1. Bebe Rexha's debut extended play, I Don't Wanna Grow Up, did not chart domestically, although its single "I'm Gonna Show You Crazy" entered several international charts.
45 Facts About Bebe Rexha
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Bleta Bebe Rexha was born on August 30,1989, in Brooklyn, New York City to Albanian parents from North Macedonia.
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Bebe Rexha's father, Flamur Rexha, was born in Debar, North Macedonia when it was part of Yugoslavia and emigrated to the US at the age of 21.
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Bebe Rexha's mother, Bukurije, was born in the United States to an Albanian family with roots in Gostivar which is northeast of Debar and separated by Mavrovo National Park.
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Bebe Rexha initially taught herself trumpet and later taught herself to play guitar and piano.
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Bebe Rexha sang in the choir there and took part in a variety of musicals.
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Bebe Rexha earned the "Best Teen Songwriter" award; about 700 were in the competition.
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Bebe Rexha had a shortlived deal with Island Def, which they canceled.
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Bebe Rexha became a member and a lead vocalist of Wentz's new experimental project called Black Cards.
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However, in January 2012, Wentz announced that Bebe Rexha had left the band to pursue other endeavors.
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Bebe Rexha was awarded the Abe Olman Scholarship for her contributions as a songwriter later that year.
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On March 21,2014, Bebe Rexha released her debut single, "I Can't Stop Drinking About You".
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In March 2016, Bebe Rexha released her single, called "No Broken Hearts" featuring Nicki Minaj.
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On October 28,2016, Bebe Rexha released "I Got You", which peaked at number 43 on the US Billboard Hot 100, and at number 17 on the US Pop Songs chart.
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In March 2017 in Dallas, Bebe Rexha began her first solo headlining tour, promoting the EP across North America and Europe, named the All Your Fault Tour, with a total of 29 dates.
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On November 6,2016, Bebe Rexha hosted the 2016 MTV Europe Music Awards, at Rotterdam, Netherlands and performed multiple songs throughout the night, such as her single, "I Got You".
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In May 2017, Bebe Rexha: The Ride, a documentary which explores the moments which changed Rexha's life and journey to stardom, aired on MTV.
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On June 12, Bebe Rexha performed the song at the Ubisoft E3 press conference, before announcing Just Dance 2018, on which the song appears.
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In September 2017, Bebe Rexha began teasing new songs for a third installment in the All Your Fault series, with her manager going on record about its release.
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However, it appeared plans had changed, as Bebe Rexha revealed through a tweet in November 2017 that her next project would be called Expectations.
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Bebe Rexha revealed the cover art for this debut studio album on April 8,2018, and the album was released on June 22,2018.
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In December 2018, Bebe Rexha was nominated for Best New Artist at the 61st Annual Grammy Awards.
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On February 15,2019, Bebe Rexha released her single "Last Hurrah".
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Bebe Rexha tweeted in April 2019 that she has twelve songs ready for her second studio album, and that her new music is inspired by Britney Spears.
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On May 1,2019, it was announced that Bebe Rexha will be one of the opening acts of the Jonas Brothers' Happiness Begins Tour.
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The song is the Chainsmokers' third project using Bebe Rexha's voice, following their remixes of "Take Me Home" by production trio Cash Cash, and her debut solo single, "I Can't Stop Drinking About You".
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Bebe Rexha confirmed in an interview in October 2020 that the album would be a visual album.
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On March 5,2021, Bebe Rexha released her new single "Sacrifice", with the music video premiering later that day.
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On October 25,2021, Bebe Rexha announced she would feature on "Family" by David Guetta featuring Ty Dolla Sign and A Boogie wit da Hoodie.
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On February 17,2023, Rexha released the music video for "Heart Wants What It Wants", the lead single from her third studio album, Bebe.
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Bebe Rexha has described the album as being inspired by 1970s retro style.
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Bebe Rexha was released on April 28,2023 through Warner Records.
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At a June 2023 concert, a New Jersey man assaulted Bebe Rexha by throwing a cell phone at her head from the audience; she had a black eye and required stitches for her injuries.
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On June 1,2024, at a concert in Green Bay, Wisconsin, Bebe Rexha had multiple attendees removed by police for throwing items at her.
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In late June 2024, Bebe Rexha headlined Pride in London in Trafalgar Square to a crowd of over 20,000 people.
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In 2013, Bebe Rexha signed a publishing deal with BMG and started to collaborate with others.
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Bebe Rexha co-wrote Eminem's and Rihanna's "The Monster", which was released as the fourth single from Eminem's album The Marshall Mathers LP 2.
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In 2014, Bebe Rexha wrote and was featured on Cash Cash's single "Take Me Home", which peaked within the top ten of the charts in Australia and the United Kingdom.
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In November 2014, Bebe Rexha was featured on rapper Pitbull's song "This Is Not a Drill".
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Bebe Rexha co-wrote and was featured on David Guetta's single "Hey Mama", alongside Nicki Minaj and Afrojack.
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Bebe Rexha was influenced by other artists such as the Cranberries, Bob Marley, Kanye West, Madonna, Christina Aguilera, Blondie, Pink, Alanis Morissette, Avril Lavigne, Coldplay, Johnny Cash, Dolly Parton, The Chicks, Shania Twain, Taylor Swift, and Carrie Underwood.
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In July 2023, Bebe Rexha appeared on Celebrity Family Feud with her family; they competed against Nikki Glaser and Glaser's family.
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In June 2024, Bebe Rexha, who was previously injured by a crowd member's thrown phone at a New York City show the previous year, had multiple people removed from her audience during a concert in Wisconsin for throwing items at her direction.
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Bebe Rexha later assured that she was making a "joke" and was "not inviting that" behavior.
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Bebe Rexha claimed in a social media post that she was subjected to a hate crime when she was due to board the Munich-based Lufthansa plane on August 17,2024, until she spoke to a security agent in Albanian, resulting in her getting banned from the flight.