Charli D’Amelio is a star on TikTok, born on May 1, 2004, in Norwalk, Connecticut. This American social media star’s full name is Charli Grace D’Amelio.
Before embarking on her social media career in 2019, she competed in dance competitions for over a decade. Her videos on TikTok showcased her dancing skills. She became the most-followed creator on the app in March 2020 after rapidly gaining a significant audience. She is TikTok’s second most followed person as of 2024, with over 150 million followers.
Early Years
Charli D’Amelio is the daughter of photographer model Heidi D’Amelio, a businessman, and former Republican candidate for the Connecticut Senate, Marc D’Amelio. Charli’s older sister, Dixie, is also a social media celebrity.
She has been dancing competitively for nearly a decade before beginning her TikTok career in 2019, and she started when she was three years old.
Before becoming famous on TikTok, she was a student at the exclusive King School in Stamford, Connecticut. However, after her breakthrough, she started going to school online.
Career
She is a famous TikTok user who became famous after creating her channel. Her innovative choreography, montages, and lip-syncs have gone viral, and her dance routines have brought her immense fame. Her channel has included collaborations with many other notable TikTok producers, including Addison Rae and her sister Dixie. She was a part of the group The Hype House, which was active on TikTok. She signed a contract with UTA in January 2020. She triumphed in Dancing with the Stars in 2022.
The animated features StarDog and TurboCat, set to release in 2020, marked D’Amelio’s feature picture debut. She and her family have been on many reality shows, including The D’Amelio Show (Hulu, 2021–present) and Charli vs. Dixie (Snap Original, 2021–2022), which she co-hosted with her sister. D’Amelio and Mark Ballas won the 31st season of Dancing with the Stars in 2022.
She has also dabbled in a podcast, a mattress, a beauty line, a clothesline, a nail polish collection, novels, and a multi-product firm. For TikTok, she set a record by being the first user to reach 100 million followers. Forbes reports that in 2019, D’Amelio was the highest-earning female TikTok celebrity. In 2022, she continued that streak and is generally called TikTok’s biggest star.
Relationship
From 2019’s ending until 2020’s spring, she dated the public figure Chase Hudson. Landon Barker was her boyfriend in 2022. They split officially at the beginning of 2024.
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