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Fill may refer to:

• Fill dirt, soil added to an area.
• Fill (music), a short segment of instrumental music.
• In textiles, the filling yarn is the same as weft, the yarn which is shuttled back and forth across the warp to create a woven fabric.
• In finance, a fill is the fulfillment of a part or whole of an order at a given price by a broker or counterparty
• Fill flash, a technique in photography where the flash is used in bright locations to prevent shadows from being underexposed.
• Flood fill, in graphic design fills a color, pattern, or texture in an area.

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• Embankment (transportation)
• Filling (disambiguation)
• Fill-in (disambiguation)

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Peter Fill

Disciplines	Downhill, Super-G, Giant slalom, Slalom, Combined
Club	Ski club C.S. Carabinieri
Born	(1982-11-12) November 12, 1982 (age 29) Kastelruth, Italy
World Cup debut	March 7, 2002 (age 16)
Website	peter-fill.com
Olympics
Teams	2
World Championships
Teams	5
Medals	2
World Cup
Seasons	11
Wins	1
Podiums	9
Medal record Men's Alpine Skiing Competitor for  Italy World Championships Silver 2009 Val d'Isère Super-G Bronze 2011 Garmisch Super Combined

Peter Fill (born November 12, 1982 in Kastelruth, South Tyrol) is an Italian alpine skier.

World Cup victories[link]

Season	Date	Location	Race
2009	November 29, 2008	Lake Louise, Canada	Downhill

Career[link]

Peter Fill is an all-round skier. In the 2006/2007 season he was the first Italian athlete since Alberto Tomba in the leaders of the Ski World Cup.

At the age of 3 years old, he learned to ski with his first teacher Frieda Senoner. Fill obtained his first successes during his middle-school years, when he was coached by Peter Thomaseth.

In 1997/98 he came to the training-centre Schlerngebiet, where he had his uncle Arnold as coach. In the same year he joined Bolzano-Bozen's B-Pool (coached by Sepp Steinwandter). One year later he advanced to the A-Pool under Stephan Feichter.

In 1999 he had a great success, as he won every discipline at the National Junior Championships: he returned home with 4 Gold Medals and the Italian press called him "the phenomenon".^[1]

In 2000, Fill joined the national team for the first time. His coach was Ernst Pfeifhofer, who was also his coach the following year in the Italian B-Team. At the same time he became a member of the Carabinieri sportsgroup.

In 2001 he achieved his first important success on an international level, a bronze medal in Super-G at the Juniores Alpine Ski World Championship.

In 2002/03 he was part of the A-Team of Flavio Roda for the first time. In February 2002, Fill won the World Juniors and, as a result, took place in his first Super-G race of Ski World Cup on 7 March 2002 at Altenmarkt in Austria, where he placed an impressive 12th preceding the Norwegian Lasse Kjus for only one hundredth. While Peter's strengths are the downhill and Super-G, he is also competitive in the technical disciplines. On 13 January 2006 he stood 3rd on the Ski World Cup podium for the Super-Combined in Wengen (Switzerland).

During the 2005/2006 and 2006/2007 seasons, Peter achieved great results, being on the podium 7 times: 4 of them in downhill and 2 in Super-G, unfortunately without winning any of these competitions.

On 21 March 2007 he became for the third time Italian Champion in different disciplines (2 times in Super-G and one in Giant Slalom).

During the season 2007/2008 he was not able reaching the podium, even if he was six times in the World Cup Top 10. On 29 November 2008 in Lake Louise (Canada) he won his first World Cup competition, preceding the Swiss Carlo Janka and the Swedish Hans Olsson, becoming the seventh Italian in World Cup history winning downhill competition.

On 4 February 2009, he won the silver medal in Super-G during the World Championships in Val d'Isère (France) on the icy and steep slope Face del Bellevarde. He was able to place himself before the three-time World Champion Aksel Lund Svindal, but was not fast enough to beat the Swiss Didier Cuche. Peter's medal is the only one won by the Azzurri in male competitions. Because of his excellent result, big celebrations were organized in his hometown Castelrotto. Peter was picked up at home and brought by horse in the town's square, were he joined up with the major, his uncle Norbert Rier, leader of the folk group Kastelruther Spatzen, his family and fans.^[2]

[edit] Curiosities^[3]

Personal background[link]

Son of Alois and Luzia, he has two sisters, Bettina and Sara. Peter's cousin is the famous Giant Slalom Champion Denise Karbon. After junior high school he started working as an auto body mechanic attending a professional school, which he left after becoming more and more involved in Alpine ski competitions. His mother tongue is German and he speaks both Italian and English very well. His idol in everyday life is his uncle Norbert Rier, leader of the Kastelruther Spatzen (well-known folk group, especially in German speaking countries) who dedicated the song "Wiedermal a super Zeit" to Fill for the silver medal achieved in FIS Alpine World Ski Championships in Val d'Isère.^[4] His favorite hobbies are soccer, golf, ice-hockey, mountain bike and fast luxurious sport sedans. His favorite movie is Matrix, while his cult book is Lance Armstrong autobiography It's not about the bike. He loves listening the German singer Xavier Naidoo. He supports the Juventus football team.

Sports News[link]

Since 2007 his manager has been Andreas Goller,^[5] who in the past looked after Kristian Ghedina's business.^[6]

His ski man is the well-known South-Tyrolean Sepp Kuppelwieser (who was Kjetil André Aamodt's ski man for ten years, the skier who won the most medals in alpine ski history). His favorite slope is the Lauberhorn in Wengen (Switzerland). His sports idol is Lasse Kjus.

In the season 2008/09 Atomic, Briko, Finstral and Leki, as official sponsor and suppliers, decided to reward Fill for his excellent results achieved during the season, offering him the chance to win the Artega GT sport car if he were to capture the downhill during the FIS Alpine Ski World Cup finals in Are on March 11, 2009.^[7]

Equipment[link]

Ski, Boots, bindings: Atomic

Helmet, ski-goggles: Briko

Gloves, ski poles: Leki

Note[link]

1. ^ http://archiviostorico.gazzetta.it/1999/febbraio/27/DOMINIO_FILL_ga_0_9902279264.shtml
2. ^ http://www.peter-fill.com/14-e_221257.ski,r_23813.htm
3. ^ http://www.peter-fill.com/3-PETER.htm
4. ^ http://www.peter-fill.com/13-e_222777.ski,r_23965.htm
5. ^ http://www.peter-fill.com/14-e_218059.ski,r_23341.htm
6. ^ http://www.ghedina.com/news.en.php?e=106523&r=11293&oi=
7. ^ http://www.peter-fill.com/2-e_222331.ski,r_23938.htm

External links[link]

• Official Site
• Peter Fill at the International Ski Federation
• Profile at SKI-DB
• Profile at ski2b.com

Dominik Paris (born 1989 in Merano) is an Italian alpine skier. He represents Italy at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.^[1]

References[link]

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Craig David
Craig David, 2009
Background information
Birth name	Craig Ashley David
Born	(1981-05-05) 5 May 1981 (age 31) Southampton, Hampshire, England
Genres	R&B, UK garage, hip hop, dance
Occupations	Singer-songwriter, MC
Years active	1999–present
Labels	Universal (2009–2010) Warner / Atlantic (1999–2009) Sire (1999–2009)
Website	craigdavid.com

Craig Ashley David (born 5 May 1981) is an English singer and songwriter.^[1] He has released five studio albums: Born to Do It, Slicker Than Your Average, The Story Goes..., Trust Me, Signed Sealed Delivered and a Greatest Hits album. Craig David has sold over 13 million albums worldwide.

Early life[link]

David was born in Southampton, Hampshire,^[2] the son of Tina (née Loftus), a retail assistant at Superdrug, and George David, a carpenter,^[3][4] and grew up in the Holyrood estate.^[5] David's father is Grenadian and David's mother is English and related to the founders of the Accurist watch-making company; David's maternal grandfather was an Orthodox Jew and his maternal grandmother a convert to Judaism.^[6] David's parents separated when he was eight and he was raised by his mother.^[7] He attended Bellemoor School and Southampton City College.

David's father played bass in a reggae band called Ebony Rockers. As a teen, David began accompanying his father to local dance clubs, where DJs let him take the microphone.

Career[link]

David's earliest exposure came when he worked on a b-side to British group Damage's cover of "Wonderful Tonight". He then started doing vocals for a few tracks with garage act Artful Dodger.

Wildstar Records first became aware of Craig David when the artist's then manager Paul Widger met the label's co-owner Colin Lester and played some of his music.^[8] Lester later told HitQuarters that he was particularly impressed by the first song he heard, "Walking Away", saying "That was an absolute stand out ... It struck me that any seventeen year-old that could write a song like this had huge potential."^[8] The Wildstar boss was further won over when, on later visiting the artist's home in Southampton, he found that David's tiny bedroom stacked from floor to ceiling with 12" vinyl records, commenting: "That convinced me he was the real deal and not just some kid acting out the part."^[8] At that point Lester offered him a development deal with his label. When Lester later heard the song "7 Days", he said he immediately heard a #1 record and promoted the contract to an album deal the same day.^[8]

The song "Re-Rewind", from the Artful Dodger album It's All About the Stragglers, hit Number 2 on the UK charts in 1999; thus, paving the way for a solo career. David's first single, "Fill Me In", released on Colin Lester's and Ian McAndrew's Wildstar Records, made him the youngest solo male artist ever to reach Number 1 in the United Kingdom (he was 18 years old at the time). This was the first of a string of four Top 10 singles from his debut album Born To Do It, which eventually sold more than seven million units worldwide, earning multi-platinum status in more than 20 countries.^[9][10] The song "Key To My Heart", taken from the US version of the album, was also featured on the award-winning Warner Brothers animated film Osmosis Jones.#

[edit] 2000–2001: Born to Do It

The success of David's debut, which was written almost entirely by David and Mark Hill of Artful Dodger, led to the United States release of "Fill Me In" in May 2001. It reached Number 15 on the Billboard Hot 100. Born to Do It was released in the United States on 17 July 2001, peaking at Number 11 on the Billboard 200 and sold over one million copies. The single "7 Days" hit the Top 10 in the U.S.; although "Walking Away", which had reached Number 3 in the UK and Number 5 in Australia, missed the Top 40 in the U.S. and was the last of his singles to chart there.

In April 2009, MTV viewers voted Born To Do It as Number 2 on their "Greatest Album of All-Time" poll, behind Michael Jackson's Thriller.^[11]

[edit] 2002–2003: Slicker Than Your Average

The follow-up album, Slicker Than Your Average, was released in 2002. The albums' first four singles continued his streak of Top 10 hits in the UK, bringing a total of nine consecutive Top 10 hits until "World Filled with Love" peaked at Number 15 in 2003. None of the six singles released from the album charted in the U.S.. Although "What's Your Flava?" and "Rise & Fall" (duet with Sting) received airplay on the Urban Contemporary and Soft AC formats, they did not make the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles Tracks chart or the Adult Contemporary chart. However, "What's Your Flava?" made the Rhythmic Top 40 (Number 32), Top 40 Mainstream (Number 24) and the Top 40 Tracks (Number 37). According to the RIAA Slicker Than Your Average reached Gold Status in the USA.

David also commented that the album title could be looked at in two different ways: "On the one hand, it's coming across like I'm arrogant. On the other hand, it's saying I have a lot more composure on the album." "^[12]

The album was leaked onto the internet prior to its official release but David was not too bothered as he feels it "spreads the word".

[edit] 2005–2006: The Story Goes...

David later signed on with Warner Music and put together his third album, The Story Goes..., which was released worldwide in August 2005 (excluding the U.S. where it was never released). The first single, "All The Way", returned him to the Top 3. The second single, "Don't Love You No More (I'm Sorry)", tied with "7 Days" as his longest running single in the charts since "Re-Rewind", spending 15 weeks inside the UK Top 75. The album's third single, "Unbelievable", debuted at Number 18 in March 2006.

[edit] 2007–2008: Trust Me

In 2007, David collaborated with UK rapper Kano on his album London Town, for the single "This is the Girl". The track was released on 27 August 2007 and debuted at Number 18 on the UK charts.

The first single "Hot Stuff" from his album Trust Me, was released on 5 November 2007 . The single was a top ten hit, whilst the album charted at Number 18 on the UK Albums Chart. "6 of 1 Thing", the second single to be taken from Trust Me, charted at number 39 on the UK Singles Chart, becoming his third-lowest charting single to date.

"Officially Yours" was released on 23 June 2008 and peaked at Number 158 on the UK Singles Chart, becoming his lowest-charting single to date and was the final single from Trust Me.

In July, a new track titled "Are You Up for This" started receiving airplay on various radio stations as part of a promo with Ice Cream Records, which also featured a remix with Witty Boy called "Nutter Butter".

On 17 August, David performed at a birthday tribute concert for songwriter Don Black at the London Palladium. He performed the song "Ben", originally a hit for Michael Jackson.

David took part in Soccer Aid 2008 at Wembley Stadium on 7 September 2008. He picked up the "Man of The Match" award on the night and played in the same England side as ex-internationals such as Alan Shearer, Teddy Sheringham and David Seaman, and played against the likes of Romário, Paolo Di Canio, Jaap Stam, and Luís Figo.

David received two 2008 UK Urban Music Award nominations for Best Album with Trust Me and Best R&B Act.^[13]

On 7 November, David was recognised for his 'contribution' to the music industry by receiving an honorary degree of Doctor of Music, from Southampton Solent University at a graduation ceremony held at Southampton Guildhall.

[edit] 2008–2009: Greatest Hits

Craig David, performing 12 December 2008 Madrid, Spain

David released his first Greatest Hits album on 24 November 2008. In support of the release, David released two singles to promote the album. "Where's Your Love" featuring Tinchy Stryder and Rita Ora, a homage to his UK garage days, was digitally released on 10 November 2008. The second single, "Insomnia", produced by Jim Beanz from Timbaland productions, a dance track with hard bassline beats, was released the following week on 17 November 2008. Toby Gad and Eimear Crombie provided backup vocals and instrumental stylings.

On 29 December, a new mix of "Insomnia", titled "Up All Night Mix", was made available for digital download.

As part of the Greatest Hits compilation, David re-recorded "Walking Away" with four different artists across Europe, Monrose from Germany, Nek from Italy, Lynnsha from France and Alex Ubago from Spain.

The album debuted at Number 48 on the UK Albums Chart.

From February to April 2009, David toured Russia, the Far East and performed one show in Los Angeles as part of a Greatest Hits tour. He met fans at a meet and greet session at Singapore Changi Airport before his show.^[14]

In April 2009, Born to Do It came second in a poll by MTV UK for the Greatest Album ever, which received over 40,000 votes, beaten by Michael Jackson's album Thriller.^[15]

On 14 May 2009, David participated in the Hillsborough Memorial football match at Anfield.

On 26 July 2009, David participated in the Sir Bobby Robson Trophy match at St. James' Park, playing alongside boyhood hero Alan Shearer.

[edit] 2009–2010: New label and Signed Sealed Delivered

On Friday 18 September 2009 fans got the first taste of the new album with an exclusive demo posted on his official website, a thirty second snippet covering Stevie Wonder's "Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours".

On 2 October, David revealed to his fans via Twitter and his website that he had signed a new record deal with Universal.^[16]

The UK edition of Jay Sean's new album All or Nothing which was released on 30 November 2009 features Craig on a track entitled "Stuck in the Middle".

David performed a bold new cover of "I Wan'na Be Like You (The Monkey Song)" from Walt Disney's 1967 film The Jungle Book on the ITV programme Ultimate Movie Toons, broadcast 28 March 2010.

The new album Signed Sealed Delivered, finds Craig largely covering and sampling soul hits from the Motown era while giving them his own modern twist. Songs covered include Marvin Gaye's "I Heard It Through the Grapevine"; The Temptations' "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone"; and Stevie Wonder's "For Once in My Life".^[17]

The first single from Craig's fifth studio album Signed Sealed Delivered was "One More Lie (Standing in the Shadows)" and it was released in the UK on 22 March 2010 where it made No.76^[18] with the album following one week later on 29 March 2010, which entered the UK chart at number 13.

On 17 March 2010 Craig will be releasing a Garage compilation album titled 'Rewind Old Skool Classics' mixed with DJ Spoony featuring some of their favourite UK Garage hits from the last ten years.^[19]

Two weeks later on 31 May 2010, the second single to be taken from Signed Sealed Delivered, titled "All Alone Tonight (Stop, Look, Listen)" will be released. The chorus of the single samples The Stylistics' hit "Stop, Look, Listen (To Your Heart)" but features completely new verses. In the weeks leading up to the release BBC Radio Two have backed the single by naming it their 'Record of the Week' and adding it to their 'A-List'.

On 20 May 2010 David appeared as a co-host on The Morning Show in Australia alongside Kylie Gillies, whilst regular male presenter Larry Emdur was on holidays.

On 27 August 2010 Swiss DJ Remady is releasing an album titled "No Superstar" on which Craig features on the House/Dance track "Do It On My Own".^[20]

David is nominated for 'Best Video' at the 2010 Urban Music Awards for the song "One More Lie (Standing in the Shadows)".

The 2010 Sunday Times Rich List indicated that Craig David is worth £8 million.

2011–2012[link]

David revealed on Twitter he's worked with producer Jim Beanz on material for his new album. David also tweeted about working with August Rigo and more recently Fraser T Smith.

Whilst doing a show in Russia, David confirmed he has left Universal Records and hopes to release his new album in America as well as the UK.^[21]

In February 2011 David agreed to do a desert trek for Comic Relief as part of Red Nose Day 2011. A host of celebrities including Dermot O'Leary, Olly Murs and Lorraine Kelly treked 100 kilometres across a Kenyan desert to raise money for preventable blindness across Africa.^[22]

In May 2011 David made a guest appearance on NRJ12's French reality TV show Les Anges 2 where he offered advice to contestants trying to make a life in Miami.

Released on 1 August 2011, David features on Erick Morillo's new mix CD Subliminal Invasion on a track titled "Fly Away".^[23]

David performed at the Michael Jackson tribute concert, held in Cardiff at the Millennium Stadium on 8 October 2011.^[24]

Further to their earlier collaboration, David and Erick Morillo also canvassed a promotional track to DJ's and radio stations titled "Get Drunk Up" and also featured it on YouTube. Morillo revealed David will appear on a project with Harry Romero and José Nunez, which will feature a remix of the track.^[25]

In December, he featured on the Blackout Mode dance track "Freak on the Dancefloor" that appeared on the compilation album R&B Collection 2012.

Details of David's upcoming album are still unknown, however he has hinted on Twitter that it will be released in 2012.

Discography[link]

Studio albums

• Born to Do It (2000)
• Slicker Than Your Average (2002)
• The Story Goes... (2005)
• Trust Me (2007)
• Signed Sealed Delivered (2010)

Compilation albums

• Greatest Hits (2008)

Awards and nominations[link]

• BET Awards
  • 2002: Best R&B Male Artist (Nominated)
  • 2002: Best New Artist (Nominated)

• BRIT Awards
  • 2006: Best British Urban Act (Nominated)
  • 2003: Best British Urban Act (Nominated)
  • 2003: Best British Male Solo Artist (Nominated)
  • 2002: Best British Album: Born to Do It (Nominated)
  • 2002: Best British Dance Act (Nominated)
  • 2002: Best British Male Solo Artist (Nominated)
  • 2001: Best British Album: Born to Do It (Nominated)
  • 2001: Best British Dance Act (Nominated)
  • 2001: Best British Male Solo Artist (Nominated)
  • 2001: Best British Newcomer (Nominated)
  • 2001: Best British Single: "7 Days" (Nominated)
  • 2001: Best British Video: "7 Days" (Nominated)

• Goldene Kamera
  • 2004: Pop International

• Grammy Awards
  • 2003: Best Male Pop Vocal Performance: "7 Days" (Nominated)
  • 2002: Best Male Pop Vocal Performance: "Fill Me In" (Nominated)

• Ivor Novello Awards
  • 2001: Best Contemporary Song: "7 Days"
  • 2001: Best Dance Single Award: "Woman Trouble", shared with Robbie Craig and Artful Dodger
  • 2001: Songwriter Of The Year, shared with Mark Hill

• MOBO Awards
  • 2001: Best UK Act
  • 2001: Best R&B Act (Nominated)
  • 2001: Best Album: Born to Do It (Nominated)
  • 2000: Best R&B Act
  • 2000: Best UK Newcomer
  • 2000: Best UK Single of the Year: "Fill Me In"
  • 2000: Best Video: "7 Days" (Nominated)
  • 2000: Best UK Single of the Year: "Woman Trouble" (Nominated), shared with Robbie Craig and Artful Dodger

• MTV Europe Awards
  • 2001: Best Male (Nominated)
  • 2001: Best New Act (Nominated)
  • 2001: Best R&B Act
  • 2001: Best UK & Ireland Act

• MTV Video Music Awards
  • 2002: Best Male Video: "Walking Away" (Nominated)
  • 2001: MTV2 Award: "Fill Me In" (Nominated)

• MTV Video Music Awards Japan
  • 2006: Best R&B Video: "All The Way" (Nominated)
  • 2003: Best Male Video: "What's Your Flava?"

• Radio Music Awards
  • 2001: Most Requested Song: "Fill Me In" (Nominated)

• Urban Music Awards
  • 2010: Best Video: "One More Lie (Standing In The Shadows)" (Nominated)

• Other awards and honors
  • Honorary Degree, Doctor of Music, Southampton Solent University, 7 November 2008^[26][27]

Personal life and activism[link]

David considers himself Jewish, and keeps up with Jewish traditions and holidays.^[28] On 24 March 2010 (World TB Day), Craig David was named the newest Goodwill Ambassador against Tuberculosis. He is lending his voice to the Stop Tuberculosis effort. Craig’s first activity as an Ambassador was to travel to South Africa to learn more about tuberculosis, where he met the people who have beaten the disease, people who are still fighting it, kids who face the threat of tuberculosis every day, and scientists who have dedicated their lives to making tuberculosis history. Craig stated that the mission is to help overcome the social stigma of TB in order to beat the disease.^[29]

[edit] Caricaturization on Bo' Selecta

David was frequently caricatured by comedian Leigh Francis on the British TV comedy show Bo' Selecta!; the show's title itself being a reference to his song, "Re-Rewind (The Crowd Say Bo Selecta)". Although many other celebrities lampooned in the series appreciated the jokes and even appeared in the series themselves, David—the series' most prominently mocked target—did not enjoy the attention, remarking that the public were no longer taking him seriously.^[30][31] Speaking to The Sunday Times in 2007, David confessed that "The whole Bo' Selecta! thing was killing me for a while because this idiot had a cult following and I was the main caricature. [...] Inside it was absolutely pissing me off and hurtful beyond belief. There were times when I thought I just want to knock this guy out".^[32]

Although he made an appearance himself in the programme, he regretted it even as he was making it: "I didn't want people to think, 'Craig's reacting to it', because then they would think, 'How can we get up Craig's nose even more?' So I did it, but I wasn't happy about it".^[32] In 2010, he further commented on his bitterness towards Francis' impersonations of him: "What upset me was that it made people ridicule "Rewind". It should make people think about the garage scene, not some guy with a stupid rubber mask. I've got nothing to say to Leigh. He's not picking up awards or anything is he?"^[33] However, he has also denied that his career had been ruined as a result of the show, and that he was satisfied with his musical output over the years.^[34][35]

References[link]

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Craig David

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• Official website
• I Love Music Festival at Tenerife (23 April 2011)

Cody Simpson
Simpson on Radio Disney in August 2011.
Background information
Birth name	Cody Robert Simpson
Born	(1997-01-11) 11 January 1997 (age 15) Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
Origin	Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
Genres	Pop, R&B[1]
Occupations	Singer, songwriter, musician and dancer
Instruments	Vocals, guitar and piano
Years active	2009–present
Labels	Warner Bros. Records/Atlantic (2010–present)
Website	codysimpson.com

Cody Robert Simpson (born 11 January 1997) is an Australian pop singer from Gold Coast, Queensland, who is currently signed to US record label Atlantic Records.^[2]

Early life[link]

Simpson was born to Brad and Angie Simpson. He has two younger siblings, Tom and Alli.^[3] He is also a talented swimmer, winning two gold medals at the Queensland Swimming Championships.^[4] Simpson trained at the Miami Swimming Club under coach Ken Nixon.^[5] Simpson's mother Angie works as a volunteer at the club.^[6]

Simpson began to record songs in his bedroom during the summer of 2009 on YouTube, performing "I'm Yours" by Jason Mraz,^[7] "Cry Me a River"^[8] and "Señorita"^[9] by Justin Timberlake, "I Want You Back" by the Jackson 5,^[10] and his own songs, "One"^[11] and "Perfect".^[12] He was subsequently discovered on YouTube by Shawn Campbell,^[13] a Grammy-nominated record producer who has produced for Jay-Z and other artists.

Career[link]

Simpson's rise to recognition was featured on The 7.30 Report in December 2009.^[14] He released his debut single, "iYiYi" (which features American rapper Flo Rida), on 15 May 2010. It was digitally released on 30 May 2010.^[15] The music video for "iYiYi" was released on 30 June 2010.

^[16] The music video for Simpson's second single, "Summertime", was released on 20 September 2010.^[17]

Simpson relocated to Los Angeles in June 2010 with his family to record his songs with Atlantic Records and his producer Shawn Campbell.^[18] His manager is Michael 'Blue' Williams. ^[19] That same month, Simpson appeared on Sunrise.^[20] On 22 June 2010, it was announced that Simpson would participate in the Camplified 2010 Tour, along with other artists, touring across the United States. The tour began on 5 July 2010 and ended on 14 August 2010. It was also Simpson's first public tour.^[21] While on tour, Simpson performed a song called "Love So Strong". In an interview with Popstar Magazine, Simpson stated that his inspiration for the song was "A girl, back home. That's all I can say."^[22]

On 4 December 2010, it was announced on Simpson's official website that an EP entitled 4 U would be released through iTunes on 21 December 2010. The EP includes five tracks in total, four of them being previously unreleased.^[23]

Simpson recorded a remake of the song "I Want Candy" by The Strangeloves as the main theme song for the Easter-themed live-action/CGI-animated film Hop.

On 23 April 2011, Simpson released the single "On My Mind" through his website. It was released on iTunes on 23 May 2011 and the music video was released on 17 June 2011.

Simpson is currently working on tracks for an upcoming EP on Atlantic Records. It will be released on 20 September 2011. Simpson's best friend, Campbell Carsley announced the release date on twitter on 18 July 2011. It will be called Coast To Coast, the same name as his current mall tour. On 22 September, it was announced that Cody Simpson hired Justin Bieber's manager, Scooter Braun as his manager.^[24][25]

In December 2011 The Wish Factory released a Cody Simpson doll in two formats.^[26]

Touring[link]

Simpson in concert at the Crowne Plaza in Cromwell, Connecticut on 5 June 2011

Simpson has been on tour recently promoting his new EP, making stops at various locations in the United States. Most notably, Simpson participated in the "Camplified 2010" tour in June.^[27] Other tours include a middle school tour that took place from October–November 2010 and covered 9 U.S states.^[28]

In May 2011, Simpson was "egged" during a live performance at Miranda Fair in Sydney. Simpson told Australian radio show The Kyle & Jackie O Show that he wasn't in fact hit by the eggs and that he was upset on behalf of his fans because the remainder of his show was cancelled because of security concerns.^[29][30]

Filmography[link]

Television[link]

Discography[link]

Studio albums

• Paradise (2012)

Extended plays

• 4 U (2010)
• Coast to Coast (2011)

Tours[link]

• Waiting 4U Tour
• Coast to Coast Mall Tour
• Welcome to Paradise

Awards and nominations[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Cody Simpson

• Official website
• Cody Simpson at the Internet Movie Database
• Cody Simpson on Twitter
• Cody Simpson's's channel on YouTube