Charlie Puth

Some lesser Known Facts About Charlie Puth

• His father is Catholic and has Italian, German, and Hungarian origins. His mother is Jewish.

• When Charlie Puth was two years old, he got a permanent scar on his right eyebrow from a serious dog bite.

  

• His mother introduced him to classical music and started teaching him piano when he was four years old.

• Charlie Puth began studying jazz when he was ten years old and joined a youth jazz group at the Count Basie Theatre in New Jersey at the age of twelve.

  

• After that, the Count Basie Theatre hired him to play jazz in a Charlie Brown production.

• When Charlie Puth was in sixth grade, he sold his Christmas album door-to-door and earned $600.

• In September 2009, he started a YouTube channel called Charlie Vlogs, where he posted comedy videos and cover songs. He also made theme songs and jingles for other YouTubers during this time.

• In 2010, Charlie Puth released the music video for his first song, ‘These Are My Sexy Shades.’

  

• In December 2010, he independently released his debut extended play (EP) titled The Otto Tunes.

• In 2011, Charlie Puth won an online video competition hosted by Perez Hilton with a cover of Adele‘s song ‘Someone Like You,’ performed with Emily Luther.

• After that, Ellen DeGeneres saw their performance and signed both Puth and Luther to her label, eleveneleven.

• Charlie Puth and Luther then performed ‘Someone Like You’ on The Ellen DeGeneres Show.

  

• In December 2012, he released a song titled ‘Break Again,’ with Emily Luther, along with a music video.

• On 25 January 2012, Charlie Puth and Luther performed ‘Break Again’ and ‘Need You Now’ by Lady Antebellum on The Ellen DeGeneres Show.

• In October 2012, he performed at an event for DKMS Delete Blood Cancer, a bone marrow donor organization.

• He left Ellen’s label, eleveneleven, in 2012.

• On 23 October 2013, Charlie Puth released his second independent extended play (EP) titled ‘Ego.’

• He has written the theme song for Shane Dawson’s ‘Shane and Friends’ podcast and skits.

• Charlie Puth has created the intro jingle for the SHAYTARDS videos and the theme song for Charles Trippy’s vlog ‘Internet Killed Television.’

• He has written a song for the YouTube group ‘Our 2nd Life’ and several songs for YouTuber Ricky Dillon.

• In 2014, Charlie Puth released a promotional song titled ‘L.U.V.’ with a music video, which was directed by Andrew Vallentine.

  

• In the same year, Charlie Puth co-wrote the song ‘Celebrate’ by Pitbull, which was featured in the 2014 film Penguins of Madagascar.

• In 2015, he signed with Artist Partner Group (APG) and Atlantic Records, and his earlier music was removed from iTunes.

• In February 2015, Charlie Puth released the song ‘Marvin Gaye,’ featuring Meghan Trainor. The song topped charts in New Zealand, Ireland, and the UK, and reached number 21 on the US Billboard Hot 100.

• In 2015, he co-wrote, co-produced, and was featured on Wiz Khalifa’s musical video ‘See You Again,’ a tribute to Paul Walker for the film Furious 7. Khalifa wrote the rap lyrics, while Puth wrote the rest of the song.

• The song ‘See You Again’ topped the Billboard Hot 100 for 12 non-consecutive weeks.

  

• The song “See You Again” received three Grammy nominations titled Song of the Year, Best Pop Duo/Group Performance, and Best Song Written for Visual Media. It was also nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Original Song and shortlisted for the BBC Music Awards’ Song of the Year.

• In 2015, Charlie Puth produced Trey Songz’s song ‘Slow Motion.’

• He played Meghan Trainor’s love interest in the music video of her song ‘Dear Future Husband.’

  

• On 1 May 2015, Charlie Puth released a five-song extended play (EP) titled Some Type of Love.

• In June 2015, he released the promotional song ‘Nothing but Trouble’ with Lil Wayne, for the film 808.

• In 2015, Charlie Puth co-wrote and produced songs for Jason Derulo’s album ‘Everything Is 4’ and CeeLo Green’s album ‘Heart Blanche,’ as well as co-wrote a song for Bonnie McKee’s album ‘Bombastic.’

• He launched his debut live concert, the Nine Track Mind Tour, in March 2016.

• In 2016, Charlie Puth became the first musician to sign with Deutsch Music, a subsidiary of Deutsch Inc.

• On 21 April 2017, he released ‘Attention,’ a lead song from his album ‘Voicenotes.’ The song peaked at number five on the Billboard Hot 100.

  

• His song, ‘How Long,’ was released on 5 October 2017, and peaked at number 21 on the Billboard Hot 100.

• Charlie Puth then co-produced and provided background vocals for Liam Payne’s song ‘Bedroom Floor.’

• In 2018, he was featured in the music video of the song ‘Sober’ by G-Eazy.

• In 2018, Charlie Puth released the songs ‘If You Leave Me Now’ featuring Boyz II Men, ‘Done for Me,’ featuring Kehlani, and ‘Change,’ featuring James Taylor.

• In August 2019, he released the song ‘I Warned Myself,’ followed by ‘Mother’ in September and ‘Cheating on You’ in October.

• Charlie Puth released the songs ‘Girlfriend’ and ‘Free’ for the Disney+ film ‘The One and Only Ivan’ in June 2020.

  

• At the end of 2020, he appeared in the music videos of Jvke’s song ‘Upside Down’ and Sasha Alex Sloan’s song ‘Is It Just Me?’

• On 9 July 2021, Charlie Puth co-wrote and co-produced the song ‘Stay’ by The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber, which hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100.

• In September 2021, he released the song ‘After All’ with Elton John for the album The Lockdown Sessions.

• In 2022, Charlie Puth released the songs ‘Light Switch,’ ‘That’s Hilarious,’ ‘Left and Right,’ ‘Smells Like Me,’ ‘I Don’t Think That I Like Her,’ and ‘Charlie Be Quiet!’

• In October 2022, he was featured in the music video of Calvin Harris’s song ‘Obsessed’ from his Funk Wav Bounces Vol. 2 album.

  

• On 31 March 2023, Charlie Puth released the song ‘That’s Not How This Works’ with Dan + Shay.

• In June 2023, he was featured in the music video of the song ‘Angel Pt. 2’ with Jimin, Jvke, and Muni Long for the film Fast X.

• In August 2023, Charlie Puth released the song ‘Lipstick.’

• He was featured in the music video of Stray Kids’ song ‘Lose My Breath’ in May 2024.

  

• Taylor Swift mentioned him in her 2024 song ‘The Tortured Poets Department.’ Inspired by this, Puth released the song ‘Hero’ on 24 May 2024.

• Charlie Puth enjoys surprising himself with online purchases, sometimes shopping in the early hours and forgetting what he bought. A week later, a bunch of stuff shows up, and he gets excited.

• He follows spiritual leader Sadhguru.

  

• Charlie Puth is an animal lover and has a pet dog. He often shares pictures of his pet on social media.

  

• He is often spotted enjoying alcoholic beverages on various occasions.

  

• Charlie Puth likes smoking cigarettes occasionally.