The life of Cody Simpson
Cody
Robert Simpson was born on11
January 1997 in Gold Coast,
Queensland, Australia, to
Brad and Angie Simpson. He has two younger siblings, Tom and Alli.Simpson has won two gold medals at the Queensland
Swimming Championships. Simpson trained at the
Miami
Swimming Club under coach Ken Nixon. Simpson's mother Angie worked as a volunteer at the club.
Simpson began
to record songs in his bedroom during the summer of 2009 on YouTube, performing "I'm Yours"
by Jason Mraz, "Cry Me a River" and "Señorita" by Justin Timberlake, "I Want You Back" by The Jackson 5, and his own songs, "One" and "Perfect". He was subsequently discovered on YouTube by Shawn
Campbell, a Grammy-nominated record producer who has produced for Jay-Z and other artists.
Simpson's
rise to recognition was featured on The 7.30 Report in
December 2009. He released his debut single, "iYiYi" (which
features American rapper Flo Rida),
on 15 May 2010.
On 12 June
2012, Simpson released an EP titled Preview to Paradise containing four
songs from his upcoming debut studio album, Paradise,which was released 2 October 2012. In February 2013, Simpson toured Europe, doing his
own tour dates as well as supporting Justin Bieber on many of the European
Believe tour dates. Surfers Paradise, released 16 July 2013, is Simpson's first
album to debut in the Top 10 of the Billboard
Hot 200. During summer of
2013, Simpson headlined the Paradise Tour,
featuring opening acts Ryan Beatty and Before You Exit. On 19 November 2013,
Simpson released an acoustic album called The Acoustic Sessions, featuring 5
songs; (in order): 1. Pretty Brown Eyes 2. All Day 3. La Da Dee 4. Wish U Were
Here 5. Please Come Home For Christmas (cover), recorded in an acoustic
version.
On 4 March
2014, Simpson was announced as one of the celebrities to participate on the 18th season
of Dancing with the
Stars during ABC's
Good Morning
America. He is partnered with professional dancer Witney Carson.
He has been
in a relationship with Yolanda Foster's
model daughter Gigi Hadid since June 14, 2013.
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