Tiffany Lynn Alvord is an American singer, songwriter, and YouTube personality.
She has been cited as one of YouTube's early "home-grown celebrities" and has several million
subscribers making her channel among the top 50 music channels on the site.
Alvord is also popular on other social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter.
Biography Alvord was born December 11, 1992, in California,
the daughter of Cherie Alvord, who also works as her manager.
She is the second youngest of seven siblings, having six brothers.
When in elementary school, she learned to play the piano and wrote her first songs at
the age of ten.
When she was 14, Alvord learned to play the guitar, her second instrument.
She published her first song on YouTube in April 2008 at age 15.
Alvord trained as a gymnast for nine years and competed in gymnastics for four years
until an injury during competition forced her to quit.
She finished high school early, in only three years, in 2010.
By her graduation, her YouTube channel and music were beginning to take off, so she postponed
college and decided to focus on her music.
Musical career She has been cited as one of YouTube's first
"home-grown celebrities" and has a following of over 2.2 million subscribers and As of
2014 over 400 million video views making her channel among the top 50 most subscribed music
channels on the site.
She also has a strong following on social media sites including more than 2.4 million
Facebook fans and over 350 thousand Twitter followers.
Alvord has done several live music performances, mainly in the United States, but also in Canada,
England, China, Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia, performing both original songs
and cover songs she has performed on YouTube.
She has also participated in various tours, opening for Boyce Avenue on their U.S. tour
during February and March 2011, and headlined with Alex Goot on a U.S. tour between August
and September of the same year.
On June 23, 2011, Alvord's first album I've Got It Covered launched in the United States,
featuring ten of her most prominent cover songs.
On December 20, 2011, she released her second studio album My Dream with Tate Music Group,
her first album of original songs.
In June 2012, Alvord took first place in an ArtistSignal competition, winning a $25,000
grand prize.
Then on June 29, 2012, she released her third album, I've Got It Covered Vol. 2, which,
like her first album, has 10 cover songs made popular on her YouTube channel.
On September 18, 2012, Alvord released her fourth album on iTunes, entitled My Heart
Is.
In December 2012, Alvord performed in Times Square on the Nivea stage with Carly Rae Jepsen,
Train, PSY and Taylor Swift as part of the 2012 New Year's Eve celebration.
Alvord headlined a tour in four different countries in Southeast Asia during March 2013,
and co-headlined a West Coast tour of the U.S. in April 2013 with fellow YouTube star
Jason Chen.
In July 2013, Alvord performed live in Europe for the first time, headlining sold-out shows
in London, including the historic London Hippodrome.
During the trip, Alvord was featured on a live interview with Simon Lederman on 94.9
BBC Radio, London.
On August 13, 2013, she released her fifth album, I’ve Got It Covered Vol. 3, followed
by her Legacy album, on August 12, 2014.
Currently, Alvord is working on various international tours while continuing to regularly post new
music content for her subscribers on YouTube.
Discography References
External links Official website
Tiffany Alvord's channel on YouTube Official Tiffany Alvord on Facebook
Tiffany Alvord on Twitter