American social media personality (born 2002)
Loren Gray
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Gray in 2023
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Born
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2002-04-19
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April 19, 2002
(age 22)
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Nationality
| American
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Other names
| Loren Beech
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Occupations
| - Singer
- songwriter
- media personality
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Years active
| 2015?present
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Known for
| TikTok
and Music
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YouTube information
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Channel
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Location
| Los Angeles
,
California
, U.S.
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Genre(s)
| Music, beauty, fashion
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Subscribers
| 3.66 million
[4]
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Total views
| 133 million
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| 100,000 subscribers
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Last updated:
March 28, 2024
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Loren Gray Beech
(born April 19, 2002) is an American singer-songwriter and media personality. Gray rose to prominence in 2015 on the video sharing app,
Musical.ly
. In 2018, she released her debut single "My Story" under
Virgin Records
, who she was signed to until February 2021, when she became an independent artist.
[1]
[5]
Career
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Social media
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Loren Gray joined
musical.ly
(now known as
TikTok
)
[1]
in 2015. After gaining a large following on musical.ly in the 8th grade, she began to get bullied at school.
[6]
She eventually moved to
Los Angeles
,
California
and grew her other social media platforms. As of September 2022, she has more than 54.6 million TikTok followers,
[7]
23.4 million
Instagram
followers,
[8]
3.86 million
YouTube
subscribers,
[9]
and over 1.5 million
Twitter
followers.
[10]
On her backup
Instagram
, she has over 4.7 million followers.
[11]
Gray is the
seventeenth most-followed
individual on TikTok and had been the
most-followed
TikTok individual from March 31, 2019 to March 25, 2020.
[12]
Music
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In 2017, Gray appeared in English pop singer
HRVY
’s music video for "
Personal
".
[13]
In March 2018, Gray signed a record deal with
Virgin Records
before releasing her debut single "My Story" in August,
[14]
which she says is based on a friend who "kept falling in love with the wrong people".
[15]
In November 2018, she released her second single, "Kick You Out",
[16]
[17]
which was written and produced by herself and
Ido Zmishlany
, and was described by
Billboard
as showing "the true highs and lows that come from being in love".
[18]
Her third single, "Queen", an empowering anthem produced by herself and
Captain Cuts
,
[5]
was released in December 2018.
[19]
[5]
The video for the song, released the following month, received more than 18 million views as of July 2021.
[20]
Gray was featured on
Lost Kings
' single "Anti-Everything", released on January 11, 2019.
[21]
[22]
[23]
She cites
Eminem
[15]
and
Justin Bieber
[24]
[25]
among her favorite artists. On April 4, 2019, Loren Gray released two new singles ? "Options"
[26]
and "Lie Like That".
[26]
She teamed up with Captain Cuts (
Walk the Moon
,
Halsey
,
The Chainsmokers
) to write and produce both tracks, bringing in collaborators Nija (
Jason Derulo
,
Chris Brown
) on "Options" and Australian artist
Ivy Adara
on "Lie Like That". On May 17, 2019, Loren Gray released a new single titled "Can't Do It" featuring American rapper
Saweetie
. It marks her first single as a lead artist to feature another artist.
[27]
After taking almost a year break from releasing songs, she released a new single titled "Cake" on May 13, 2020. She released her final solo single with
Virgin Records
and
Capitol Records
titled “Alone” on July 21, 2020. She departed from her music label in February 2021 and became an independent artist. She released her first independent song with TELYKast on March 12, 2021. She released her first solo independent song titled “Piece of Work” on July 9, 2021. On November 17, 2023 she released a collaboration with musician
Hayes Warner
titled "Breadcrumbs". The single premiered exclusively on NYLON.
[28]
According to
Billboard
, she is one of the top 10 music influencers on
TikTok
, with over 50 million followers.
[29]
Brand
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On December 3, 2020, Gray launched her own jewelry brand, &always.
[30]
Her Instagram run business has a follower count of 23.4K followers as of March 2024.
[31]
She had been working on the brand a year prior to release. When first launched, the brand released two editions: The Starlet Mirror Edition and Otherworld Edition.
[32]
Wealth
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According to a
Forbes
report published in August 2020, Gray earned $2.4 million in 2019 from her numerous sponsorship deals and merchandise, making her the fourth highest-earning
TikTok
star.
[33]
Awards and nominations
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Gray was nominated for Choice Muser at the 2016
Teen Choice Awards
[34]
and Muser of the Year at the 9th Annual
Shorty Awards
in 2017.
[35]
In 2018, she was nominated for Choice Muser a second time at the
2018 Teen Choice Awards
.
[36]
She was nominated for the Social Star Award, a socially voted award, at the
2019 iHeart Radio Music Awards
.
[37]
Filmography
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Music videos
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Web series
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Year
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Title
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Role
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Show Length
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Service
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Ref.
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2019
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Glow Up With Loren Gray
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Herself
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2 Seasons
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Snapchat
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[40]
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2021
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LGTV
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Herself
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1 Season
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IGTV
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2021
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Honestly Loren
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Herself
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TBA
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Snapchat
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[41]
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Discography
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Studio albums
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Singles
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As a featured artist
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Guest appearance
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References
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- ^
a
b
c
Twersky, Carolyn (January 10, 2019).
"11 Fun Facts About Pop Star Loren Gray"
.
Seventeen
.
Archived
from the original on January 10, 2019
. Retrieved
January 16,
2021
.
- ^
Gray, Loren [@iamlorengray] (March 20, 2020).
"lockdown ends on my 18th birthday . i'm coming out of this an ADULT"
(
Tweet
)
. Retrieved
January 15,
2021
– via
Twitter
.
- ^
"Loren Gray trivia | 40 facts about the famous TikToker"
.
Useless Daily: Facts, Trivia, News, Oddities, Jokes and more!
. August 6, 2020.
- ^
a
b
"About Loren Gray"
.
YouTube
.
- ^
a
b
c
"Loren Gray Drops Empowering New Single, "Queen"
"
.
idolator
. December 21, 2018
. Retrieved
January 24,
2019
.
- ^
UPROXX.
"Come Backstage With Loren Gray"
.
YouTube
.
Archived
from the original on July 8, 2020
. Retrieved
February 12,
2021
.
- ^
"Loren Gray on TikTok"
.
TikTok
.
Archived
from the original on July 2, 2020
. Retrieved
February 12,
2021
.
- ^
"Loren Gray Instagram page"
.
Instagram
.
Archived
from the original on May 11, 2019
. Retrieved
February 12,
2021
.
- ^
Gray, Loren.
"Loren Gray on YouTube"
.
YouTube
.
Archived
from the original on December 23, 2019
. Retrieved
February 12,
2021
.
- ^
"loren gray (@iamlorengray) / Twitter"
.
Twitter
.
Archived
from the original on May 30, 2020
. Retrieved
June 2,
2020
.
- ^
"@lorenxgray ? Instagram photos and videos"
.
instagram.com
.
Archived
from the original on April 18, 2019
. Retrieved
July 10,
2020
.
- ^
Pasarow, Anabel.
"Loren Gray Shares What It's Really Like To Be The Most Followed Person On TikTok"
.
www.refinery29.com
.
Archived
from the original on May 26, 2021
. Retrieved
May 26,
2021
.
- ^
a
b
"HRVY Chats 'Personal', Loren Gray and School in Laid Bare | MTV UK"
.
mtv.co.uk
.
Archived
from the original on August 13, 2018
. Retrieved
January 24,
2019
.
- ^
"Loren Gray Releases Debut Single "My Story"
"
.
capitolrecords.com
.
Archived
from the original on January 25, 2019
. Retrieved
January 24,
2019
.
- ^
a
b
Schiller, Rebecca (September 24, 2018).
"Get to Know 'My Story' Singer Loren Gray: Watch"
.
Billboard
.
Archived
from the original on January 25, 2019
. Retrieved
January 23,
2019
.
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"Loren Gray Shows Major Pop Potential On New Single, "Kick You Out"
"
.
idolator
. November 16, 2018
. Retrieved
January 24,
2019
.
- ^
Watt, David (November 17, 2018).
"Loren Gray Premieres New Music Video, "Kick You Out"
"
.
All-Noise
.
Archived
from the original on January 25, 2019
. Retrieved
January 24,
2019
.
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"Loren Gray Debuts Glossy, No-Nonsense Single 'Kick You Out': Listen"
.
Billboard
.
Archived
from the original on November 22, 2018
. Retrieved
January 24,
2019
.
- ^
"All The Best New Pop Music From This Week"
.
UPROXX
. December 26, 2018.
Archived
from the original on December 26, 2018
. Retrieved
January 24,
2019
.
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"Watch Loren Gray's new music video for her single, Queen"
. January 23, 2019.
Archived
from the original on January 25, 2019
. Retrieved
January 24,
2019
.
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Meadow, Matthew (January 5, 2019).
"Lost Kings Kick Off 2019 With Brand New EP & Wiz Khalifa Collab"
.
Your EDM
.
Archived
from the original on January 5, 2019
. Retrieved
January 24,
2019
.
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Music Video ? Lost Kings ? Anti-Everything ft Loren Gray
, archived from
the original
on September 27, 2019
, retrieved
January 24,
2019
- ^
Meg Hanson (January 11, 2019).
"Exclusive: Lost Kings Release "Anti-Everything" feat. Loren Gray"
.
Popdust
.
Archived
from the original on January 25, 2019
. Retrieved
January 24,
2019
.
- ^
Loren Gray Fangirls Over Justin Bieber & Talks New Music!! | Hollywire
,
archived
from the original on July 8, 2020
, retrieved
May 20,
2020
- ^
gray, loren (May 8, 2016).
"MY BABY BOY JUSTIN BIEBER HOLY SHIT I LOVE YOU DADpic.twitter.com/Rqn0x0zKYa"
.
@iamlorengray
.
Archived
from the original on July 8, 2020
. Retrieved
May 20,
2020
.
- ^
a
b
"Loren Gray Shares Two New Singles ? "Options" And "Lie Like That"
"
.
Top40-Charts.com
. April 7, 2019.
Archived
from the original on July 4, 2020
. Retrieved
April 8,
2019
.
- ^
"Takeover Tuesday Playlist: Loren Gray Soundtracks 'Missing Someone' With Shawn Mendes, Drake & More"
.
Billboard
.
Archived
from the original on February 4, 2020
. Retrieved
February 4,
2020
.
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"Hayes Warner Taps Loren Gray For A Revamped Version Of "Breadcrumbs"
"
.
Nylon
. November 17, 2023
. Retrieved
January 20,
2024
.
- ^
"10 TikTok Music Influencers You Need To Know"
.
Billboard
. June 22, 2020.
Archived
from the original on June 27, 2020
. Retrieved
June 24,
2020
.
- ^
Charuza, Nikita (December 4, 2020).
"TikTok's Fourth Most-Followed Star, Loren Gray, Has Created an Affordable Jewelry Line"
.
POPSUGAR Fashion
. Retrieved
December 5,
2020
.
- ^
"&always (@andalways) ? Instagram photos and videos"
.
www.instagram.com
. Retrieved
August 23,
2022
.
- ^
"Loren Gray, TikTok's Fourth Biggest Creator, Debuts '&Always' Jewelry Brand"
.
www.tubefilter.com
. December 3, 2020.
Archived
from the original on December 4, 2020
. Retrieved
December 5,
2020
.
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Spangler, Todd (August 6, 2020).
"TikTok's Highest-Earning Star Is Addison Rae, Who Takes Home $5 Million per Year (Report)"
.
Variety
.
Archived
from the original on August 10, 2020
. Retrieved
August 13,
2020
.
- ^
"Teen Choice Awards 2016: See the full list of winners"
.
EW.com
.
Archived
from the original on September 29, 2018
. Retrieved
January 24,
2019
.
- ^
Spangler, Todd (March 2, 2017).
"Shorty Awards 2017 Social-Media Finalists Announced"
.
Variety
.
Archived
from the original on March 3, 2017
. Retrieved
January 24,
2019
.
- ^
"2018 Teen Choice Awards Nominations: The Complete List"
.
Entertainment Tonight
. Archived from
the original
on August 14, 2018
. Retrieved
January 24,
2019
.
- ^
"2019 iHeartRadio Music Awards: See The Full List of Nominees | iHeartRadio Music Awards | iHeartRadio"
.
iHeartRadio Music Awards
. Archived from
the original
on January 9, 2019
. Retrieved
January 24,
2019
.
- ^
"Kim Petras has shared a new video featuring Demi Lovato, Paris Hilton, Charli XCX and loads more"
.
Dork
. May 11, 2020.
Archived
from the original on July 3, 2020
. Retrieved
May 11,
2020
.
- ^
Grace Gaustad - Beauty & The Beast - PILLBX: Episode 3 (Official Music Video)
, retrieved
July 25,
2022
- ^
"Glow Up with Loren Gray | Snapchat"
.
story.snapchat.com
. Archived from
the original
on August 4, 2021
. Retrieved
August 4,
2021
.
- ^
@iamlorengray (August 4, 2021).
"filming this show this past year has changed my life & i cant wait for you to finally see it ♡ make sure to watch honestly loren premiering 8/7 on snapchat !"
(
Tweet
)
. Retrieved
August 4,
2021
– via
Twitter
.
- ^
Aniftos, Rania (April 22, 2023).
"Loren Gray Shares the Beauty of Her 'Backwards' Music Career & How Her Debut Album Captures Her Growth"
.
Billboard
. Retrieved
May 9,
2023
.
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