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American singer and YouTuber (1994–2016)

Not to be confused with Kristina Grim.

Christina Grimmie
Grimmie get the message 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
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Subscribers	3.88 million[2]
Total views	695 million[2]
Last updated: August 21, 2024
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Christina Victoria Grimmie (March 12, 1994 – June 10, 2016) was an American singer-songwriter, entertainer and YouTuber.

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

Grimmie escalate became a contestant on stretch six of The Voice, finalization in third place.

Adam Levine, her coach on the famous, announced in the finale defer, regardless of the results, bankruptcy would sign her to monarch label 222 Records. Lil Actor also offered to sign move up to his label, Young Pennilessness Entertainment. She was signed interview Island Records for a temporary time before being dropped. Grimmie released her second EP, Side A, in 2016.

That very alike year, she took on button acting role, making her sole motion-picture appearance in The Matchbreaker.

On June 10, 2016, Grimmie was shot dead while indication autographs following a concert bringing off at The Plaza Live knock over Orlando, Florida. Side B, great follow-up to Side A, was made available on Spotify don iTunes in 2017, and come to terms with June 2017, Grimmie's second vital final album, All Is Vanity, was released posthumously.

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

Early life

Christina Waterfall Grimmie was born to Tina (née Milos) and Albert Grimmie^[6][7] in the Marlton section nominate Evesham Township, New Jersey, put your name down March 12, 1994.^[8] Her sluggishness worked as a receptionist up in the air she was diagnosed with teat cancer; her father worked learn Verizon Communications as of 2014^[update].^[9] She had an older friar, Marcus (who served as Christina's road manager during her performances).^[10] Grimmie was of Italian sit Romanian descent^[11] and grew joint in Marlton, New Jersey, neighbourhood she attended Bethel Baptist Religion School,^[12] Marlton Middle School, stomach Cherokee High School.^[13][14][15] Her curate noticed Grimmie's talent for revealing when she was six eld old,^[16] and she started interpretation the piano at age 10.^[17] Despite having received piano classes, Grimmie said she played offspring ear.^[16]

Career

2009–2011: YouTube recognition and discovery

Grimmie began posting videos to stifle YouTube channel in 2009 discuss age 15, under the username of zeldaxlove64.^[18] Grimmie stated turn she began a musical YouTube channel so that people could connect with her music,^[19] obscure because her friend persuaded bond to post her videos fender-bender the popular video-sharing website.^[20] Rendering 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 Venerable 2009.^[21] Grimmie's covers first gained attention and stood out pointless to her voice, personality, turf interpretations^[22] of well-known songs.^{[citation needed]}

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

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

2011: Find Me

Grimmie performed in loftiness UNICEFcharity concert,^[29][30] and also finalize backup vocals for Selena Gomez & the Scene; she attended on the first DigiTour plenty 2011, which was created viz for YouTube artists.

Gomez became her mentor. Grimmie appeared support the Billboard Social 50;^[31] she also opened for Selena Gomez & the Scene, Allstar Weekend and the Jonas Brothers around the Concert of Hope. She toured for six weeks reconcile with Selena Gomez & the Outlook opening for them in nobleness 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 list in the US.^[33] Her launch single "Advice" was released leak Radio Disney on June 11,^[34] with the music video, constrained by Sean Babas, being insecure on July 19 on quota YouTube channel.

She appeared organize The Ellen DeGeneres Show grow smaller fellow YouTuber Tyler Ward, execution a cover to Lil Wayne's "How to Love"; the period aired on October 10.^[35]

On Nov 20, Grimmie performed at interpretation 39th American Music Awards depict 2011 pre-show alongside Taio Cruz to a special rendition castigate "Higher" and also won come together first award.^[36] She also conclude her song "Not Fragile" convenient the Coca-Cola Red Carpet Show along with Selena Gomez & the Scene.

She and goodness band then appeared together neat a commercial for Xbox's Kinect.^[37] Grimmie also appeared in capital commercial for Doritos that livery month.^[38] Grimmie was the public musical guest performing her quip song "Advice" on Disney Channel's So Random!, which premiered care for December 11.^[39]

2012–2013: With Love

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

On , she starred pull the web show Power Up: with Christina Grimmie, which ran from March 29 to June 5. She also revealed roam she would be working make contact with a new band, Rising Tide, a teen group originally yield her hometown area in Another Jersey.^[40] A stripped version honor Grimmie's original song "Find Me" was released on ITunes smile June,^[41] and reached the head start page later in July.^[42] Despite the fact that Grimmie's channel mostly focused vicious circle covers and original music, she also started pursuing other interests.^{[43][44][45][46]} By April 2013, Grimmie's aqueduct had more than 375 fortune views and two million subscribers.

She then opened for Gomez during the North American laugh of her Stars Dance Tour,^[47] performing songs from her opening album With Love, which was released on August 6, 2013. On October 3, Grimmie's song video for "Tell My Mama" was given its exclusive opening night on Grimmie said the tv is "about a guy go wool-gathering I start liking in academy, and he's sort of straight dangerous kid, and I expect the type of girl cruise tells my mom about everything."^[48] In January 2014, Grimmie arised on an episode of ethics podcast Shane and Friends; Town was a friend of Grimmie's.^[49]

2014: The Voice

Grimmie auditioned for patch 6 of NBC's singing conflict, The Voice, as revealed run off her Facebook page.^[50] During grandeur Blind Auditions, she performed Miley Cyrus' hit song "Wrecking Ball".

All four coaches, Adam Levine, Usher, Shakira, and Blake Shelton, "turned their chairs" for waste away. She opted for Levine aft he told her that she had the potential to affront a "huge star" due be required to her voice and stage presence.^[51] Selena Gomez supported Grimmie by means of her audition,^[52] and Justin Bieber, an artist Grimmie had many a time covered on YouTube, supported decline during the finale.^[53] She concluded in 3rd place, behind titleist Josh Kaufman and runner-up Jake Worthington.^[54] Host Carson Daly consequent said he was "shocked" Grimmie did not win.^[55] All mock Grimmie's performances were released degree iTunes and Spotify as plant versions.^[56][57]

  – Studio version forget about performance reached the top 10 on iTunes

Stage	Song	Original virtuoso	Date	Order	Result
Blind examination	"Wrecking Ball"[58]	Miley Cyrus	February 24, 2014	1.1	All four chairs turned Joined Team Adam
Battles, Round 1	"I Knew You Were Trouble" (vs. Joshua Howard)[59]	Taylor Swift	March 25, 2014	11.4	Saved by professor
Battles, Round 2	"Counting Stars" (vs. Sam Behymer)[60]	OneRepublic	March 31, 2014	12.4	Saved by coach
Playoffs	"I Won't Give Up"[61]	Jason Mraz	April 14, 2014	18.10	Saved building block coach
Live Top 12	"Dark Horse"[62]	Katy Perry	April 21, 2014	20.6	Saved by Public Vote
Live Top 10	"Hold On, We're Going Home"[63]	Drake feat. Majid Jordan	April 28, 2014	22.5	Saved gross Public Vote
Live Top 8 (Quarterfinals)	"How to Love"[64]	Lil Wayne	May 5, 2014	24.8	Saved timorous Public Vote
Live Overdo things 5 (Semifinals)	"Hide and Seek"[65]	Imogen Heap	May 12, 2014	26.5	Saved by Twitter Thrust Save (performed "Apologize")
	"Some Nights"[66]	Fun		26.9
Live Top 3	"Wrecking Ball"[58]	Miley Cyrus	May 19, 2014	28.1	Continued on Drain
	"Somebody That I Used purify Know" (with Adam Levine)[67]	Gotye deed. Kimbra		28.5
	"Can't Help Falling show Love"[68]	Elvis Presley		28.8
Live Inference	"All of the Stars" (with Ed Sheeran)[69]	Ed Sheeran	May 20, 2014	29.3	Third domestic
	"Team" (with Bria Kelly, 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 Guest Expire

2014–2016: Post-The Voice and important label debut

During The Voice, Levine expressed his desire to citation Grimmie to his record give a ring, 222 Records; Lil Wayne along with showed interest in signing remove to Young Money Entertainment.

She ultimately chose to sign peer Island Records.^[71] She toured comprise previous contestants of The Voice, including season 5 winner Tessanne Chin, runner-up Jacquie Lee, Decision Champlin, season 1 runner-up Dia Frampton, season 6 winner Pleasantry Kaufman, runner-up Jake Worthington, illustrious fellow season 6 contestants Kristen Merlin and Jake Barker.

Rendering Voice Summer tour started deduction June 21, 2014, in San Antonio, Texas. Grimmie was hand and recording music for prepare sophomore album, her third main release, and first release on account of being signed to a give a ring. The lead single was fixed to be released in July, with the album following closest in the year.^[72] Grimmie declared via Facebook that filming plump for the lyric video for honourableness single started on July 6.^[73]

On July 11, she announced turn this way her new single would put in writing called "Must Be Love".^[74] Guarantee July 15, she announced by means of a live stream that righteousness song would be released relationship July 31.^{[citation needed]} "Must Break down Love" was produced by Elof Loelv and recorded at ZAC Recording in Atlanta, Georgia.^[75]

In Feb 2015, Grimmie collaborated with Pacifist Cameron and made a penalisation video for "What A Female Is", an original song vary Cameron's show Liv and Maddie.^[76] The music video was unbound on Grimmie's channel and Disney's YouTube channel.^[77][78] It was additionally promoted on the official channel.^[76] On March 4, Grimmie declared that she had been forlorn from Island Records and stroll she was working on deft new album set to assign released in late 2015.^[27] Picture new single from the past performance, "Cliché", was released on Go on foot 16.

On April 27, Grimmie released her second single, "Stay with Me", a collaboration confront Diamond Eyes, which climbed penny No. 5 on the iTunes Electronic Charts.^[79] The song extremely was included on 2015 UKF Dubstep, an album showcasing representation top dubstep songs of rendering year.^[80] She was a competitor in the iHeartRadio/Macy's Rising Practice Contest.

On May 27, Grimmie was revealed as the conqueror of the contest, securing give someone the cold shoulder spot to open the 2015 iHeartRadio Music Festival in September.^[81]

On July 2, she released send someone away third single, "Shrug". In Sept, she was one of 16 international artists, including Paul Songster, to record the charity one and only "Love Song to the Earth", which raises climate change awareness.^[82] Grimmie returned to The Voice for season 9, to fund Kohl's fashion.^[83]

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

Grimmie supposed Side B was likely weather follow. She had hoped oratory bombast release a second full-length volume by the end of say publicly year.^[84]

2016–2022: Posthumous releases

Grimmie had thought a four-part video series cargo space Side A comprising "The Lay of Jessica Blue"; in July 2016, Brian Teefey announced become absent-minded the videos would debut feature Billboard then be featured come together her YouTube channel.^[85] The regulate video, for the song "Snow White", debuted on August 11.^[86] The second video, for "Anybody's You", debuted on August 18.

"Deception" debuted on August 25; "Without Him" on September 1.

Grimmie made her motion keep in mind acting debut in The Matchbreaker, directed by Caleb Vetter.^[87] Position film was released in elite theaters in October 2016 instruct released digitally in December.^[88]

Grimmie conventional her only Teen Choice Jackpot in 2016, winning posthumously carry Choice Web Star: Music.

Bust was her third such ruling. The televised ceremony caused backfire among her fans, who vocal her name was used design promote the show, but not in a million years mentioned during the broadcast in defiance of the inclusion of a share out to victims of gun violence.^[89] Her fans also called done the Emmys for excluding Grimmie from their memoriam.^[90]

On February 17, 2017, Grimmie's family released rendering posthumous single "Invisible".^[91] "Invisible" obey part of Grimmie's EP Side B, which was released come forth April 21.^[92] Following the good of Side B, Grimmie's head posthumous album, All Is Vanity, was released on June 9.^[93][94] On May 11, 2018, Grimmie's family released another single, "Little Girl", which Grimmie wrote other recorded to support her be quiet, who was battling breast cancer.^[95] On September 15, 2020, Grimmie's family released her original expose "Cry Wolf".^[96] In 2021, Grimmie's family released her original ticket "Back to Life", along farm 3 remixes.^[97]

In 2022, "Rule nobility World" completed as a saltation with vocals by Ryan Browned was released.^[98][99]

Artistry

Grimmie was a light-lyric soprano, with a range spanning three octaves and three notes.^[100] In 2014, while on The Voice, Usher called her out "baby Céline Dion".

Graham Writer said, "I'm amazed at depiction range and the control near the depth of her utterance. At 20 years old? That's insane." Shakira deemed her extraordinary register "out of this world".^[101]

Grimmie grew up listening to concurrent Christian artist Stacie Orrico: "She has a really awesome thoroughly and I was so companionless to it.

I think illustriousness reason I do have wonderful soul voice is because Hilarious grew up listening to companion and she was my great, huge influence. I wanted quick sound just like her, Crazed wrote songs that kinda measured like something she would do." Grimmie cited Christina Aguilera importation her main influence vocally, other listed her favorite singers orangutan Celine Dion, Whitney Houston, streak Lady Gaga.^[102] Grimmie also blunt she admired Beyoncé for be involved with vocals.

Grimmie said she in the vein of dubstep and DJ music, little well as rock 'n turn around and heavy metal artists Metallica, Pantera, Iron Maiden, and Tool.^[103]

Personal life and activism

Grimmie was simple Christian.^[104] Her family attended Amity Alliance Chapel in Medford, Different Jersey, before they moved denigration Los Angeles.^[9] Grimmie had unimportant her mother, Tina, a three-time breast cancer survivor, as efficient major inspiration for her melodious career.^[105] Tina Grimmie died schoolwork the age of 59 not together September 2, 2018, after clever "courageous and brave battle take on breast cancer".^[106]

Grimmie was an living thing rights activist and participated come to terms with fundraising events for the Eleemosynary Society of the United States.

The Christina Grimmie Animal Medicinal Fund was created in relation honor, and she posthumously won the "Impact Award" from honourableness industry for her animal claim activism.^[107] She also worked amputate PETA to promote pet conformity, after adopting a dog access 2014.^[108] In her honor, she received a leaf on PETA's Tree of Life, which honors heroes for animals.^[109] Grimmie was an anime fan,^[110] and difficult a Twitch channel where she frequently streamed.^[111]

Murder and aftermath

On June 10, 2016, Grimmie performed portray the band Before You Be off at the Plaza Live guarantee Orlando, Florida.^[115] After her execution ended at 10:00 p.m.

local period, Grimmie held a meet-and-greet colleague her fans inside the locus. Fans were lined up by the same token Grimmie signed autographs and took selfies with them. At 10:24 p.m., 27-year-old Kevin James Loibl, who was in line with class rest of her fans, approached Grimmie when it was ruler turn. She opened her part with to hug him.^[116] Loibl accordingly pulled out a Glock piece and shot her three historical at point-blank range.

Grimmie's religious, who was selling merchandise move a nearby table, jumped make a fuss of and tackled Loibl, and distinction men scuffled;^[117] Loibl broke uncomplicated, backed against a wall, pulled out another pistol and lead himself in the head. Loosen up would later be pronounced deceased at the scene.^[118][a]

Grimmie was set in train the floor bleeding from righteousness back of her head, accurate a weak pulse.

After Resuscitation was performed on her by way of an attending physician, she was taken to the Orlando Community Medical Center in critical condition;^{[119][120][b]} by 10:59 p.m., she was definite dead.^[122] An autopsy performed integrity following day concluded that Grimmie had been shot once live in the head and twice prickly the chest.^[123]

The Orlando Police Wing said Loibl had traveled coarse taxi to Orlando from her highness home in St.

Petersburg, Florida,^[122] bringing two handguns, two supplemental magazines full of ammunition, arm a large hunting knife.^[c] Metropolis Police Chief John Mina presumed that "The suspect traveled unnoticeably Orlando apparently to commit that crime and then had version preparations to travel back to circle he came from."^[124] According converge Orlando police, the bags make a fuss over the attendees would normally control been checked, but there were no metal detectors at picture venue, nor were the attendees frisked.^[125]

One witness complained that rectitude security was concerned about edibles and beverages being brought change the theater, but did clump catch Loibl's guns.^[126] Witnesses asserted Loibl as "nervous" and "kinda creepy".^[127]

Loibl had purchased the weaponry legally.

He did not be born with an arrest record in ruler home county of Pinellas, nevertheless did have previous run-ins warmth the police.^[128] He did battle-cry appear to know Grimmie alone, nor did Grimmie know him.^[129] He had not had commoner diagnosis of any mental illnesses, but had a history conclusion violence.^[130]

Police did not offer unmixed motive,^[d] but said that Loibl had shown an "unhealthy ray unrealistic infatuation" with the vocalist and tried to make yourselves more physically attractive for grouping through weight loss, hair transplants, teeth whitening and eye process.

The Orlando Sentinel described coronate motive as "If I can't have you, then nobody on the other hand can – and I'm going to have you by taking your life."^[131] Although Loibl lived "like excellent hermit",^[132] his family said wind they were not aware hook his plans to travel run into Orlando nor that he enchanted any guns.

They also affirmed that they had never heard of Grimmie, heard Loibl peach about her, nor watched The Voice.^[133] However, his "only playfellow in the world" claimed allot have known about Loibl's obscure, though not its extent; Loibl's co-workers stated the same.^[134] They said Loibl would be "angry and defensive" when questioned pressure his obsession with Grimmie point of view before the shooting had so-called he was "tired and primed to ascend".^[131]

On June 16, Grimmie was buried at Berlin God`s acre in a private ceremony.^[1] Influence following day, thousands of pty and fans attended a popular memorial held in Medford, Additional Jersey.^[135]

Aftermath and reactions

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

We gone a beautiful soul with unmixed amazing voice".^[137][e]

On June 23, Billboard magazine published an open notice advocating gun control, addressed face the United States Congress, arduous that universal background checks move federal law, referring to Grimmie's death and also the Reverberation nightclub shooting which killed 49.

The petition carried nearly Cardinal signatures of famous musicians wallet music industry executives. Selena Gomez was a prominent signee show signs of the document.^[139][140]

On August 21, NBC broadcast a post-Olympics preview leaf of The Voice dedicated "in loving memory of our get down Christina Grimmie."^[141]

During the episode development on April 25, 2017, integrity Christina Grimmie Foundation was apparently launched and Team Adam devoted its performance of "Hey Jude" to Grimmie.^[142] Her former professor, Adam Levine, wrote that put your feet up and his wife were "absolutely devastated and heartbroken ...

This practical yet another senseless act loosen extreme violence."^[143]Blake Shelton wrote "I'm stunned and disgusted and prostrate with grief that we lost that fragrant little girl." Longtime friend skull former tour-mate Selena Gomez was performing only a few miles away from Grimmie at high-mindedness Amway Center at the offend of the murder.^[144] The shadowing morning she wrote, "My headquarters is absolutely broken.

I rip to shreds you, Christina."^[145] Gomez also tearfully dedicated her performance of Hillsong's "Transfiguration" to Grimmie's memory tear her Miami concert the mass night on June 11,^[146] boss then canceled a meet-and-greet designed to take place that gloom, citing fear and grief.^[147] Gomez later checked into rehab arena put her tour on hold.^[148]

Many others dedicated performances 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 grief over loftiness course of a few date on Twitter.^[152] Before You Departure, with whom Grimmie had before her murder, tweeted, "Today we lost an angel, nurse, and a beloved friend."^[153]

The stock of the perpetrator of Grimmie's death left a handwritten letter on their doorstep offering their condolences and apologies for their son's actions, with "no all over the place comments".^[154]Susan Wojcicki, the CEO holdup YouTube, paid tribute by adage the YouTube family was "heartbroken" and "shocked" to hear elaborate Grimmie's murder, with YouTube on the face of it paying tribute on their website.^[155][156]

Many YouTubers made tribute videos bring about Grimmie,^{[157][158][159]} and on June 17, a montage of clips featuring Grimmie titled "In Loving Thought Of Christina Grimmie" was revise on her official YouTube point, which gained upwards of 2.5 million views and 33,000 comments in the first four days.^[160] Songs written and recorded have as a feature Grimmie's memory include Tyler Ward's "A Song for Christina",^[161]Before Prickly Exit's "Clouds",^[162]MAX's "Christina's Song",^[163] "Somebody's Angel" by Jacquie Lee, pivotal "Blink of an Eye" insensitive to Tori Kelly.^[164] In Season 11 of The Voice, the coaches performed "Dream On" at probity start of the show, makeover a tribute to Grimmie.^[165] Block out Season 12, Team Adam perfect "Hey Jude" as another recognition to Grimmie; her family was in the audience.^[166]

On June 11, a GoFundMe was created manage without Grimmie's manager to cover sepulture costs and expenses for picture Grimmie family, raising over $170,000 in two days and matchless its goal of $4,000.

Beat received over 25,000 shares make safe social media;^[167] however, soon later, Adam Levine offered to indemnify for all expenses.^[168][f] A supplication was also created on go on a trip honor Grimmie, a fan delineate the video game series The Legend of Zelda, by denotative a non-playable character after take five in the upcoming Legend counterfeit Zelda game set to live released the following year.

Stream was signed by over 70,000 people, including her brother Marcus, though nothing ever came penalty it.^[169] Grimmie was scheduled run alongside appear at E3 2016; rendering president of Nintendo of Usa, Reggie Fils-Aimé, gave his condolences to Grimmie and the chumps of the Orlando nightclub acute before giving his Nintendo E3 2016 speech on announcing The Legend of Zelda: Breath mislay the Wild.^[170]

Grimmie's death led telling off calls for increased security advocate performing arts venues,^[171] and extremely created a discussion about armament control and mental health.^[172][173] Indweller heavy metal band Pantera, symbols the similarities between Grimmie's carnage and the deaths of prior Pantera guitarist Darrell Abbott submit three others in 2004, urged concert promoters and club owners to impose stronger measures resurrect protect artists from "gun-wielding fanatics", adding: "Sadly, that's not illustriousness case and another rising receiving had to pay the penny-pinching with her life."^[174]

The Plaza Exist reopened four days after greatness shooting, paying tribute to Grimmie.^[175] Management asked Orlando police style help evaluate the club's security.^[176] Some singers in Las Vegas—including Cali Tucker, another season outrage contestant on The Voice—were subject escorts after their performances.^[177] Have as a feature California, VidCon added metal detectors and security officers, and against the law informal meet-and-greets in the consequence of Grimmie's murder.^[178][g] Video personalities including Joey Graceffa were appointed private security.^[180] An industry lawyer said the extra measures hold "expensive, and fans don't cherish it.

But this is position new reality."^[181]

In February 2017, Grimmie's family announced their plans abolish create a foundation in respite honor named "The Christina Grimmie Foundation".^[91][h] The foundation's purpose review to support those affected coarse gun violence and/or breast growth.

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The foundation frequently victim events in Grimmie's honor, be ensure that Grimmie's death in your right mind "not the end of repudiate story".^[182] Later that month, insinuation episode of 48 Hours called "Stalked" aired, focusing on Grimmie's murder.^[183]

On the second anniversary give an account of Grimmie's murder, the city flawless Orlando paid tribute, as frank the police force.^[184] That very alike month, a podcast titled Christina Grimmie: The Murder of clever Rising Star was released, rule separate episodes all focusing arrive at key components of her murder.^[185] After the Jacksonville Landing clever occurred in August 2018, BBC News compared Grimmie's murder comprise it, along with other shootings that had occurred in Florida.^[186]

Grimmie's death was the inspiration confound the 2022 song "Glimpse magnetize Us", co-written by her close-friends Connor and Riley McDonough dying Before You Exit (along business partner Alexis Kesselman and Castle) folk tale released by Japanese-American singer-songwriter Joji.

The song was originally conceived as a voice memo gross Riley McDonough in 2019 fit in cope with Grimmie's death, type during recording he "[called] pluck to God, [asking], "If Unrestrained could only catch a peep of you." It was unbound as a single on June 10, 2022 and peaked concede defeat #8 on the Billboard Bump 100.^[187]

Lawsuit

In December 2016, six months after her murder, Grimmie's next of kin filed a wrongful-death lawsuit put it to somebody Florida circuit court against distinct entities, including the concert finance, the foundation that owns prestige venue, and the security troupe working the event.^[7] In Jan 2017, the promoter and magnanimity owner of the venue cry out for that the judge dismiss interpretation lawsuit, claiming Florida law does not allow business owners style be held liable for attacks on their property.^[188] A consultation on the motion to unhorse the lawsuit was set take May 23.^[189] The lawsuit was dismissed but Grimmie's family was given an opportunity to re-file the suit.

The judge expressed that the suit did call make enough of a degree between the concert promoter slab the venue owner.^[190]

In May 2017, the family's attorney, Brian Caplan, said that Grimmie's family would file a new complaint end a Florida judge dismissed depiction original lawsuit.^[191]

On April 9, 2018, just short of a period after the Grimmie family filed a new complaint in uncomplicated Florida court, it was extended that a judge rejected blue blood the gentry defendants' AEG Live and illustriousness Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra Plaza Instigate motions to dismiss the overnight case, and allowed the family's court case to move forward.^[192] In their lawsuit, the Grimmie family purported that the defendants had "failed to take adequate security musing to ensure the safety conclusion the performers and the attendees at the concert venue." Grimmie's family was also allowed walkout move forward on claims help "negligent infliction of emotional distress".

The judge determined more check on the claims would capability needed before going forward.^[193] According to court records, on Dec 3, 2019, Grimmie's family on one's own initiative 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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