Demi Lovato

Demi Lovato
Background Information
Birth name	Demetria Devonne "Demi" Lovato
Also known as	Charlotte Adams
Born	August 20, 1992 (1992-08-20)
Origin	Dallas, Texas, USA
Genre(s)	Pop, Country
Instrument(s)	Vocals, Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar
Years active	2002-present
Associated acts	Selena Gomez, Jonas Brothers, Chloe Bridges, Miley Cyrus, Tiffany Thornton, We the Kings
Website	http://www.demilovato.com

Demetria Devonne "Demi" Lovato (born August 20, 1992) is an American actress, singer, and songwriter who made her debut as a child actress in Barney & Friends. In 2008, Lovato rose to prominence in the Disney Channel television film Camp Rock and signed a recording contract with Hollywood Records. She released her debut album, Don't Forget, that September; it has been certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for sales of over 530,000 copies. In 2009 Lovato received her own television series, Sonny with a Chance. That July her second album, Here We Go Again, debuted at number one on the U.S. Billboard 200; its title track became her first single to break the top 20 of the Billboard Hot 100, reaching number 15, and being certified Platinum.

After the release of additional television films and their soundtracks in 2010, Lovato's personal issues put her career on hiatus and ended Sonny with a Chance after its second season. Her third album, Unbroken (2011), addresses several of her difficulties. Its lead single, "Skyscraper", became Lovato's first single at the time to be certified platinum in the United States; its second single, "Give Your Heart a Break", was certified triple platinum. Lovato was as a judge and mentor on the American version of The X Factor in 2012 and 2013. Her fourth album, Demi (2013), had first-week sales of 110,000 copies (the best debut week of Lovato's recording career). Demi was preceded by its lead single, "Heart Attack" (certified triple platinum in the United States), that February. In September 2013 Lovato announced plans for a North American leg of her third headlining concert tour, the Neon Lights Tour, to promote Demi. In May 2014 (shortly after the tour) Lovato announced her fourth concert tour, the Demi World Tour, also in support of Demi. This would mark Lovato's first world tour. A total of four singles were released from Demi, including "Made in the USA", "Neon Lights", which was certified Platinum in the US, and her latest single "Really Don't Care".

During her musical career, Lovato has made a number of concert tours. In 2008, she was the opening act for the Jonas Brothers' Burnin' Up Tour and Avril Lavigne's Best Damn Tour. Later that year Lovato began her first promotional tour, the Demi Live! Warm Up Tour. Since then, she has made two headlining concert tours: Demi Lovato: Live in Concert and A Special Night with Demi Lovato. Lovato has received a number of accolades, including an MTV Video Music Award, thirty one Teen Choice Awards nominations (twelve of which she won), five People's Choice Awards, two ALMA awards and a Billboard Touring Award. In 2013, Maxim ranked her 26th on its Hot 100 list and Billboard ranked her second on its Social 50 Artists of the Year list. Outside the entertainment industry, Lovato is involved with several social and environmental causes. In May 2013, she was cited for her dedication as a mentor to teens and young adults with mental-health challenges at a National Children's Mental Health Awareness Day hosted by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration in Washington, D.C.. She has also become an advocate for the LGBT community. In 2014 she was announced as the Grand Marshal for LA PRIDE week, and that same year she became the face for HRC's America's for Marriage Equality Campaign.

Lovato's fifth album, Confident, will be released on October 16, 2015. During the album's production, Lovato commented: "I've already started recording for my new album, and I have plans to record during the tour. The sound just evolves into everything that I've been and everything that I want to become." She further stated, "I've never been so sure of myself as an artist when it comes down to confidence, but not only personal things, but exactly what I want my sound to be and what I know I'm capable of and this album will give me the opportunity to show people what I can really do." In May 2015, Billboard revealed Lovato was in the process of starting an "artist-centric" new record label, Safehouse Records, of which she will be co-owner. The label will be a partnership between her, Nick Jonas, and Lovato's manager Phil McIntyre, and will form part of a new collaborative arrangement with record label Island It has been confirmed that Lovato's upcoming fifth studio album will be released through the new venture deal. This will be Lovato's second multi-label venture of her career; she was formerly part of Jonas Records, a UMG/Hollywood/Jonas Brothers partnership, which is now defunct.

Lovato released a single titled "Cool for the Summer" on July 1, 2015, which served as one of the theme songs for WWE's SummerSlam event. In August, the albums title track, Confident, was announced to be the album's second single.

Singles

• Get Back
• La La Land
• Here We Go Again
• Skyscraper
• Give Your Heart A Break
• Heart Attack
• Made In The USA
• Cool For The Summer
• Confident

Albums

• Don't Forget (2008)
• Here We Go Again (2009)
• Unbroken (2011)
• Demi (2013)
• Confident (2015)

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