Gabbie Hanna

Gabrielle Jeannette Hanna (born February 7, 1991) is an American Internet personality, singer-songwriter, author, and actress. She started her career on the short form video service Vine, under the name The Gabbie Show, then started a YouTube channel with the same name a year later; both were nominated for awards. She won a Streamy Award for storyteller in 2018. Hanna released a poetry book titled Adultolescence in September 2017 and another, Dandelion, is due to be released in October 2020. She ventured into the music industry with her debut single "Out Loud" (2017), and has released multiple singles and two EPs as of 2020. Her debut extended play, 2WayMirror, was released on May 31, 2019, and her second EP, Bad Karma was released on May 15, 2020.[3]

Gabbie Hanna
Hanna in 2019
Born
Gabrielle Jeannette Hanna

(1991-02-07) February 7, 1991
New Castle, Pennsylvania, U.S.
EducationUniversity of Pittsburgh (BA)
Occupation
Years active2013–present
Musical career
Genres
Associated acts
YouTube information
Channel
Genre
Subscribers
  • 6.07 million (main)
  • 1.53 million (vlog)
  • 57.2 thousand (podcast)
Total views
  • 1 billion (main)
  • 198.5 million (vlog)
  • 2.9 million (podcast)
Associated acts
100,000 subscribers 2015
(main)

2016
(vlog)
1,000,000 subscribers 2016
(main)

2017
(vlog)

Updated July 17, 2020

Early life

Hanna was born in New Castle, Pennsylvania. She has six siblings and is of Lebanese, French, and Polish descent.[4][5] In 2013, Hanna graduated from the University of Pittsburgh with a degree in psychology and communications.[6] After college, she worked for a marketing company that sold products out of a Sam's Club; she became the top salesperson in the U.S. for the company and moved to Cleveland, Ohio, to help start a new branch of the company. However, she departed after realizing that they relied on a pyramid scheme.[7] Hanna subsequently moved to Los Angeles, California, to pursue an acting career and focus on her role as a social media influencer.

Career

2013–2016: Vine and YouTube success

Hanna began uploading skits to Vine in late 2013 and later gained recognition for her activity on the Vine app where she accumulated around five million followers.[6] In 2014, she set up a YouTube channel under the name The Gabbie Show, which was changed to Gabbie Hanna in 2017. In 2015, Hanna and partner Matt Steffanina won the fourth season of the dance competition web-series Dance Showdown.[8] After college, Hanna moved to Los Angeles, California, to work with internet media company BuzzFeed, but eventually left to focus on her YouTube and Vine platforms. She later created a second YouTube channel, The Gabbie Vlogs (changed to More Gabbie Hanna in 2019), which has gained over 1.5 million subscribers and nearly 200 million views as of July 2020.[9] After Vine shut down in 2016, Hanna focused on YouTube.[10][11] Meanwhile, she was nominated for two Teen Choice Awards — Choice Web Star: Female and Choice Viner.[12] In late 2016, Hanna joined the lip sync tour Drop the Mic alongside other YouTubers.[13]

2017–2018: Acting, music, and Adultolescence

In 2017, Hanna released a book of poetry, Adultolescence (2017).[14][15] Around the same time, she premiered her debut single "Out Loud"[16][17] along with its music video and announced plans to release an album.[18] A few months later, Creative Artists Agency signed Hanna and she joined MTV's social media team.[19] In June 2017, Hanna joined the main cast of web series Escape the Night as the vaudevillian and appeared in seven episodes.[20][21] She co-hosted the revival of Total Request Live in October 2017.[22] In November 2017, she released a non-album single "Satellite" with an accompanying lyrics video.[23] However, the song was removed from all platforms years later.

In January 2018, Hanna was nominated for YouTuber of the Year at the 10th Shorty Awards[24] and for the Social Star Award at the 2018 iHeartRadio Music Awards.[25] Hanna released her third single "Honestly" and its encore "Honestly (Encore)" in August 2018.[26] "Honestly" gained minor success in the United States, where it peaked at number 21 on Billboard's Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart.[27] She released the single "Monster" and its encore "Monster (Reborn)" in October.[28] At the 8th Annual Streamy Awards, Hanna won an award for Storyteller and was nominated for First Person and Audience Choice: Creator of the Year.[29]

On a 2018 interview on Genius' Verified, she sang her song "Monster" a cappella[30] but due to technical errors, the microphone was unable to filter her voice properly. Fans spliced in clips, including vines and voice distortions, at the point of technical error to create a meme.[31] Hanna has since released merchandise showcasing her singing face during the meme.[32]

2019–present: 2WayMirror and Bad Karma

On February 2, 2019, Hanna released "Medicate", the first single from her debut extended play titled 2WayMirror.[33] On May 31, 2019, 2WayMirror was released,[34] alongside the music video for "Butterflies", the second single from the EP.[35] The project's high sales allowed Hanna to peak at number 5 on Billboard's Top Emerging Artists chart.[36] On June 7, 2019, Hanna released the music video for "Perfect Day (A True Story)",[37] and on August 17, 2019, Hanna released the music video for "Pillowcase".[38]

Hanna reprised her role in the fourth season of Escape the Night and portrayed a Hollywood Star.[39] She was nominated for Choice Comedy Web Star at the 2019 Teen Choice Awards.[40] Hanna headlined at the inaugural Patreon Assembly on November 2, 2019.[41]

On November 16, 2019, Hanna released the music video for her song "Broken Girls".[42] Ten days later, Hanna released the debut episode of her podcast, Unfollow Your Dreams (formerly named Box Of Thoughts), co-hosted by Irene Walton.

On April 11, 2020, Hanna announced the preorder of her second EP, Bad Karma. The first single from the EP, "Dandelion", was released on April 17, 2020,[43] and the second single, "Glass House", was released on May 1, 2020.[44] The EP was released on May 15, 2020.[3]

Personal life

Residence

On July 3, 2019, Hanna announced she purchased a new house for US $2.2 million. It was revealed months later that the house was previously owned by actor Rhys Darby.[45]

Filmography

Film, television and web series
Year Film / Show / Web Role Notes
2014 Access Hollywood Herself 1 episode
2014–15 Sanders Shorts Friend, girlfriend 2 episodes
2015 Anxt Herself Full series
Teens Wanna Know Herself 1 episode
Dance Showdown Herself Dancer; won the competition
Occupy Alice Melissa Krass Short film
Oscar's Hotel for Fantastical Creatures Snow Pea 1 episode
Janoskians: Untold and Untrue Herself
2016 Laid in America Lindsey
Dance Showdown Herself Judge (6 episodes)
AwesomenessTV's Betch! Laura 1 episode
2017 Escape the Night The Vaudevillian 7 episodes (season 2)
Fantasies Herself Guest star (1 episode)
MTV Video Music Awards Herself Backstage host
2017–18 MTV's Total Request Live Herself Rotating co-host
2018 Escape the Night The Vaudevillian Season 3 season finale (flashback clip)
Shane Dawson's The Truth About TanaCon Herself Miniseries. Cameo in a clip in part 3, "The Real Truth About TanaCon"
MTV's The Vault Herself Guest (3 episodes, season 1)
MTV's Creator to Watch Herself Special guest (1 episode, season 3). Responsible for choosing the season 3 host, Megan Batoon
2019 Escape the Night The Hollywood Star 5 episodes (season 4)
2019–present All My Plants are Dead Herself Host
Ice Cream Therapy Gabbie Series by Funny or Die

Podcasts and radio shows
Year Podcast Notes
2015 Jenna & Julien Guest
Modern Male Radio
What's Trending
Not Too Deep with Grace Helbig
2016 Shane and Friends
Not Too Deep with Grace Helbig
2017 Zall Good
Apologies in Advance with Andrea Russett
Shane and Friends
Not Too Deep with Grace Helbig
2018 Dear DeMartino
Jesse Lee Peterson Radio Show
No Jumper
Beats 1 with Travis Mills
Under the Influence with Tom Ward
Heard Well
Just a Tip with Megan Batoon
2019 ADHD with Travis Mills
How'd You Do It?
Beats 1 with Travis Mills
KIIS-FM radio interview Guest co-host
Alex Tries Her Best Guest
Loud&Clear
Zach Sang Show
Impaulsive
Up All Night on BBC Radio 5 Live
Failing Forward With Steve Hofstetter
A Conversation With...
Behind the Influence
Dating Straight
2019–present Unfollow Your Dreams[upper-alpha 1] Host
2020 No Chaser Guest
The Viall Files

Discography
Gabbie Hanna discography
Music videos13
EPs2
Singles10
Promotional singles1

Extended plays
Title EP details Peak chart positions
US
[46]		 US
Indie
[47]		 US
Heat
[48]		 AUS
[49]		 BEL
(FL)
[50]		 UK
Down.
[51]
2WayMirror
  • Released: May 31, 2019
  • Label: Independent
  • Format: Digital download, streaming
 1264—7617431
Bad Karma
  • Released: May 15, 2020[3]
  • Label: Independent
  • Format: Digital download, streaming
 —[upper-alpha 2]—22———

Singles
Title Year Peak chart positions Album
US
[27]		 US
Digital
[53]		 AUS
[54]		 CAN
Digital
[55]		 NZ
Hot
[56]		 SCO
[57]		 UK
Digital
[58]
"Out Loud" 2017 —30—[upper-alpha 3]39—4760 Non-album singles
"Satellite"[59][upper-alpha 4] —————65—
"Honestly" 2018 —[upper-alpha 5]10—24—61 81
"Honestly (Encore)" —— —— —86—
"Monster" ——[upper-alpha 6]—————
"Monster (Reborn)" — — — — — — —
"Medicate" 2019 —31——328097 2WayMirror
"Butterflies" ————37——
"Dandelion" 2020 ——————— Bad Karma
"Glass House" ———————
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Promotional singles
Title Year Peak chart positions Album
US
Comedy
Digital
[61]		 US
Rap
Digital
[61]
"Roast Yourself"[62][upper-alpha 7][upper-alpha 8] 2018 119 Non-album promotional single

Videography
Title Year Artist(s) Director(s)
As lead artist
"Out Loud"
(Music Video & Lyric Video)		 2017 Gabbie Hanna None Credited
"Satellite"
(Lyric Video)[upper-alpha 9]
"Roast Yourself (Harder)"[upper-alpha 10] 2018 Peter Macaluso
"Honestly / Honestly (Encore)" Ryan Parma
"Monster / Monster (Reborn)"
(Music Video, Vertical Video, & Lyric Video)[upper-alpha 11][upper-alpha 12]
"Medicate" 2019 None Credited
"Butterflies" Ryan Parma
"Perfect Day (A True Story)"
"Pillowcase"[upper-alpha 13] Spencer Sharp
"Broken Girls"[upper-alpha 14] Nayip Ramos
"Dandelion" 2020 Hokuto "Hok" Konishi
"Glass House"
"Bad Karma"
"Special"
Guest appearance
"Bitch, Please!" 2014 Jessi Smiles Robert A. Dobbins
"Sad Song" 2017 Scotty Sire 80Fitz
"My Life Sucks"
(Lyric Video)
"Gateway" 2019 Elli Moore Nayip Ramos

Notes
  1. Unfollow Your Dreams was formally named Box of Thoughts but was changed in July 2020.
  2. Bad Karma failed to chart on the Billboard 200 chart, but reached number 23 on the Top Album Sales component chart.[52]
  3. "Out Loud" failed to chart on the ARIA Singles Chart, but reached number six on the Hitseekers chart.[54]
  4. "Satellite" is no longer available on streaming services.
  5. "Honestly" failed to chart on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, but reached number 21 on its Bubbling Under Hot 100 extension.[27]
  6. "Monster" failed to chart on the Billboard Digital Songs chart, but reached number 19 on the Pop Digital Songs component chart.[60]
  7. "Roast Yourself" was only available on streaming services for two weeks after its release.
  8. The second half of "Roast Yourself" was reproduced and performed live as "Antisocial Media".
  9. Unlisted on YouTube.
  10. Not to be confused with Hanna’s 2016 YouTube exclusive song, "Roast Yourself".
  11. The "Monster" vertical video is exclusive to IGTV.
  12. The "Monster / Monster (Reborn)" lyric video is unlisted on YouTube.
  13. The "Pillowcase" music video also features the interlude songs "This Isn't Fun For Me" and "Exhausted".
  14. The "Broken Girls" music video also features the intro track "She Wrote It About You?" and the encore/interlude track "Broken Boys".

Bibliography
  • Adultolescence. Atria Books. September 19, 2017. ISBN 9781501178320.CS1 maint: date and year (link)
  • Dandelion. Atria Books. October 13, 2020. ISBN 9781982153380.CS1 maint: date and year (link)

Tours

Headlining
  • Adultolescence Book Tour (2017)

Co-headlining

Awards and nominations
YearAwardCategoryRecipientResult Ref.
2016 Shorty Awards YouTube Comedian The Gabbie Show Nominated
[63]
Teen Choice Awards Choice Web Star: Female
[64]
Choice Viner
2017 Shorty Awards Vlogger of the Year The Gabbie Vlogs
[65]
2018 iHeartRadio Music Awards Social Star Award Gabbie Hanna
[66]
Shorty Awards YouTuber of the Year
[67][68]
Best YouTube Ensemble Vlog Squad Won
Streamy Awards Creator of the Year Gabbie Hanna Nominated
[69]
First Person
Storyteller Won
Ensemble Cast David's Vlog
2019 Teen Choice Awards Choice Comedy Web Star Gabbie Hanna Nominated [70]
Streamy Awards Ensemble Cast Escape the Night: Season 4[upper-alpha 1]

Notes
  1. Season four of Escape the Night was nominated for multiple awards; however, Ensemble Cast applies to those who starred in the season (including Hanna) instead of just the show itself.

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