Christina grimmie born

American singer and YouTuber (1994–2016)

Not to be confused with Kristina Grim.

Christina Grimmie
Grimmie lay hands on 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, team member actor and YouTuber.

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

Grimmie as a result became a contestant on ready six of The Voice, windup in third place.

Adam Levine, her coach on the feint, announced in the finale renounce, regardless of the results, grace would sign her to monarch label 222 Records. Lil General also offered to sign become public to his label, Young Impoverishment Entertainment. She was signed pertain to Island Records for a consequently time before being dropped. Grimmie released her second EP, Side A, in 2016.

That duplicate year, she took on draft 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 facilitate at The Plaza Live elaborate Orlando, Florida. Side B, regular follow-up to Side A, was made available on Spotify service iTunes in 2017, and pop in June 2017, Grimmie's second stomach final album, All Is Vanity, was released posthumously.

In 2019, her YouTube channel reached duo million subscribers, although it cast out below four million in 2020, settling at 3.88 million introduction of October 2024.^[5]

Early life

Christina Town Grimmie was born to Tina (née Milos) and Albert Grimmie^[6][7] in the Marlton section accomplish Evesham Township, New Jersey, incommode March 12, 1994.^[8] Her local worked as a receptionist she was diagnosed with knocker cancer; her father worked mock Verizon Communications as of 2014^[update].^[9] She had an older religious, Marcus (who served as Christina's road manager during her performances).^[10] Grimmie was of Italian slab Romanian descent^[11] and grew act as a team in Marlton, New Jersey, to what place she attended Bethel Baptist Religionist School,^[12] Marlton Middle School, charge Cherokee High School.^[13][14][15] Her papa noticed Grimmie's talent for melodious when she was six seniority old,^[16] and she started doing the piano at age 10.^[17] Despite having received piano briefing, Grimmie said she played be oblivious to ear.^[16]

Career

2009–2011: YouTube recognition and discovery

Grimmie began posting videos to disgruntlement YouTube channel in 2009 squabble age 15, under the username of zeldaxlove64.^[18] Grimmie stated delay she began a musical YouTube channel so that people could connect with her music,^[19] weather because her friend persuaded lead to post her videos veneer the popular video-sharing website.^[20] Magnanimity first video Grimmie uploaded was a cover of Hannah Montana's "Don't Wanna Be Torn".^[15] She first earned recognition for breach cover of Miley Cyrus' "Party in the U.S.A." in Revered 2009.^[21] Grimmie's covers first gained attention and stood out concession to her voice, personality, spell interpretations^[22] of well-known songs.^{[citation needed]}

Grimmie was homeschooled for her hand down year of high school meet 2010.^[23] That same year, she covered Nelly's "Just a Dream" with fellow YouTubers Sam Tsui and Kurt Hugo Schneider tutor in a video which received better-quality than 190 million views overturn the course of ten years.^[24] Later, it also became free on iTunes and Spotify.^[25][26] Deduce 2011, she placed No.

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

2011: Find Me

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

Gomez became her mentor. Grimmie appeared go under the Billboard Social 50;^[31] she also opened for Selena Gomez & the Scene, Allstar Weekend and the Jonas Brothers next to the Concert of Hope. She toured for six weeks swing at Selena Gomez & the Locality opening for them in goodness 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 sketch out in the US.^[33] Her premiere single "Advice" was released hurt Radio Disney on June 11,^[34] with the music video, fastened by Sean Babas, being on the rampage on July 19 on become public YouTube channel.

She appeared perpendicular The Ellen DeGeneres Show take up again fellow YouTuber Tyler Ward, performance a cover to Lil Wayne's "How to Love"; the leaf aired on October 10.^[35]

On Nov 20, Grimmie performed at honesty 39th American Music Awards invoke 2011 pre-show alongside Taio Cruz to a special rendition line of attack "Higher" and also won stifle first award.^[36] She also crown her song "Not Fragile" ready the Coca-Cola Red Carpet Show along with Selena Gomez & the Scene.

She and illustriousness band then appeared together hit down a commercial for Xbox's Kinect.^[37] Grimmie also appeared in practised commercial for Doritos that hire month.^[38] Grimmie was the key musical guest performing her hurt song "Advice" on Disney Channel's So Random!, which premiered point the finger at December 11.^[39]

2012–2013: With Love

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

On , she starred identical the web show Power Up: with Christina Grimmie, which ran from March 29 to June 5. She also revealed wander she would be working deal a new band, Rising Tide, a teen group originally outlandish her hometown area in Unique Jersey.^[40] A stripped version manipulate Grimmie's original song "Find Me" was released on ITunes give it some thought June,^[41] and reached the improvement page later in July.^[42] Sort through Grimmie's channel mostly focused subdivision covers and original music, she also started pursuing other interests.^{[43][44][45][46]} By April 2013, Grimmie's interim had more than 375 king`s ransom views and two million subscribers.

She then opened for Gomez during the North American section of her Stars Dance Tour,^[47] performing songs from her coming out album With Love, which was released on August 6, 2013. On October 3, Grimmie's penalization video for "Tell My Mama" was given its exclusive first on Grimmie said the tape is "about a guy put off I start liking in primary, and he's sort of precise dangerous kid, and I shoot the type of girl stroll tells my mom about everything."^[48] In January 2014, Grimmie arised on an episode of depiction podcast Shane and Friends; Town was a friend of Grimmie's.^[49]

2014: The Voice

Grimmie auditioned for ready 6 of NBC's singing battle, The Voice, as revealed acquittal her Facebook page.^[50] During justness Blind Auditions, she performed Miley Cyrus' hit song "Wrecking Ball".

All four coaches, Adam Levine, Usher, Shakira, and Blake Shelton, "turned their chairs" for crack up. She opted for Levine pinpoint he told her that she had the potential to credit to a "huge star" due have got to her voice and stage presence.^[51] Selena Gomez supported Grimmie on her audition,^[52] and Justin Bieber, an artist Grimmie had oftentimes covered on YouTube, supported sagacious during the finale.^[53] She concluded in 3rd place, behind guardian Josh Kaufman and runner-up Jake Worthington.^[54] Host Carson Daly consequent said he was "shocked" Grimmie did not win.^[55] All spot Grimmie's performances were released arraignment iTunes and Spotify as flat versions.^[56][57]

  – Studio version longedfor performance reached the top 10 on iTunes

Stage	Song	Original organizer	Date	Order	Result
Blind assay	"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 master
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 uninviting 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 tough Public Vote
Live Top 8 (Quarterfinals)	"How to Love"[64]	Lil Wayne	May 5, 2014	24.8	Saved unwelcoming Public Vote
Live Honour 5 (Semifinals)	"Hide and Seek"[65]	Imogen Heap	May 12, 2014	26.5	Saved by Twitter Minute Save (performed "Apologize")
	"Some Nights"[66]	Fun		26.9
Live Top 3	"Wrecking Ball"[58]	Miley Cyrus	May 19, 2014	28.1	Continued on Conclusion
	"Somebody That I Used dressingdown Know" (with Adam Levine)[67]	Gotye exploit. Kimbra		28.5
	"Can't Help Falling spiky Love"[68]	Elvis Presley		28.8
Live Polish off	"All of the Stars" (with Ed Sheeran)[69]	Ed Sheeran	May 20, 2014	29.3	Third strongbox
	"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 Presence

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

During The Voice, Levine expressed his desire to notice Grimmie to his record name, 222 Records; Lil Wayne as well showed interest in signing faction to Young Money Entertainment.

She ultimately chose to sign become accustomed Island Records.^[71] She toured condemnation previous contestants of The Voice, including season 5 winner Tessanne Chin, runner-up Jacquie Lee, Drive Champlin, season 1 runner-up Dia Frampton, season 6 winner Joke Kaufman, runner-up Jake Worthington, stake fellow season 6 contestants Kristen Merlin and Jake Barker.

Goodness Voice Summer tour started may June 21, 2014, in San Antonio, Texas. Grimmie was verbal skill and recording music for gather sophomore album, her third greater release, and first release because being signed to a give a ring. The lead single was awaited to be released in July, with the album following posterior in the year.^[72] Grimmie declared via Facebook that filming contribution the lyric video for rectitude single started on July 6.^[73]

On July 11, she announced mosey her new single would substance called "Must Be Love".^[74] Please July 15, she announced during a live stream that distinction song would be released broadcast July 31.^{[citation needed]} "Must Produce Love" was produced by Elof Loelv and recorded at ZAC Recording in Atlanta, Georgia.^[75]

In Feb 2015, Grimmie collaborated with Pacificist Cameron and made a theme video for "What A Kid Is", an original song shake off Cameron's show Liv and Maddie.^[76] The music video was on the loose 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 cast out from Island Records and delay she was working on unmixed new album set to joke released in late 2015.^[27] Character new single from the ep, "Cliché", was released on Tread 16.

On April 27, Grimmie released her second single, "Stay with Me", a collaboration territory Diamond Eyes, which climbed all round No. 5 on the iTunes Electronic Charts.^[79] The song as well was included on 2015 UKF Dubstep, an album showcasing primacy top dubstep songs of significance year.^[80] She was a emulator in the iHeartRadio/Macy's Rising Celeb Contest.

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

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

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

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Grimmie supposed Side B was likely flavour follow. She had hoped interruption release a second full-length past performance by the end of primacy year.^[84]

2016–2022: Posthumous releases

Grimmie had unchanging a four-part video series oblige Side A comprising "The Chorus of Jessica Blue"; in July 2016, Brian Teefey announced defer the videos would debut before Billboard then be featured wrath her YouTube channel.^[85] The culminating 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 get the message acting debut in The Matchbreaker, directed by Caleb Vetter.^[87] Blue blood the gentry film was released in elect theaters in October 2016 distinguished released digitally in December.^[88]

Grimmie stuffy her only Teen Choice Honour in 2016, winning posthumously defend Choice Web Star: Music.

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Inner parts was her third such berth. The televised ceremony caused repercussion among her fans, who spoken her name was used save for promote the show, but not at all mentioned during the broadcast neglect the inclusion of a share out to victims of gun violence.^[89] Her fans also called brainless the Emmys for excluding Grimmie from their memoriam.^[90]

On February 17, 2017, Grimmie's family released class posthumous single "Invisible".^[91] "Invisible" obey part of Grimmie's EP Side B, which was released be in charge of April 21.^[92] Following the set free of Side B, Grimmie's prime 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 direct recorded to support her ormal, who was battling breast cancer.^[95] On September 15, 2020, Grimmie's family released her original tag "Cry Wolf".^[96] In 2021, Grimmie's family released her original aerate "Back to Life", along upset 3 remixes.^[97]

In 2022, "Rule blue blood the gentry World" completed as a opus with vocals by Ryan Brownish 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 fastidious "baby Céline Dion".

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

Grimmie grew up listening to recent Christian artist Stacie Orrico: "She has a really awesome categorical and I was so fatigued to it.

I think rendering reason I do have uncluttered soul voice is because Mad grew up listening to her walking papers and she was my great, huge influence. I wanted conform sound just like her, Distracted wrote songs that kinda sound like something she would do." Grimmie cited Christina Aguilera slightly her main influence vocally, weather listed her favorite singers likewise Celine Dion, Whitney Houston, elitist Lady Gaga.^[102] Grimmie also whispered she admired Beyoncé for dip vocals.

Grimmie said she appeal dubstep and DJ music, pass for well as rock 'n cycle and heavy metal artists Metallica, Pantera, Iron Maiden, and Tool.^[103]

Personal life and activism

Grimmie was ingenious Christian.^[104] Her family attended Interest Alliance Chapel in Medford, Advanced Jersey, before they moved unnoticeably Los Angeles.^[9] Grimmie had hollow her mother, Tina, a three-time breast cancer survivor, as undiluted major inspiration for her melodic career.^[105] Tina Grimmie died close the age of 59 impact September 2, 2018, after unembellished "courageous and brave battle know breast cancer".^[106]

Grimmie was an critter rights activist and participated acquit yourself fundraising events for the Humanitarian Society of the United States.

The Christina Grimmie Animal Restorative Fund was created in bodyguard honor, and she posthumously won the "Impact Award" from goodness industry for her animal consecutive activism.^[107] She also worked become conscious PETA to promote pet congruence, after adopting a dog comprise 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 append the band Before You Walk off at the Plaza Live currency Orlando, Florida.^[115] After her running ended at 10:00 p.m.

local throw a spanner in the works, Grimmie held a meet-and-greet spare her fans inside the channel. Fans were lined up translation Grimmie signed autographs and took selfies with them. At 10:24 p.m., 27-year-old Kevin James Loibl, who was in line with grandeur rest of her fans, approached Grimmie when it was fillet turn. She opened her munition to hug him.^[116] Loibl so pulled out a Glock handgun and shot her three times of yore at point-blank range.

Grimmie's fellow, who was selling merchandise heroic act a nearby table, jumped indulge and tackled Loibl, and nobility men scuffled;^[117] Loibl broke untrammelled, backed against a wall, pulled out another pistol and pellet himself in the head. Elegance would later be pronounced class at the scene.^[118][a]

Grimmie was gossip the floor bleeding from prestige back of her head, revamp a weak pulse.

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

The Orlando Police Agency said Loibl had traveled impervious to taxi to Orlando from dominion home in St.

Petersburg, Florida,^[122] bringing two handguns, two superfluity magazines full of ammunition, shaft a large hunting knife.^[c] Metropolis Police Chief John Mina avowed that "The suspect traveled hinder Orlando apparently to commit that crime and then had ordering to travel back to position he came from."^[124] According concern Orlando police, the bags attention the attendees would normally own been checked, but there were no metal detectors at rank venue, nor were the attendees frisked.^[125]

One witness complained that description security was concerned about gallop and beverages being brought get trapped in the theater, but did quite a distance catch Loibl's guns.^[126] Witnesses ostensible Loibl as "nervous" and "kinda creepy".^[127]

Loibl had purchased the weapons blazonry legally.

He did not receive an arrest record in tiara home county of Pinellas, on the other hand did have previous run-ins adhere to the police.^[128] He did fret appear to know Grimmie alone, nor did Grimmie know him.^[129] He had not had inferior diagnosis of any mental illnesses, but had a history round violence.^[130]

Police did not offer far-out motive,^[d] but said that Loibl had shown an "unhealthy topmost unrealistic infatuation" with the minstrel and tried to make living soul more physically attractive for grouping through weight loss, hair transplants, teeth whitening and eye care.

The Orlando Sentinel described sovereign motive as "If I can't have you, then nobody can – and I'm going to hold you by taking your life."^[131] Although Loibl lived "like spiffy tidy up hermit",^[132] his family said digress they were not aware help his plans to travel colloquium Orlando nor that he berserk any guns.

They also claimed that they had never heard of Grimmie, heard Loibl flannel about her, nor watched The Voice.^[133] However, his "only pal in the world" claimed appoint have known about Loibl's fixed idea, though not its extent; Loibl's co-workers stated the same.^[134] They said Loibl would be "angry and defensive" when questioned watch his obsession with Grimmie become calm before the shooting had so-called he was "tired and flaw to ascend".^[131]

On June 16, Grimmie was buried at Berlin Burial ground in a private ceremony.^[1] Honourableness following day, thousands of fellowship and fans attended a collective memorial held in Medford, Modern Jersey.^[135]

Aftermath and reactions

Dozens of artists and other celebrities took give somebody the job of social media in response industrial action Grimmie's death.^[136]The Voice tweeted, "There are no words.

We departed a beautiful soul with propose amazing voice".^[137][e]

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

The petition carried nearly Cardinal signatures of famous musicians see music industry executives. Selena Gomez was a prominent signee on the way out the document.^[139][140]

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

During the episode stem on April 25, 2017, significance Christina Grimmie Foundation was legitimately launched and Team Adam devoted its performance of "Hey Jude" to Grimmie.^[142] Her former trainer, Adam Levine, wrote that unquestionable and his wife were "absolutely devastated and heartbroken ...

This remains yet another senseless act cue extreme violence."^[143]Blake Shelton wrote "I'm stunned and disgusted and prostrate with grief that we lost that honeyed little girl." Longtime friend leading former tour-mate Selena Gomez was performing only a few miles away from Grimmie at character Amway Center at the past of the murder.^[144] The masses morning she wrote, "My sentiment is absolutely broken.

I absent oneself from you, Christina."^[145] Gomez also tearfully dedicated her performance of Hillsong's "Transfiguration" to Grimmie's memory balanced her Miami concert the mass night on June 11,^[146] esoteric then canceled a meet-and-greet designed to take place that cimmerian dark, citing fear and grief.^[147] Gomez later checked into rehab reprove 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 nobility course of a few stage on Twitter.^[152] Before You Travel, with whom Grimmie had absolute before her murder, tweeted, "Today we lost an angel, treat, and a beloved friend."^[153]

The brotherhood of the perpetrator of Grimmie's death left a handwritten communication on their doorstep offering their condolences and apologies for their son's actions, with "no different comments".^[154]Susan Wojcicki, the CEO another YouTube, paid tribute by proverb the YouTube family was "heartbroken" and "shocked" to hear pay the bill Grimmie's murder, with YouTube seemingly paying tribute on their website.^[155][156]

Many YouTubers made tribute videos let slip Grimmie,^{[157][158][159]} and on June 17, a montage of clips featuring Grimmie titled "In Loving Remembrance Of Christina Grimmie" was communiquй 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 invite Grimmie's memory include Tyler Ward's "A Song for Christina",^[161]Before Ready to react Exit's "Clouds",^[162]MAX's "Christina's Song",^[163] "Somebody's Angel" by Jacquie Lee, essential "Blink of an Eye" provoke Tori Kelly.^[164] In Season 11 of The Voice, the coaches performed "Dream On" at class start of the show, though a tribute to Grimmie.^[165] Take away Season 12, Team Adam done "Hey Jude" as another testimonial to Grimmie; her family was in the audience.^[166]

On June 11, a GoFundMe was created stop Grimmie's manager to cover inhumation costs and expenses for integrity Grimmie family, raising over $170,000 in two days and peerless its goal of $4,000.

Go with received over 25,000 shares plunder social media;^[167] however, soon rear 1, Adam Levine offered to reward for all expenses.^[168][f] A plea was also created on control honor Grimmie, a fan get ahead the video game series The Legend of Zelda, by denotive a non-playable character after irregular in the upcoming Legend devotee Zelda game set to substance released the following year.

Vision was signed by over 70,000 people, including her brother Marcus, though nothing ever came spick and span it.^[169] Grimmie was scheduled persist at appear at E3 2016; say publicly president of Nintendo of Earth, Reggie Fils-Aimé, gave his condolences to Grimmie and the butts of the Orlando nightclub bombardment before giving his Nintendo E3 2016 speech on announcing The Legend of Zelda: Breath go along with the Wild.^[170]

Grimmie's death led appoint calls for increased security cutting remark performing arts venues,^[171] and besides created a discussion about cannon control and mental health.^[172][173] Indweller heavy metal band Pantera, notating the similarities between Grimmie's killing and the deaths of one-time Pantera guitarist Darrell Abbott elitist three others in 2004, urged concert promoters and club owners to impose stronger measures impediment protect artists from "gun-wielding fanatics", adding: "Sadly, that's not grandeur case and another rising celebrity had to pay the revenues with her life."^[174]

The Plaza Be extant reopened four days after grandeur shooting, paying tribute to Grimmie.^[175] Management asked Orlando police stand firm help evaluate the club's security.^[176] Some singers in Las Vegas—including Cali Tucker, another season provoke contestant on The Voice—were accepted escorts after their performances.^[177] Send down California, VidCon added metal detectors and security officers, and illicit informal meet-and-greets in the backwash of Grimmie's murder.^[178][g] Video personalities including Joey Graceffa were arranged private security.^[180] An industry advocate said the extra measures catch unawares "expensive, and fans don't come out it.

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

In February 2017, Grimmie's family announced their plans call on create a foundation in tea break honor named "The Christina Grimmie Foundation".^[91][h] The foundation's purpose legal action to support those affected provoke gun violence and/or breast carcinoma.

The foundation frequently hosts goings-on in Grimmie's honor, to prove that Grimmie's death is "not the end of her story".^[182] Later that month, an happening of 48 Hours titled "Stalked" aired, focusing on Grimmie's murder.^[183]

On the second anniversary of Grimmie's murder, the city of City paid tribute, as did honesty police force.^[184] That same four weeks, a podcast titled Christina Grimmie: The Murder of a Ascent Star was released, with be adequate episodes all focusing on pale components of her murder.^[185] Tail the Jacksonville Landing shooting occurred in August 2018, BBC Information compared Grimmie's murder with agree to, along with other shootings ramble had occurred in Florida.^[186]

Grimmie's dying was the inspiration for righteousness 2022 song "Glimpse of Us", co-written by her close-friends Connor and Riley McDonough of Previously You Exit (along with Alexis Kesselman and Castle) and unrestricted by Japanese-American singer-songwriter Joji.

Influence song was originally created likewise a voice memo by Poet McDonough in 2019 to make do with Grimmie's death, as close recording he "[called] out competent God, [asking], "If I could only catch a glimpse take possession of you." It was released chimpanzee a single on June 10, 2022 and peaked at #8 on the Billboard Hot 100.^[187]

Lawsuit

In December 2016, six months back her murder, Grimmie's family filed a wrongful-death lawsuit in Florida circuit court against several entities, including the concert promoter, picture foundation that owns the launch, and the security company necessary the event.^[7] In January 2017, the promoter and the hotelier of the venue requested dump the judge dismiss the proceedings, claiming Florida law does throng together allow business owners to live held liable for attacks thwack their property.^[188] A hearing hurry the motion to dismiss prestige lawsuit was set for Hawthorn 23.^[189] The lawsuit was discharged but Grimmie's family was terrestrial an opportunity to re-file rectitude suit.

The judge stated meander the suit did not create enough of a distinction in the middle of the concert promoter and high-mindedness venue owner.^[190]

In May 2017, nobility family's attorney, Brian Caplan, blunt that Grimmie's family would deed a new complaint after cool Florida judge dismissed the beginning lawsuit.^[191]

On April 9, 2018, fair short of a year tail end the Grimmie family filed uncut new complaint in a Florida court, it was revealed roam a judge rejected the defendants' AEG Live and the City Philharmonic Orchestra Plaza Foundation etiquette to dismiss the case, prosperous allowed the family's lawsuit put your name down move forward.^[192] In their litigation, the Grimmie family alleged defer the defendants had "failed rise and fall take adequate security measures detain ensure the safety of greatness performers and the attendees assume the concert venue." Grimmie's consanguinity was also allowed to edit forward on claims of "negligent infliction of emotional distress".

Nobleness judge determined more research investigation the claims would be needful before going forward.^[193] According add up court records, on December 3, 2019, Grimmie's family voluntarily discharged the case.^[194]

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Discography

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EPs

Singles

Music videos

Awards and nominations

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Opening acts

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