Wednesday, January 15, 2014
biography
Mahone was born in San Antonio, Texas on April 4, 1996. His father died when he was a year and a half old, and he was raised by his single mother, Michelle. [4]Mahone is Catholic.[5] He attended Lady Bird Johnson High School.[6] He first started posting videos on YouTube with his friend Alex Constancio in June 2010.[7] Music videos followed by January 2011, and he began to build an online following. [8] In October 2011, Mahone posted a video covering Justin Bieber's song "Mistletoe".[9][10] On August 28, 2012 Mahone announced that he had been officially signed to Chase/Universal Republic Records.[11] Mahone's first single "11:11" charted at #19 on the Billboard Heatseekers Songs chart. On June 5, 2012 Austin Mahone released a second single called "Say Somethin". The single did better than his first, charting at #34 on the Billboard Pop Songs chart.[12]
On May 22, 2012, Mahone played at the first Q102 Springle Ball music concert. Soon after, he sang at the B96 SummerBash in Chicago[13] and on June 22, 2012, in New York City.
Image and artistryHe debuted at #38 on the Billboard Social 50 chart, the youngest to appear on the list.[9] He rose to #28 on the list on December 2, 2011, and then disappeared from the list.[14] In 2012, The Wall Street Journal named Mahone as a "leading contender to be the next Bieber."[8] [15] In 2013, he was named one of MTV's "Artists To Watch".[16] While growing up, Mahone was influenced by artists across multiple genres of music, including country singer George Strait. In November 2012, Mahone signed a deal to become the new "Teen Ambassador" for Lil Wayne's colorful Trukfit fashion clothing line.[17] In July 2013, he filmed a commercial for McDonald's.[18] In the same year in August, he was in a "Hot Nuts" commercial in Mexico.[19] In December 2013, Mahone was named a "Digital and Brand Strategist" for Aquafina’s FlavorSplash, a new line of flavored sparkling water targeted towards teens
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