![]() On May 15, Chance created an official Myspace page and an official Twitter account. That morning, Ryan Seacrest posted another link on Twitter, this time to the video of Chance appearing on The Ellen DeGeneres Show. ![]() During the interview, Chance received a phone call from Lady Gaga, who the boy says is his "true inspiration." That evening, ABC World News broadcast a report on Chance, introduced by Diane Sawyer, who said the story struck ABC News as "part Billy Elliot and part Glee." On May 13, Chance's appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show was broadcast, and mainstream media, including CBS and People, reported on the appearance. Chance taped an interview and performance of "Paparazzi" in Los Angeles. The Wall Street Journal and Los Angeles Times, among other mainstream media, posted articles embedding the video and announcing the forthcoming appearance. On May 12, DeGeneres' announcement of Chance's booking on the show was broadcast at different times across the U.S. ![]() On the afternoon of May 11, Yahoo! Music reported: "As of this writing, the video has had more than 36,000 views so far, and he's even been invited to perform on The Ellen DeGeneres Show. The video had about 10,000 views when DeGeneres first saw it. That afternoon, Ryan Seacrest and Ellen DeGeneres linked the video on their Twitter accounts, as did celebrity Ashton Kutcher later that evening.ĭeGeneres first saw the video after Chance's brother, Tanner Chance, wrote to her show suggesting she watch it. Later in the day, TVGuide, The Huffington Post, and Yahoo! Music's video blog, Video Ga Ga, also posted articles embedding the video TVGuide mentioned that a Facebook fan page had already been started for Chance. ![]() The next morning, it was embedded on, which reported finding the video via BuzzFeed, a website that attempts to track and predict emerging viral internet memes. At least two social websites, GossipBoy.ca and, posted video embeds on May 10, 2010. Chance began playing the piano at age eight and had several years of piano lessons before he first went viral.Ĭareer 1997–2010: Musical beginnings Ĭhance's cover of Lady Gaga's " Paparazzi" was posted to YouTube on April 28, 2010, and for almost two weeks, the video generated low views. The youngest child of Scott and Lisa Chance, he has an older sister, Alexa, and an older brother, Tanner, both of whom also make music. In March 2019, Chance released his second full-length album, Portraits with the lead single, "Shut Up", followed by "Timekeeper".Ĭhance was born August 16, 1997, in Wichita Falls, Texas, and grew up as a Catholic in Edmond, Oklahoma. The lead single, "Afterlife", was released in October 2015, followed by "Hit and Run" and "Back On the Wall" in 2016. Chance's debut single, " Waiting Outside the Lines", was released in October 2010 followed by his debut studio album, Hold On 'til the Night, in August 2011.Ĭhance released his second extended play, Somewhere Over My Head, in May 2016. Two of his original compositions, "Stars" and "Broken Hearts", gained over six and eight million views respectively on his channel. He rose to national attention in 2010 with his performance of Lady Gaga's " Paparazzi" at a grade school music festival which went viral on YouTube, gaining over 72 million views. Greyson Michael Chance (born August 16, 1997) is an American singer-songwriter and musician.
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