1. Charlie Puth signed to Atlantic Records and Artist Partner Group to release his debut single, "Marvin Gaye", in 2015.
33 Facts About Charlie Puth
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Charlie Puth has done songwriting and production work with other artists throughout his career.
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Charlie Puth has two younger siblings, twins Stephen and Mikaela.
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Charlie Puth's mother introduced him to classical music and began teaching him the piano at age four.
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Charlie Puth started studying jazz at age 10 and participated in a summer youth jazz ensemble at Count Basie Theatre's Cool School in Red Bank, New Jersey, at 12.
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Charlie Puth attended the Holy Cross School and Forrestdale Middle School in Rumson before graduating from the Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School in 2010.
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Charlie Puth is a 2013 graduate of Berklee College of Music, where he majored in music production and engineering.
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In September 2009, at age 17, Puth started his own YouTube channel, entitled Charlies Vlogs, posting comedy videos and acoustic covers.
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Charlie Puth performed at an event supporting DKMS Delete Blood Cancer, the world's largest bone marrow donor center, in October 2012.
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Charlie Puth was credited with the production and writing of songs and jingles for fellow YouTube personalities.
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Charlie Puth wrote the theme song for Shane Dawson's Shane and Friends podcast and skits, 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.
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In February 2015, Charlie Puth released his debut single "Marvin Gaye", which features American singer-songwriter Meghan Trainor.
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Charlie Puth wrote, co-produced, and was featured on a song with Wiz Khalifa, "See You Again", a tribute to Paul Walker, included in the Furious 7 soundtrack.
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Charlie Puth produced the song "Slow Motion" for Trey Songz and has arranged sessions with Jason Derulo and Lil Wayne.
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Charlie Puth starred as Meghan Trainor's love interest in the music video for her song "Dear Future Husband", released in March 2015.
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On May 1,2015, Charlie Puth released a five-song extended play, Some Type of Love.
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Charlie Puth released a remix for the song, entitled "One Call Away ", featuring American rapper Tyga, American singers Ty Dolla Sign and Brett Eldredge and Mexican singer Sofia Reyes.
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Charlie Puth embarked his debut live concert, Nine Track Mind Tour, in March 2016.
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In 2016, Charlie Puth was the first musician to sign a deal with Deutsch Music, a subsidiary of Deutsch Inc.
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Charlie Puth collaborated with One Direction's Liam Payne on the single "Bedroom Floor", which he co-produced and provided background vocals for.
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On January 4,2018, Charlie Puth released the first promotional single from Voicenotes, "If You Leave Me Now" featuring Boyz II Men.
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Charlie Puth announced that he would be pushing the release date to May 11,2018, from its original release date of January 19,2018.
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On March 25,2018, Charlie Puth released the fourth single "Change" featuring James Taylor.
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Charlie Puth embarked on the Voicenotes Tour in 2018, with Hailee Steinfeld as a special guest.
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In early 2020, Charlie Puth announced that he had scrapped what he had written for his third studio album; he remarked in 2022 that he "didn't really like any of the music" he released in 2019, and that he "felt like [he] was kind of pretending to be a cool guy".
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Charlie Puth contributed keyboard to four tracks on the Ozzy Osbourne album Ordinary Man, released on February 21,2020.
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Charlie Puth featured on the Lennon Stella song "Summer Feelings" for the soundtrack of the Warner Bros.
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In September 2021, Charlie Puth released "After All" with Elton John as part of John's album The Lockdown Sessions.
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On October 21,2022, Charlie Puth was featured alongside Shenseea on Calvin Harris's single "Obsessed" from Harris' 6th album Funk Wav Bounces Vol.
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On March 31,2023, Charlie Puth released the single "That's Not How This Works", with music duo Dan + Shay.
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Charlie Puth featured on Stray Kids' single "Lose My Breath", which was released on May 10,2024.
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Puth was referenced by Taylor Swift in her 2024 song "The Tortured Poets Department", taken from the album of the same name, in which she sings: "We declared Charlie Puth should be a bigger artist," attracting media attention.
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Charlie Puth said that Justin Bieber's "viral leap into superstardom as a result of YouTube" influenced him to attempt the same.