Cody Simpson

Cody R. Simpson[2] (born 11 January 1997)[3] is an Australian singer, songwriter, dancer, actor and model.[4]

Cody Simpson
Background information
Birth nameCody R. Simpson
Born (1997-01-11) 11 January 1997
Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Singer
  • songwriter
  • dancer
  • actor
  • model
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • guitar
  • ukulele
  • piano
Years active2009–present
Labels
Websitecodysimpson.com

Since his debut, he has released three solo studio albums: Paradise (2012), Surfers Paradise (2013), and Free (2015).

He had portrayed the lead role of Dmitry in the Broadway musical Anastasia from November 2018 through April 2019.[5] The same year he won the first season of The Masked Singer Australia.[6]

Early life

Simpson was born on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, to Brad and Angie Simpson. He attended All Saints Anglican School[7] throughout his upbringing and was a talented swimmer in his younger years. Simpson trained at the Miami Swimming Club under coach Ken Nixon[8] and won two gold medals at the 2009 Queensland Swimming Championships.[9] His mother Angie also worked as a volunteer at the swimming club.[10] He has two younger siblings, Tom and Alli.[11]

Simpson began to record songs in his bedroom during the summer of 2009 on YouTube, performing "I'm Yours" by Jason Mraz,[12] "Cry Me a River"[13] and "Señorita"[14] by Justin Timberlake, "I Want You Back" by The Jackson 5,[15] and his own songs, "One"[16] and "Perfect".[17] He was subsequently discovered on YouTube by Shawn Campbell.

Career

Music

2009–11: Career beginnings, 4 U, and Coast to Coast
Simpson performing at the Nevada Wild Fest outside the Rio in Las Vegas, Nevada 25 October 2012.

Simpson's rise to recognition was featured on The 7.30 Report in December 2009.[18] He released his debut single, "iYiYi" (which features American rapper Flo Rida), on 15 May 2010. The music video for Simpson's second single, "Summertime", was released on 20 September 2010.[19] Simpson relocated to Los Angeles in June 2010 with his family to record his songs with Atlantic Records' Shawn Campbell.[20] That same month, Simpson appeared on Sunrise.[21] On 22 June 2010, it was announced that Simpson would participate in the Camplified 2010 Tour, along with other artists, touring across the United States. The tour began on 5 July 2010 and ended on 14 August 2010.[22] Other tours that year included a middle school tour that took place from October–November 2010 and covered 9 U.S states.[23] An EP, 4 U was released on 21 December 2010. The EP included five tracks in total, four of them being previously unreleased.[24] Simpson recorded a remake of the song "I Want Candy" by The Strangeloves as the main theme song for the Easter-themed live-action/CGI-animated film Hop. In May 2011, Simpson was "egged" during a live performance at Westfield Miranda in Sydney. Simpson told Australian radio show The Kyle & Jackie O Show that he was not in fact hit by the eggs, and that he was upset on behalf of his fans because the remainder of his show was cancelled because of security concerns.[25] He then started the Waiting 4U tour with American singer Greyson Chance on 9 April in Ivins, Utah. The tour ended on 18 May 2011, in Portland, Oregon.

Coast to Coast was released on 20 September 2011 by Atlantic Records. It reached number 12 on Billboard 200 selling 24,000 copies.[26] On 23 April 2011, Simpson released the single "On My Mind". On 5 August 2011, he performed on The Today Show.[27] The following day, Simpson started his Coast to Coast Mall Tour in Lake Grove, New York to promote his second EP. He played nine dates around the United States and finished it in Orange, California on 18 September 2011.[28] On 22 September, it was announced that Cody Simpson hired Justin Bieber's manager, Scooter Braun, as his own.[29][30] In December 2011, The Wish Factory released a Cody Simpson doll in two formats.[31]

2012–14: Paradise, Surfers Paradise and Dancing with the Stars
Simpson performing in Montreal in 2013

On 12 June 2012, Simpson released an EP titled Preview to Paradise containing four songs from his upcoming debut studio album, Paradise,[32] which was released on 2 October 2012.[33] In February 2013, Simpson toured Europe, doing his own tour dates as well as supporting Justin Bieber on many of the European Believe tour dates. Surfers Paradise, which was released on 16 July 2013, is Simpson's first album to debut in the top 10 of the Billboard 200. During summer of 2013, Simpson headlined the Paradise Tour, featuring opening acts Ryan Beatty and Before You Exit. On 19 November 2013, Simpson released an acoustic album called The Acoustic Sessions, featuring the songs "Pretty Brown Eyes", "All Day", "La Da Dee", "Wish U Were Here", and a cover of "Please Come Home for Christmas" recorded acoustically.

On 4 March 2014, Simpson was announced as one of the celebrities to participate on the 18th season of Dancing with the Stars during ABC's Good Morning America. He was partnered with professional dancer Witney Carson.[34] He was eliminated on Week 5 of the competition and finished in 9th place.[35]

From 30 June 2014 to 14 July 2014 Simpson did an acoustic tour through Europe with singer Jackson Harris.[36]

In August 2014 Simpson announced he had departed Warner/Atlantic. He cited creative differences as the reason for his departure and as a result is currently unsigned.[37]

2015–2018: Free, Cody Simpson and the Tide, and Wave One

Simpson's album Free was scheduled to be released on 23 June 2015[38] then was pushed back to 10 July.[39] Simpson performed the first single, "Flower" on Good Morning America on 6 February 2015.[40] It is his first album as an independent artist since leaving Atlantic Records to create his own label, Coast House.[41] The album was produced by Cisco Adler and includes songwriting collaborations with G. Love and Donavon Frankenreiter. John Mayer served as a sounding board.[42] Cody performed his single "New Problems" on NBC's Today show on 13 July 2015.[43] On 1 November 2015 it has been reported that Cody took a break from his long term solo career to start up a new band with his close mates Adrian Cota and Khari Mateen.[44]

In 2017, Simpson formed a new band billed as Cody Simpson and the Tide, making their debut with the single "Waiting for the Tide."[45] Cody and the Tide is composed of Cody Simpson on vocals and guitar, Adrian Cota on drums and Shareef "Reef" Addo on bass.[46] Cody and the Tide released their debut EP, entitled Wave One, in the fall of 2017. The music is a blend of pop, rock, blues, and surf-rock genres. The band used their varying influences and music tastes to create Wave One. In their four-track EP, Simpson sings of love, unity, environmentalism and ocean conservation. The EP's debut single, "Waiting for the Tide," was inspired by a poem Simpson wrote that tackled topics such as rising water levels and ocean conservation.[46] In August 2018, the band released "Underwater" music video song.[47] In October, Cody and the Tide went on a short tour of southern California to perform their EP.[48] In early 2019, after almost three years together, the band split up.

2019–present: Return to solo work

After parting ways with his band and focusing on his solo career again, Simpson released the song Golden Thing he wrote for Miley Cyrus on 18 October 2019 which crossed over 1 million views on Spotify.[49] In the same year, he participated on The Masked Singer Australia, as the "Robot" and went on to win the show.[50] He's set to release his upcoming full-length solo album which will cover pop, rock, and urban songs in 2020.[51]

Acting

In 2014, he made his television debut by making a cameo in a sitcom Instant Mom.[52] In 2015, Simpson guest starred on the American television sitcom Cougar Town, portraying Pete, a high school student.[53] In the same year he booked a role in Nickelodeon's film One Crazy Cruise where he played the love interest of Kira Kosarin's character Ellie Jensen-Bauer and starred as himself.[54] In late 2017, Simpson was cast in the supporting role in Bret Easton Ellis' thriller film, The Smiley Face Killers opposite actor Crispin Glover.[55][56] In October 2018, he debuted on Theatre when he was cast in the Broadway musical Anastasia as the leading male character Dmitry, alongside John Bolton and Christy Altomare.[57]

Other works

In 2012, he was a brand ambassador of Build-A-Bear Workshop.[58] A year later, he became a brand ambassador for Teen Cancer America.[59] In June 2017, he was named the first United Nations Development Programme advocate for oceans.[60] In the month of August, he was named one of Bonds brand ambassador for Home Grown campaign.[61] He also featured in Stellar.[61] In 2019, he revealed that he is a member of the University of Southern California (USC)'s Trojan Swim Elite team.[62] He is signed with IMG Models.[63][64] His book "Prince Neptune" is set to release in April 2020.[65] In February 2020, he had appeared in Australia's new Bonds "WeGotsYou" campaign.[66] He is signed with the talent agency ICM Partners.[67]

Personal life

Cody Simpson publicly dated Gigi Hadid from 2013–2015.[68] In October 2019, he announced his relationship with Miley Cyrus.[69]

He has tattoos on his body: left forearm of his record label representing sun, water, and earth, large anchor on his right hand, large sun below his right shoulder, 'Old man river' on his arm, skull and crossbones inked on his chest, Elvis Presley thumb-sized drawing on his forearm.[70][71]

In August 2020, Simpson and Cyrus announced that they had broken up, although they will still remain friends.[72]

Filmography
YearTitleRoleNotes
2011 So Random! Himself – Performer Musical guest singing "All Day"
PrankStars Himself Episode, "Walk the Prank", alongside host Mitchel Musso and Zendaya
N.B.T (Next Big Thing) Guest star
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition Episode, "The Walker Family"
2012 Bucket & Skinner's Epic Adventures Himself – Performer Episode, "Epic Break-up"
Finding Cody Himself Lead role
Punk'd Victim
Figure It Out Contestant
Cupcake Wars Guest/Judge
2013 Ridiculousness Episode "Cody Simpson", Season 3 Episode 19
Golden Balls Episode 289 Runner-up
AwesomenessTV Episode "Zay Zay and Jo Jo's Halloween Tips", Guest Host
2014 Instant Mom Episode 14: "A Kids' Choice"
Dancing with the Stars Contestant on season 18
2015 One Crazy Cruise Cody Simpson
Cougar Town Pete Season 6, Episode 7[73]
2018–2019 Anastasia (musical) Dmitry Lead role
2019 The Masked Singer (Australia) Robot Contestant / Winner[74]
2020 Smiley Face Killers Post-production

Discography
Main article: Cody Simpson discography
Studio albums
Extended plays
  • 4 U (2010)
  • Coast to Coast (2011)
  • Wave One (2017)
  • Wave Two (2018)
  • B-Sides (2018)
  • B-Sides: We Had (2019)
  • B-Sides: Part the Seas (2019)
  • Untitled Album (2020)

Tours

Headlining

Co-headlining

Promotional

  • Coast to Coast Mall Tour (2011)

Opening act

Awards and nominations
Year Type Award Result
2010 Nickelodeon Australian Kids Choice Awards 2010 Fresh Aussie Musos Won
2010 Breakthrough of the Year Awards Breakthrough Internet Sensation Won
2012 2012 Kids' Choice Awards Favorite Aussie Superstar Won
2013 Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards Aussie's Favorite Homegrown Act Won
2013 Radio Disney Music Awards Best Male Artist Nominated
2013 Radio Disney Music Awards Best Crush Song Nominated
2013 Radio Disney Music Awards Fiercest Fans Nominated
2013 Young Hollywood Awards Role Model Award Won
2013 MTV Europe Music Awards Best Australia Act Won
2013 MTV Europe Music Awards Best Worldwide Act Nominated
2013 MTV Europe Music Awards Artist on the Rise Nominated
2014 2014 Kids' Choice Awards Favorite Aussie Homegrown Act Won
2014 Radio Disney Music Awards Best Male Artist Nominated
2014 Radio Disney Music Awards Song That Makes You Smile Nominated
2014 World Music Awards World's Best Male Artist Nominated
2014 Teen Choice Awards Choice Music Breakout Artist Nominated
2014 Oz Artist of the Year Himself Nominated
2015 Huading Awards International Male Artist Won
2015 GQ Men of the Year Awards International Sensation Won
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