Charlie Puth
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Charles Otto Puth Jr. December 2, 1991 Rumson, New Jersey, U.S. |
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Charles Otto "Charlie" Puth Jr. (/puːθ/; born December 2, 1991) is an American singer-songwriter and record producer.
Puth's initial exposure came through the viral success of his song videos uploaded to YouTube. He subsequently gained wider recognition for multiple successful releases, including his debut single "Marvin Gaye", which featured vocals from Meghan Trainor. The song topped charts in Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, and the United Kingdom, and 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.
Puth was born December 2, 1991, in Rumson, New Jersey, the son of Debra, a music teacher, who also wrote commercials for HBO, and Charles Puth, a builder and real estate agent. His father is Catholic and his mother is Jewish. He has two younger siblings, twins Stephen and Mikaela.
As a two-year-old, Puth's right eyebrow was permanently scarred in a nearly fatal dog-bite incident.
Puth has perfect pitch, a rare auditory phenomenon that enables him to identify or recreate music, without a reference note. His mother introduced him to classical music and began teaching him the piano at age 4. He started studying jazz at age 10 and participated in a summer youth jazz ensemble at Count Basie Theatre's Cool School in Red Bank, New Jersey at 12. He was hired by The Count Basie Theatre to play in a Charlie Brown production. In grade six, he went door to door selling a Christmas album called Have a Merry Charlie Christmas that he had recorded and produced, making $600 in sales.
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