Chelsea Cutler
Chelsea Cutler (born February 11, 1997)[1] is an American singer, songwriter, and producer from Westport, Connecticut. She released her debut studio album, How to Be Human, in January 2020 through Republic Records. It peaked at number 23 on the Billboard 200 chart.
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Born | February 11, 1997 |
Origin | Westport, Connecticut, U.S. |
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Website | https://www.chelseacutler.com/ |
Early life and education
Chelsea Cutler was born[2] and raised in Westport, Connecticut.[3] She played acoustic instruments as a child and moved into electronic music production in high school.[4] While still in high school in 2014, Cutler began posting covers and original songs on her SoundCloud.[5] She continued posting music to her SoundCloud while attending Amherst College in Massachusetts, where she also played soccer.[4] Cutler later decided to drop out of college to pursue music full-time after she was offered a support role on Quinn XCII's national tour in the spring of 2018.[6]
Career
By 2017, several of Cutler's songs (including "Your Shirt") garnered numerous streams[4] and led to collaborations that year with acts like Louis the Child ("Slow Down Love"), ayokay ("The Shine"),[6] Kidswaste ("Tonight"),[7] and Kasbo ("Found You").[8] She signed a record deal with Ultra Records in late 2017 and released her first EP, Snow In October.[4] After touring with Quinn XCII in early 2018, Cutler released two independent mixtapes, Sleeping With Roses and Sleeping With Roses II.[9] She also went on her first two nationwide headlining tours in support of each mixtape, both of which sold out in advance.[10]
In March 2019, she signed to Republic Records[11] and released a joint EP, brent, with friend and label-mate Jeremy Zucker shortly after.[12] The EP features the single "you were good to me", which they performed live on The Today Show.[13] In May 2019, Cutler collaborated with Kygo on the single, "Not OK".[14] It became her third collaboration (after "Slow Down Love" and "The Shine") to appear on the Billboard Dance/Electronic Songs chart, peaking at number 9.[15]
In late 2019, Cutler began releasing new singles, including "How To Be Human"[16] and "Lucky" (featuring Alexander 23).[17] Along with "Sad Tonight", the songs served as the primary singles for her debut studio album, How To Be Human, released on January 17, 2020 by Republic Records.[11] On January 23, 2020 she performed the lead single, "Sad Tonight", on Late Night With Seth Meyers.[18] That song became Cutler's first entry on the Billboard Mainstream Top 40 airplay chart, peaking at number 32 in March 2020.[19] In April 2020, she was featured alongside Quinn XCII on the Louis the Child track, "Little Things".[20]
Cutler was also slated to perform at Coachella 2020,[21] which was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[22] In June 2020, she released a version of her song "Crazier Things" which features Noah Kahan.[23]
Discography
Studio albums
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How to Be Human |
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23 | 51 |
Mixtapes
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Sleeping With Roses |
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Sleeping With Roses II |
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EPs
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Snow In October |
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brent (with Jeremy Zucker) |
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Singles
As lead artist
Title | Year | Peaks | Certifications | Album | ||||||||||
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US Pop [19] | ||||||||||||||
"Your Shirt" | 2016 | — | Snow in October | |||||||||||
"The Reason" | 2018 | — | Sleeping With Roses | |||||||||||
"Cold Showers" | — | Sleeping With Roses II | ||||||||||||
"you were good to me" (with Jeremy Zucker) |
2019 | — | brent | |||||||||||
"Lucky" (featuring Alexander 23) |
— | How to Be Human | ||||||||||||
"How to Be Human" | — | |||||||||||||
"Sad Tonight" | 2020 | 32 | ||||||||||||
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
As featured artist
Title | Year | Peaks | Certifications | Album | ||||||||||
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US Dance [15] | ||||||||||||||
"Flare Guns" (Quinn XCII featuring Chelsea Cutler) |
2017 | — | The Story of Us | |||||||||||
"Slow Down Love" (Louis the Child featuring Chelsea Cutler) |
42 | Love Is Alive | ||||||||||||
"The Shine" (ayokay with Chelsea Cutler) |
50 | Non-album single | ||||||||||||
"Not OK" (Kygo with Chelsea Cutler) |
2019 | 9 | Non-album single | |||||||||||
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
References
- cutler, chelsea (2020-02-11). "i'm 23!". @chelseacutler. Retrieved 2020-02-15.
- Rollings, Michaela (25 October 2017). "Meet The Next Generation Of Music Superstars". Refinery29. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
- Pennington, Juliet (20 February 2020). "Rosary beads in hand, this singer-songwriter is ready to hit the road". Boston Globe. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
- Amaral, Sarah (13 April 2018). "CHELSEA CUTLER'S RISE FROM SOCCER PLAYER TO SOUNDCLOUD STAR WAS ONLY THE BEGINNING". OC Weekly. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
- Semmel, Sierra (29 October 2018). "Chelsea Cutler: the rise of an indie-pop icon". Maine Campus. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
- Engelman, Nicole (13 November 2018). "Chelsea Cutler On Her New Mixtape & Staying Grounded: 'Who You Are Isn't What You're Posting' Online". Billboard. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
- Farley, Jordan (8 November 2017). "Kidswaste And Manila Killa Team Up With Chelsea Cutler For Sparkling New Single "Tonight"". Run The Trap. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
- "Kasbo & Chelsea Cutler Are Adorably Radiant on 'Found You': Premiere". Billboard. 4 April 2017. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
- "REVIEW: CHELSEA CUTLER ACHIEVES BALANCE ON 'SLEEPING WITH ROSES II'". MTSU Sidelines. 11 November 2018. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
- Cain, Felicity (17 January 2020). "Chelsea Cutler is Navigating Her Twenties Through Music". L'Officiel. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
- "Chelsea Cutler Breaks Down Her Vulnerable Debut Album 'How to Be Human': Exclusive". Billboard. 17 January 2020. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
- Arunarsirakul, Alissa (6 May 2019). "Jeremy Zucker & Chelsea Cutler Reflect on Fluctuating Relationships in Melancholic 'brent' EP". Ones to Watch. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
- Cain, Felicity (16 April 2020). "Jeremy Zucker is the 2020 Tumblr Boy That You Should Be Listening to Now". L'Officiel. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
- "Kygo & Chelsea Cutler Dance Away The Blues On 'Not Ok': Listen". Billboard. 23 May 2019. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
- "Chelsea Cutler - Chart History - Hot Dance/Electronic Songs". Billboard. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
- Aniftos, Rania (16 August 2019). "Chelsea Cutler Unveils New Single 'How to Be Human': Listen". Billboard. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
- Casteel, Beth (1 November 2019). "Chelsea Cutler shares hopeful new track "Lucky"". Substream Magazine. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
- "VIDEO: Chelsea Cutler Performs 'Sad Tonight' on LATE NIGHT WITH SETH MEYERS". Broadway World. 24 January 2020. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
- "Chelsea Cutler - Chart History - Mainstream Top 40". Billboard. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
- Thomas, Langston (3 April 2020). "Louis The Child Enlist Quinn XCII & Chelsea Cutler To Appreciate The "Little Things"". This Song is Sick. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
- "Coachella Lineup 2020". Coachella. Archived from the original on March 20, 2017. Retrieved March 11, 2020.
- CNN, Madeline Holcombe. "Coachella and Stagecoach festivals canceled over concerns about coronavirus spread". CNN. Retrieved 2020-07-22.
- "Chelsea Cutler Taps Noah Kahan For "Crazier Things" Update". idolator. 2020-06-29. Retrieved 2020-07-22.
- "Chelsea Cutler - Chart History - Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
- "Chelsea Cutler - Chart History - Billboard Canadian Albums". Billboard. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
- "Gold & Platinum - Chelsea Cutler". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 23 July 2020.