Loren Gray Beech (born April 19, 2002) is an American social media personality, singer, and songwriter. Gray rose to prominence in 2015 on the video sharing app, Musical.ly. In 2018, she released her debut single "My Story" under

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, whom she was signed to until February 2021, when she became an independent artist. ''

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'' reported she earned $2.4 million in 2019, making her the fourth highest-earning TikTok star. In 2020, ''

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'' ranked her among TikTok's top 10 music influencers with over 50 million followers.

Career

Social media

Loren Gray joined musical.ly (now known as

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) in 2015. After gaining a large following on musical.ly in the 8th grade, she began to get bullied at school. She eventually moved to

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and grew her other social media platforms. As of September 2022, she has more than 54.6 million TikTok followers, 23.4 million

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followers, 3.86 million

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subscribers, and over 1.5 million

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followers. On her backup

, she has over 4.7 million followers. Gray is the seventeenth most-followed individual on TikTok and had been the most-followed TikTok individual from March 31, 2019 to March 25, 2020.

Music

In 2017, Gray appeared in English pop singer HRVY’s music video for " Personal". In March 2018, Gray signed a record deal with

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

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and

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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,

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) to write and produce both tracks, bringing in collaborators Nija ( Jason Derulo,

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) 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

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. 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

and

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titled “Alone” on July 21, 2020. She departed from her music label in February 2021 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. On November 17, 2023 she released a collaboration with musician Hayes Warner titled "Breadcrumbs". The single premiered exclusively on NYLON. According to ''

'', she is one of the top 10 music influencers on

, 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 23.4K followers as of March 2024. 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 ''

'' 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

star.

Awards and nominations

Gray was nominated for Choice Muser at the 2016

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and Muser of the Year at the 9th Annual

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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

Film

Discography

Studio albums

Singles

As a featured artist

References

External links

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