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Demetria Devonne " Demi " Lovato (born August 20, 1992) is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and actress. Her earliest roles included Angela on Barney & Friends , before she became better known for her starring roles in the Camp Rock movies, as Sonny Munroe in the Disney sitcom Sonny with a Chance , and as the star of the 2009 movie Princess Protection Program . She is also involved in philanthropic activities through charity work and various activism|social and environmental causes.

As a solo musical artist, Lovato released her debut album '' Don't Forget on September 23, 2008. The album debuted at number two on the Billboard 200| Billboard 200 selling 89,000 copies in the first week. It has since shipped over 500,000 copies, earning a RIAA certification|gold certification in the United States. Lovato released her second album, Here We Go Again (Demi Lovato album)|Here We Go Again , on July 21, 2009. The album debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, selling 108,000 copies in the first week. Her third studio album, Unbroken (Demi Lovato album)|Unbroken , was released on September 20, 2011 and peaked at number four on the Billboard 200.

Life and career

Childhood and youth

Lovato was born in Albuquerque , New Mexico on August 20, 1992, and raised in Dallas, Texas|Dallas , Texas, to Patrick Lovato and Dianna Hart de la Garza. She is of Mexico|Mexican , Irish, and Italian descent. She has an older sister, Dallas Lovato, and a younger Half sister#Half sibling|half sister , Madison de la Garza . Her mother was a Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders|Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader and country music recording artist. Lovato began playing piano at the age of seven."Biography Today", p.105 Lovato also began her acting career at the age of seven on the children's television series Barney & Friends as Angela, appearing in seasons seven and eight alongside long time friend Selena Gomez . In an interview with Ellen DeGeneres , Lovato revealed going through painful experiences with bullying in the seventh grade. According to Lovato, the bullying was so bad that one day, in a fit of frustration and distress, she requested her mom give her a home-schooled education. Lovato earned a high school diploma through homeschooling in April 2009. Lovato also stated in an interview with 20/20 (US television series)|20/20 in 2011 that she had had a "really unhealthy relationship with food" since age 8 due to bullying experienced as a child, and self-mutilated her wrists to cope with her emotions and depression since age 11. Lovato later became a spokesperson for anti-bullying organization PACER and appeared on '' America's Next Top Model '' and CNN to speak out against bullying. She has described herself as very spiritual rather than very religious and said she believes in God.

In 2006 Lovato guest starred on Prison Break as Danielle Curtin in the episode "First Down." She also appeared in the second season of the television sitcom Just Jordan as Nicole, in the episode "Slippery When Wet." In January 2007, she landed the role of Charlotte Adams on the Disney Channel Original Short Series, As the Bell Rings (United States)|As the Bell Rings , which premiered on August 26, 2007. A few of her original songs, including "Shadow," were featured on the show.

2007–09: Camp Rock , ''Don't Forget and Sonny with a Chance

In the summer of 2007, Lovato auditioned for the Disney Channel television film Camp Rock and the television series Sonny with a Chance in the same day and got both parts. For Camp Rock , she submitted an audition tape and Gary Marsh, Disney 's president of entertainment, asked her to sing. She sang Christina Aguilera 's " Ain't No Other Man ", and Hollywood Records senior vice president Bob Cavallo said that their "jaws just dropped". Lovato received the lead role in Camp Rock , and a record deal with Hollywood Records in early 2008. In Camp Rock she played Mitchie Torres, a fourteen-year-old girl with hopes of becoming a singer. The movie premiered on June 20, 2008, in the United States on the Disney Channel with 8.9 million viewers, making Lovato a household name among young viewers. She provided vocals on four of the songs featured on the Camp Rock soundtrack, including " This Is Me (Camp Rock song)|This Is Me " featuring Joe Jonas . The song peaked at #9 on the Billboard Hot 100| Billboard Hot 100 . In June and July 2008, Lovato performed at various House of Blues and parks for her Demi Live& #33; Warm Up Tour in preparation for the release of her debut album and the List of Jonas Brothers concert tours#Burnin' Up Tour|Burnin' Up Tour with the Jonas Brothers . Lovato served as the support act on the Jonas Brothers' Burnin' Up Tour from July through September 2008.

Lovato's debut album, '' Don't Forget '' was released in the fall of 2008. The bulk of the album was co-written with the Jonas Brothers , who also produced the album with John Fields. They co-wrote ten songs in a week during the band's headlining Look Me in the Eyes|Look Me in the Eyes Tour . The album is of the pop-rock genre and is lyrically similar to other teen-pop albums. It peaked at number two on the Billboard 200| Billboard 200 , selling 89,000 units in its first week of release. It has since sold over 500,000 records in the US. Critics noticed the distinct sound of the Jonas Brothers in the production of the album. ''Don't Forget'' spawned three singles, " Get Back (Demi Lovato song)|Get Back ", " La La Land (song)|La La Land " and " Don't Forget (song)|Don't Forget ", all of which were moderately successful, peaking around the top 40 and 50 on the Billboard Hot 100. The most successful of which was the title track which was one position shy of entering the top 40 songs. Sonny With a Chance premiered on February 8, 2009, Lovato starred as Sonny Munroe, the new cast member of a live sketch comedy show titled So Random! . In June 2009 Lovato co-starred in Princess Protection Program as Princess Rosalinda alongside Selena Gomez on the Disney Channel. The made-for-television movie is the third highest rated Disney Channel Original Movie, premiering on the Disney Channel with 9.8 million viewers.

Lovato joined Disney's Friends for Change , an organization which promotes "environmently-friendly behavior," and appears in its public service announcements to raise awareness for the cause on the Disney Channel . Lovato, Selena Gomez , Miley Cyrus , and the Jonas Brothers recorded " Send It On (song)|Send It On ," a charity record|charity single that served as the theme song for the organization in 2009. The song debuted on the Billboard Hot 100| Billboard Hot 100 at #20. Disney's Friends for Change directed all of its proceeds from "Send It On" to environmental charities to the Disney Worldwide Conservation Fund. Lovato and Joe Jonas " Make a Wave " in 2010, the second charity single that currently serves as the theme song for Disney's Friends for Change.

2009–10: Here We Go Again , Camp Rock 2 and personal struggles

Lovato embarked on the Demi Lovato Summer Tour 2009|Summer Tour 2009 to promote her second album, Here We Go Again (Demi Lovato album)|Here We Go Again , released in the summer of 2009. The album debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 with 108,000 records sold in its first week. The album was more inspired by acoustic music, such as John Mayer 's songs, than her debut's pop rock -influenced sound. The album received favorable reviews from critics, Billboard (magazine)|Billboard called Lovato "a natural talent who could really take flight after outgrowing Disney." Allmusic ranked Here We Go Again as one of the best pop albums of 2009. The album was preceded by the lead single, " Here We Go Again (song)|Here We Go Again ," which was released on June 23, 2009. It reached #15 on the Billboard Hot 100. http://www.billboard.com/#/artist/demi-lovato/chart-history/1011430 The album's second single, " Remember December ," was released on November 17, 2009, but only managed to reach #6 on Billboard s Bubbling Under Hot 100 (number 106 on the Hot 100).

In September 2009, production began for Camp Rock 's sequel, Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam . The Disney Channel Original Movie premiered on September 3, 2010, upon which it gained 8 million viewers. In January 2010, Lovato was one of the many stars featured in a public service announcement for Voto Latino in order to promote the organization's "Be Counted" campaign for the 2010 United States Census . Lovato returned for a second season of Sonny with a Chance and appeared as a guest star in an episode of the medical drama series '' Grey's Anatomy '' as a teenage patient named Hayley May, whose parents brought her in for schizophrenia. In a review of the episode, Entertainment Weekly|EW.com praised her performance, stating, "I still believe that even an unbiased observer would conclude that the Disney princess did a fine job acting it up as a suicidal 16-year-old who was admitted after trying to claw her own eyes out." Lovato began dating Joe Jonas , whom she first met while filming the first Camp Rock film. They split up in May. Lovato's Demi Lovato tours#South American Tour 2010|South American Tour was her first international headlining tour. The tour commenced on May 23, 2010, in Santiago , Chile, and concluded on May 28, 2010, in São Paulo , Brazil.

She later joined the Jonas Brothers Live in Concert tour as a special guest. Lovato dropped out of the tour on October 30, 2010, in order to enter a treatment facility to treat physical and emotional issues. In particular, many media sources immediately reported that Lovato had decided to enter treatment right after punching a Jonas Brothers back-up dancer, Alex Welch, on a flight out of Bogotá , Colombia, allegedly because Lovato believed that Welch had informed tour managers of inappropriate behaviour on Lovato's part the previous night, causing Lovato to be confronted by her managers and her stepfather, Eddie de la Garza. Lovato's camp reached a financial settlement with Welch in late December 2010, with Welch stating that the agreement stipulated for a portion of the settlement to be donated to charity. On January 28, 2011, it was reported that Lovato had completed her inpatient treatment.

Lovato granted her first post-rehab interview to American Broadcasting Company|ABC newscaster Robin Roberts (newscaster)|Robin Roberts , which aired on Good Morning America and 20/20 (US television series)|20/20 on April 22, 2011. During the interview, Lovato confirmed reports that her treatment was for bulimia and self-injury , and had taken place at the Timberline Knolls facility in Illinois after the aforementioned confrontation between her and Welch led to an intervention by her family and management team. Her condition came to a head during the tour because Lovato "was performing concerts on an empty stomach...I was losing my voice from purging. I was self-medicating. I was not taking medication for depression, and I literally was so emotionally whacked out that I took it out on someone that meant a lot to me." Later elaborating on this "self-medicating", Lovato said, "I'm not gonna lie. I was self-medicating. I was doing things like drinking and using , like a lot of teens do to numb their pain." Lovato expressed regret at her actions towards Welch, stating "I take 100 percent, full responsibility..." In another interview, Lovato added that she had "basically had a nervous breakdown ", and was also diagnosed with bipolar disorder during her treatment.

2011–present: Unbroken

Lovato began work on her third studio album in 2010, however work on the album was delayed when Lovato entered a rehabilation center for physical and emotional issues in early November 2010. She left the treatment center in late January 2011.
In April 2011, Lovato confirmed she would not return to Sonny with a Chance and will instead focus on her music career, stating that "it's kind of sad for me that a chapter of my life has ended but there couldn't be a better time for me to move on...I don't think going back to Sonny would be healthy for my recovery...Being in front of a camera would make me nervous." To raise awareness about personal issues similar to her own, Lovato became a Contributing Editor to Seventeen (magazine)|Seventeen magazine. She will discuss her personal issues as a part of a larger campaign called "Love is Louder than the Pressure to Be Perfect", directed towards teen girls.

Lovato's third studio album, Unbroken (Demi Lovato album)|Unbroken , was released on September 20, 2011. Lovato began working on the album in July 2010, prior to receiving treatment. She had described it as having a more soulful and R& B inspired sound, citing Keri Hilson and Rihanna as inspirations for the sound. After Lovato's stint in the treatment facility, producer Timbaland expressed interest in working with her. Lovato confirmed in July 2011 that she was working on a duet with the producer. The first single off the album, " Skyscraper (song)|Skyscraper ", premiered on July 12, 2011. Lovato scored her first top 10 debut on the Billboard 100, as "Skyscraper" debuted at number 10. On October 24, 2011, Lovato performed the National Anthem at Game 5 of the 2011 World Series.

Filmography

Films
Year	Film	Role	Notes
2008	Camp Rock	Mitchie Torres	Disney Channel Original Movie
2009	Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience	Herself	Concert film
2009	Princess Protection Program	Princess Rosalinda	Disney Channel Original Movie
2010	Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam	Mitchie Torres	Disney Channel Original Movie
Television
Year	Title	Role	Notes
2002–2003	Barney & Friends	Angela	Recurring role
2006	Prison Break	Danielle Curtin	First Down "
2006	Split Ends	Herself	1 episode
2007–2008	As the Bell Rings	Charlotte Adams	Charlotte in the Halls "
2008	Just Jordan	Nicole	Slippery When Wet "
2008	Studio DC: Almost Live	Herself	Second show
2009–2010	Sonny with a Chance	Allison "Sonny" Munroe	Lead role
2010	'' Grey's Anatomy	Hayley May	(1 episode) "Shiny Happy People" People's Choice Awards Favorite TV Guest Star
2010–2011	Extreme Makeover: Home Edition	Herself	(2 episodes) "Williams Family" and "Walker Family, Part 2"
2011	Keeping Up with the Kardashians	Herself	Kim's wedding)

Discography

2008: '' Don't Forget

2009: Here We Go Again (Demi Lovato album)|Here We Go Again

2011: Unbroken (Demi Lovato album)|Unbroken

Awards and nominations

Year !! Award !! Category !! Work !! Result
2009	Young Artist Awards	"Best Performance in a TV Movie – Leading Young Actress"	Camp Rock	nom
	Teen Choice Awards	"Choice TV – Breakout Star Female"	Sonny With a Chance	wondead link>date=January 2010
		"Choice Music – Tour (shared with David Archuleta )"	Summer Tour 2009	won
		Choice Summer TV Show	Princess Protection Program	Won
		"Choice Other Stuff – Red Carpet Icon: Female"	Herself	nom
		"Choice Summer – TV Star-Female"	Princess Protection Program	nom
	Alma Awards	Special Achievement In Music	Herself	nom
2010	People's Choice Awards	Favorite Breakout Music Artist	Herself	nom
	Young Artist Award	"Best Performance in a TV Movie, Miniseries, or Special – Leading Young Actress"	Princess Protection Program	nom
	Teen Choice Award cite web	"Choice TV Comedy Actress"	Sonny With A Chance	nom
		"Choice Breakout Artist: Female"	Herself	nom
		"Choice Pop Album"	Here We Go Again	nom
		"Choice Love Song"	Catch Me	nom
		"Choice Hook Up" (shared with We The Kings )	'' We'll Be a Dream	nom
	Poptastic Awards	Singer favorite	Here We Go Again	won
	"Most Beautiful Faces"	Ranks 49th	Herself	won
	Hollywood Teen TV Awards	"Teen Pick Actress: Comedy"	Sonny with a Chance	won
		Best Actrss	Camp Rock 2	won
		Best album	Here We Go Again	won
		Best singer	Herself	won
		Best star on the red carpet	Herself	won
		Best series	Sonny with a Chance	won
		Best couple	Herself & Joe Jonas	won
	"Hot Hits"	"Top Teen Star of 2010"	Herself	won
	J-14 Teen Icon Awards	Iconic Triple Threat	Herself	won
2011	People's Choice Awards	"Favorite TV Guest Star"	Greys Anatomy	Won
	Teen Choice Awards cite web	"Choice TV Actress: Comedy"	Sonny with a Chance	nom
		"Choice Twit"	Herself	nom
		"Choice Summer: Music Star – Female"	Herself	nom
		"Choice Summer: Song"	Skyscraper "	won
		"Acuvue Inspire Award"	Herself	won
	Do Something	"TV Star"	Sonny With A Chance	won
	Do Something	"Charity Song (Shared with Joe Jonas )"	Make A Wave	won
	Alma Awards	"Favorite TV Actress – Leading Role in a Comedy"	Sonny With A Chance	won
	MTV O Music Awards cite web	"Fan Army FTW"	Lovatics	nom
	MTV O Music Awards cite web	"Best Artist With A Cameraphone"	Herself	won
	Youth Rock Awards	"Music Video of the Year"	Skyscraper	won
	J-14 Teen Icon Awards	"Music icon"	" Skyscraper "	won
	J-14 Teen Icon Awards	"Icon of twitter"	Herself	nom
2012	People's Choice Awards	"Favorite Pop Artist"	Herself	won

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