Johnny Orlando

Johnny Orlando
Orlando in 2019
Orlando in 2019
Background information
Birth nameJohn Vincent Orlando
Born (2003-01-24) January 24, 2003 (age 21)
Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Singer-songwriter
  • actor
Years active2011–present
Labels
Websitejohnnyorlandomusic.com

John Vincent Orlando (born January 24, 2003) is a Canadian singer-songwriter and actor. Orlando 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 album All the Things That Could Go Wrong was released on August 19, 2022.

Early life

Johnny Orlando was born in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada on January 24, 2003. His father, Dale Vincent Orlando, is a lawyer and his mother, Meredith Orlando, is a housewife. Orlando has three sisters: his eldest sister, Darian , helps Johnny with songwriting and promotion , the second eldest, Madison, has a YouTube channel on which she occasionally posts about her diet and health routine and the youngest, Lauren Orlando is a vlogger, YouTuber, and an aspiring actress.

Career

Darian made a YouTube channel for Johnny, "JohnnyOsings" on December 5, 2011, and posted a cover of him singing "Mistletoe". 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 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" (both featuring Mackenzie Ziegler), "Last Summer", "Waste My Time", "All These Parties", "Phobias", "See You" and "Everybody Wants You". His second EP, Teenage Fever, 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.

Artistry

Influences

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, Alessia Cara. Orlando has also shared that his dad played Pearl Jam and Otis Redding in the car, which helped cultivate his songwriting skills.

Discography

Albums

  • All The Things That Could Go Wrong (2022)

EPs

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

Singles

  • "Let Go" (2016)
  • "Day & Night" (with Mackenzie Ziegler) (2016)
  • "Missing You" (2016)
  • "Thinking About You" (2017)
  • "Everything" (2017)
  • "The Most" (2017)
  • "What If (I Told You I Like You)" (with Mackenzie Ziegler) (2018)
  • "Last Summer" (2018)
  • "Sleep" (2019)
  • "Piece of my Heart" (2018)
  • "All These Parties" (2019)
  • "Mistletoe" (2019)
  • "Phobias" (2020)
  • "See You" (2020)
  • "Everybody Wants You" (2020)
  • "Last Christmas" (2020)
  • "Adelaide" (2020)
  • "I Don't" (with Dvbbs) (2021)
  • "Daydream" (2021)
  • "It's Alright" (2021) (from the Netflix original animated film My Little Pony: A New Generation)
  • You're Just Drunk (2021)
  • "How Can It Be Christmas" (2021)
  • "Someone Will Love You Better"(2022)
  • "Blur" (2022)
  • "Fun Out of It" (with BENEE) (2022)
  • "If He Wanted to He Would" (2022)
  • "When I'm Gone" (with Ali Gatie) (2023)
  • "Boyfriend" (2023)
  • "July" (2023)
  • "A Man Like Me" (2023)
  • "Party for Two" (2023)
  • ”Close to You” (2023)
  • ”Thinking of Me” (2023)

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)
  • "Lean On Me" (2020) (with ArtistsCAN)

Web

Year Series Role Notes
2018–2020 Total Eclipse Sam Main role
2018 Chicken Girls Sam Episode: "Seven Minutes in Heaven"
2018 Baby Doll Records Sam Episode: "Work from Home"

Filmography

List of performances and appearances by Johnny Orlando in television, film and on the web
Year Title Role Notes/Ref.
2014–2019 Wishenpoof! Oliver Voice
2015–2016 Super Why! Whyatt Beanstalk/Super Why Voice (season 3)
2017 Bunyan and Babe Travis Barclay Voice
2018 Pinocchio Pinocchio Voice, English version
2018–2020 Total Eclipse Sam
2020 The Substitute Himself (substitute teacher)
2020 All That Himself (guest performer) Season 11
2020 Group Chat with Annie & Jayden Himself
2020 For the Record: The Broken Hearts Tour Himself
2021 Nickelodeon's Unfiltered Himself

Awards and nominations

Name of the award ceremony, year presented, nominee(s) of the award, award category, and the result of the nomination
Award ceremony Year Category Nominee(s)/work(s) Result Ref.
Juno Awards 2019 Breakthrough Artist of the Year Johnny Orlando Nominated
2021 Pop Album of the Year It's Never Really Over Nominated
Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards 2017 Favorite Viral Music Artist Johnny Orlando Nominated
2018 Favorite Musical YT Creator Nominated
2020 Favorite Social Music Star Nominated
2022 Nominated
MTV Europe Music Awards 2019 Best Canadian Act Won
2020 Won
2021 Won
2022 Won
Teen Choice Awards 2016 Choice Music Web Star Nominated
2019 Nominated

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