and, on may 23, greyson visited ellen degeneres show premiere single. after performance, greyson revealed solid release date upcoming debut album, hold on til night, released on august 2, 2011. music video features cameo victorious star ariana grande.

on september 15, again appeared on ellen degeneres show talk album, , revealed had taken first steps acting, portraying younger version of jimmy chance, protagonist of fox s comedy raising hope, in series second-season premiere. episode aired on september 20, 2011.

in november 2011, greyson undertook tour of southeast asia promote album, had been released in region. tour started in kuala lumpur, malaysia, in addition showcase performance invited perform @ malaysian music industry awards show (the first foreign artist invited since 1999) malaysia youtube sensation, najwa latif, greyson gave performances in singapore; kota kinabalu (borneo, malaysia); manila, philippines; , jakarta, indonesia.

in march 2012, greyson returned asia support release of special edition of album, released asian market on march 20. accompanied full four-part band , gave full concert performances in kuala lumpur, singapore, jakarta, , manila, before going on without band on promotional tour taiwan, hong kong, , bangkok, thailand. in july, in region promotional , tv appearances in hong kong , changsha (hunan province, china). in august, performed @ mtv-cctv mandarin music awards show in beijing , won award popular new international artist of year.

in november 2012, after releasing new ep, truth told part 1, again returned asia promo tour starting in kota kinabalu (borneo, malaysia) kuala lumpur, malaysia, singapore , manila, philippines.

2014–present: somewhere on head

on january 13, 2014, chance released new song named temptation onto soundcloud. performed song @ sundance film festival. [1] throughout year, continued process of writing , recording ep, somewhere on head. on september 16, chance released single called thrilla in manila . track named meridians released on march 24, 2015. both songs, ultimately, did not appear on final track list. official lead single, afterlife , released on october 29, 2015. in 2016, succeeded hit & run on february 5 , on wall on april 29 second , third singles, respectively. on april 28, released new music video single on wall on youtube channel. ep released may 13, 2016.

before release of somewhere on head, on 27 january – 1 february, chance did 3 shows in los angeles, chicago , new york city. had release party of new ep in youtube space la on may 13, 2016. , on may 28–29, had 2 shows after release of ep in san francisco , seattle.

during promotion of ep, chance featured on electronic dance track tydi , jack novak titled oceans , released on february 19, 2016.

in february 2016, picked elvis duran s artist of month , featured on nbc s today show hosted kathy lee gifford , hoda kotb , broadcast nationally performed live single hit & run .

in june 2016, 1 month after releasing new ep, somewhere on head, chance returned asia short promo tour starting in singapore, kuala lumpur (malaysia), penang (malaysia), , manila, philippines.

on september 15, 2016, frank pole released song titled featured greyson chance. on december 23, 2016, chance released song called london . on may 6, 2017, chance featured on fabian mazur s song called earn . on may 12, chance part of soundtrack album dirty dancing cover song hungry eyes . on june 30, 2017, chance released song called seasons .