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Khalid Donnel Robinson (born February 11, 1998) is an American singer signed to Right Hand Music Group and RCA Records. He rose to fame after the release of his debut studio album, American Teen (2017). The album spawned the US top-20 singles "Location" and "Young Dumb & Broke", and was later certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).
Later that year he was featured on Logic's US top-ten single "1-800-273-8255" with Alessia Cara, which earned him a Grammy Award for Song of the Year nomination. The following year, Khalid released the number-one pop songs "Love Lies" with Normani and "Eastside" with Benny Blanco and Halsey, both of which tied the record for longest charting songs on the Mainstream Top 40 chart and reached the top-10 on the Billboard Hot 100. In September 2018, he released the number-one Rhythmic song "Better" as the lead single from his top-10 EP Suncity. In April 2019, he released his second studio album, Free Spirit, which debuted atop the Billboard 200 chart. The lead single "Talk" peaked at No. 3 in the US and earned him a Grammy Award for Record of the Year nomination.
Khalid has received multiple accolades including six Grammy Award nominations, six Billboard Music Awards, three American Music Awards and a MTV Video Music Award. In 2019, Khalid was named one of Time magazine's 100 Most Influential People.
Early life
Robinson was born in Fort Stewart, Georgia. He spent his childhood in various locations due to his mother, Linda Wolfe, and father's military careers, including Fort Campbell in Kentucky, Fort Drum in Watertown, New York, and six years in Heidelberg, Germany. Wolfe worked as a supply technician and became a member of the Army corps. In high school, Robinson studied singing and musical theater. He attended Carthage Central High School in Carthage, New York for his first three years of high school before he and his mother moved to El Paso, Texas, where he attended Americas High School for his senior year.
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