Greyson Michael Chance

Greyson Michael Chance (born 1997) is a 12-year-old singer/songwriter/pianist from Edmond, Oklahoma whose April 2010 performance of "Paparazzi" at Edmond's sixth-grade music festival became a hit on YouTube in May, 2010 after the mainstream media reported that he would appear on The Ellen DeGeneres Show. By the afternoon of May 16 the video had total viewership of over 15.5 million.
Biography
Greyson Chance is a Grade 6 student attending Cheyenne Middle School in Edmond, Oklahoma, USA. He is the youngest son of parents Lisa and Scott Chance, and has a sister Alexa (16) and brother Tanner (19) both of whom also play music. Chance has had 3 years of piano lessons, but no formal vocal training. His inspiration comes from Lady Gaga and Augustana. The Paparazzi cover video, however, was posted to YouTube on April 28, 2010 and for almost two weeks the video generated low views, and did not get above 40,000 views total. Canadian blog GossipBoy.ca says it was the first external site to embed the video and mention it (on May 10). On the afternoon of May 11 Yahoo! Music reported: "As of this writing, the video has gotten more than 36,000 views so far, and he's even been invited to perform on The Ellen DeGeneres Show" (for a May 13 interview and on-air performance)., Los Angeles Times, CBS, and FOX as well as bloggers and tweeters reported word of the Ellen show and video and an online sensation was created. Chance now has many fans on online social sites such as Facebook and Twitter.
Appearances
On May 13, 2010, Greyson appeared on The Ellen DeGeneres Show to perform "Paparazzi." During his appearance, he received a surprise phone call from Lady Gaga.
Record Deal Rumoured
On May 15, CrazedHits.com, a website "tip-sheet" run by Alex Wilhelm, while citing no sources, reported that Interscope Records had signed 12-year-old Chance to a record deal. Meanwhile, Chance's parents have told the press that they "will seek opinions from people in the music industry before signing any contracts". Scott Chance is quoted post-Ellen as saying: "We want to regroup and take the weekend to study how we want to proceed. Next week we’ll make some inquiries and start interviewing some people, not to necessarily sign some deals, but get advice on what we need to do next.”.

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