Early life

Puth was born December 2, 1991 in Rumson, New Jersey, the son of Debra and Charles Puth, his father is of German descent and his mother is Jewish. In 1993 or 1994, his right eyebrow was damaged in a near fatal dog bite incident. Puth participated in a summer youth jazz ensemble in Red Bank, New Jersey at 12. He graduated from Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School in 2010. During his 7th grade to senior years, he attended Manhattan School of Music Pre-College as a jazz piano major and a classical minor. On a full scholarship, he graduated in 2013 from the Berklee College of Music, where he majored in music production and engineering.

Career

2009-14: Career beginning

In September 2009, he started his own YouTube channel, entitled Charlies Vlogs, posting comedy videos and acoustic covers. In 2010, Puth released the music video of his first song, "These Are My Sexy Shades". On December 10, he released his debut extended play, The Otto Tunes, an independent release. In 2011, he won an online video competition sponsored by Perez Hilton, Can You Sing?, with a version of Adele's "Someone like You" which he performed with Emily Luther. In the same year Ellen DeGeneres announced that she had signed Puth and Luther to her label, eleveneleven, after seeing their performance of Adele's "Someone like You". Puth had performed the song on the show. In December 2012 he released a promotional single, "Break Again", with additional vocals by Emily Luther. The music video was released days later. On January 25, 2012, Puth and Luther performed the song and Lady Antebellum's "Need You Now" on The Ellen DeGeneres Show. Puth also performed at an event supporting DKMS Delete Blood Cancer, the world's largest bone marrow donor center, in October 2012. Puth left eleveneleven in late 2012.

On October 23, 2013, he released his second independent extended play, Ego, to streaming online. Puth was credited with the production and writing of songs and jingles for fellow YouTube personalities. He wrote the theme song for Shane Dawson's Shane and Friends podcast, the intro jingle for the videos of the Vlogger family the Shaytards, the original theme song for Charles Trippy's vlog Internet Killed Television, and a song for the tour and movie of YouTube group Our 2nd Life, as well as several singles for Our 2nd Life member Ricky Dillon. In 2014 he released the promotional single "L.U.V." The music video was directed by Andrew Vallentine In the same year, he co-wrote the song "Celebrate" on Pitbull's eighth studio album Globalization.

2015-present: Nine Track Mind

In early 2015, Puth signed with Atlantic and his previous records were removed from iTunes. In February 2015, Puth released his debut single "Marvin Gaye", which features guest vocals from Meghan Trainor. The single has been certified 2× Platinum in Australia, topped the charts in New Zealand, Ireland, and the United Kingdom, and peaked at number 21 on the US Billboard Hot 100. Puth wrote, co-produced, and was featured on a song with Wiz Khalifa, "See You Again", a tribute to the late Paul Walker, included in the Furious 7 soundtrack. While Khalifa wrote the rap lyrics, the rest of the song has been credited to Puth. The song peaked at number one on the Hot 100 chart for 12 non-consecutive weeks. "See You Again" was nominated for three Grammy Awards: Song of the Year, Best Pop Duo/Group Performance and Best Song Written for Visual Media. It was also shortlisted for the Song of the Year for the BBC Music Awards and was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song at the 73rd Golden Globe Awards. He produced the song "Slow Motion" for Trey Songz and has arranged sessions with Jason Derulo and Lil Wayne.

Puth starred as Meghan Trainor's love interest in the music video of "Dear Future Husband". In the synopsis, she meets Puth on the online dating service and he comes to Trainor's home with a carryout pizza, which succeeds in impressing Trainor. The video ends with Trainor smiling and inviting Puth into her home. On May 1, 2015, Puth released a five-song extended play, Some Type of Love. In June 2015, he released the promotional single "Nothing but Trouble" with Lil Wayne, from the soundtrack to the documentary 808: The Movie. During 2015, Puth worked on several albums of other artists. He co-wrote and produced the "Broke" and "Pull Up" for Jason Derulo's album Everything Is 4, co-wrote "Bombastic" with Bonnie McKee from the album with the same title, and produced "Working Class Heroes (Work)" on CeeLo Green's album Heart Blanche. Pre-orders for Puth's debut studio album Nine Track Mind began on August 20, 2015, along with the second single "One Call Away". The song peaked at number 12 in the United States, 26 in the United Kingdom and 4 in Australia. As of February 2016, the song has sold 513,700 copies domestically. Puth released a remix for the song, entitled "One Call Away (Coast to Coast Mix)", featuring American rappers Tyga and Ty Dolla Sign, country recording artist Brett Eldredge and Mexican singer Sofia Reyes.

His debut album, Nine Track Mind, was released on January 29, 2016. The album debuted at number three in the United Kingdom. Puth embarked his debut live concert, Nine Track Mind Tour, in March 2016.

In 2016, Puth signed a first of its kind ground breaking deal with Deutsch Music

Discography

Main article: Charlie Puth discography

• Nine Track Mind (2016)

Filmography

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2016	Undateable	Himself	"A New Year's Resolution Walks Into a Bar" (Season 3, episode 10)

Web

Year	Title	Role
2009-13	Charlies Vlogs	Himself
2011	Can You Sing?	Himself / Contestant

Awards and nominations

Year	Ceremony	Award	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2011	Pop Crush Music Awards	Best Cover Song	"Someone like You"	Won
2015	Teen Choice Awards	Choice Music: R&B/Hip-Hop Song	"See You Again"
		Choice Music: TV or Movie Song		Nominated
		Choice Music: Collaboration		Won
	MTV Europe Awards	Best Song		Nominated
		Best Collaboration
	American Music Awards	Song of the Year
		Collaboration of the Year
	Hollywood Music in Media Awards	Song - Feature Film		Won
2016	Critics' Choice Movie Awards	Best Song
	Golden Globe Award	Best Original Song		Nominated
	Grammy Awards	Song of the Year
		Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
		Best Song Written for Visual Media
	Nickelodeon Kid's Choice Awards	Best Collaboration		Won
	Radio Disney Music Awards	Breakout Artist of the Year	Himself	Nominated
		Best Crush Song	"One Call Away"
	iHeartRadio Music Awards	Best Collaboration	"See You Again"	Nominated
		Best Lyrics
		Best Song from a Movie
	Billboard Music Awards	Top New Artist	Himself	Nominated
		Top Hot 100 Song	"See You Again"	Won
		Top Radio Song		Nominated
		Top Streaming Song (Video)		Nominated
		Top Rap Song		Won
		Top Selling Song		Nominated

Concert tours

Headlining

• Nine Track Mind Tour (2016)

Co-headlining

• Jingle Ball Tour 2015 (2015)

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