Title: Jon Bellion Content: Jonathon David Bellion (born December 26, 1990) is an American singer, rapper, songwriter, and record producer. He was born and raised in Lake Grove, New York. He is famous for his single "All Time Low" He has released four mixtapes and two studio albums. His first studio album The Human Condition was released on June 10, 2016 and debuted number 5 on US Billboard 200. He is currently signed to Visionary Music Group and Capitol Records. ==Early Life== Jon Bellion was born and raised in Lake Grove, New York. He comes from an Italian family who came from Naples. With a chance to play Basketball in college, Jon Bellion chose music over Basketball. After high school, he enrolled in the music program at the private Five Towns College in Dix Hills, New York. At 19 years old, he dropped to drop out of college and start writing professionally. He worked under songwriter and Warner Brothers A&R; executive Kara DioGuardi for a year. With Kara, he learned how to write songs for different artists. ==Career== ===2011–2014: Early career and various mixtapes=== Jon Bellion's first mixtape, Scatter Thoughts Vol. 1 was released in early 2011 through his Facebook page and reached over 11,00 downloads. Bellion writes and produces all of his own music. Jon Bellion then signed with Visionary Music Group in 2012. In 2012, Jon Bellion wrote the chorus to the song "The Monster" by Eminem featuring Rihanna. This song won a Grammy Award in the 2015 Grammy Awards for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration. Jon Bellion released his second free project, Translations Through Speaker on February 20,2013. Then released his third project, The Separation on December 10, 2013 and his fourth free project, The Definition on September 23, 2014. He also announced his first national tour in October 2014. ===2015–2017: Touring and The Human Condition=== Bellion released several singles in early 2015, including "Woodstock (Psychedelic Fiction)", "All Time Low", and "Woke the F*ck Up" through Capitol Records. On March 31, 2015, Bellion announced his second national tour, The Definition Tour. The tour started on May 26 and ended on July 2. Bellion confirmed that his debut album The Human Condition and was set to be released on June 10, 2016. He released three promotional singles from the album: "Guillotine", on April 13,2016, "80's Films", on May 27, 2016, and "Maybe IDK" on June 2, 2016. The lead single from the album, "All Time Low" was released on May 13,2016 and became his most successful single to date, reaching number 16 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and was certified Double- platinum in the United States and Australia. In June 2017, Bellion was picked as Elvis Duran's Artist of the Month and was featured on NBC's Today show hosted by Kathie Lee Gifford and Hoda Kotb and broadcast nationally where he performed "All Time Low" live. Jon Bellion was the opening act for the rock duo Twenty One Pilots' in 2017 ===2018: Glory Sound Prep=== On January 25, Bellion teased a snippet of an upcoming song on an Instagram video. On April 16, Bellion began teasing his next album with 4 captions captioned with "GSP". On October 9, Bellion posted a photo to his Twitter account from "GSP Staff", stating: "Tomorrow, Headmaster Stormzy requests your presence for an orientation ceremony in the main atrium. Time: 3:00 pm EST." The day after, he announced the studio album Glory Sound Prep on his Twitter account, which was set to be released on November 9, 2017. ==== Beautiful Mind Records ==== Bellion officially started his own record label in July 2019 called Beautiful Mind Records and signed the pop/soul band, Lawrence. Lawrence was the opener for most of his shows on the Glory Sound Prep Tour. He helped write and produce their first three singles "Casualty", "It's Not All About You", and "The Weather." ==Discography== Main article: Jon Bellion Discography