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49-711: The Voicenotes Tour was the third concert tour by American singer Charlie Puth , in support of his second studio album Voicenotes (2018). The tour began in Toronto, Canada at the Budweiser Stage on July 11, 2018, and concluded in Tokyo, Japan at the Tokyo International Forum on November 22, 2018. On December 18, 2017, Puth announced his first major headlining tour after opening for Shawn Mendes on his Illuminate World Tour . Hailee Steinfeld
98-661: A Charlie Brown production. In grade six, he went door to door selling a Christmas album called Have a Very Charlie Christmas that he had recorded and produced, making $ 600 in sales. He attended the Holy Cross School and Forrestdale Middle School in Rumson before graduating from the Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School in 2010. During his seventh grade to senior years, he attended Manhattan School of Music Pre-College as
147-488: A featured artist alongside Dan + Shay. On June 15, 2023, Puth featured on "Angel Pt. 2" alongside South Korean singer Jimin and American singers Jvke and Muni Long , which was a continuation of " Angel Pt. 1 " released for the Fast X (2023) soundtrack. On August 18, 2023, Puth released " Lipstick " as the lead single from his upcoming fourth studio album. He also featured on Stray Kids ' single " Lose My Breath ", which
196-400: A jazz piano major and a classical studies minor. Puth is a 2013 graduate of Berklee College of Music , where he majored in music production and engineering. In September 2009, Puth started his own YouTube channel, entitled Charlies Vlogs , posting comedy videos and acoustic covers. During this time, he would make theme songs and jingles for other YouTubers . In 2010, Puth released
245-453: A music video for its song "Loser". On October 21, 2022, Puth was featured alongside Shenseea on Calvin Harris's single "Obsessed" from Harris' 6th album Funk Wav Bounces Vol. 2 . On March 31, 2023, Puth released the single " That's Not How This Works ", with music duo Dan + Shay . On April 14, 2023, Puth released a remix of "That's Not How This Works" which added Sabrina Carpenter as
294-491: A solo artist in its September 2, 2017 issue, eclipsing "See You Again," which peaked at number 3 on this chart in 2015. Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. South Korean singer Ken of the boy band VIXX recorded a cover of the song and uploaded it to his YouTube Channel on April 6, 2021 American musical collective Postmodern Jukebox have also covered the song, with American singer and former American Idol contestant Casey Abrams singing
343-742: A solo artist on the Billboard Hot 100 chart to date, as well as his third single to receive a 6 × Platinum certification from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), for achieving over 6 million certified units in the States. To promote the song, Puth had his first live performance for "Attention" on The Voice on May 10, 2017, followed by performances on several shows, such as The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon , The Ellen DeGeneres Show , and The Late Late Show with James Corden . He later performed
392-546: A subsidiary of Deutsch Inc. On April 21, 2017, Puth released " Attention ", the lead single from his second studio album Voicenotes . The song peaked at number five on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming his highest-charting single on the chart as a solo artist as of April 2022. The second single from Voicenotes , " How Long ", was released on October 5, 2017, and peaked at number 21 on the Billboard Hot 100. Puth also collaborated with One Direction 's Liam Payne on
441-594: A third, "Cheating on You", in October. In early 2020, 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". However, he still worked on music in 2020. He contributed keyboard to four tracks on the Ozzy Osbourne album Ordinary Man , released on February 21, 2020. He featured on
490-482: Is Jewish . As a two-year-old, Puth's right eyebrow was permanently scarred in a nearly fatal dog bite incident. His mother introduced him to classical music and began teaching him the piano at age four. He 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. Puth was once hired by The Count Basie Theatre to play in
539-536: Is designed to replicate the brain's reaction to receiving attention. Two days later, "Attention" was officially released as the lead single of Puth's second studio album. "Attention" is a midtempo pop rock song that features elements of '80s soft- soul and funk . He also utilized the technique of Anti-Drop , where the chorus is minimalistic and hollow. Throughout the song, the singer realizes that his partner only wants to be around him for attention and other ulterior motives instead of loving him for who he is. It
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#1732793109413588-412: Is performed in the key of E♭ minor with a tempo of 100 beats per minute. Puth's vocal span from E♭3 to B♭4. Writing for Idolator , Mike Wass suggested that "Attention" is a "Song of Summer contender". He added that Charlie "is still the boy next door, just a little more jaded and a lot more willing to speak his mind." Praising the song's production, he said that "That boldness also comes through on
637-532: The 61st Annual Grammy Awards . Puth's third studio album, Charlie (2022), likewise entered the top ten and was supported by the singles " Light Switch " and " Left and Right ", both of which peaked within the top 30 of the Billboard Hot 100. Puth has done songwriting and production work with other artists throughout his career. In 2021, he co-wrote and produced the single " Stay " for Justin Bieber and
686-774: The Lennon Stella song "Summer Feelings" for the soundtrack of the Warner Bros. Pictures animated film Scoob! He released " Girlfriend " in June, contributed "Free" to the soundtrack of the Disney+ film The One and Only Ivan the same month, and released "Hard on Yourself", featuring Blackbear , in August. Finally, he featured on two remixes at the end of the year, first of the Jvke song "Upside Down" in October and then of
735-589: The Sasha Alex Sloan song "Is It Just Me?" in November. On July 9, 2021, the Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber released the single " Stay ", the lead single of Laroi's mixtape F*CK LOVE 3+: OVER YOU , which was co-written and co-produced by Puth. The song reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming Laroi's first single, Bieber's eighth single, and Puth's first non-performing production to top
784-449: The Kid Laroi , becoming his first non-performing production to peak the Billboard Hot 100. Charles Otto Puth Jr. was born December 2, 1991, in Rumson, New Jersey , to Debra, a music teacher who also wrote commercials for HBO , and Charles Otto Puth Sr., a builder and real estate agent. He has two younger siblings, twins Stephen and Mikaela. Their father is Catholic of Italian , German and Hungarian descent and their mother
833-610: The US Billboard Hot 100 for 12 non-consecutive weeks, received diamond certification from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), and earned him a Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song nomination, along with three nominations at the 58th Annual Grammy Awards , including Song of the Year . "Marvin Gaye" served as the lead single for Puth's debut studio album, Nine Track Mind (2016), which peaked within
882-401: The chart. In September 2021, Puth released "After All" with Elton John as part of John's album The Lockdown Sessions . The same month, he started documenting on TikTok a process of "combin[ing] a seemingly random bunch of thoughts and noises made with different objects into a pop song", which went viral on the platform; this led to the release of " Light Switch " on January 20, 2022, as
931-688: The charts in New Zealand, Ireland, and the United Kingdom, and peaked at number 21 on the US Billboard Hot 100 . 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. While Khalifa wrote the rap lyrics, the rest of the song has been credited to Puth. The song peaked at number one on the Hot 100 chart for 12 non-consecutive weeks. "See You Again"
980-482: The couple is engaged, and they married in September 2024. Headlining Co-headlining Supporting Attention (Charlie Puth song) " Attention " is a song recorded and produced by American singer-songwriter Charlie Puth for his second studio album Voicenotes (2018). It was written by Puth and Jacob Kasher . A midtempo pop rock track with elements of 1980s soft- soul and funk music,
1029-454: The first single from his third studio album, Charlie . This was followed by " That's Hilarious " in April and " Left and Right " featuring Jungkook in June. On July 7, Puth revealed Charlie 's cover art and its release date. " Smells Like Me ", "I Don't Think That I Like Her", and "Charlie Be Quiet!" were all released in September. Charlie was released on October 7 along with
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#17327931094131078-445: The last five presidential administrations,” in addition to writing that “the deafening response to every close-up camera shot of the star’s face or body wasn’t far from how diehards manically cheer for his slightly more famous constituents Justin Bieber, Shawn Mendes and Harry Styles”. David Peng, from Young Post of South China Morning Post , praised Puth's vocals, describing them as “sweet and soft” with “his sound so clear it rivaled
1127-454: The music video for her song " Dear Future Husband ", released in March 2015. In the video, she meets Puth on an online dating service and he comes to Trainor's home with a carryout pizza, which succeeds in impressing her. On May 1, 2015, Puth released a five-song extended play, Some Type of Love . In June 2015, he released the promotional single " Nothing but Trouble " with Lil Wayne , from
1176-536: The music video of his first song, "These Are My Sexy Shades". In December 2010, he released his debut extended play, The Otto Tunes , an independent release. In 2011, he won an online video competition sponsored by Perez Hilton , Can You Sing? , with a version of Adele 's " Someone like You ", which he performed with Emily Luther. In the same year Ellen DeGeneres announced that she had signed Puth and Luther to her label, eleveneleven , after seeing their performance of "Someone like You". Puth and Luther had performed
1225-453: The otherwise pretty simple staging feel vast”, in addition to noting the “quirky commentary” between performances, Puth's “dad moves” during performances, and his “inspiring level of confidence” while shirtless. Bobby Olivier from NJ.com , described Puth as having “a severe case of pop star personality disorder”, praised Puth's use of a keytar as him having “played the hell out of an instrument in which no pop artist has seriously dabbled for
1274-408: The partner again at his apartment. Upon its release, "Attention" received widely positive reviews from music critics for its "slick" and "groove-injected" production, further applauding the track as a more refined, mature and polished musical representation for Puth, compared to his previous releases. Commercially, the song was an international success and became one of Puth's signature songs, reaching
1323-501: The production, which Charlie handled himself, chugging along with chunky bass and faint traces of disco." Lars Brandle of Billboard described it as "polished" and "groove-injected." The official music video was released on April 24, 2017, on YouTube. It was filmed in Hollywood Hills and directed by Emil Nava . Cameras capture Puth brooding at the club while scoping out a blond girl, played by Samara Weaving . Throughout
1372-638: The promotional single "L.U.V." The music video was directed by Andrew Vallentine. In the same year, he co-wrote the song "Celebrate" by Pitbull , included in his eighth studio album Globalization and featured in the 2014 Dreamworks Animation film Penguins of Madagascar . In early 2015, Puth signed with APG / Atlantic , and his previous records were removed from iTunes . In February 2015, Puth released his debut single " Marvin Gaye ", which features American singer-songwriter Meghan Trainor . The single has been certified 2× Platinum in Australia, topped
1421-414: The record label eleveneleven in 2011 after performing on The Ellen DeGeneres Show , during which he contributed songwriting and production work for other artists. Puth signed to Atlantic Records and Artist Partner Group to release his debut single, " Marvin Gaye " (featuring Meghan Trainor ) in 2015. Later that year, he guest performed on Wiz Khalifa 's single " See You Again ", which peaked atop
1470-505: The second single " One Call Away ". The song peaked at number 12 in the United States, 26 in the United Kingdom and 4 in Australia. By June 2017 the song had sold 1,575,475 copies domestically. Puth released a remix for the song, entitled "One Call Away (Coast to Coast Mix)", featuring American rapper Tyga , American singers Ty Dolla Sign and Brett Eldredge and Mexican singer Sofia Reyes . His debut album, Nine Track Mind ,
1519-446: The single " Bedroom Floor ", which he co-produced and provided background vocals for. In 2018, he was featured on G-Eazy 's single " Sober ". On January 4, 2018, Puth released the first promotional single from Voicenotes , " If You Leave Me Now " featuring Boyz II Men . Puth also announced that he would be pushing the release date to May 11, 2018, from its original release date of January 19, 2018. On March 15, 2018, " Done for Me "
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1568-471: The song finds Puth singing about how he realizes his partner was "just want[ing] attention" from him instead of loving him. It was released digitally through Artist Partner Group and Atlantic Records on April 21, 2017, and later serviced to the radio on May 2, serving as the album's lead single . An accompanying music video was released on April 24, 2017, featuring Puth brooding at the club while scoping out his former partner, later returning home and finding
1617-590: The song on The Ellen DeGeneres Show on the October 10, 2017 episode, then on The Late Late Show with James Corden on October 11, 2017. "Attention" has peaked at number five on the Billboard Hot 100 , making it Puth's third top ten single, his highest-charting as a lead artist, and his first top 5 hit on the chart since " See You Again ". He also led the Radio Songs all-format airplay chart for four weeks. On Billboard's Dance/Mix Show Airplay , "Attention" gave Puth his first number-one on this chart as
1666-514: The song on his third headlining concert tour, titled Voicenotes Tour , throughout 2018. The original idea of "Attention" began to develop in 2016 when Puth started to record bits of the song while he was on tour in Japan. Puth premiered the song in an "immersive music exhibit" in Los Angeles called "The Attention Room" on April 19. The pop-up installation features an LED "infinity tunnel" and
1715-587: The song on the show. In December 2012 he released a promotional single, "Break Again", with additional vocals by Emily Luther. The music video was released days later. On January 25, 2012, Puth and Luther performed the song and Lady Antebellum 's " Need You Now " on The Ellen DeGeneres Show . Puth also performed at an event supporting DKMS Delete Blood Cancer , the world's largest bone marrow donor center, in October 2012. Puth left eleveneleven in late 2012. On October 23, 2013, he released his second independent extended play, Ego , to streaming online . Puth
1764-490: The song, he realizes that she only wants to be around him for attention and other ulterior motives instead of loving him for who he is. The music video has over 1.4 billion views on YouTube as of January 2023. The song has been used on its first day of release in a popular Snapchat filter. Puth performed "Attention" live for the first time on The Voice on May 10, 2017. He also performed it on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on May 18, 2017. He later performed
1813-481: The soundtrack to the documentary 808: The Movie . During 2015, Puth worked on several albums of other artists. He co-wrote and produced the "Broke" and "Pull Up" for Jason Derulo 's album Everything Is 4 , co-wrote "Bombastic" with Bonnie McKee from the album of the same title , and produced "Working Class Heroes (Work)" on CeeLo Green 's album Heart Blanche . Pre-orders for Puth's debut studio album Nine Track Mind began on August 20, 2015, along with
1862-407: The studio-recorded version”. This set list is from the show in Toronto on July 11, 2018, and is not intended to represent all concerts for the tour. Encore Charlie Puth Charles Otto Puth Jr. ( / p uː θ / ; born December 2, 1991) is an American singer and songwriter. His initial exposure came through the viral success of his song covers uploaded to YouTube. Puth signed with
1911-465: The top ten of both the Billboard 200 and UK Albums Chart . Its single, " We Don't Talk Anymore " (featuring Selena Gomez ), peaked at number nine on the Billboard Hot 100. His second album, Voicenotes (2018), was met with a critical incline and similar commercial success. The album spawned the top-five single " Attention ", and received a nomination for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical at
1960-470: The top-ten in over twenty countries, including Australia, Belgium, Canada, Croatia, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Lebanon, Malaysia, New Zealand, the Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States, where it peaked at number five for three non-consecutive weeks. By this, the song became his highest and longest charting entry as
2009-539: The window pretty much every day—it's just not what I'm used to, and I don't think I'm ever going to be used to it, and my therapy is to just put melody to it and sing it." Puth started collaborating with clothing brand Hollister Co. in 2017. He said that Justin Bieber 's "viral leap into superstardom as a result of YouTube" influenced him to attempt the same. In 2022, he began dating Brooke Sansone, an old family friend. On December 2, Puth made it official on his Instagram account. On September 7, 2023, he confirmed
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2058-541: Was announced as the opening act. The tour dates were announced and set to take place in 32 different cities in North America. On June 27, 2018, several dates were announced for Asia where the tour would be produced by Live Nation Asia . The tour received positive reviews. Taylor Weatherby from Billboard praised the stage setup, writing that “the angled backdrop includes two massive screens that flash between Charlie, mesmerizing light shows and crowd shots, making
2107-465: Was bullied at school. He said, "They would team up against me so bad and they would kick me in a place that wouldn't feel fantastic and I would need to throw up and they would then say I was pretending to throw up." On On Air with Ryan Seacrest he said he had a nervous breakdown from "just being overworked—and I'm in my head a lot and that, in combination with jetlag and, you know, the self-realization that I am getting more famous and my privacy goes out
2156-604: Was credited with the production and writing of songs and jingles for fellow YouTube personalities . He 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 . In 2014 he released
2205-674: Was nominated for three Grammy Awards : Song of the Year , Best Pop Duo/Group Performance and Best Song Written for Visual Media . It was also shortlisted for the Song of the Year for the BBC Music Awards and was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song at the 73rd Golden Globe Awards . He produced the song " Slow Motion " for Trey Songz and has arranged sessions with Jason Derulo and Lil Wayne . Puth starred as Meghan Trainor's love interest in
2254-414: Was released as the third single from Voicenotes . The song features singer Kehlani . The song also peaked at No. 53 on the Billboard Hot 100. On March 25, 2018, Puth released the fourth single " Change " featuring James Taylor . A day earlier, Puth sang the song at the March for Our Lives event in Los Angeles. The album also features the songs " The Way I Am " the fifth single off the album. Voicenotes
2303-416: Was released on January 29, 2016. The album debuted at number three in the United Kingdom. The album itself peaked at number 6 on the Billboard 200 . It also received a score of 37 out of 100 on Metacritic , becoming the 15th worst-reviewed album on the site. Puth embarked his debut live concert, Nine Track Mind Tour, in March 2016. In 2016, Puth was the first musician to sign a deal with Deutsch Music,
2352-436: Was released on May 10, 2024. 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. Encouraged by this shoutout, Puth released the single "Hero" on May 24 of that year. On November 8, 2024, he released a song titled "December 25th". Growing up, Puth
2401-549: Was released on May 11, 2018, to generally positive reviews from critics; it debuted and peaked at number four on the US Billboard 200 with 58,000 album-equivalent units , of which 39,000 were pure album sales. Puth embarked on the Voicenotes Tour in 2018, with Hailee Steinfeld as a special guest. In August 2019, Puth released " I Warned Myself "; another single, " Mother ", was released in September, and
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