Christina Grimmie
Christina Grimmie, a New Jersey native and finalist on The Voice, was tragically taken in the summer of 2016 by a crazed fan. She was immensely talented singer, songwriter and instrumentalist who was signed to Island and Republic Records. Grimmie's 2015 release "Stay with Me” a collaboration with fellow artist Diamond Eyes, climbed to No. 5 on the iTunes Electronic Charts. She also competed as a contestant in the iHeartRadio/Macy's Rising Star Contest. She won the contest, and was given the opportunity to open the 2015 iHeartRadio Music Festival that year. That same year, she was one of 16 international artists including Paul McCartney to record the charity single "Love Song to the Earth", which was created to raise climate change awareness. In 2016, she released a series of posthumous videos ‘The Ballad of Jessica Blue.’ Grimmie received her only Teen Choice Award in 2016, winning posthumously for Choice Web Star: Music. It was her third such nomination. On May 11, 2018, Grimmie's family released another single, "Little Girl," which Grimmie wrote and recorded to support her mother as she battled breast cancer.
Christina left a body of work which contains over 50 original compositions that Inspiros and the Grimmie estate are releasing over the next 5-7 years. Many of them are being remixed by celebrity remixers and artists like Skrillex. Inspiros administers all her publishing with the funds being raised from her royalties going to the Christina Grimmie Foundation.