Claire Elise Boucher, popular in the music industry by the name Grimes is a Canadian singer, songwriter, record producer, and visual artist. Her music incorporates wide genres including dream pop, hip hop, electronic music, and R&B. She received recognition after releasing two studio albums. She then rose to prominence after releasing her third studio album, Visions in 2012. She has already released 4 studio albums to date. She has been working on her fifth studio album. Her fifth studio album, Miss Anthropocene is scheduled to release in February 2020. She has accumulated several awards and accolades for her contribution to the music industry.
What is Grimes Famous For?
- Popular Canadian musician.
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Where was Grimes Born?
Grimes was born on 17 March 1988. Her birth name is Claire Elise Boucher. She was born to a mother Sandy Garossino. The name of her father is currently unavailable. Her father is a former banker, whereas her mother is a former Crown prosecutor and arts advocate. Her birth place is in Vancouver, British Columbia in Canada. She holds Canadian nationality. Grimes is of French, Italian, Metis, and Ukrainian descent. She has a stepbrother named Jay Worthy who is a rapper.
She attended Catholic school and was raised Roman Catholic. Boucher relocated from Vancouver to Montreal to attend McGill University. However, in 2011, she left school before completing her double major degree.
What are Grimes Body Measurements?
Grimes stands at a height of 1.65m. She has a body weight of 50kg. She has a slim body build. Her hair color is brown and the eye color is Hazel. She has a balanced and healthy body.
Grimes Career Timeline
Grime started her musical career under the name Grimes in 2007. She began writing music under the name Grime.
In 2010, she independently released her debut studio album, Geidi Primes, which was inspired by the Dune series.
In 2010, She independently released her second studio album named Halfaxa.
She collaborated with DJ and producer Blood Diamonds in 2011.
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Following the release of her 2 studio albums, she started gaining recognition in the music industry. Thus, she signed with the record label 4AD in 2012.
She released her third studio album, Visions in 2012. The album rose her to stardom in the music fraternity.
NME listed Grimes' third studio album Visions in their 500 Greatest Albums of all Time in 2013.
On 17 December 2013, she posted on her Tumblr that she had employed the service of Jay-Z's management company Roc Nation.
On 26 June 2014, she premiered her new track ‘Go’ which was featured by Blood Diamonds. The newly released track was included on Rolling Stone’s number 14 on their Best Songs of 2014 list.
She released her self-directed video for the album REALiTi in March 2015.
Grimes and Bleachers released their collaboration, Entropy for HBO Showgirls on 15 March 2015.
She released her fourth studio album, Art Angels in 2015. The album later went on to win Grimes the best album of the year by NME, Exclaim!, and Stereogum.
Grimes toured in different continents in 2016. She toured Asia and Europe in the spring of 2016. She performed as several music festivals across North America as well.
As part of the soundtrack of the summer blockbuster film, Suicide Squad, she released the song "Medieval Warfare".
In October 2016, Grimes and Hana released a lo-fi series of seven music videos titled "The Ac!d Reign Chronicles".
She premiered on Tidal the high budget futuristic music video in February 2017.
She was featured on the single, "Pynk" by Janelle Monae in April 2018.
LOONA Sexy from EP Beauty and the Beast featured Grimes in "Love4Eva in May 2018.
She has been working on her fifth studio album, Miss_Anthropocene. She has already released two singles, "So Heavy I Fell Through the Earth" and "My Name is Dark" from her upcoming album.
Her fifth studio album is scheduled to release in February 2020.
What are Grimes Achievements?
2013 Electronic Album of the Year and Breakthrough Artist of the Year award at Juno Award.
2013 Artist of the Year award at Webby award.
2016 Musician of the year 2016 award at Bazaar Women of the Year
2016 Video of the year award at the A2IM Libera Award.
2017 Video of the year award at Juno Award
2017 Best EDM/Dance Video award at iHeartRadio Much Music Video Award.
2018 Video of the year award at Juno Award.
Who is Grimes Dating?
Grimes dated Devon Welsh of Majical Cloudz and James Brooks of Elite Gymnastics and Default Gender.
She later started dating billionaire technology entrepreneur, Elon Musk. They have been dating since 2018. They met after discovering on Twitter that they both came up with the same pun relating to Rococo and the thought experiment Roko's basilisk.
Grimes announced in January 2020 that she is pregnant with the first child. Her billionaire boyfriend Elon Musk is rumored to be the father of Grimes unborn child. However, neither of them have confirmed the rumor.
What is Grimes Net Worth?
Grimes major earning comes from working in the music industry. She earns from record sales, label contracts, concerts, tours, and endorsements. She has also used her social media handles to endorse several brands. She has her own merchandise as well. Her net worth is estimated at $3 million dollars.
