The Story Of Greyson Chance
Greyson Chance Biography:
Name: Greyson Michael Chance
Birth date: 16th August 1997
Age: 14 years old
Born in: Witchita Falls, Texas
Currently staying in: Oklahoma, Edmond
Instruments playing: Piano
Father: Scott Chance
Mother: Lisa Chance
Brother: Tanner Chance
Sister:Alexandra Chance
Relationship status: Married to Enchancers XD
Greyson Michael Chance is an American pop rock singer and pianist whose April 2010 performance of Lady Gaga’s “Paparazzi” at a sixth-grade music festival became a hit on YouTube, gaining over 45 million views as of December 3, 2011. Two of his original compositions, “Stars” and “Broken Hearts”, gained over 5 and 7 million views respectively on his YouTube channel. His debut single “Waiting Outside The Lines” was released on the 13th December 2010. Greyson’s debut album “Hold On Til’ The Night” was released on the 2nd August 2011.
Greyson Chance is the youngest child of Scott and Lisa Chance. He has an older sister, Alexandra Chance and an older brother, Tanner Chance both whom also do music. Greyson began playing the piano at the age of 8 and has had three years of piano lessons. However, he had no formal vocal training.
Of his inspiration, Greyson said, “I love artists who are able to communicate their emotions through music and sing from the heart. That’s what I’m hoping to do with my songs.” He was emboldened by Lady Gaga after seeing her performance of Paparazzi at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards. He stated, “I was awestruck by her performance. I love her sense of drama and theatricality. Plus, she’s an amazing singer and pianist.” Greyson was also inspired by the artists Christina Aguilera, Augustana, John legend, Elton John and John Lennon.
Greyson’s “Paparazzi” cover video was posted to YouTube, on the 28th April 2010, and for almost two weeks the video generated low views. At least two social websites, GossipBoy.ca and reddit.com, posted video embeds on the 10th May 2010. Ellen DeGeneres first saw the video after Greyson’s brother, Tanner Chance, wrote to her show suggesting she watch it. The video had about 10,000 views when Ellen first saw it. While explaining her reasons for naming her new record label eleveneleven, she listed as one reason the fact that she first saw Greyson’s Paparazzi cover on May 11 2010. Also, she states that 11 is Greyson’s soccer jersey number. On the afternoon of May 11, Yahoo! Music reported: “As of this writing, the video has got more than 36,000 views so far, and he’s even been invited to perform on The Ellen DeGeneres Show.
On May 12, 2010 Greyson Chance taped an interview and performance of “Paparazzi” for Ellen in Los Angeles. It was broadcast on May 13. During the interview, Greyson received a phone call from Lady Gaga, who the boy says is his “true inspiration.” This first appearance on Ellen was followed by a second appearance on the show, airing May 26, 2010, on which Chance performed his original song “Broken Hearts,” received a $10,000 award for winning Ellen’s Wonderful Web of Wonderment contest, a brand new Yamaha piano, and was announced as DeGeneres’s first signed artist to her new recording label eleveneleven. Greyson now has many fans on online social sites such as Facebook and Twitter. He is the 28th most subscribed musician of all time on YouTube, with a 286,000 subscriber base, as of January 3, 2011. Greyson Chance also appeared at We Day (also known as Me to We Day 2010) in downtown Toronto at the Air Canada Centre, where he performed “Fire” by Augustana.
There are more stories about him. I don’t think I could write the whole story. So, here it is. Half of the story is here. :) Enjoy!
