Loren Gray facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Loren Gray
Gray in 2023
Born	Loren Gray Beech (2002-04-19) April 19, 2002 (age 22) Pottstown, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Nationality	American
Other names	Loren Beech
Occupation	Social media personality singer songwriter
Years active	2015–present
Known for	TikTok and Music
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Genre	Music, beauty, fashion
Subscribers	3.75 million
Total views	112.42 million
Subscriber and view counts updated as of 17 Sep 2022.

Loren Gray Beech (born April 19, 2002) is an American social media personality, singer, and songwriter. She is best known for the Musical.ly career she began in 2015, and was the most-followed creator from March 31, 2019 to March 25, 2020 on the latter's successor, TikTok. She was signed to Virgin Records until February 2021, when she became an independent artist.

Career

Music

In 2017, Gray appeared in English pop singer HRVY’s music video for "Personal".

In March 2018, Gray signed a record deal with Virgin Records before releasing her debut single "My Story" in August, which she says is based on a friend who "kept falling in love with the wrong people". In November 2018, she released her second single, "Kick You Out", 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". Her third single, "Queen", an empowering anthem produced by herself and Captain Cuts, was released in December 2018. The video for the song, released the following month, received more than 18 million views as of July 2021.

Gray was featured on Lost Kings' single "Anti-Everything", released on January 11, 2019. She cites Eminem and Justin Bieber among her favorite artists. On April 4, 2019, Loren Gray released two new singles – "Options" and "Lie Like That". 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. 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 2020 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. According to Billboard, she is one of the top 10 music influencers on TikTok, with over 50 million followers.

Brand

On December 3, 2020, Gray launched her own jewelry brand, &always. Her Instagram run business has a follower count of 28.4K followers as of August 2022. 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.

Wealth

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.

Awards and nominations

Gray was nominated for Choice Muser at the 2016 Teen Choice Awards and Muser of the Year at the 9th Annual Shorty Awards in 2017. In 2018, she was nominated for Choice Muser a second time at the 2018 Teen Choice Awards. She was nominated for the Social Star Award, a socially voted award, at the 2019 iHeart Radio Music Awards.

Filmography

Music videos

Web series

Discography

Studio albums

Singles

As a featured artist

Guest appearance

See also

In Spanish: Loren Gray para niños