Charlie Puth

**Charles Otto** "**Charlie**" **Puth, Jr.** (born December 2, 1991) is an American singer, songwriter and record producer who gained his initial recognition by the viral success of his song posts to YouTube.

Puth subsequently gained wider recognition for hit songs including his debut single "Marvin Gaye", which featured guest vocals from Meghan Trainor, which topped charts in Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, and the United Kingdom and which peaked at number 21 on the US *Billboard* Hot 100. Puth wrote, co-produced and performed with Wiz Khalifa on the song "See You Again", included in the *Furious 7* soundtrack as a tribute to the late Paul Walker.

Puth's debut studio album, *Nine Track Mind*, was released in January, 2016 and was preceded by the single "One Call Away", which reached the top 20 on the Hot 100.

## **Background**

   In September 2009, he started his own youtube channel, entitled *Charlies Vlogs*, posting comedy videos and acoustic covers.In 2010, Puth released the music video of his first song, "These Are My Sexy Shades". On December 10, he released his debut extended play, *The Otto Tunes*, an independent release. In 2011, he won an online video competition sponsored by Perez Hilton, *Can You Sing?*, with a version of Adele's "Someone Like You" which he performed with Emily Luther. In the same year, Ellen DeGeneres announced that she had signed Puth and Luther to her label, eleveneleven, after seeing their performance of Adele's "Someone Like You". Puth had performes the song on the show

In December 2012 he released a promotional single, "Break Again", with additional vocals by Emily Luther. The music video was released days later. On January 25, 2012, Puth and Luther performed the song and Lady Antebellum's "Need You Know" on The Ellen DeGeneres Show .

    In early 2015, Puth signed with Atlantic and his previous records were removed from iTunes. In February 2015, Puth released his debut single "Marvin Gaye", which features guest vocals from Meghan Trainor. The single has been certified 2× Platinum in Australia, topped the charts in New Zealand, Ireland, and the United Kingdom, and peaked at number 21 on the US *Billboard Hot 100*. Puth wrote, co-produced, and was featured on a song with Wiz Khalifa, "See You Again", a tribute to the late Paul Walker, included in the Furious 7 soundtrack. While Khalifa wrote the rap lyrics, the rest of the song has been credited to Puth. The song peaked at number one on the Hot 100 chart for 12 non-consecutive weeks. "See You Again" was nominated for three Grammy Awards: Song of the year, Best Pop0Duo Group Performance and Best Song Written For Visual Media. It was also shortlisted for the Song of the Year for the BBC Music Awards and was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song at the 73rd Golden Globes Award. He produced the song "Slow Motion" for Trey Songz and has arranged sessions with Jason Derulo and Lil Wayne.

    Puth starred as Meghan Trainors's love interest in the music video of "Dear Future Husband". In the synopsis, she meets Puth on the online dating Service and he comes to Trainor's home with a carryout pizza, which succeeds in impressing Trainor. The video ends with Trainor smiling and inviting Puth into her home. On May 1, 2015, Puth released a five-song extended play, Some Type Of Love. His debut album, Nine Track *Mind*, was released on January 29, 2016. The album debuted at number three in the United Kingdom. The album itself peaked at number 6 on the Billboard 200, receiving a score of 37 out of 100 on Metacritic, becoming the 15th worst reviewed album on the site. Puth embarked his debut live concert, Nine Track Mind Tour, in March 2016. In 2016, Puth was the first musician to sign a deal with Deutsch Music.