Bazzi

**Andrew Bazzi** (born August 28, 1997), professionally known as his stage name Bazzi, song His song "Mine", released in October 2017, gained popularity in early 2018 when it became an internet meme by using of a Snapchat lens filter with the song. It peaked at number 11 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and appeared on several other international charts. She released her debut studio album "Cosmic" in 2018.

## Early life and education

Bazzi was born on August 28, 1997, in Dearborn, Michigan. He learned to play oud and guitar as a child
In 2012, he began posting covers of songs on his YouTube channel. In November 2014, he moved to the Los Angeles area to pursue a music career. He finished high school at Santa Monica High School in 2015 .He went to PCEP in Michigan before moving.
He is of Lebanese-American descent.

## Career

Bazzi created a Vine account in July 2013. y 2015, he had accrued 1.5 million followers on the site. In September of that year, he became the first artist to release a Vine "Featured Track" which was entitled, "Bring You Home". In 2016, he was featured on the Fancy Cars' track, "Fun". Over the course of the next two years, Bazzi released several singles including "Alone", "Beautiful", "Got Friends?", and "Sober". Bazzi has cited artists Justin Timberlake, Bryson Tiller, Duran Duran and Guns N' Roses among his influences.

In October 2017, he released the single, "Mine". The song increased in popularity after becoming an Internet meme, hrough videos featuring a slideshow of different pictures of the subject of the video with the Snapchat "hearts" filter and overlaying lyrics. In January 2018, the song appeared on the Billboard Hot 100, debuting at number 56. As of April 2018, the song's peak on the list was number 11. Bazzi also released three new singles in 2018, "Why?", "Gone" and "Honest". He is currently working on a collaboration with Marshmello. On March 13, 2018, Bazzi was announced as the special guest on Camila Cabello's Never Be the Same Tour's North American leg. On April 17, 2018, *Cosmic* debuted at number 35 and later peaked at number 14 on the US *Billboard* 200 albums chart. Bazzi joined the the Justin Timberlake's Man of the Woods Tour as the opening act for the European leg. He received a nomination for an MTV Video Music Award for Best New Artist. Bazzi collaborated with Camila Cabello on a remix of the song "Beautiful", which was released on August 2, 2018.

Bazzi worked with K-Pop entertainment company SM Entertainment to co-write songs for two of their boy bands, EXO and NCT Dream. With NCT Dream, he co-wrote “We Go Up” with their member, Mark, for the EP, We Go Up. With EXO, he co-wrote "The Eve" for the studio album, The War, and “OOoh La La La” and “Oasis” for the studio album, Don’t Mess Up My Tempo.

## Gallery

To view the gallery for Bazzi, please see Bazzi/Gallery

## Trivia

* He was 4 years old when he first started playing the guitar.
* His early start in performing was at his church at the age of 11 years old, where he was the youngest member of the band.
* He is from Dearborn, Michigan.
* He has an older brother.
	+ However, his name is unknown.
* He began dating Renee Herbert in 2018.
* He collaborated on a Vine video with Grant Landis called "Baby you're so classic."
* Bazzi is a massive fan of Michael Jackson and Prince.
* He had recognized a desire for stardom as early as kindergarten when his teacher asked her students to get up in front of the class and freestyle a song.
* He has created videos that were inspired by fellow Viner SelfieC and fellow internet singing sensation Kenny Holland.
* American singer Taylor Swift, who selected "Mine" as one of her favourite tracks of the moment on a special Spotify playlist she curated. Another big endorsement came from Camila Cabello, who said on social media: "A male artist I would like to collaborate with is Bazzi. I just started listening to his new music and I'm a fan."

## References

1. ↑ https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/bazzi/800263205
2. ↑ https://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwmusic/article/Bazzi-Takes-Over-The-Charts-With-MINE-20180214
3. ↑ http://www.thesamohi.com/ae/andrew-bazzi
4. ↑ https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2018/04/15/everything-you-need-know-bazzi-voice-behind-viral-sensation-mine/508097002/
5. ↑ http://trl.mtv.com/news/3065761/bazzi-gone/
6. ↑ https://twitter.com/Camila\_Cabello/status/973701998435422208
7. ↑ https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/2018-04-28
8. ↑ https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/podcasts/8468052/pop-shop-podcast-bazzi-interview-cosmic-album-camila-cabello-tour-justin-timberlake
9. ↑ https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/cardi-b-the-carters-childish-gambino-drake-lead-2018-vma-nominations-699523/
10. ↑ https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8468322/bazzi-camila-cabello-beautiful-remix-with
11. ↑ https://everipedia.org/wiki/andrew-bazzi/51361767/