Grimes (musician)

Claire Elise Boucher (born March 17, 1988), better known as Grimes, is a Canadian musician and artist. She was born in Vancouver in British Columbia. 

Early life
Boucher grew up in Vancouver. When she was 18 she moved to Montreal to study neuroscience and Russian at McGill University.

Career
She wrote on her Tumblr account that she started Grimes in 2009 when she first heard Mariah Carey.

She released her first album, Geidi Primes in 2010 on cassette. In 2011 she released an EP with d'Eon called Darkbloom.

In January 2012 she was signed to the record label 4AD. Pitchfork gave the album of a score of 7.5 out of 10. On January 9, 2012 she released the single "Genesis". Brooke Candy was in the music video. 

Grimes released her third album Visions on January 31, 2012 in the United States. It got mostly good reviews from music critics. Pitchfork gave the album a score of 8.5 out of 10. Allmusic called it the best album of 2012. NME chose it as the second best album of 2012. In 2013 it was given the Juno Award for Electronic Album of the year.

In December 2013 Grimes signed to Jay-Z's management company Roc Nation.

Personal life
She is a feminist and autistic. In 2018, she became partners with Elon Musk. They have two sons, X Æ A-Xii and Techno Mechanicus "Tau" Musk,  and one daughter, Exa Dark Sideræl. In October 2021, Grimes and Musk separated.

References

Other websites
Official website
Tumblr

Category:1988 births
Category:Canadian musicians
Category:Feminists
Category:Living people
Category:Musicians from British Columbia
Category:Synth-pop singers
Category:Musk family