Conan Lee Gray (born December 5, 1998) is an American singer and songwriter. Born in Lemon Grove, California and raised in Georgetown, Texas, to a father of mostly Irish ancestry and a Japanese mother. As an infant, his family moved to Hiroshima, Japan, due to his grandfather requiring medical care. After living there for two years, the family moved back to California. Gray previously spoke Japanese fluently, but has since lost his proficiency. he began uploading vlogs, covers and original songs to YouTube as a teenager. He created his official channel in 2013, and began creating videos at age fifteen. His early videos included topics such as baking and mainly focused around his everyday day life. Gray’s vlog content centers heavily on his life in small-town Texas. He is often hailed for his appreciation of Americana-related nostalgia. Gray has recorded music, showed his art, and created other videos for his vlog with more than 25 million views. Gray signed a record deal with Republic Record since the year 2018.
Four – Crush Culture
Off his debut extended play “Sunset Season”, ‘Crush culture’ garnered over23M views off its official video on YouTube. It was released under Republic Records on November 16, 2018. The song was produced by Dan Nigro and co-produced by Conan Gray.
Three – Maniac
“Maniac” is a song by American singer-songwriter Conan Gray, released through Republic Records as the third single from his debut studio album ‘Kid Krow’ on October 24, 2019. “Maniac” was written by Gray and Dan Nigro, who also produced the song. The sing garnered over 84M views in its official music video on YouTube. The song has been certified Platinum in Australia, Brazil, Canada and the United States, becoming his first certifications in all four countries. In early 2020, the song was successful on international mainstream pop radio. It had gained 50 million accumulative streams on Spotify by January 2020, before clocking 90 million streams only two months later. The song also became trending on the video-sharing platform TikTok, debuting in the app’s Top 25 trending chart. Despite being officially released in October 2019, “Maniac” was included on Billboard’s mid-year list of The 50 Best Songs of 2020.
AWARDS: Although, he hasn’t won a couple of awards, Conan won the category for Best YouTube Musician at the Shorty Awards in 2019.
Two – Yours
Off his most recent album ‘Superache’ “Yours” was released as a single on the 19th of May, 2022. it garnered over 7.4M views on its official music video on YouTube. Produced by Dan Nigro and Cirkut and released through Republic Records.
DISCOGRAPHY
- Superache (2022)
- Kid Krow (2020)
One – Heather
“Heather” is a song by American singer-songwriter Conan Gray released through Republic Records. Originally released as a track on Gray’s debut studio album Kid Krow in March 2020, it was released as the sixth single in September 2020 after becoming a sleeper hit. “Heather” was written by Gray and produced by Dan Nigro with additional production by Jam City. Its official music video garnered over 124M views on YouTube. The song gained popularity on the video-sharing platform TikTok, consequently spawning the meme-like titular phrase which one can use to describe a “beautiful girl” which one aspires to look like. Commercially, “Heather” debuted at number 61 and rose to number 46 on the Billboard Hot 100, being his first entry on the chart. Elsewhere, the song gave Gray his first single chart entry in countries like the United Kingdom, Canada, New Zealand and the Netherlands, and his second entry in countries such as Australia, Ireland and Lithuania. “Heather” has become Gray’s most commercially successful single to date, surpassing “Maniac”, which achieved international mainstream hit radio success earlier that year.
