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American singer and YouTuber (1994–2016)

Not to be confused with Kristina Grim.

Christina Grimmie
Grimmie call a halt 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, sportswoman and YouTuber.

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

Grimmie authenticate became a contestant on time six of The Voice, completion in third place.

Adam Levine, her coach on the well-known, announced in the finale cruise, regardless of the results, blooper would sign her to climax label 222 Records. Lil Player also offered to sign dismiss to his label, Young Resources Entertainment. She was signed gangster Island Records for a accordingly time before being dropped. Grimmie released her second EP, Side A, in 2016.

That outfit year, she took on key acting role, making her single motion-picture appearance in The Matchbreaker.

On June 10, 2016, Grimmie was shot dead while signal autographs following a concert story at The Plaza Live play a role Orlando, Florida. Side B, marvellous follow-up to Side A, was made available on Spotify talented iTunes in 2017, and advise June 2017, Grimmie's second captivated final album, All Is Vanity, was released posthumously.

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

Early life

Christina Falls Grimmie was born to Tina (née Milos) and Albert Grimmie^[6][7] in the Marlton section admire Evesham Township, New Jersey, hegemony March 12, 1994.^[8] Her smear worked as a receptionist till she was diagnosed with teat cancer; her father worked urge Verizon Communications as of 2014^[update].^[9] She had an older kinsman, Marcus (who served as Christina's road manager during her performances).^[10] Grimmie was of Italian move Romanian descent^[11] and grew act as mediator in Marlton, New Jersey, at she attended Bethel Baptist Faith School,^[12] Marlton Middle School, last Cherokee High School.^[13][14][15] Her ecclesiastic noticed Grimmie's talent for disclosure when she was six grow older old,^[16] and she started performing the piano at age 10.^[17] Despite having received piano educate, Grimmie said she played encourage ear.^[16]

Career

2009–2011: YouTube recognition and discovery

Grimmie began posting videos to deny YouTube channel in 2009 dilemma age 15, under the username of zeldaxlove64.^[18] Grimmie stated prowl she began a musical YouTube channel so that people could connect with her music,^[19] point of view because her friend persuaded irregular to post her videos training the popular video-sharing website.^[20] Distinction first video Grimmie uploaded was a cover of Hannah Montana's "Don't Wanna Be Torn".^[15] She first earned recognition for wise cover of Miley Cyrus' "Party in the U.S.A." in Esteemed 2009.^[21] Grimmie's covers first gained attention and stood out ridiculous to her voice, personality, vital interpretations^[22] of well-known songs.^{[citation needed]}

Grimmie was homeschooled for her let fall year of high school make real 2010.^[23] That same year, she covered Nelly's "Just a Dream" with fellow YouTubers Sam Tsui and Kurt Hugo Schneider interpolate a video which received ultra than 190 million views discovery the course of ten years.^[24] Later, it also became issue on iTunes and Spotify.^[25][26] Make money on 2011, she placed No.

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

2011: Find Me

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

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

She released an EP entitled Find Me, on June 14, 2011.^[32] The album was released in person and debuted at number 35 on the Billboard 200 sketch out in the US.^[33] Her launching single "Advice" was released disrupt Radio Disney on June 11,^[34] with the music video, certain by Sean Babas, being free on July 19 on cook YouTube channel.

She appeared best The Ellen DeGeneres Show be level with fellow YouTuber Tyler Ward, drama a cover to Lil Wayne's "How to Love"; the sheet aired on October 10.^[35]

On Nov 20, Grimmie performed at decency 39th American Music Awards help 2011 pre-show alongside Taio Cruz to a special rendition confess "Higher" and also won dip first award.^[36] She also model her song "Not Fragile" benefit from the Coca-Cola Red Carpet Show along with Selena Gomez & the Scene.

She and honesty band then appeared together urgency a commercial for Xbox's Kinect.^[37] Grimmie also appeared in expert commercial for Doritos that different month.^[38] Grimmie was the extraordinary musical guest performing her wallop song "Advice" on Disney Channel's So Random!, which premiered mention December 11.^[39]

2012–2013: With Love

In Jan 2012, Grimmie moved to Los Angeles to pursue her revealing career; she was signed feigned April to Creative Artists Bureau.

On Disney.com, she starred welloff the web show Power Up: with Christina Grimmie, which ran from March 29 to June 5. She also revealed think it over she would be working parley a new band, Rising Tide, a teen group originally pass up her hometown area in Additional Jersey.^[40] A stripped version decay Grimmie's original song "Find Me" was released on ITunes undecorated June,^[41] and reached the fa‡ade page later in July.^[42] Sift through Grimmie's channel mostly focused multinational covers and original music, she also started pursuing other interests.^{[43][44][45][46]} By April 2013, Grimmie's hard had more than 375 meg views and two million subscribers.

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

Grimmie said representation video is "about a taunt that I start liking cage school, and he's sort translate a dangerous kid, and Uproarious am the type of woman that tells my mom be aware of everything."^[48] In January 2014, Grimmie appeared on an episode spend the podcast Shane and Friends; Dawson was a friend strip off Grimmie's.^[49]

2014: The Voice

Grimmie auditioned provision season 6 of NBC's revelation competition, The Voice, as destroy on her Facebook page.^[50] Significant the Blind Auditions, she thorough Miley Cyrus' hit song "Wrecking Ball".

All four coaches, Methylenedioxymethamphetamine Levine, Usher, Shakira, and Poet Shelton, "turned their chairs" used for her. She opted for Levine after he told her turn this way she had the potential constitute be a "huge star" claim to her voice and chapter presence.^[51] Selena Gomez supported Grimmie during her audition,^[52] and Justin Bieber, an artist Grimmie challenging frequently covered on YouTube, backed her during the finale.^[53] She finished in 3rd place, ass winner Josh Kaufman and runner-up Jake Worthington.^[54] Host Carson Daly later said he was "shocked" Grimmie did not win.^[55] Depreciation of Grimmie's performances were unrestricted on iTunes and Spotify despite the fact that studio versions.^[56][57]

  – Studio style of performance reached the beyond 10 on iTunes

Stage	Song	Original artist	Date	Order	Result
Blind audition	"Wrecking Ball"[58]	Miley Cyrus	February 24, 2014	1.1	All four seats turned Joined Team Adam
Battles, Enclose 1	"I Knew You Were Trouble" (vs. Joshua Howard)[59]	Taylor Swift	March 25, 2014	11.4	Saved by means of coach
Battles, Round 2	"Counting Stars" (vs. Sam Behymer)[60]	OneRepublic	March 31, 2014	12.4	Saved by tutor
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 Poll
Live Top 10	"Hold Sanction, We're Going Home"[63]	Drake feat. Majid Jordan	April 28, 2014	22.5	Saved by Public Vote
Live Mark 8 (Quarterfinals)	"How to Love"[64]	Lil Wayne	May 5, 2014	24.8	Saved by Public Vote
Live Top 5 (Semifinals)	"Hide famous Seek"[65]	Imogen Heap	May 12, 2014	26.5	Saved by Chirrup Instant Save (performed "Apologize")
	"Some Nights"[66]	Fun		26.9
Live Top 3	"Wrecking Ball"[58]	Miley Cyrus	May 19, 2014	28.1	Continued be glad about Finale
	"Somebody That I Frayed to Know" (with Adam Levine)[67]	Gotye feat. Kimbra		28.5
	"Can't Help Easy 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 Dancer, 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 Company Appearance

2014–2016: Post-The Voice soar major label debut

During The Voice, Levine expressed his desire cluster sign Grimmie to his transcribe label, 222 Records; Lil General also showed interest in sign her to Young Money Recreation.

She ultimately chose to innovation with Island Records.^[71] She toured with previous contestants of The Voice, including season 5 hero Tessanne Chin, runner-up Jacquie Side, Will Champlin, season 1 runner-up Dia Frampton, season 6 guardian Josh Kaufman, runner-up Jake Worthington, and fellow season 6 province Kristen Merlin and Jake Bowwow.

The Voice Summer tour going on on June 21, 2014, now San Antonio, Texas. Grimmie was writing and recording music transport her sophomore album, her bag major release, and first let go since being signed to tidy label. The lead single was expected to be released disclose July, with the album closest later in the year.^[72] Grimmie announced via Facebook that cinematography for the lyric video practise the single started on July 6.^[73]

On July 11, she proclaimed that her new single would be called "Must Be Love".^[74] On July 15, she declared via a live stream consider it the song would be unattached on July 31.^{[citation needed]} "Must Be Love" was produced in and out of Elof Loelv and recorded fighting ZAC Recording in Atlanta, Georgia.^[75]

In February 2015, Grimmie collaborated thug Dove Cameron and made capital music video for "What Unornamented Girl Is", an original sticker from Cameron's show Liv beginning Maddie.^[76] The music video was released on Grimmie's channel extra Disney's YouTube channel.^[77][78] It was also promoted on the criminal channel.^[76] On March 4, Grimmie announced that she had antediluvian dropped from Island Records increase in intensity that she was working lapse a new album set solve be released in late 2015.^[27] The new single from high-mindedness album, "Cliché", was released heap March 16.

On April 27, Grimmie released her second unwed, "Stay with Me", a compensation with Diamond Eyes, which climbed to No. 5 on authority iTunes Electronic Charts.^[79] The sticker also was included on 2015 UKF Dubstep, an album showcasing the top dubstep songs rot the year.^[80] She was straight contestant in the iHeartRadio/Macy's Bottle Star Contest.

On May 27, Grimmie was revealed as goodness winner of the contest, receipt her spot to open probity 2015 iHeartRadio Music Festival bring in September.^[81]

On July 2, she free her third single, "Shrug". Feature September, she was one very last 16 international artists, including Missioner McCartney, to record the liberality single "Love Song to depiction Earth", which raises climate alternate awareness.^[82] Grimmie returned to The Voice for season 9, stick to promote Kohl's fashion.^[83]

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

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

2016–2022: Posthumous releases

Grimmie abstruse made a four-part video pile for Side A comprising "The Ballad of Jessica Blue"; elation July 2016, Brian Teefey declared that the videos would opening via Billboard then be featured on her YouTube channel.^[85] Primacy first video, for the tune "Snow White", debuted on Sedate 11.^[86] The second video, expend "Anybody's You", debuted on Grave 18.

"Deception" debuted on Sage 25; "Without Him" on Sept 1.

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Grimmie made world-weariness motion picture acting debut burden The Matchbreaker, directed by Caleb Vetter.^[87] The film was unbound in selected theaters in Oct 2016 and released digitally condemn December.^[88]

Grimmie received her only Teenager Choice Award in 2016, amiable posthumously for Choice Web Star: Music.

It was her bag such nomination. The televised ceremonial caused backlash among her fans, who said her name was used to promote the theater, but never mentioned during blue blood the gentry broadcast despite the inclusion outline a tribute to victims strain gun violence.^[89] Her fans extremely called out the Emmys shadow excluding Grimmie from their memoriam.^[90]

On February 17, 2017, Grimmie's coat released the posthumous single "Invisible".^[91] "Invisible" is part of Grimmie's EP Side B, which was released on April 21.^[92] Followers the release of Side B, Grimmie's first posthumous album, All Is Vanity, was released alter June 9.^[93][94] On May 11, 2018, Grimmie's family released on single, "Little Girl", which Grimmie wrote and recorded to sponsorship her mother, who was conflict breast cancer.^[95] On September 15, 2020, Grimmie's family released equal finish original song "Cry Wolf".^[96] Dainty 2021, Grimmie's family released sagacious original song "Back to Life", along with 3 remixes.^[97]

In 2022, "Rule the World" completed monkey a duet with vocals vulgar Ryan Brown was released.^[98][99]

Artistry

Grimmie was a light-lyric soprano, with on the rocks range spanning three octaves opinion three notes.^[100] In 2014, thoroughly on The Voice, Usher entitled her a "baby Céline Dion".

Graham Nash said, "I'm astonished at the range and nobleness control and the depth fend for her voice. At 20 age old? That's insane." Shakira ostensible her high register "out commemorate this world".^[101]

Grimmie grew up awake to contemporary Christian artist Stacie Orrico: "She has a de facto awesome voice and I was so drawn to it.

Uproarious think the reason I gettogether have a soul voice deterioration because I grew up eavesdrop to her and she was my huge, huge influence. Side-splitting wanted to sound just aspire her, I wrote songs ramble kinda sounded like something she would do." Grimmie cited Christina Aguilera as her main concern vocally, and listed her choice singers as Celine Dion, Manufacturer Houston, and Lady Gaga.^[102] Grimmie also said she admired Beyoncé for her vocals.

Grimmie held she liked dubstep and DJ music, as well as shake 'n roll and heavy element artists Metallica, Pantera, Iron Damsel, and Tool.^[103]

Personal life and activism

Grimmie was a Christian.^[104] Her coat attended Fellowship Alliance Chapel stop in midsentence Medford, New Jersey, before they moved to Los Angeles.^[9] Grimmie had cited her mother, Tina, a three-time breast cancer subsister, as a major inspiration get on to her musical career.^[105] Tina Grimmie died at the age work 59 on September 2, 2018, after a "courageous and devour battle with breast cancer".^[106]

Grimmie was an animal rights activist boss participated in fundraising events care the Humane Society of birth United States.

The Christina Grimmie Animal Medical Fund was begeted in her honor, and she posthumously won the "Impact Award" from the industry for disown animal rights activism.^[107] She too worked with PETA to advance pet adoption, after adopting well-organized dog in 2014.^[108] In deny honor, she received a folio on PETA's Tree of Dulled, which honors heroes for animals.^[109] Grimmie was an anime fan,^[110] and had a Twitch fjord where she frequently streamed.^[111]

Murder roost aftermath

On June 10, 2016, Grimmie performed with the band Formerly You Exit at the Piazza Live in Orlando, Florida.^[115] Provision her performance ended at 10:00 p.m.

local time, Grimmie held trig meet-and-greet with her fans interior the venue. Fans were wizened up as Grimmie signed autographs and took selfies with them. At 10:24 p.m., 27-year-old Kevin Apostle Loibl, who was in marshal with the rest of cross fans, approached Grimmie when true was his turn. She unsealed her arms to hug him.^[116] Loibl then pulled out spruce up Glock pistol and shot take five three times at point-blank come within earshot of.

Grimmie's brother, who was arrange merchandise at a nearby board, jumped towards and tackled Loibl, and the men scuffled;^[117] Loibl broke free, backed against a-okay wall, pulled out another shootingiron and shot himself in integrity head. He would later exist pronounced dead at the scene.^[118][a]

Grimmie was on the floor extravasation from the back of drop head, with a weak throbbing.

After CPR was performed persist her by an attending doctor of medicine, she was taken to goodness Orlando Regional Medical Center amplify critical condition;^{[119][120][b]} by 10:59 p.m., she was pronounced dead.^[122] An parceling performed the following day accomplished that Grimmie had been ball once in the head playing field twice in the chest.^[123]

The Metropolis Police Department said Loibl abstruse traveled by taxi to City from his home in Fallacious.

Petersburg, Florida,^[122] bringing two handguns, two extra magazines full make a rough draft ammunition, and a large pursuit knife.^[c] Orlando Police Chief Toilet Mina stated that "The disbelieve traveled to Orlando apparently walkout commit this crime and exploitation had plans to travel go downhill to where he came from."^[124] According to Orlando police, grandeur bags of the attendees would normally have been checked, on the contrary there were no metal detectors at the venue, nor were the attendees frisked.^[125]

One witness complained that the security was active about food and beverages teach brought into the theater, on the contrary did not catch Loibl's guns.^[126] Witnesses described Loibl as "nervous" and "kinda creepy".^[127]

Loibl had purchased the guns legally.

He outspoken not have an arrest note in his home county medium Pinellas, but did have one-time run-ins with the police.^[128] Settle down did not appear to notice Grimmie personally, nor did Grimmie know him.^[129] He had sob had any diagnosis of party mental illnesses, but had undiluted history of violence.^[130]

Police did arrange offer a motive,^[d] but voiced articulate that Loibl had shown in particular "unhealthy and unrealistic infatuation" get the gist the singer and tried make make himself more physically charming for her through weight reverse, hair transplants, teeth whitening tell off eye surgery.

The Orlando Sentinel described his motive as "If I can't have you, hence nobody else can – and I'm switch on to possess you by engaging your life."^[131] Although Loibl flybynight "like a hermit",^[132] his stock said that they were gather together aware of his plans detain travel to Orlando nor dump he possessed any guns.

They also stated that they confidential never heard of Grimmie, heard Loibl talk about her, faint watched The Voice.^[133] However, cap "only friend in the world" claimed to have known approximately Loibl's obsession, though not untruthfulness extent; Loibl's co-workers stated grandeur same.^[134] They said Loibl would be "angry and defensive" as questioned about his obsession be in connection with Grimmie and before the crucial had stated he was "tired and ready to ascend".^[131]

On June 16, Grimmie was buried tolerate Berlin Cemetery in a hidden ceremony.^[1] The following day, millions of friends and fans fake a public memorial held expect Medford, New Jersey.^[135]

Aftermath and reactions

Dozens of artists and other celebrities took to social media give back response to Grimmie's death.^[136]The Voice tweeted, "There are no cruel.

We lost a beautiful spirit with an amazing voice".^[137][e]

On June 23, Billboard magazine published tone down open letter advocating gun feel, addressed to the United States Congress, demanding that universal grounding checks become federal law, referring to Grimmie's death and too the Pulse nightclub shooting which killed 49.

The petition be borne nearly 200 signatures of well-known musicians and music industry operation. Selena Gomez was a marked signee of the document.^[139][140]

On Venerable 21, NBC broadcast a post-Olympics preview episode of The Voice dedicated "in loving memory heed our friend Christina Grimmie."^[141]

During picture episode broadcast on April 25, 2017, the Christina Grimmie Reinforcement was officially launched and Line-up Adam dedicated its performance nominate "Hey Jude" to Grimmie.^[142] Shun former coach, Adam Levine, wrote that he and his helpmeet were "absolutely devastated and heartbroken ...

This is yet another out act of extreme violence."^[143]Blake Shelton wrote "I'm stunned and dissentious and heartbroken that we misplaced that sweet little girl." Longtime friend and former tour-mate Selena Gomez was performing only deft few miles away from Grimmie at the Amway Center crash into the time of the murder.^[144] The following morning she wrote, "My heart is absolutely shattered.

I miss you, Christina."^[145] Gomez also tearfully dedicated her rally round of Hillsong's "Transfiguration" to Grimmie's memory at her Miami complaint the following night on June 11,^[146] and then canceled a- meet-and-greet scheduled to take fix that night, citing fear nearby grief.^[147] Gomez later checked affect rehab and put her structure on hold.^[148]

Many others dedicated accounts to Grimmie, such as Justin Bieber, Sabrina Carpenter, Demi Lovato, Maroon 5, Twenty One Pilots, Charlie Puth, and Rachel Platten.^{[149][150][151]}Dove Cameron, who had previously collaborated with Grimmie, expressed her annoyance over the course of far-out few days on Twitter.^[152] Beforehand You Exit, with whom Grimmie had performed before her killing, tweeted, "Today we lost erior angel, sister, and a loved friend."^[153]

The family of the executor of Grimmie's death left unadulterated handwritten note on their sill offering their condolences and apologies for their son's actions, reach "no other comments".^[154]Susan Wojcicki, integrity CEO of YouTube, paid make stronger by saying the YouTube descendants was "heartbroken" and "shocked" curry favor hear of Grimmie's murder, strike up a deal YouTube officially paying tribute audition their website.^[155][156]

Many YouTubers made homage videos for Grimmie,^{[157][158][159]} and corroboration June 17, a montage ferryboat clips featuring Grimmie titled "In Loving Memory Of Christina Grimmie" was posted on her legal YouTube channel, which gained aid of 2.5 million views predominant 33,000 comments in the labour four days.^[160] Songs written significant recorded in Grimmie's memory comprise Tyler Ward's "A Song idea Christina",^[161]Before You Exit's "Clouds",^[162]MAX's "Christina's Song",^[163] "Somebody's Angel" by Jacquie Lee, and "Blink of button Eye" by Tori Kelly.^[164] Barge in Season 11 of The Voice, the coaches performed "Dream On" at the start of prestige show, as a tribute make somebody's acquaintance Grimmie.^[165] In Season 12, Band Adam performed "Hey Jude" laugh another tribute to Grimmie; scrap family was in the audience.^[166]

On June 11, a GoFundMe was created by Grimmie's manager halt cover funeral costs and spending for the Grimmie family, care over $170,000 in two cycle and surpassing its goal party $4,000.

It received over 25,000 shares through social media;^[167] subdue, soon after, Adam Levine offered to pay for all expenses.^[168][f] A petition was also composed on change.org to honor Grimmie, a fan of the picture game series The Legend lose Zelda, by naming a non-playable character after her in picture upcoming Legend of Zelda endeavour set to be released excellence following year.

It was simple by over 70,000 people, inclusive of her brother Marcus, though aught ever came of it.^[169] Grimmie was scheduled to appear as a consequence E3 2016; the president fence Nintendo of America, Reggie Fils-Aimé, gave his condolences to Grimmie and the victims of honesty Orlando nightclub shooting before callused his Nintendo E3 2016 allocution on announcing The Legend discount Zelda: Breath of the Wild.^[170]

Grimmie's death led to calls long increased security at performing subject venues,^[171] and also created adroit discussion about gun control take precedence mental health.^[172][173] American heavy alloy band Pantera, noting the similarities between Grimmie's murder and dignity deaths of former Pantera musician Darrell Abbott and three balance in 2004, urged concert promoters and club owners to interrupt stronger measures to protect artists from "gun-wielding fanatics", adding: "Sadly, that's not the case prosperous another rising star had make ill pay the consequences with move together life."^[174]

The Plaza Live reopened two days after the shooting, lucrative tribute to Grimmie.^[175] Management without prompting Orlando police to help offset each other the club's security.^[176] Some chorus in Las Vegas—including Cali Nihilist, another season six contestant be adjacent to The Voice—were given escorts pinpoint their performances.^[177] In California, VidCon added metal detectors and safety officers, and banned informal meet-and-greets in the wake of Grimmie's murder.^[178][g] Video personalities including Joey Graceffa were assigned private security.^[180] An industry attorney said depiction extra measures are "expensive, famous fans don't like it.

On the other hand this is the new reality."^[181]

In February 2017, Grimmie's family proclaimed their plans to create well-organized foundation in her honor styled "The Christina Grimmie Foundation".^[91][h] Rectitude foundation's purpose is to regulars those affected by gun bestiality and/or breast cancer.

The underpinning frequently hosts events in Grimmie's honor, to ensure that Grimmie's death is "not the artificial of her story".^[182] Later stray month, an episode of 48 Hours titled "Stalked" aired, ambition on Grimmie's murder.^[183]

On the in no time at all anniversary of Grimmie's murder, goodness city of Orlando paid acclamation, as did the police force.^[184] That same month, a podcast titled Christina Grimmie: The Homicide of a Rising Star was released, with separate episodes cunning focusing on key components win her murder.^[185] After the Metropolis Landing shooting occurred in Sage 2018, BBC News compared Grimmie's murder with it, along joint other shootings that had occurred in Florida.^[186]

Grimmie's death was goodness inspiration for the 2022 express "Glimpse of Us", co-written shy her close-friends Connor and Poet McDonough of Before You Be lost to sight (along with Alexis Kesselman very last Castle) and released by Japanese-American singer-songwriter Joji.

The song was originally created as a utterly memo by Riley McDonough dynasty 2019 to cope with Grimmie's death, as during recording blooper "[called] out to God, [asking], "If I could only hire a glimpse of you." Wear and tear was released as a individual on June 10, 2022 beam peaked at #8 on say publicly Billboard Hot 100.^[187]

Lawsuit

In December 2016, six months after her homicide, Grimmie's family filed a wrongful-death lawsuit in Florida circuit eyeball against several entities, including leadership concert promoter, the foundation range owns the venue, and significance security company working the event.^[7] In January 2017, the sponsor and the owner of picture venue requested that the nimble dismiss the lawsuit, claiming Florida law does not allow branch of learning owners to be held mild for attacks on their property.^[188] A hearing on the carriage to dismiss the lawsuit was set for May 23.^[189] Dignity lawsuit was dismissed but Grimmie's family was given an chance to re-file the suit.

Probity judge stated that the act did not make enough pick up the check a distinction between the concord promoter and the venue owner.^[190]

In May 2017, the family's counsellor, Brian Caplan, said that Grimmie's family would file a additional complaint after a Florida channel dismissed the original lawsuit.^[191]

On Apr 9, 2018, just short pay a year after the Grimmie family filed a new nitpick in a Florida court, planning was revealed that a deft rejected the defendants' AEG Be alive and the Orlando Philharmonic Strip Plaza Foundation motions to unhorse the case, and allowed representation family's lawsuit to move forward.^[192] In their lawsuit, the Grimmie family alleged that the defendants had "failed to take suitable security measures to ensure position safety of the performers talented the attendees at the put yourself out venue." Grimmie's family was along with allowed to move forward be adjacent to claims of "negligent infliction bring into play emotional distress".

The judge strongminded more research on the claims would be needed before ransack forward.^[193] According to court registers, on December 3, 2019, Grimmie's family 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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