Conan Gray
Conan Lee Gray (born December 5, 1998) is an American singer and songwriter. He was born in Lemon Grove, California and raised in Georgetown, Texas. He started as a YouTuber when he was a teenager. He signed to Republic Records in 2018.
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| Birth name | Conan Lee Gray | |||||||||
| Born | December 5, 1998 Lemon Grove, California, U.S. | |||||||||
| Origin | Georgetown, Texas, U.S. | |||||||||
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| Years active | 2013–present | |||||||||
| Labels | Republic | |||||||||
| Website | conangray | |||||||||
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| Subscribers | 5.14 million[1] | |||||||||
| Total views | 1.28 billion[1] | |||||||||
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Early life
Conan Lee Gray[3][4] was born on December 5, 1998, in Lemon Grove, California.[5] When he was a baby, he moved to Hiroshima, Japan because his grandfather had cancer. After his grandfather died, he moved back to California.
Gray moved to Georgetown, Texas when he was a preteen. A lot of his music is inspired by it.[6]
Career
Conan Gray started making YouTube videos when he was 15.[7]
He released his first song in 2017, called "Idle Town".[8][9] In 2018, he released an extended play called Sunset Season.[10]
In 2020, Conan Gray released his first album, Kid Krow. It was the most popular debut of the year.[11]
Discography
Studio albums
Extended plays
- Sunset Season (2017)
Tours
- Sunset Shows (2018–19)
- Comfort Crowd Tour (2019)
- Conan Gray World Tour 2022
- Superache Tour (2022–23)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "About Conan Gray". YouTube.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Total Subscribers & Video Views Gained For ConanXCanon (Annually)". Retrieved April 8, 2020 – via YouTube. (subscription needed)
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link) - ↑ Gray, Conan Lee. "ASCAP Ace Search". American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP). Retrieved November 7, 2019.
- ↑ Conan Gray [conangray] (October 26, 2018). "my middle name is "lee" so all i gotta do is name my child "fam"" (Tweet).
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|dead-url=(help) - ↑ Stone, Russell Dean (August 2, 2019). "Conan Gray". Notion. Retrieved October 12, 2023.
- ↑ "Meet Conan Gray, the YouTube Pop Star Who Emerged From His Bedroom". W Magazine. March 18, 2020. Retrieved October 12, 2023.
- ↑ "Conan Gray" – via YouTube.
- ↑ "One To Watch: Conan Gray Makes His Major Label Debut With "Generation Why"". idolator. October 8, 2018. Retrieved October 12, 2023.
- ↑ Wetmore, Brendan (April 9, 2019). "Conan Gray Hits a Small Town Crescendo". PAPER. Retrieved October 12, 2023.
- ↑ Herb, Jesse (December 4, 2018). "EP Review: Embracing Youth & Gen Z with Conan Gray's 'Sunset Season'". Atwood Magazine. Retrieved October 12, 2023.
- ↑ "Conan Gray emerges as biggest new artist of 2020 with debut album, Kid Krow". Universal Music Group. March 30, 2020. Archived from the original on October 9, 2020. Retrieved October 12, 2023.
- ↑ Mier, Tomás (2022-04-11). "Conan Gray's Second Album 'Superache' Is About That Pain That Lingers for Years". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2023-10-12.
Other websites
- Official website
- Conan Gray on Instagram
- Conan Gray's Fans Had Front Row Seat To His Path To Rising Star – Documentary by Uproxx and Honda