Her real name is Halsey-Ashley Nicollette Frangipani. She was born on September 29, 1994 in Edison, New Jersey, USA.
Her father (Chris) ran a car dealership and her mother (Nicole) was a security officer at the hospital. She also has two brothers, Sevian and Dante.
By nationality, she is an American and has an ethnicity of African Americans, Irish, Italians, Hungarians.
As a child, she enjoyed playing musical instruments such as violin, cello and acoustic guitar. At 17, she was diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder. Then she even had suicide attempts, and she was sent to a psychiatric hospital.
There was a time when she only had $9 left in her pocket, so she bought a few Red Bulls to stay up all night. She said: “It was not safe to sleep. It's better than sleeping anywhere, and maybe even being raped or kidnapped."
Halsey School and University Times
Halsey was unable to fulfill her dream of pursuing a higher education in the visual arts due to lack of money. Despite the obstacles, she still entered a community college to understand creative writing.
As an electropop artist, she received inspiration from both her parents. Her father listened to the infamous BIG and Slick Rick, while her mother listened to The Cure, Alanis Morissette, and Nirvana. She was also inspired by Kanye West, Amy Winehouse, Brand New and Bright Eyes. Directors Quentin Tarantino and Larry Clark were also her idols.
Halsey organized many concerts throughout America on various stages to pay for her studies. She had financial problems when she was 18 years old. She considered music the only way to pay her rent.
She began performing acoustic shows in various cities under various stage names. She then decided to use Halsey as her stage name. Since it was an anagram of her real name Ashley and the name of the street in Brooklyn where she spent her time as a teenager.
After dropping out of college, her parents pushed her out of the house, so she had to live in basements or houses.
Early professional life and career as a singer
In 2012, she was seen on YouTube, where she posted many cover versions of songs. She also posted a parody of Taylor Swift's song, which received worldwide acclaim. The song Ghost became a hit. Thanks to her, Halsey enjoyed great popularity. She then got the opportunity to sing for Astralwerks Records.
In 2015, Halsey became the most followed artist at South by Southwest (SXSW) on Twitter. Due to her increasing popularity, she was credited as the opening act for Imagine Dragons' North American tour of the Smoke + Mirrors Tour from June to August 2015.
Halsey released her debut studio album Badlands on 28 August 2015 and described it as "an angry female record". The album debuted at number 2 on the Billboard 200 and sold over 97 copies in its first week. The album was preceded by two singles Ghost and New Americana.
Single Closer
The third single Colors was released in February. Castle (fourth single) was released to promote The Huntsman: Winter's War. Other tracks included Roman Holiday which was featured in the second season of Younger and I Walk the Line (shown in the Power Rangers teaser trailer).
In 2017, the track Not Afraid Anymore was released. He also appeared in the movie Fifty Shades Darker. In 2016, Halsey assisted The Chainsmokers on the band's single Closer. The track charted on the Billboard Hot 100. The following year, she announced that her second studio album, Hopeless Fountain Kingdom, would hit stores on June 2.
She released the album's single Now or Never along with an accompanying music video on April 4, 2017. The second single Eyes Closed was released on May 4th. On May 25, the third Strangers song featuring Lauren Jauregui was released.
The album included 16 tracks, including three joint songs. In addition to Strangers, she has also collaborated with Lie (Quavo) and Hopeless (Cashmere Cat).
Prior to the release, Halsey announced a future tour supported by Charli XCX and PARTYNEXTDOOR. The tour was said to begin in Uncasville, Connecticut on September 29th and run through November 22nd in Cleveland, Ohio.
Artist Awards
She was nominated as one of the top performers in the 2017 Billboard Music Awards and took the stage to perform Now or Never. The singer has also received three awards for her collaboration with The Chainsmokers. Thanks to the joint track, they received the Top Collaboration Award, Top Hot 100 Award and Top Dance / EDM Song Award.
The first album peaked at number 1 on the Billboard 200. The Hopeless Fountain Kingdom compilation also debuted at the top of the chart. This feat made her the happiest of 2017. The work debuted at number 2 on the Australian ARIA Albums Chart and peaked at number 12 in the UK.
Personal life of the singer
Her personal life has been in the spotlight since she (rumored to) started dating G-Eazy.
They first sparked romantic rumors after kissing on stage during the final show of his Blue Nile Dive tour before making their relationship official on Instagram in September. They also released a collaboration track Him & I with his The Beautiful & Damned on December 7th.
She released the third single from her second album Sorry with a music video on February 2, 2018. After the release of the single in April, it was announced that they wanted to take her to the film A Star Is Born, in which she was to play along with Bradley Cooper. In addition, the singer played a major role in the biopic, which was developed by Sony Pictures Entertainment.
After a year of dating, she confirmed on Instagram that she and Eazy are no longer dating. She also removed photos with the rapper from her social media accounts.
Halsey then rejoined her former Machine Gun Kelly after pictures of their "hanging out" surfaced online. However, she denied these rumors on Twitter.
Halsey later admitted that her romance with Eazy was ongoing. This was all revealed after they shared a kiss on stage while performing the duet single Him & I. They confirmed their reunion with an Instagram photo the same month.
In October, the singer released the single Without Me, which marked her first solo single since Bad at Love in 2017. She said that this song was very personal to her. And she decided to release the song under Ashley's official name instead of her stage name.
And parting again
Her personal life was back in the spotlight at the end of October after it was revealed that she and Easy had broken up for the second time. Fortunately, this did not affect her musical career, as the song Without Me was warmly received.
The song debuted at number 18 on the Billboard Hot 100 and then peaked at number 9 after the release of the music video. She entered the top 10 best singles. And the composition Bad at Love took the 5th position in January 2018.
The composition Without Me was very popular. In January 2019, it entered the Billboard Hot 100 chart. It became her first single and second after her collaboration with the duo The Chainsmokers.
Popularity Halsey
She became successful and famous. The singer's capital has reached $ 5 million, but nowhere is there information about her salary.
There were rumors that Halsey was dating Ashton Irvine. Many sources reported that she met with Justin Bieber, Ruby Rose, Josh Dun and Jared Leto, but there was no confirmation of this.
Halsey has many fans who follow her Facebook profile. She often posts information about the progress of her work and new information on her profile. She has over 2,2 million Facebook followers. Instagram has 12,7 million followers, Twitter has 10,6 million followers, and the YouTube channel has 5,8 million subscribers.
Halsey today
In 2020, the discography of the popular singer Halsey was replenished with a third studio album. The record was called Manic. Invited musicians participated in the recording of the collection. The album contains 16 tracks. An authoritative online publication rated the robot as follows: "Great record...and a slightly rough autobiographical portrait of Halse herself, who longs for love and happiness in this hostile world...".
