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, and

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to his YouTube channel. In 2019, Orlando was nominated for the

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for Breakthrough Artist of the Year. He has also won an

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for Best Canadian Act four times in 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022. Orlando's debut album ''all the things that could go wrong'' was released on August 19, 2022.

Early life

Johnny Orlando was born in

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, Ontario, Canada on January 24, 2003. His father, Dale Vincent Orlando, is a lawyer and his mother, Meredith Orlando, is a housewife. Orlando has three sisters: his eldest sister, Madison, has a YouTube channel on which she occasionally posts about her diet and health routine, the second eldest, Darian, helps Johnny with songwriting and promotion and the youngest, Lauren Orlando is a vlogger, YouTuber, and an aspiring actress.

Career

Darian made a YouTube channel for Johnny, "JohnnyOsings" on December 5, 2011, and posted a cover of him singing "

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". 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. Citing the initial success of the first video, he and his sister continued posting covers of famous musical artists like

, and

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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. He signed with

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on May 18, 2018, and has released singles such as "Day and Night" and "What If" (both featuring

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), "Last Summer", "Waste My Time", "All These Parties", "Phobias", "See You" and "Everybody Wants You". His second EP, ''Teenage Fever'', was released on March 15, 2019. 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

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. It was supported by his close friends Hayden Summerall and Gus McMillan. It was announced that

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

Artistry

Influences

Orlando has cited

and

among his primary musical inspirations. He also stated that he looks up to

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, as well as

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and other fellow Canadian musicians who he looks forward to collaborating with in the future. In recent interviews, he's also shared that his dad played Pearl Jam and Otis Redding in the car, which helped cultivate his songwriting skills.

Discography

Albums

*''All The Things That Could Go Wrong'' (2022)

EPs

*''VXIIXI'' (2015) *''Teenage Fever'' (2019) *''It's Never Really Over'' (2020)

Singles

*"Let Go" (2016) *"Day & Night" (with

) (2016) *"Missing You" (2016) *"Thinking About You" (2017) *"Everything" (2017) *"The Most" (2017) *"What If (I Told You I Like You)" (with

) (2018) *"Last Summer" (2018) *"Sleep" (2019) *"Piece of my Heart" (2018) *"Sleep (

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Remix) (2019) *"All These Parties" (2019) *"All These Parties (Felix Cartal Remix)" (2019) *"

" (2019) *"Phobias" (2020) *"See You" (2020) *"Phobias (Bedroom Remix)" (2020) *"

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" (2020) *"Last Christmas" (2020) *"Everybody Wants You (Shift K3Y Remix)" (2020) *"Everybody Wants You (Acoustic Version)" (2020) *"Adelaide" (2020) *"I Don't" (with Dvbbs) (2021) *"Daydream" (2021) *"It's Alright" (2021) *"You're Just Drunk" (2021) *"How Can It Be Christmas" (2021) *"Someone Will Love You Better"(2022) *"Blur" (2022) *"Fun Out of It" (with BENEE) (2022) *"If He Wanted to He Would" (2022)

Collaborations

*"Big Like You" (2017) (''Bunyan'' & ''Babe'' soundtracks) *"Christmas Fever" (2017) (with Bars and Melody) *"We Change the World" (2017) (with Raina Harten) *"Keep On Trying" (2018) (with Sylwia PrzyBysz) *"Lean On Me" (2020) (with ArtistsCAN)

Web

Filmography

Awards and nominations

References

External links

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