Johnny Orlando

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Johnny Orlando
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Orlando in 2019
Background information
Birth nameJohn Vincent Orlando [1]
Born (2003-01-24) January 24, 2003 (age 21)
Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Singer-songwriter
  • actor
Years active2011–present
Labels
Spouse(s)Abbegail Kate
Website johnnyorlandomusic.com

John Vincent Orlando (born January 24, 2003) is a Canadian singer-songwriter and actor. Orlando first received attention on social media by posting covers of pop songs by artists such as Austin Mahone, Taylor Swift, Rihanna, Justin Bieber, and Shawn Mendes to his YouTube channel. [2] In 2019, Orlando was nominated for the Juno Award for Breakthrough Artist of the Year. He has also won an MTV Europe Music Award for Best Canadian Act four times in 2019, [3] 2020, 2021, and 2022.

Contents

Orlando's debut album All the Things That Could Go Wrong was released on August 19, 2022.

Early life

Johnny Orlando was born in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada on January 24, 2003.

Career

Darian made a YouTube channel for Johnny, "JohnnyOsings" on December 5, 2011, and posted a cover of him singing "Mistletoe". Orlando and his sister recorded it in their bathroom because their bathroom had good acoustics. Initially, they expected at most 100 views, but to their surprise, the video went viral and got more than 100,000 views in a month. [4] Citing the initial success of the first video, he and his sister continued posting covers of famous musical artists like Justin Bieber, Shawn Mendes, Taylor Swift, Austin Mahone, and Selena Gomez on his YouTube channel while Darian directed, shot, produced and edited all his videos.

His debut EP, VXIIXI was released in 2015 when he was 12 years old. In 2017, a YouTube video was posted by Glamour showing P!nk viewing his cover of her song “Just Give Me a Reason”, in which the singer noted he had “incredible voice control.” He signed with Universal Music Canada on May 18, 2018, [5] and has released singles such as "Day and Night" and "What If" (both featuring Mackenzie Ziegler), [6] "Last Summer", [7] "Waste My Time", "All These Parties", "Phobias", "See You" and "Everybody Wants You". His second EP, Teenage Fever, was released on March 15, 2019. [8] [9] Orlando embarked on his second headlining North American tour in support of the EP, beginning on April 29, 2019, in Chicago and ending on May 22, 2019, in Vancouver. [10] It was supported by his close friends Hayden Summerall and Gus McMillan. [11]

It was announced that MTV had signed a deal for consumer products with Orlando at the end of July 2020. [12] On October 23, 2020, he announced his third EP, It's Never Really Over was released. [13]

In 2023, he participated in an all-star recording of Serena Ryder's single "What I Wouldn't Do", which was released as a charity single to benefit Kids Help Phone's Feel Out Loud campaign for youth mental health. [14]

Influences

Orlando has cited Justin Bieber and Shawn Mendes among his primary musical inspirations. [15] He is also inspired by Billie Eilish as well as other Canadian artists such as Drake, The Weeknd, Alessia Cara. Orlando has also shared that his dad played Pearl Jam and Otis Redding in the car, which helped cultivate his songwriting skills. [16]

Discography

Albums

EPs

Singles

Collaborations

Web

YearSeriesRoleNotes
2018–2020 Total Eclipse SamMain role
2018 Chicken Girls SamEpisode: "Seven Minutes in Heaven"
2018 Baby Doll Records SamEpisode: "Work from Home"

Filmography

List of performances and appearances by Johnny Orlando in television, film and on the web
YearTitleRoleNotes/Ref.
2014–2019 Wishenpoof! OliverVoice [20]
2015–2016 Super Why! Whyatt Beanstalk/Super WhyVoice (season 3)
2017 Bunyan and Babe Travis BarclayVoice [21]
2018 Pinocchio Pinocchio Voice, English version [22]
2018–2020 Total Eclipse Sam
2020 The Substitute Himself (substitute teacher)
2020 All That Himself (guest performer) Season 11
2020 Group Chat with Annie & Jayden Himself
2020For the Record: The Broken Hearts TourHimself
2021 Nickelodeon's Unfiltered Himself

Awards and nominations

Name of the award ceremony, year presented, nominee(s) of the award, award category, and the result of the nomination
Award ceremonyYearCategoryNominee(s)/work(s)ResultRef.
Juno Awards 2019 Breakthrough Artist of the Year Johnny OrlandoNominated [23]
2021 Pop Album of the Year It's Never Really OverNominated [24]
Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards 2017 Favorite Viral Music ArtistJohnny OrlandoNominated [25]
2018 Favorite Musical YT CreatorNominated [26]
2020 Favorite Social Music StarNominated [27]
2022 Nominated [28]
MTV Europe Music Awards 2019 Best Canadian Act Won [29]
2020 Won [30]
2021 Won [31]
2022 Won [32]
Teen Choice Awards 2016 Choice Music Web StarNominated [33]
2019 Nominated [34]

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