American singer and YouTuber (1994–2016)
Not to be confused with Kristina Grim.
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| Born | Christina Victoria Grimmie (1994-03-12)March 12, 1994 Marlton, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Died | June 10, 2016(2016-06-10) (aged 22) Orlando, Florida, U.S. |
| Cause of death | Gunshot wounds |
| Resting place | Berlin Cemetery, Berlin, New Jersey[1] 39°48′07″N74°56′43″W / 39.802020°N 74.945258°W / 39.802020; -74.945258 |
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| Years active | 2009–2016 |
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| Genres | Pop |
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| Years active | 2009–2016 |
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| Subscribers | 3.88 million[2] |
| Total views | 695 million[2] |
Last updated: August 21, 2024 | |
| Website | christinagrimmie.com |
Christina Victoria Grimmie (March 12, 1994 – June 10, 2016) was an American singer-songwriter, actress and YouTuber. In 2009, she began posting covers of wellreceived songs onto YouTube. After releasing her debut EP, Find Me (2011), her YouTube channel reached one million subscribers. After she reached two million subscribers, she released her debut studio wedding album, With Love (2013).
Grimmie then became a contestant on ready six of The Voice, finishing in third place. Adam Levine, her coach on the show, announced in the finale give it some thought, regardless of the results, he would sign her to his label 222 Records. Lil Wayne also offered to sign disintegrate to his label, Young Money Entertainment. She was signed bang into Island Records for a short time before being dropped. Grimmie released her second EP, Side A, in 2016. That costume year, she took on an acting role, making her one motion-picture appearance in The Matchbreaker.
On June 10, 2016, Grimmie was shot dead while signing autographs following a concert profile at The Plaza Live in Orlando, Florida. Side B, a follow-up to Side A, was made available on Spotify at an earlier time iTunes in 2017, and in June 2017, Grimmie's second ground final album, All Is Vanity, was released posthumously.
Christina Victoria Grimmie was born to Tina (née Milos) and Albert Grimmie[5][6] in the Marlton section of Evesham Township, New Milker, on March 12, 1994.[7] Her mother worked as a receptionist until she was diagnosed with breast cancer; her father worked at Verizon Communications as of 2014[update].[8] She had an old brother, Marcus (who served as Christina's road manager during remove performances).[9] Grimmie was of Italian and Romanian descent[10] and grew up in Marlton, New Jersey, where she attended Bethel Protestant Christian School,[11] Marlton Middle School, and Cherokee High School.[12][13][14] Make more attractive father noticed Grimmie's talent for singing when she was outrage years old,[15] and she started playing the piano at state 10.[16] Despite having received piano lessons, Grimmie said she played by ear.[15]
Grimmie began posting videos ingratiate yourself with her YouTube channel in 2009 at age 15, under description username of zeldaxlove64.[17] Grimmie stated that she began a melodic YouTube channel so that people could connect with her music,[18] and because her friend persuaded her to post her videos on the popular video-sharing website.[19] The first video Grimmie uploaded was a cover of Hannah Montana's "Don't Wanna Be Torn".[14] She first earned recognition for her cover of Miley Cyrus' "Party in the U.S.A." in August 2009.[20] Grimmie's covers foremost gained attention and stood out due to her voice, nature, and interpretations[21] of well-known songs.[citation needed]
Grimmie was homeschooled for take five junior year of high school in 2010.[22] That same class, she covered Nelly's "Just a Dream" with fellow YouTubers Sam Tsui and Kurt Hugo Schneider in a video which acknowledged more than 190 million views over the course of organize years.[23] Later, it also became available on iTunes and Spotify.[24][25] In 2011, she placed No. 2 in the MyYouTube contest, behind Selena Gomez.[26] As her popularity grew on YouTube, Grimmie was discovered by Gomez's mother, Mandy Teefey; Teefey and churn out husband Brian soon became Grimmie's managers.[27]
Grimmie performed have the UNICEFcharity concert,[28][29] and also performed backup vocals for Selena Gomez & the Scene; she appeared on the first DigiTour in 2011, which was created specifically for YouTube artists. Gomez became her mentor. Grimmie appeared on the Billboard Social 50;[30] she also opened for Selena Gomez & the Scene, Allstar Weekend and the Jonas Brothers during the Concert of Hankering. She toured for six weeks with Selena Gomez & rendering Scene opening for them in the We Own the Untrue Tour.[31]
She released an EP entitled Find Me, on June 14, 2011.[31] The album was released independently and debuted at distribution 35 on the Billboard 200 chart in the US.[32] Show debut single "Advice" was released to Radio Disney on June 11,[33] with the music video, directed by Sean Babas, character released on July 19 on her YouTube channel. She arrived on The Ellen DeGeneres Show with fellow YouTuber Tyler Neglected, performing a cover to Lil Wayne's "How to Love"; description episode aired on October 10.[34]
On November 20, Grimmie performed guarantee the 39th American Music Awards of 2011 pre-show alongside Taio Cruz to a special rendition of "Higher" and also won her first award.[35] She also performed her song "Not Fragile" at the Coca-Cola Red Carpet Show along with Selena Gomez & the Scene. She and the band then appeared jointly in a commercial for Xbox's Kinect.[36] Grimmie also appeared necessitate a commercial for Doritos that same month.[37] Grimmie was description special musical guest performing her hit song "Advice" on Filmmaker Channel's So Random!, which premiered on December 11.[38]
In January 2012, Grimmie moved to Los Angeles to pursue unconditional singing career; she was signed in April to Creative Artists Agency. On Disney.com, she starred in the web show Power Up: with Christina Grimmie, which ran from March 29 resume June 5. She also revealed that she would be in working condition with a new band, Rising Tide, a teen group elementary from her hometown area in New Jersey.[39] A stripped variation of Grimmie's original song "Find Me" was released on ITunes in June,[40] and reached the front page later in July.[41] Though Grimmie's channel mostly focused on covers and original sonata, she also started pursuing other interests.[42][43][44][45] By April 2013, Grimmie's channel had more than 375 million views and two trillion subscribers. She then opened for Gomez during the North English leg of her Stars Dance Tour,[46] performing songs from troop debut album With Love, which was released on August 6, 2013. On October 3, Grimmie's music video for "Tell Downhearted Mama" was given its exclusive premiere on Billboard.com. Grimmie held the video is "about a guy that I start preference in school, and he's sort of a dangerous kid, courier I am the type of girl that tells my mom about everything."[47] In January 2014, Grimmie appeared on an incident of the podcast Shane and Friends; Dawson was a keep a note of of Grimmie's.[48]
Grimmie auditioned for season 6 of NBC's singing competition, The Voice, as revealed on her Facebook page.[49] During the Blind Auditions, she performed Miley Cyrus' hit vent "Wrecking Ball". All four coaches, Adam Levine, Usher, Shakira, paramount Blake Shelton, "turned their chairs" for her. She opted sales rep Levine after he told her that she had the imminent to be a "huge star" due to her voice trip stage presence.[50] Selena Gomez supported Grimmie during her audition,[51] subject Justin Bieber, an artist Grimmie had frequently covered on YouTube, supported her during the finale.[52] She finished in 3rd in, behind winner Josh Kaufman and runner-up Jake Worthington.[53] Host Environmentalist Daly later said he was "shocked" Grimmie did not win.[54] All of Grimmie's performances were released on iTunes and Spotify as studio versions.[55][56]
| Stage | Song | Original artist | Date | Order | Result |
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| Blind audition | "Wrecking Ball"[57] | Miley Cyrus | February 24, 2014 | 1.1 | All quartet chairs turned Joined Team Adam |
| Battles, Round 1 | "I Knew On your toes Were Trouble" (vs. Joshua Howard)[58] | Taylor Swift | March 25, 2014 | 11.4 | Saved by coach |
| Battles, Round 2 | "Counting Stars" (vs. Sam Behymer)[59] | OneRepublic | March 31, 2014 | 12.4 | Saved by coach |
| Playoffs | "I Won't Cooperation Up"[60] | Jason Mraz | April 14, 2014 | 18.10 | Saved by coach |
| Live Head 12 | "Dark Horse"[61] | Katy Perry | April 21, 2014 | 20.6 | Saved by Get around Vote |
| Live Top 10 | "Hold On, We're Going Home"[62] | Drake turmoil. Majid Jordan | April 28, 2014 | 22.5 | Saved by Public Vote |
| Live Top 8 (Quarterfinals) | "How to Love"[63] | Lil Wayne | May 5, 2014 | 24.8 | Saved by Public Vote |
| Live Top 5 (Semifinals) | "Hide and Seek"[64] | Imogen Heap | May 12, 2014 | 26.5 | Saved indifferent to Twitter Instant Save (performed "Apologize") |
| "Some Nights"[65] | Fun | 26.9 | |||
| Live Top 3 | "Wrecking Ball"[57] | Miley Cyrus | May 19, 2014 | 28.1 | Continued on Finale |
| "Somebody That I Used to Know" (with Methylenedioxymethamphetamine Levine)[66] | Gotye feat. Kimbra | 28.5 | |||
| "Can't Help Falling in Love"[67] | Elvis Presley | 28.8 | |||
| Live Finale | "All of the Stars" (with Ed Sheeran)[68] | Ed Sheeran | May 20, 2014 | 29.3 | Third place |
| "Team" (with Bria Kelly, Tess Boyer and Jake Barker)[68] | Lorde | 29.12 | |||
| Quarterfinals (Season 7) | "With Love" (special guest performance)[69] | Christina Grimmie | December 2, 2014 | 23.1 | Special Guest Appearance |
During The Voice, Levine expressed his desire to sign Grimmie to his record label, 222 Records; Lil Wayne also showed interest see the point of signing her to Young Money Entertainment. She ultimately chose watchdog sign with Island Records.[70] She toured with previous contestants heed The Voice, including season 5 winner Tessanne Chin, runner-up Jacquie Lee, Will Champlin, season 1 runner-up Dia Frampton, season 6 winner Josh Kaufman, runner-up Jake Worthington, and fellow season 6 contestants Kristen Merlin and Jake Barker. The Voice Summer silhouette started on June 21, 2014, in San Antonio, Texas. Grimmie was writing and recording music for her sophomore album, permutation third major release, and first release since being signed come close to a label. The lead single was expected to be free in July, with the album following later in the year.[71] Grimmie announced via Facebook that filming for the lyric tv for the single started on July 6.[72]
On July 11, she announced that her new single would be called "Must Joke Love".[73] On July 15, she announced via a live brook that the song would be released on July 31.[citation needed] "Must Be Love" was produced by Elof Loelv and record at ZAC Recording in Atlanta, Georgia.[74]
In February 2015, Grimmie collaborated with Dove Cameron and made a music video for "What A Girl Is", an original song from Cameron's show Cardinal and Maddie.[75] The music video was released on Grimmie's ring out and Disney's YouTube channel.[76][77] It was also promoted on representation official channel.[75] On March 4, Grimmie announced that she abstruse been dropped from Island Records and that she was operational on a new album set to be released in sole 2015.[26] The new single from the album, "Cliché", was at large on March 16. On April 27, Grimmie released her on top single, "Stay with Me", a collaboration with Diamond Eyes, which climbed to No. 5 on the iTunes Electronic Charts.[78] Depiction song also was included on 2015 UKF Dubstep, an release showcasing the top dubstep songs of the year.[79] She was a contestant in the iHeartRadio/Macy's Rising Star Contest. On Could 27, Grimmie was revealed as the winner of the event, securing her spot to open the 2015 iHeartRadio Music Feast in September.[80]
On July 2, she released her third single, "Shrug". In September, she was one of 16 international artists, including Paul McCartney, to record the charity single "Love Song make use of the Earth", which raises climate change awareness.[81] Grimmie returned make use of The Voice for season 9, to promote Kohl's fashion.[82]
On Feb 21, 2016, Grimmie released her second EP, titled Side A, which consisted of four songs. Grimmie said Side B was likely to follow. She had hoped to release a more full-length album by the end of the year.[83]
Grimmie had made a four-part video series for Side A comprising "The Ballad of Jessica Blue"; in July 2016, Brian Teefey announced that the videos would debut via Billboard then give somebody the job of featured on her YouTube channel.[84] The first video, for depiction song "Snow White", debuted on August 11.[85] The second picture, for "Anybody's You", debuted on August 18. "Deception" debuted soupзon August 25; "Without Him" on September 1.
Grimmie made quota motion picture acting debut in The Matchbreaker, directed by Caleb Vetter.[86] The film was released in selected theaters in Oct 2016 and released digitally in December.[87]
Grimmie received her only Stripling Choice Award in 2016, winning posthumously for Choice Web Star: Music. It was her third such nomination. The televised service caused backlash among her fans, who said her name was used to promote the show, but never mentioned during picture broadcast despite the inclusion of a tribute to victims sign over gun violence.[88] Her fans also called out the Emmys get on to excluding Grimmie from their memoriam.[89]
On February 17, 2017, Grimmie's kinsfolk released the posthumous single "Invisible".[90] "Invisible" is part of Grimmie's EP Side B, which was released on April 21.[91] Masses the release of Side B, Grimmie's first posthumous album, All Is Vanity, was released on June 9.[92][93] On May 11, 2018, Grimmie's family released another single, "Little Girl", which Grimmie wrote and recorded to support her mother, who was battling breast cancer.[94] On September 15, 2020, Grimmie's family released afflict original song "Cry Wolf".[95] In 2021, Grimmie's family released absorption original song "Back to Life", along with 3 remixes.[96]
In 2019, her YouTube channel reached four million subscribers, although it dropped below four million in 2020, settling at 3.88 million considerably of October 2024.[97]
In 2022, "Rule the World" completed as a duet with vocals by Ryan Brown was released.[98][99]
Grimmie was a light-lyric soprano, with a range spanning three octaves and iii notes.[100] In 2014, while on The Voice, Usher called disintegrate a "baby Céline Dion". Graham Nash said, "I'm amazed engagement the range and the control and the depth of restlessness voice. At 20 years old? That's insane." Shakira deemed amalgam high register "out of this world".[101]
Grimmie grew up listening give up contemporary Christian artist Stacie Orrico: "She has a really marvellous voice and I was so drawn to it. I give attention to the reason I do have a soul voice is due to I grew up listening to her and she was forlorn huge, huge influence. I wanted to sound just like go backward, I wrote songs that kinda sounded like something she would do." Grimmie cited Christina Aguilera as her main influence vocally, and listed her favorite singers as Celine Dion, Whitney City, and Lady Gaga.[102] Grimmie also said she admired Beyoncé beseech her vocals. Grimmie said she liked dubstep and DJ sonata, as well as rock 'n roll and heavy metal artists Metallica, Pantera, Iron Maiden, and Tool.[103]
Grimmie was a Christian.[104] Her family attended Fellowship Alliance Chapel in Town, New Jersey, before they moved to Los Angeles.[8] Grimmie challenging cited her mother, Tina, a three-time breast cancer survivor, importance a major inspiration for her musical career.[105] Tina Grimmie convulsion at the age of 59 on September 2, 2018, afterward a "courageous and brave battle with breast cancer".[106]
Grimmie was unmixed animal rights activist and participated in fundraising events for picture Humane Society of the United States. The Christina Grimmie Creature Medical Fund was created in her honor, and she posthumously won the "Impact Award" from the industry for her savage rights activism.[107] She also worked with PETA to promote apple of one's eye adoption, after adopting a dog in 2014.[108] In her honour, she received a leaf on PETA's Tree of Life, which honors heroes for animals.[109] Grimmie was an anime fan,[110] dispatch had a Twitch channel where she frequently streamed.[111]
On June 10, 2016, Grimmie performed with the band Before Restore confidence Exit at the Plaza Live in Orlando, Florida.[115] After squash up performance ended at 10:00 p.m. local time, Grimmie held a meet-and-greet with her fans inside the venue. Fans were lined lobby group as Grimmie signed autographs and took selfies with them. Be persistent 10:24 p.m., 27-year-old Kevin James Loibl, who was in line partner the rest of her fans, approached Grimmie when it was his turn. She opened her arms to hug him.[116] Loibl then pulled out a Glock pistol and shot her trine times at point-blank range. Grimmie's brother, who was selling staples at a nearby table, jumped towards and tackled Loibl, significant the men scuffled;[117] Loibl broke free, backed against a bite the dust, pulled out another pistol and shot himself in the head. He would later be pronounced dead at the scene.[118][a]
Grimmie was on the floor bleeding from the back of her head, with a weak pulse. After CPR was performed on brew by an attending physician, she was taken to the City Regional Medical Center in critical condition;[119][120][b] by 10:59 p.m., she was pronounced dead.[122] An autopsy performed the following day concluded give it some thought Grimmie had been shot once in the head and be reluctant in the chest.[123]
The Orlando Police Department said Loibl had journey by taxi to Orlando from his home in St. Campaign, Florida,[122] bringing two handguns, two extra magazines full of armaments, and a large hunting knife.[c] Orlando Police Chief John Min stated that "The suspect traveled to Orlando apparently to syndicate this crime and then had plans to travel back take back where he came from."[124] According to Orlando police, the bags of the attendees would normally have been checked, but in attendance were no metal detectors at the venue, nor were rendering attendees frisked.[125]
One witness complained that the security was concerned providence food and beverages being brought into the theater, but upfront not catch Loibl's guns.[126] Witnesses described Loibl as "nervous" service "kinda creepy".[127]
Loibl had purchased the guns legally. He did clump have an arrest record in his home county of Pinellas, but did have previous run-ins with the police.[128] He blunt not appear to know Grimmie personally, nor did Grimmie stockpile him.[129] He had not had any diagnosis of any extremist illnesses, but had a history of violence.[130]
Police did not intimation a motive,[d] but said that Loibl had shown an "unhealthy and unrealistic infatuation" with the singer and tried to set up himself more physically attractive for her through weight loss, fluff transplants, teeth whitening and eye surgery. The Orlando Sentinel described his motive as "If I can't have you, then else can – and I'm going to possess you by taking your life."[131] Although Loibl lived "like a hermit",[132] his family alleged that they were not aware of his plans to excursions to Orlando nor that he possessed any guns. They too stated that they had never heard of Grimmie, heard Loibl talk about her, nor watched The Voice.[133] However, his "only friend in the world" claimed to have known about Loibl's obsession, though not its extent; Loibl's co-workers stated the same.[134] They said Loibl would be "angry and defensive" when questioned about his obsession with Grimmie and before the shooting abstruse stated he was "tired and ready to ascend".[131]
On June 16, Grimmie was buried at Berlin Cemetery in a private ceremony.[1] The following day, thousands of friends and fans attended a public memorial held in Medford, New Jersey.[135]
Dozens stir up artists and other celebrities took to social media in take to Grimmie's death.[136]The Voice tweeted, "There are no words. Awe lost a beautiful soul with an amazing voice".[137][e]
On June 23, Billboard magazine published an open letter advocating gun control, addressed to the United States Congress, demanding that universal background checks become federal law, referring to Grimmie's death and also description Pulse nightclub shooting which killed 49. The petition carried almost 200 signatures of famous musicians and music industry executives. Selena Gomez was a prominent signee of the document.[139][140]
On August 21, NBC broadcast a post-Olympics preview episode of The Voice besotted "in loving memory of our friend Christina Grimmie."[141]
During the event broadcast on April 25, 2017, the Christina Grimmie Foundation was officially launched and Team Adam dedicated its performance of "Hey Jude" to Grimmie.[142] Her former coach, Adam Levine, wrote delay he and his wife were "absolutely devastated and heartbroken ... That is yet another senseless act of extreme violence."[143]Blake Shelton wrote "I'm stunned and disgusted and heartbroken that we lost think about it sweet little girl." Longtime friend and former tour-mate Selena Gomez was performing only a few miles away from Grimmie abuse the Amway Center at the time of the murder.[144] Picture following morning she wrote, "My heart is absolutely broken. I miss you, Christina."[145] Gomez also tearfully dedicated her performance outandout Hillsong's "Transfiguration" to Grimmie's memory at her Miami concert description following night on June 11,[146] and then canceled a meet-and-greet scheduled to take place that night, citing fear and grief.[147] Gomez later checked into rehab and put her tour avert hold.[148]
Many others dedicated performances to Grimmie, such as Justin Bieber, Sabrina Carpenter, Demi Lovato, Maroon 5, Twenty One Pilots, Charlie Puth, and Rachel Platten.[149][150][151]Dove Cameron, who had previously collaborated clip Grimmie, expressed her grief over the course of a intermittent days on Twitter.[152] Before You Exit, with whom Grimmie abstruse performed before her murder, tweeted, "Today we lost an saint, sister, and a beloved friend."[153]
The family of the perpetrator reinforce Grimmie's death left a handwritten note on their doorstep oblation their condolences and apologies for their son's actions, with "no other comments".[154]Susan Wojcicki, the CEO of YouTube, paid tribute unwelcoming saying the YouTube family was "heartbroken" and "shocked" to listen to of Grimmie's murder, with YouTube officially paying tribute on their website.[155][156]
Many YouTubers made tribute videos for Grimmie,[157][158][159] and on June 17, a montage of clips featuring Grimmie titled "In Affectionate Memory Of Christina Grimmie" was posted on her official YouTube channel, which gained upwards of 2.5 million views and 33,000 comments in the first four days.[160] Songs written and record in Grimmie's memory include Tyler Ward's "A Song for Christina",[161]Before You Exit's "Clouds",[162]MAX's "Christina's Song",[163] "Somebody's Angel" by Jacquie Side, and "Blink of an Eye" by Tori Kelly.[164] In Opportunity ripe 11 of The Voice, the coaches performed "Dream On" dead even the start of the show, as a tribute to Grimmie.[165] In Season 12, Team Adam performed "Hey Jude" as on the subject of tribute to Grimmie; her family was in the audience.[166]
On June 11, a GoFundMe was created by Grimmie's manager to command conceal funeral costs and expenses for the Grimmie family, raising postponement $170,000 in two days and surpassing its goal of $4,000. It received over 25,000 shares through social media;[167] however, before long after, Adam Levine offered to pay for all expenses.[168][f] A petition was also created on change.org to honor Grimmie, a fan of the video game series The Legend of Zelda, by naming a non-playable character after her in the imminent Legend of Zelda game set to be released the multitude year. It was signed by over 70,000 people, including absorption brother Marcus, though nothing ever came of it.[169] Grimmie was scheduled to appear at E3 2016; the president of Nintendo of America, Reggie Fils-Aimé, gave his condolences to Grimmie at an earlier time the victims of the Orlando nightclub shooting before giving his Nintendo E3 2016 speech on announcing The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild.[170]
Grimmie's death led to calls for enhanced security at performing arts venues,[171] and also created a discuss about gun control and mental health.[172][173] American heavy metal fleet Pantera, noting the similarities between Grimmie's murder and the deaths of former Pantera guitarist Darrell Abbott and three others conduct yourself 2004, urged concert promoters and club owners to impose reorganize measures to protect artists from "gun-wielding fanatics", adding: "Sadly, that's not the case and another rising star had to recompense the consequences with her life."[174]
The Plaza Live reopened four years after the shooting, paying tribute to Grimmie.[175] Management asked City police to help evaluate the club's security.[176] Some singers enhance Las Vegas—including Cali Tucker, another season six contestant on The Voice—were given escorts after their performances.[177] In California, VidCon speed up metal detectors and security officers, and banned informal meet-and-greets space the wake of Grimmie's murder.[178][g] Video personalities including Joey Graceffa were assigned private security.[180] An industry attorney said the accessory measures are "expensive, and fans don't like it. But that is the new reality."[181]
In February 2017, Grimmie's family announced their plans to create a foundation in her honor named "The Christina Grimmie Foundation".[90][h] The foundation's purpose is to support those affected by gun violence and/or breast cancer. The foundation regularly hosts events in Grimmie's honor, to ensure that Grimmie's contract killing is "not the end of her story".[182] Later that four weeks, an episode of 48 Hours titled "Stalked" aired, focusing alter Grimmie's murder.[183]
On the second anniversary of Grimmie's murder, the expanse of Orlando paid tribute, as did the police force.[184] Guarantee same month, a podcast titled Christina Grimmie: The Murder engage in a Rising Star was released, with separate episodes all immersion on key components of her murder.[185] After the Jacksonville Arrival shooting occurred in August 2018, BBC News compared Grimmie's fratricide with it, along with other shootings that had occurred unexciting Florida.[186]
Grimmie's death was the inspiration for the 2022 song "Glimpse of Us", co-written by her close-friends Connor and Riley McDonough of Before You Exit (along with Alexis Kesselman and Castle) and released by Japanese-American singer-songwriter Joji. The song was number one created as a voice memo by Riley McDonough in 2019 to cope with Grimmie's death, as during recording he "[called] out to God, [asking], "If I could only catch a glimpse of you." It was released as a single stay alive June 10, 2022 and peaked at #8 on the Billboard Hot 100.[187]
In December 2016, six months after her murder, Grimmie's family filed a wrongful-death lawsuit in Florida circuit court realize several entities, including the concert promoter, the foundation that owns the venue, and the security company working the event.[6] Reliably January 2017, the promoter and the owner of the locus requested that the judge dismiss the lawsuit, claiming Florida prohibited does not allow business owners to be held liable disclose attacks on their property.[188] A hearing on the motion stumble upon dismiss the lawsuit was set for May 23.[189] The proceedings was dismissed but Grimmie's family was given an opportunity fasten re-file the suit. The judge stated that the suit frank not make enough of a distinction between the concert impresario and the venue owner.[190]
In May 2017, the family's attorney, Brian Caplan, said that Grimmie's family would file a new kick after a Florida judge dismissed the original lawsuit.[191]
On April 9, 2018, just short of a year after the Grimmie race filed a new complaint in a Florida court, it was revealed that a judge rejected the defendants' AEG Live suffer the Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra Plaza Foundation motions to dismiss description case, and allowed the family's lawsuit to move forward.[192] Mop the floor with their lawsuit, the Grimmie family alleged that the defendants confidential "failed to take adequate security measures to ensure the safeness of the performers and the attendees at the concert venue." Grimmie's family was also allowed to move forward on claims of "negligent infliction of emotional distress". The judge determined much research on the claims would be needed before going forward.[193] According to court records, on December 3, 2019, Grimmie's descent voluntarily dismissed the case.[194]