122 Facts About Lindsey Stirling

Lindsey Stirling was born on September 21,1986 and is an American violinist, songwriter, and dancer.

Lindsey Stirling presents choreographed violin performances, in live and music videos found on her official YouTube channel, which she created in 2007.

Lindsey Stirling achieved one million singles sold worldwide by August 2014.

Lindsey Stirling has been named in Forbes magazine's 30 Under 30 In Music: The Class Of 2015.

Lindsey Stirling's eponymous debut album was a commercial success in Europe, selling 200,000 copies in Germany, winning a platinum certification; three additional certifications were given by Austria, Switzerland and Poland.

Lindsey Stirling is the middle child of three daughters of Stephen and Diane Lindsey Stirling.

Lindsey Stirling was a member of Charley Jenkins Band for about a year.

From a young age, Lindsey Stirling had a fascination for dance and desired to take both dancing and violin lessons.

In 2010, at the age of 23, Lindsey Stirling was a quarter-finalist on season five of America's Got Talent, where she was described as a "hip hop violinist".

Lindsey Stirling impressed the judges on America's Got Talent, not only by mixing hip-hop, pop, and classical music on the violin, but by incorporating dancing with playing the violin, which she does on her tours and official music videos.

Lindsey Stirling's performances were dubbed "electrifying" by the judges, and won the acclaim of the audience, but after she attempted to step up the dance level in her quarter-final performance, judge Piers Morgan buzzed her.

Lindsey Stirling has experimented in combining violin playing with hip hop and dubstep.

Lindsey Stirling has collaborated with the Salt Lake Pops orchestra and Alex Boye.

In December 2012, YouTube announced that Lindsey Stirling's song, "Crystallize", was the No 8 top-viewed video of 2012 with over 42 million views.

Lindsey Stirling announced her first ever tour dates in Australia, South Korea and Japan.

On September 12, Lindsey Stirling performed at the Dreamball 2013 charity gala at Ritz Carlton in Berlin, Germany.

Two weeks later, Lindsey Stirling announced on her official website that she had started making her second album.

In October 2013, Lindsey Stirling announced that she would take part in season three of Dance Showdown, a dance competition web series created by DanceOn in which the winner is awarded US$50,000.

Lindsey Stirling was the second of three finalists, but she did not win the fifty thousand dollars despite receiving critical acclaim on her three performances with her partner Anze Skrube.

Lindsey Stirling sold 10,000 copies of her extended-version album in the first week of sales, which was a record for her, and her album as it peaked from No 79 to No 23, becoming its highest position in Billboard 200.

On December 16, Lindsey Stirling announced the first tour dates in Canada and US on her 2014 World Tour; some pre-sales were sold out after the first day of selling and the first concert to be sold out was in Portland, Oregon on January 29.

At the beginning of 2014, Lindsey Stirling's self-titled album hit gold in Poland, received its first platinum certification in Germany and later on in Austria.

On March 12,2014, Lindsey Stirling posted a video announcing her second studio album, Shatter Me, would be released in May She created a PledgeMusic account where consumers could buy her new album, signed or not, and exclusive items, such as signed posters, personalized videos, and even Skype calls with Lindsey Stirling herself.

Lindsey Stirling performed her first single "Beyond the Veil" during the ceremony.

On May 13,2014, Lindsey Stirling performed in San Diego, the first show of her second world tour, which consisted of 77 shows in total, 48 in North America and 29 in Europe.

On September 29, Lindsey Stirling announced she would be joining tenor Andrea Bocelli for his UK and Ireland Tour in November 2014.

On November 24, Lindsey Stirling extended her tour to the year of 2015 by adding dates in North America and Oceania.

That same day Lindsey Stirling performed at The Today Show to promote her album by performing "Roundtable Rival".

On January 9,2015, Lindsey Stirling was featured on the Forbes list '30 Under 30' as one of the few musicians featured in the top thirty of recognized celebrities under the age of thirty.

On February 7,2015, Lindsey Stirling performed at the Grammy Foundation's 17th annual Legacy Concert.

On March 26, Lindsey Stirling participated in the 2015 Echo Music Awards, where she won the category of "Best Crossover Act" for the second consecutive year.

Lindsey Stirling performed at the Echo Awards with artist Andreas Bourani.

Lindsey Stirling won the latter category, her first Billboard Music Award.

In late December 2015, Lindsey Stirling earned her first US Billboard Hot 100 entry with "Hallelujah" debuting at number 81 on the issue dated January 9,2016, and peaking at number one on the Hot Christian Songs Chart, being her first single in doing so as well.

Lindsey Stirling had announced in June 2015 that over the course of two and a half years, she had completed an autobiography, The Only Pirate at the Party, published by Gallery Books.

Lindsey Stirling was uncomfortable with the treatment until she began pretending she was a pirate.

In January 2016, Lindsey Stirling's autobiography was released under the name The Only Pirate at the Party, which would later reach the tenth position at The New York Times hardcover nonfiction best-seller list.

In June 2016, Lindsey Stirling announced her new studio album Brave Enough, which was set to be released on August 19,2016.

Lindsey Stirling released an exclusive track "Firefly" with Brave Enough via Pledge Music, which featured Lindsey Stirling on vocals.

In September 2016, Lindsey Stirling started her Brave Enough Tour in San Diego, California that would continue worldwide for 79 dates.

Lindsey Stirling performed the national anthem and a pre-game concert for the San Francisco 49ers season opener against the Los Angeles Rams at Levi's Stadium.

In October 2016, Stirling launched a music video for the single "Prism", featuring herself as five clones named "The Violindseys".

Lindsey Stirling was one of the first artists to record for the newly launched Spotify Singles.

Lindsey Stirling recorded two acoustic tracks at Spotify Studios in New York City, her single, Something Wild and a cover of 7 Years by Lukas Graham.

Lindsey Stirling began 2017 by launching a single version and video of her song "Love's Just a Feeling" featuring Rooty.

For Record Store Day 2017, Lindsey Stirling released a limited edition vinyl copy of Brave Enough.

In September 2017, Lindsey Stirling was announced as one of the celebrities to compete on season 25 of Dancing with the Stars.

Later that month, Lindsey Stirling released her fourth studio album "Warmer in the Winter", a holiday themed record.

Lindsey Stirling commenced her Wanderland Tour celebrating the festive album across 24 dates in North America.

In November 2018 for Record Store Day's Black Friday event, Lindsey Stirling released a special Holiday Edition picture disc vinyl.

Lindsey Stirling toured with the band in the US during that summer.

Lindsey Stirling appeared at the Yamaha All-Star Concert in Anaheim in January 2018.

Lindsey Stirling collaborated with Alexander Jean on the song "Deeper" released in mid-2018.

In late 2018, Lindsey Stirling made a number of television appearances.

Lindsey Stirling returned to Dancing With The Stars, for a guest appearance on the October 15,2018, episode, dancing a "trio dance" with Bobby Bones and Sharna Burgess.

Later that month, Lindsey Stirling appeared in an episode of the first series of The Outpost, playing the character Pock.

On June 21,2019, Lindsey Stirling announced that her fifth album, Artemis would be launching later that year.

Lindsey Stirling said that she had been inspired by the Greek goddess Artemis, and drew parallels to her own experiences and challenges.

Alongside the album launch, it was revealed Lindsey Stirling would be releasing a six-part comic book series under the title Artemis.

In July 2019, Lindsey Stirling performed The Upside, a single from the album, at PBS's A Capitol Fourth celebration.

In November 2019, Lindsey Stirling reprised her holiday-themed tours, embarking on the Warmer in the Winter Christmas Tour across 26 dates in North America.

Lindsey Stirling was featured on the cover of Guitar Girl Magazine for their Winter 2019 issue.

In March 2020, NASA released a video of Lindsey Stirling performing the song "Artemis" at the Kennedy Space Center.

Later in September 2020, a video for "Til The Light Goes Out" was released with Lindsey Stirling acting as the leader of a small band of mystics living in the desert.

In May 2020, Lindsey Stirling launched a weekly podcast called "String Sessions" and featuring music artists.

In July 2020, Lindsey Stirling celebrated 3 billion views on her YouTube channel.

Lindsey Stirling opened 2021 releasing the single "Lose You Now" in collaboration with DJ Mako.

Lindsey Stirling was featured at this time in an advertising campaign for the Asus Zenbook.

In July 2021, Lindsey Stirling released her second ever EP for Record Store Day.

Lindsey Stirling would appear as a guest performer on America's Got Talent alongside two-time champion magician Shin Lim.

Lindsey Stirling announced in October 2021 that she had collaborated with long-term instrument partner Yamaha to produce a limited edition "Crystallize" violin.

The violin was limited to 100 units and as a package with Lindsey Stirling branded instrument, bow, rosin and case was priced at $2,495.

Intentional Beauty by Lindsey Stirling was launched, with the first product a citrine beauty palette.

Lindsey Stirling had been on the original line-up for Electric Forest in 2022, however her name was later absent from their announcement, alongside other notable absentees including Flume and Diplo.

Lindsey Stirling began 2022 by announcing she had written the theme song for the CBS series Good Sam, featuring Sophia Bush.

Later that month, it was confirmed Lindsey Stirling would perform at both The Festival at Sandpoint on August 6,2022, and at the Washington State Fair on September 17,2022.

Lindsey Stirling was scheduled to perform at Britt Festival on August 4,2022.

Lindsey Stirling's concert took place at Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier on July 7,2022.

On May 3,2022, it was announced Lindsey Stirling would perform at the Pacific Amphitheatre as part of their Summer Concert Series in July.

Lindsey Stirling was announced as a performer for August 2022 at the Clear Summer Nights concert series in Bend, Oregon.

In September, Lindsey Stirling announced a North American tour to coincide with the release of Snow Waltz during November and December 2022.

Lindsey Stirling was recruited to perform for A Plague Tale: Requiem as part of the pre-launch activities by the video games manufacturer.

Lindsey Stirling is featured in a music video interlaced with gameplay.

In 2023, Lindsey Stirling was announced as a performer at Lollapalooza Paris.

Later, Lindsey Stirling revealed a US Tour in conjunction with Walk Off The Earth.

On October 1,2013, Lindsey Stirling teamed with the non-profit Atlanta Music Project to help spread appreciation of music to children who might not otherwise have the chance.

On March 22,2014, Lindsey Stirling joined Cirque du Soleil for the second annual One Night for One Drop in Las Vegas.

On December 15,2018, as part of Ronald McDonald House Charities of Western New York's concert series, Lindsey Stirling performed at Shea's Buffalo Theatre.

Lindsey Stirling repeated this in May 2021 with auction lots including her Roundtable Rival music video outfit.

In November 2021, Lindsey Stirling partnered with Fandiem to run an online giveaway where fans could donate and win a Yamaha Crystallize limited edition violin and a virtual lesson with her.

In February 2022, Lindsey Stirling ran another outfit auction to support The Upside Fund on eBay.

On May 8,2020, Lindsey Stirling participated at the 320 Festival, a mental health awareness event created by Talinda Bennington and Kevin Lyman.

In March 2022, Lindsey Stirling announced she was running an auction to support UNICEF in Ukraine following the Russian invasion.

Lindsey Stirling uses a variety of violins depending on her performance.

Lindsey Stirling has been using the Yamaha Electric Violin since 2000, and the Luis and Clark violin was made famous after she used it in her cover version of "Radioactive" with Pentatonix in 2013.

For studio recording, Lindsey Stirling uses an early-1900s Ernst Heinrich Roth "Roth" acoustic violin most of the time and her Yamaha silent violin for an extremely clean sound.

In 2020, Lindsey Stirling joined Reverb to talk through her five favorite violins including David Bowie, her crossbow violin.

In March 2022, Lindsey Stirling auctioned off a violin she used as a teenager for the charity Unicef.

Lindsey Stirling attended Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, to study filmmaking.

Lindsey Stirling later served as a missionary in New York City for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Lindsey Stirling returned to Provo in 2009 to continue studying at BYU.

Lindsey Stirling then moved back to Arizona, in December 2012, to be with her family.

In December 2015, Lindsey Stirling became the owner of Luna, a chihuahua.

In October 2017, on Dancing with the Stars Lindsey Stirling revealed her year and a half relationship with Ryan Weed ended.

Lindsey Stirling discovered her disorder while working for a treatment center for troubled girls.

Lindsey Stirling said in an interview with Good Morning America that her song "Shatter Me" was "actually my story of overcoming my eating disorder".

In 2013, Lindsey Stirling was featured by the LDS Church in its I'm a Mormon campaign in which she spoke openly about how her faith helped in her battle during high school and college.

Lindsey Stirling is a teetotaler, and during tours, she has a ban on her team consuming alcohol on her tour bus.

Lindsey Stirling has authored and published a number of books of music she has either performed or arranged for Violin and Piano.

Lindsey Stirling released a series of comic books to pair with her album, Artemis.

The Lindsey Stirling Tour began three days before the CD release of her first album, Lindsey Stirling.

Lindsey Stirling's tour began in 2012 with dates in North America within the United States and Canada.

At the beginning of 2013, Lindsey Stirling continued her tour in Europe as a "test tour".

In 2014 and 2015, Lindsey Stirling played the Shatter Me World Tour and The Music Box Tour.

The 2014 North and European American leg of Lindsey Stirling's tour consisted of her performing 77 shows over a five-month time span.

Lindsey Stirling toured around North America, Europe, Asia, Oceania, and South America, being her first time presenting a show on this continent.

Lindsey Stirling announced her 2017 Warmer in the Winter Tour, slated to kick off in the fall on November 8 in Albany, NY at Palace Theatre.

On September 4,2018, Lindsey Stirling announced the 2018 Christmas-themed Wanderland Tour was slated to kick off in the fall on November 23 in Reno, NV.

Lindsey Stirling announced her Artemis World Tour in 2019 to support her latest album.

On September 18,2019, Lindsey Stirling announced the continuation of her Christmas-themed tour from previous years.

In September 2022, Lindsey Stirling announced via social media that she would be embarking on her fourth Christmas themed tour.

In early 2023, Lindsey Stirling announced a US tour alongside Canadian band Walk Off The Earth.