Madison Beer

Madison Elle Beer (born March 5, 1999) is an American singer-songwriter and television personality. Beer first gained media attention after Justin Bieber posted a link to her cover of "At Last" in 2012, when she was 13 years old. In 2018, she released her debut extended play (EP), As She Pleases. Beer signed with Epic Records in August 2019 and released her debut studio album, Life Support, which included the RIAA Platinum certified single "Selfish". This was followed by her second studio album, Silence Between Songs (2023), which received a nomination for the Grammy Award for Best Immersive Audio Album. Beer's third studio album Locket (2026) included the singles "Make You Mine", which was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Dance Pop Recording and "Bittersweet", which marked her first appearance on the US Billboard Hot 100, reaching number 68.

Beer also voiced the virtual character Evelynn in the League of Legends virtual band K/DA, with whom she has released the singles "Pop/Stars" (2018) and "More" (2020). She has also appeared on television series such as Todrick (2015) and RuPaul's Drag Race (2020), and in the film Louder Than Words (2013).

Early life Beer was born on March 5, 1999, in Jericho, New York, on Long Island. Her father, Robert Beer, is the founder of Built By Beer, a luxury home builder, and her mother, Tracie, worked as an interior designer and invented the contour hanger. Her maternal grandfather, Marty, came out as gay later in life and was a major inspiration to her. He married a woman and had 3 children trying to live life as a straight man due to societal pressures. Her family is part Ashkenazi Jewish and part Moroccan Jewish.

Beer was named "Madison" after the Daryl Hannah character in her mother's favorite movie, Splash (1984). Beer appeared on the cover of Child magazine after winning a modeling competition at four years old.

Beer said that she knew she wanted to be either a singer or a musician since she was in kindergarten. She began taking singing lessons at age 8 and performed in after-school plays. Her first solo performance was at Arthur Ashe Kids' Day at the US Open when she was barely 13 years old.

When she was around 6 or 7 years old, she was sexually abused by someone who was around her frequently, whom she has not named. In her summers, she attended Point O’Pines sleep away summer camp in upstate New York. She celebrated her bat mitzvah in 2012. When she was 13, Beer moved from Long Island to Los Angeles, with her mother, to pursue her music career.

Beer was childhood friends with Hailey Bieber and Selena Gomez. Beer then trended on Twitter and gained substantial media coverage. Beer met Bieber, which she said "was the happiest day of my life", and Bieber signed Beer personally to the record label to which he is signed, Island Records. She was also signed to a talent management agreement with Bieber's manager Scooter Braun. She said she did not see any of the money from the initial record label signing since her parents wanted her to "be a normal kid".

In February 2013, Cody Simpson re-released his song "Valentine" with Beer.

By 2013, Beer bagan work on her debut album, which was slated to have pop and R&B influences. However, she disagreed with her label's "Disney"-style plans for her music; the album was later scrapped. These disagreements led Beer to leave her label and become an unsigned artist; the breakup was finalized in 2016.

Beer was featured in "I Won't Let You Walk Away" by Mako, released in February 2015. The song reached number 43 on the Hot Dance/Electronic Songs, number 33 on the Dance/Electronic Digital Songs, and number 19 on the Dance/Mix Show Airplay charts in the United States.

In September 2015, Beer released "All For Love" featuring Jack & Jack.

In February 2017, Beer walked the runway for Dolce & Gabbana Fall 2017 show at Milan Fashion Week.

"Dead" was released in May 2017; the music video was released in August 2017. Beer released "Say It to My Face", including the music video, in November 2017.

As She Pleases, an EP recorded over a three-year period, was released in February 2018.

In March 2018, "Home with You" was released. In August 2018, the song peaked at number 21 on the Billboard Mainstream Top 40 chart, making her the only unsigned female solo artist on the charts.

Beer made her festival debut at Lollapalooza in August 2018, in Chicago. Beer was featured on "Blame It On Love", a song from David Guetta's seventh studio album 7, released in September 2018.

Riot Games released a song and music video for "Pop/Stars" in November 2018. The song is performed by Beer, Miyeon, and Soyeon from (G)I-DLE and Jaira Burns under a virtual K-pop group named K/DA. This song was used as a theme song for the League of Legends. Also in November 2018, Beer released "Hurts Like Hell" featuring Offset.

2019–2023: Life Support and Silence Between Songs

Beer was featured on "All Day and Night", released in March 2019, by DJs Jax Jones and Martin Solveig under their alias "Europa".

In May 2019, Beer released the single "Dear Society".

In August 2019, Beer signed with Epic Records.

In January 2020, she released "Good in Goodbye" as the lead single from her debut studio album, Life Support. This was followed by its second single "Selfish"which reached number 19 on the US Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart. It was certified Platinum by the RIAA in the United States.

She also released the promotional single "Stained Glass"; Beer co-directed the music video.

She released the third single from the album, "Baby", in August 2020.

In October 2020, she reprised her role in K/DA as Evelynn and was featured on two tracks for the EP All Out: "More" along with the original lineup and Lexie Liu, and "Villain" which also features German singer Kim Petras.

The fourth single from Life Support, "Boyshit", was released in December 2020.

Beer was announced as Vevo's new LIFT artist in December 2020 and released live performances for "Selfish" and "Boyshit". A short film for the campaign titled Dreams Look Different in the Distance was released in January 2021.

Life Support was released in February 2021, which Beer co-wrote entirely and mostly co-produced. Dani Blum of Pitchfork called it "ambitious yet shallow, seemingly intent on proving its own seriousness". NME's Hannah Mylrea gave it 4/5 stars. Mike DeWald of Riff Magazine gave the album an 8/10. The album debuted at number 65 on the US Billboard 200, and also peaked in the top 30 on both the Canadian Albums Chart and the UK Albums Chart.

In May 2021, Beer announced a North American tour, titled The Life Support Tour, in support of her album; the following month she extended it to a European leg.

In June 2021, Beer released the song "Reckless". The song was met with critical acclaim for its lyrical content and vulnerability, and peaked in the top 40 on the Billboard US Mainstream Top 40.

In November 2021, Beer released her first soundtrack song, "Room for You", as part of the soundtrack to Clifford the Big Red Dog Pop/Stars Single Super girl Surf Pro Concert Series

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MTV Europe Music Awards

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