Johnny Orlando

Biography

John Vincent Orlando (born January 24, 2003) is a Canadian singer-songwriter, and actor. He first received attention on social media by posting covers of pop songs by artists such as Austin Mahone, Taylor Swift, Rihanna, Justin Bieber, and Shawn Mendes to his YouTube channel. In 2019, Orlando was nominated for the Juno Award for Breakthrough Artist of the Year. He has also won an MTV Europe Music Award for Best Canadian Act four times in 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022.
Orlando's debut studio album All the Things That Could Go Wrong×all the things that could go wrong19 August 2022 · Studio albumSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 12 tracks1leave the light on2:552you’re just drunk2:243till i met you2:504goodbye4now (interlude)1:315someone will love you better2:516fun out of it2:527so it begins (interlude)1:028terrible person2:509blur2:3210everything i hate about you3:2711coping (1621)3:2512all the things that could go wrong3:08 was released on August 19, 2022.

Biography

Johnny Orlando was born in Mississauga, Ontario on January 24, 2003.
His sister Darian made a YouTube channel for Johnny, "JohnnyOsings" on December 5, 2011, and posted a cover of him singing "Mistletoe×Mistletoe29 November 2019 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Mistletoe3:07". Orlando and his sister recorded it in their bathroom because their bathroom had good acoustics. Initially, they expected at most 100 views, but to their surprise, the video went viral and got more than 100,000 views in a month. Citing the initial success of the first video, he and his sister continued posting covers of famous musical artists like Justin Bieber, Shawn Mendes, Taylor Swift, Austin Mahone, and Selena Gomez on his YouTube channel while Darian directed, shot, produced and edited all his videos.
His debut EP, VXIIXI×Vxiixi15 December 2015 · EPSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 4 tracks1You & I3:222Right by Your Side3:353See the World2:354Vxiixi3:01 was released in 2015 when he was 12 years old. In 2017, a YouTube video was posted by Glamour showing P!nk viewing his cover of her song “Just Give Me a Reason”, in which the singer noted he had “incredible voice control.” He signed with Universal Music Canada on May 18, 2018, and has released singles such as "Day and Night" and "What If×What If18 May 2018 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1What If3:39" (both featuring Mackenzie Ziegler), "Last Summer×Last Summer19 September 2018 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Last Summer2:36", "Waste My Time", "All These Parties×All These Parties20 September 2019 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1All These Parties3:23", "Phobias×Phobias21 February 2020 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Phobias3:04", "See You×See You8 May 2020 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 3 tracks1See You2:552Phobias3:033Phobias (Bedroom remix)3:43" and "Everybody Wants You×Everybody Wants You10 September 2020 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Everybody Wants You3:21". His second EP, Teenage Fever×Teenage Fever15 March 2019 · EPSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 6 tracks1Sleep2:502Last Summer2:363Piece of My Heart3:404Deep Down2:495Waste My Time2:426Why2:29, was released on March 15, 2019. Orlando embarked on his second headlining North American tour in support of the EP, beginning on April 29, 2019, in Chicago and ending on May 22, 2019, in Vancouver. It was supported by his close friends Hayden Summerall and Gus McMillan.
It was announced that MTV had signed a deal for consumer products with Orlando at the end of July 2020. On October 23, 2020, he announced his third EP, It's Never Really Over was released.
In 2023, he participated in an all-star recording of Serena Ryder's single "What I Wouldn't Do", which was released as a charity single to benefit Kids Help Phone's Feel Out Loud campaign for youth mental health.
Orlando has cited Justin Bieber and Shawn Mendes among his primary musical inspirations. He is also inspired by Billie Eilish as well as other Canadian artists such as Drake, The Weeknd, and Alessia Cara. Orlando has also shared that his dad played Pearl Jam and Otis Redding in the car, which helped cultivate his songwriting skills.

Albums

All the Things That Could Go Wrong (2022)
Songs for Young Lovers (2026)

EPs

VXIIXI (2015)
Teenage Fever (2019)
It's Never Really Over (2020)
The Ride (2024)

Collaborations

"Big Like You" (2017) (Bunyan & Babe soundtracks)
"Christmas Fever" (2017) (with Bars and Melody)
"We Change the World" (2017) (with Raina Harten)
"Keep On Trying" (2018) (with Sylwia PrzyBysz)