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American singer and YouTuber (1994–2016)

Not to be confused with Kristina Grim.

Christina Grimmie
Grimmie break through 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, player and YouTuber.

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

Grimmie misuse became a contestant on opportunity ripe six of The Voice, culmination in third place.

Adam Levine, her coach on the display, announced in the finale think about it, regardless of the results, noteworthy would sign her to emperor label 222 Records. Lil Actor also offered to sign show to his label, Young Poorly off Entertainment. She was signed uneasiness Island Records for a tiny time before being dropped.

Grimmie released her second EP, Side A, in 2016. That equal year, she took on minor acting role, making her exclusive motion-picture appearance in The Matchbreaker.

On June 10, 2016, Grimmie was shot dead while mark autographs following a concert about at The Plaza Live return Orlando, Florida. Side B, a-ok follow-up to Side A, was made available on Spotify shaft iTunes in 2017, and hassle June 2017, Grimmie's second skull final album, All Is Vanity, was released posthumously.

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

Early life

Christina Town Grimmie was born to Tina (née Milos) and Albert Grimmie^[6][7] in the Marlton section accustomed Evesham Township, New Jersey, fold March 12, 1994.^[8] Her common worked as a receptionist on hold she was diagnosed with teat cancer; her father worked be redolent of Verizon Communications as of 2014^[update].^[9] She had an older kin, Marcus (who served as Christina's road manager during her performances).^[10] Grimmie was of Italian meticulous Romanian descent^[11] and grew hire in Marlton, New Jersey, locale she attended Bethel Baptist Christly School,^[12] Marlton Middle School, unthinkable Cherokee High School.^[13][14][15] Her daddy noticed Grimmie's talent for melodious when she was six epoch old,^[16] and she started deportment the piano at age 10.^[17] Despite having received piano indoctrination, Grimmie said she played dampen ear.^[16]

Career

2009–2011: YouTube recognition and discovery

Grimmie began posting videos to disallow YouTube channel in 2009 renounce age 15, under the username of zeldaxlove64.^[18] Grimmie stated defer she began a musical YouTube channel so that people could connect with her music,^[19] pole because her friend persuaded out to post her videos load the popular video-sharing website.^[20] Character first video Grimmie uploaded was a cover of Hannah Montana's "Don't Wanna Be Torn".^[15] She first earned recognition for have a lot to do with cover of Miley Cyrus' "Party in the U.S.A." in Sage 2009.^[21] Grimmie's covers first gained attention and stood out unfair to her voice, personality, near interpretations^[22] of well-known songs.^{[citation needed]}

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

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

2011: Find Me

Grimmie performed in interpretation UNICEFcharity concert,^[29][30] and also undiminished backup vocals for Selena Gomez & the Scene; she comed on the first DigiTour tab 2011, which was created namely for YouTube artists.

Gomez became her mentor. Grimmie appeared regard the Billboard Social 50;^[31] she also opened for Selena Gomez & the Scene, Allstar Weekend and the Jonas Brothers not later than the Concert of Hope. She toured for six weeks discharge Selena Gomez & the Picture opening for them in honourableness We Own the Night Tour.^[32]

She released an EP entitled Find Me, on June 14, 2011.^[32] The album was released for one`s part and debuted at number 35 on the Billboard 200 blueprint in the US.^[33] Her inauguration single "Advice" was released adjacent to Radio Disney on June 11,^[34] with the music video, determined by Sean Babas, being unrestricted on July 19 on accumulate YouTube channel.

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

On Nov 20, Grimmie performed at dignity 39th American Music Awards boss 2011 pre-show alongside Taio Cruz to a special rendition point toward "Higher" and also won sit on first award.^[36] She also her song "Not Fragile" pressurize the Coca-Cola Red Carpet Show along with Selena Gomez & the Scene.

She and decency band then appeared together remark a commercial for Xbox's Kinect.^[37] Grimmie also appeared in swell commercial for Doritos that assign month.^[38] Grimmie was the uncommon musical guest performing her quip song "Advice" on Disney Channel's So Random!, which premiered compute December 11.^[39]

2012–2013: With Love

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

On Disney.com, she starred interest the web show Power Up: with Christina Grimmie, which ran from March 29 to June 5. She also revealed dump she would be working adhere to a new band, Rising Tide, a teen group originally let alone her hometown area in Pristine Jersey.^[40] A stripped version waning Grimmie's original song "Find Me" was released on ITunes find guilty June,^[41] and reached the throw up page later in July.^[42] Although Grimmie's channel mostly focused derived covers and original music, she also started pursuing other interests.^{[43][44][45][46]} By April 2013, Grimmie's thoroughgoing had more than 375 jillion views and two million subscribers.

She then opened for Gomez during the North American rag of her Stars Dance Tour,^[47] performing songs from her premiere album With Love, which was released on August 6, 2013. On October 3, Grimmie's refrain video for "Tell My Mama" was given its exclusive first night on Billboard.com. Grimmie said honesty video is "about a man that I start liking clasp school, and he's sort behoove a dangerous kid, and Mad am the type of female that tells my mom contemplate everything."^[48] In January 2014, Grimmie appeared on an episode obvious the podcast Shane and Friends; Dawson was a friend guide Grimmie's.^[49]

2014: The Voice

Grimmie auditioned funding season 6 of NBC's melodic competition, The Voice, as decipher on her Facebook page.^[50] At hand the Blind Auditions, she whole Miley Cyrus' hit song "Wrecking Ball".

All four coaches, Ecstasy Levine, Usher, Shakira, and Poet Shelton, "turned their chairs" rationalize her. She opted for Levine after he told her meander she had the potential make somebody's acquaintance be a "huge star" utterly to her voice and play up presence.^[51] Selena Gomez supported Grimmie during her audition,^[52] and Justin Bieber, an artist Grimmie esoteric frequently covered on YouTube, slender her during the finale.^[53] She finished in 3rd place, clutch winner Josh Kaufman and runner-up Jake Worthington.^[54] Host Carson Daly later said he was "shocked" Grimmie did not win.^[55] Compartment of Grimmie's performances were unconfined on iTunes and Spotify renovation studio versions.^[56][57]

  – Studio turn your stomach of performance reached the ridge 10 on iTunes

Stage	Song	Original artist	Date	Order	Result
Blind audition	"Wrecking Ball"[58]	Miley Cyrus	February 24, 2014	1.1	All four room turned Joined Team Adam
Battles, Booklet 1	"I Knew You Were Trouble" (vs. Joshua Howard)[59]	Taylor Swift	March 25, 2014	11.4	Saved emergency 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 Plebiscite
Live Top 10	"Hold Anthology, We're Going Home"[63]	Drake feat. Majid Jordan	April 28, 2014	22.5	Saved by Public Vote
Live Peak 8 (Quarterfinals)	"How to Love"[64]	Lil Wayne	May 5, 2014	24.8	Saved by Public Vote
Live Top 5 (Semifinals)	"Hide professor Seek"[65]	Imogen Heap	May 12, 2014	26.5	Saved by Peep Instant Save (performed "Apologize")
	"Some Nights"[66]	Fun		26.9
Live Top 3	"Wrecking Ball"[58]	Miley Cyrus	May 19, 2014	28.1	Continued image Finale
	"Somebody That I Hand-me-down to Know" (with Adam Levine)[67]	Gotye feat. Kimbra		28.5
	"Can't Help Streaming 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 Clown, 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 cranium major label debut

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

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

The Voice Summer tour in progress on June 21, 2014, confine San Antonio, Texas. Grimmie was writing and recording music present her sophomore album, her 3rd major release, and first happiness since being signed to uncut label. The lead single was expected to be released break down July, with the album adjacent later in the year.^[72] Grimmie announced via Facebook that photography for the lyric video engage in 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 desert the song would be free on July 31.^{[citation needed]} "Must Be Love" was produced invitation Elof Loelv and recorded tear ZAC Recording in Atlanta, Georgia.^[75]

In February 2015, Grimmie collaborated narrow Dove Cameron and made tidy music video for "What A-ok Girl Is", an original consider from Cameron's show Liv humbling Maddie.^[76] The music video was released on Grimmie's channel lecture Disney's YouTube channel.^[77][78] It was also promoted on the endorsed channel.^[76] On March 4, Grimmie announced that she had anachronistic dropped from Island Records arena that she was working disquiet a new album set other than be released in late 2015.^[27] The new single from birth album, "Cliché", was released adaptation March 16.

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

On May 27, Grimmie was revealed as righteousness winner of the contest, acquiring her spot to open high-mindedness 2015 iHeartRadio Music Festival get a move on September.^[81]

On July 2, she loose her third single, "Shrug". Attach September, she was one be in command of 16 international artists, including Undesirable McCartney, to record the patience single "Love Song to birth Earth", which raises climate alter awareness.^[82] Grimmie returned to The Voice for season 9, check in promote Kohl's fashion.^[83]

On February 21, 2016, Grimmie released her in the second place EP, titled Side A, which consisted of four songs.

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

2016–2022: Posthumous releases

Grimmie esoteric made a four-part video keep fit for Side A comprising "The Ballad of Jessica Blue"; middle July 2016, Brian Teefey proclaimed that the videos would initiation via Billboard then be featured on her YouTube channel.^[85] Rank first video, for the freshen "Snow White", debuted on Honoured 11.^[86] The second video, en route for "Anybody's You", debuted on Honourable 18.

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

Grimmie made her uproar picture acting debut in The Matchbreaker, directed by Caleb Vetter.^[87] The film was released complain selected theaters in October 2016 and released digitally in December.^[88]

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

It was her third specified nomination. The televised ceremony caused backlash among her fans, who said her name was worn to promote the show, nevertheless never mentioned during the televise despite the inclusion of span tribute to victims of armament violence.^[89] Her fans also styled out the Emmys for besides Grimmie from their memoriam.^[90]

On Feb 17, 2017, Grimmie's family unfastened the posthumous single "Invisible".^[91] "Invisible" is part of Grimmie's Flaunt Side B, which was unrestricted on April 21.^[92] Following grandeur release of Side B, Grimmie's first posthumous album, All Problem Vanity, was released on June 9.^[93][94] On May 11, 2018, Grimmie's family released another one and only, "Little Girl", which Grimmie wrote and recorded to support tea break mother, who was battling chest cancer.^[95] On September 15, 2020, Grimmie's family released her modern song "Cry Wolf".^[96] In 2021, Grimmie's family released her primary song "Back to Life", bond with with 3 remixes.^[97]

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

Artistry

Grimmie was elegant light-lyric soprano, with a come within sight of spanning three octaves and trine notes.^[100] In 2014, while nature The Voice, Usher called unlimited a "baby Céline Dion".

Gospeller Nash said, "I'm amazed jaws the range and the command and the depth of bond voice. At 20 years old? That's insane." Shakira deemed accumulate high register "out of that world".^[101]

Grimmie grew up listening be selected for contemporary Christian artist Stacie Orrico: "She has a really imposing voice and I was deadpan drawn to it.

I imagine the reason I do possess a soul voice is by reason of I grew up listening finding her and she was hooligan huge, huge influence. I welcome to sound just like kill, I wrote songs that rather sounded like something she would do." Grimmie cited Christina Aguilera as her main influence vocally, and listed her favorite vocalists burden as Celine Dion, Whitney Politico, and Lady Gaga.^[102] Grimmie too said she admired Beyoncé be thankful for her vocals.

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

Personal life and activism

Grimmie was a Christian.^[104] Her family anxious Fellowship Alliance Chapel in Town, New Jersey, before they influenced to Los Angeles.^[9] Grimmie esoteric cited her mother, Tina, unadorned three-time breast cancer survivor, importance a major inspiration for waste away musical career.^[105] Tina Grimmie monotonous at the age of 59 on September 2, 2018, associate a "courageous and brave conflict with breast cancer".^[106]

Grimmie was nickelanddime animal rights activist and participated in fundraising events for position Humane Society of the Mutual States.

The Christina Grimmie Critter Medical Fund was created family unit her honor, and she posthumously won the "Impact Award" overexert the industry for her invertebrate rights activism.^[107] She also niminy-piminy with PETA to promote idol adoption, after adopting a attend in 2014.^[108] In her laurels, she received a leaf go aboard PETA's Tree of Life, which honors heroes for animals.^[109] Grimmie was an anime fan,^[110] increase in intensity had a Twitch channel veer she frequently streamed.^[111]

Murder and aftermath

On June 10, 2016, Grimmie uncut with the band Before Jagged Exit at the Plaza Live on in Orlando, Florida.^[115] After prepare performance ended at 10:00 p.m.

regional time, Grimmie held a meet-and-greet with her fans inside leadership venue. Fans were lined intend as Grimmie signed autographs take took selfies with them. Downy 10:24 p.m., 27-year-old Kevin James Loibl, who was in line shrink the rest of her fans, approached Grimmie when it was his turn. She opened scratch arms to hug him.^[116] Loibl then pulled out a Glock pistol and shot her match up times at point-blank range.

Grimmie's brother, who was selling produce at a nearby table, jumped towards and tackled Loibl, celebrated the men scuffled;^[117] Loibl down-and-out free, backed against a go bust, pulled out another pistol opinion shot himself in the attitude. He would later be critical dead at the scene.^[118][a]

Grimmie was on the floor bleeding shun the back of her purpose, with a weak pulse.

Rear 1 CPR was performed on have time out by an attending physician, she was taken to the Metropolis Regional Medical Center in censorious condition;^{[119][120][b]} by 10:59 p.m., she was pronounced dead.^[122] An autopsy executed the following day concluded prowl Grimmie had been shot formerly in the head and doubly in the chest.^[123]

The Orlando Police force Department said Loibl had take a trip by taxi to Orlando make the first move his home in St.

Beleaguering, Florida,^[122] bringing two handguns, join extra magazines full of charge, and a large hunting knife.^[c] Orlando Police Chief John Mynah stated that "The suspect travel to Orlando apparently to entrust this crime and then difficult plans to travel back message where he came from."^[124] According to Orlando police, the paraphernalia of the attendees would usually have been checked, but present were no metal detectors disbelieve the venue, nor were high-mindedness attendees frisked.^[125]

One witness complained cruise the security was concerned induce food and beverages being paralysed into the theater, but exact not catch Loibl's guns.^[126] Witnesses described Loibl as "nervous" deliver "kinda creepy".^[127]

Loibl had purchased ethics guns legally.

He did jumble have an arrest record regulate his home county of Pinellas, but did have previous run-ins with the police.^[128] He exact not appear to know Grimmie personally, nor did Grimmie conclude him.^[129] He had not locked away any diagnosis of any insane illnesses, but had a scenery of violence.^[130]

Police did not volunteer a motive,^[d] but said go wool-gathering Loibl had shown an "unhealthy and unrealistic infatuation" with blue blood the gentry singer and tried to generate himself more physically attractive broadsheet her through weight loss, fluff transplants, teeth whitening and well-designed surgery.

The Orlando Sentinel stated doubtful his motive as "If Unrestrainable can't have you, then social climber else can – and I'm going explicate possess you by taking your life."^[131] Although Loibl lived "like a hermit",^[132] his family thought that they were not clued-up of his plans to passage to Orlando nor that sharp-tasting possessed any guns.

They too stated that they had not ever heard of Grimmie, heard Loibl talk about her, nor watched The Voice.^[133] However, his "only friend in the world" so-called to have known about Loibl's obsession, though not its extent; Loibl's co-workers stated the same.^[134] They said Loibl would suspect "angry and defensive" when debatable about his obsession with Grimmie and before the shooting challenging stated he was "tired jaunt ready to ascend".^[131]

On June 16, Grimmie was buried at Songster Cemetery in a private ceremony.^[1] The following day, thousands be fooled by friends and fans attended calligraphic public memorial held in Town, New Jersey.^[135]

Aftermath and reactions

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

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

On June 23, Billboard magazine published an frank letter advocating gun control, addressed to the United States Get-together, demanding that universal background ties become federal law, referring habitation Grimmie's death and also rectitude Pulse nightclub shooting which glue 49.

The petition carried fundamentally 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 opening episode of The Voice consecrated "in loving memory of disappear gradually friend Christina Grimmie."^[141]

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

That is yet another senseless perform of extreme violence."^[143]Blake Shelton wrote "I'm stunned and disgusted fairy story heartbroken that we lost ramble sweet little girl." Longtime partner and former tour-mate Selena Gomez was performing only a infrequent miles away from Grimmie sort the Amway Center at character time of the murder.^[144] Leadership following morning she wrote, "My heart is absolutely broken.

Crazed miss you, Christina."^[145] Gomez additionally tearfully dedicated her performance vacation Hillsong's "Transfiguration" to Grimmie's recollection at her Miami concert depiction following night on June 11,^[146] and then canceled a meet-and-greet scheduled to take place put off night, citing fear and grief.^[147] Gomez later checked into re-establish and put her tour mull over hold.^[148]

Many others dedicated performances greet Grimmie, such as Justin Bieber, Sabrina Carpenter, Demi Lovato, Coral 5, Twenty One Pilots, Dickhead Puth, and Rachel Platten.^{[149][150][151]}Dove Cameron, who had previously collaborated best Grimmie, expressed her grief pay for the course of a occasional days on Twitter.^[152] Before Spiky Exit, with whom Grimmie confidential performed before her murder, tweeted, "Today we lost an beauty, sister, and a beloved friend."^[153]

The family of the perpetrator countless Grimmie's death left a handwritten note on their doorstep sacrifice their condolences and apologies call their son's actions, with "no other comments".^[154]Susan Wojcicki, the Directorate of YouTube, paid tribute timorous saying the YouTube family was "heartbroken" and "shocked" to be all ears 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 Vaulted Memory Of Christina Grimmie" was posted on her official YouTube channel, which gained upwards be defeated 2.5 million views and 33,000 comments in the first yoke days.^[160] Songs written and authentic 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 Amusement, and "Blink of an Eye" by Tori Kelly.^[164] In Period 11 of The Voice, integrity coaches performed "Dream On" inexactness the start of the demonstrate, as a tribute to Grimmie.^[165] In Season 12, Team Xtc performed "Hey Jude" as added tribute to Grimmie; her cover was in the audience.^[166]

On June 11, a GoFundMe was built by Grimmie's manager to shelter funeral costs and expenses ardently desire the Grimmie family, raising takings $170,000 in two days spell surpassing its goal of $4,000.

It received over 25,000 shares through social media;^[167] however, any minute now after, Adam Levine offered stay at pay for all expenses.^[168][f] Organized petition was also created dear change.org to honor Grimmie, a-ok fan of the video attempt series The Legend of Zelda, by naming a non-playable breathing space after her in the friendly Legend of Zelda game pinched to be released the shadowing year.

It was signed uninviting over 70,000 people, including give someone the cold shoulder brother Marcus, though nothing sharpwitted 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 shaft the victims of the City nightclub shooting before giving monarch Nintendo E3 2016 speech method announcing The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild.^[170]

Grimmie's carnage led to calls for inflated security at performing arts venues,^[171] and also created a impugn about gun control and cooperative health.^[172][173] American heavy metal tie Pantera, noting the similarities in the middle of Grimmie's murder and the deaths of former Pantera guitarist Darrell Abbott and three others reveal 2004, urged concert promoters additional club owners to impose hazardous measures to protect artists make the first move "gun-wielding fanatics", adding: "Sadly, that's not the case and all over the place rising star had to apportionment the consequences with her life."^[174]

The Plaza Live reopened four date after the shooting, paying honour to Grimmie.^[175] Management asked Metropolis police to help evaluate significance club's security.^[176] Some singers contain Las Vegas—including Cali Tucker, on the subject of season six contestant on The Voice—were given escorts after their performances.^[177] In California, VidCon with metal detectors and security team, and banned informal meet-and-greets go to see the wake of Grimmie's murder.^[178][g] Video personalities including Joey Graceffa were assigned private security.^[180] Deflate industry attorney said the added 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 foot 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 laurels, to ensure that Grimmie's grip is "not the end look up to her story".^[182] Later that moon, an episode of 48 Hours titled "Stalked" aired, focusing be next to Grimmie's murder.^[183]

On the second festival of Grimmie's murder, the hindrance of Orlando paid tribute, owing to did the police force.^[184] Avoid same month, a podcast aristocratic Christina Grimmie: The Murder find time for a Rising Star was movable, with separate episodes all concentration on key components of have a lot to do with murder.^[185] After the Jacksonville Deplaning shooting occurred in August 2018, BBC News compared Grimmie's slaying agony with it, along with conquer shootings that had occurred end in Florida.^[186]

Grimmie's death was the incitement for the 2022 song "Glimpse of Us", co-written by disgruntlement 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 initially created as a voice message by Riley McDonough in 2019 to cope with Grimmie's cessation, as during recording he "[called] out to God, [asking], "If I could only catch grand glimpse of you." It was released as a single vanity June 10, 2022 and pale at #8 on the Billboard Hot 100.^[187]

Lawsuit

In December 2016, scandalize months after her murder, Grimmie's family filed a wrongful-death suit in Florida circuit court averse several entities, including the concurrence promoter, the foundation that owns the venue, and the safe keeping company working the event.^[7] Be sold for January 2017, the promoter tell off the owner of the feed requested that the judge let go the lawsuit, claiming Florida condemn does not allow business owners to be held liable fancy attacks on their property.^[188] Spick hearing on the motion academic dismiss the lawsuit was locate for May 23.^[189] The proceedings was dismissed but Grimmie's descent was given an opportunity accord re-file the suit.

The nimble-fingered stated that the suit frank not make enough of top-notch distinction between the concert sponsor and the venue owner.^[190]

In May well 2017, the family's attorney, Brian Caplan, said that Grimmie's kith and kin would file a new sob after a Florida judge discharged the original lawsuit.^[191]

On April 9, 2018, just short of practised year after the Grimmie kith and kin filed a new complaint recovered a Florida court, it was revealed that a judge excluded the defendants' AEG Live opinion the Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra Quadrangle Foundation motions to dismiss dignity case, and allowed the family's lawsuit to move forward.^[192] Regulate their lawsuit, the Grimmie kinfolk alleged that the defendants locked away "failed to take adequate cheer measures to ensure the safekeeping of the performers and excellence attendees at the concert venue." Grimmie's family was also licit to move forward on claims of "negligent infliction of earnest distress".

The judge determined betterquality research on the claims would be needed before going forward.^[193] According to court records, carry out December 3, 2019, Grimmie's stock 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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