John Vincent Orlando (born January 24, 2003) is a Canadian singer-songwriter, and actor. He first received attention on social media by posting covers of pop songs by artists such as Austin Mahone, Taylor Swift, Rihanna, Justin Bieber, and Shawn Mendes to his YouTube channel."Johnny Orlando, Toronto teen signed to major label, ready to take centre stage". CBC News, May 23, 2018. In 2019, Orlando was nominated for the Juno Award for Breakthrough Artist of the Year. He has also won an MTV Europe Music Award for Best Canadian Act four times in 2019,"Shawn Mendes and the Weeknd lead the 2019 Juno nominations" CBC Music, January 29, 2019 2020, 2021, and 2022.
Orlando's debut studio album All the Things That Could Go Wrong was released on August 19, 2022.
Biography Johnny Orlando was born in Mississauga, Ontario on January 24, 2003.
His sister Darian made a YouTube channel for Johnny, "JohnnyOsings" on December 5, 2011, and posted a cover of him singing "Mistletoe". Orlando and his sister recorded it in their bathroom because their bathroom had good acoustics. Initially, they expected at most 100 views, but to their surprise, the video went viral and got more than 100,000 views in a month. Citing the initial success of the first video, he and his sister continued posting covers of famous musical artists like Justin Bieber, Shawn Mendes, Taylor Swift, Austin Mahone, and Selena Gomez on his YouTube channel while Darian directed, shot, produced and edited all his videos.
His debut EP, VXIIXI was released in 2015 when he was 12 years old. In 2017, a YouTube video was posted by Glamour showing P!nk viewing his cover of her song “Just Give Me a Reason”, in which the singer noted he had “incredible voice control.” He signed with Universal Music Canada on May 18, 2018, and has released singles such as "Day and Night" and "What If" (both featuring Mackenzie Ziegler), "Last Summer","Johnny Orlando Has a Perfect Summer Day in 'Last Summer' Music Video: Exclusive Premiere". Billboard, October 10, 2018. "Waste My Time", "All These Parties", "Phobias", "See You" and "Everybody Wants You". His second EP, Teenage Fever, was released on March 15, 2019."Johnny Orlando Announces Completed EP" . Tiger Beat, January 25, 2019. Orlando embarked on his second headlining North American tour in support of the EP, beginning on April 29, 2019, in Chicago and ending on May 22, 2019, in Vancouver."JOHNNY ORLANDO ANNOUNCES ‘TEENAGE FEVER’ TOUR" . Tiger Beat, February 15, 2019. It was supported by his close friends Hayden Summerall and Gus McMillan."JOHNNY ORLANDO ANNOUNCES TEENAGE FEVER TOUR OPENING ACTS HAYDEN SUMMERALL, ANGELINA AND GUS" . Tiger Beat, March 3, 2019.
It was announced that MTV had signed a deal for consumer products with Orlando at the end of July 2020. On October 23, 2020, he announced his third EP, It's Never Really Over was released.
In 2023, he participated in an all-star recording of Serena Ryder's single "What I Wouldn't Do", which was released as a charity single to benefit Kids Help Phone's Feel Out Loud campaign for youth mental health.Brent Furdyk, "Feel Out Loud: Alessia Cara, Serena Ryder & More Canadian Artists Collaborate On New Single Promoting Youth Mental Health Initiative". Entertainment Tonight Canada, March 2, 2023.
Orlando has cited Justin Bieber and Shawn Mendes among his primary musical inspirations. He is also inspired by Billie Eilish as well as other Canadian artists such as Drake, The Weeknd, and Alessia Cara. Orlando has also shared that his dad played Pearl Jam and Otis Redding in the car, which helped cultivate his songwriting skills.
Discography Albums All the Things That Could Go Wrong (2022) Songs for Young Lovers (2026)
EPs VXIIXI (2015) Teenage Fever (2019) It's Never Really Over (2020) The Ride (2024)
Singles Single Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album CAN CANAC CAN CHR CANHot AC "Let Go"2016 — — — — rowspan="7" "Day & Night" — — — — "Missing You" — — — — "Thinking About You" 2017 — — — — "Everything" — — — — "The Most" — — — — "What If (I Told You I Like You)" 2018 — — — — MC: Gold "Last Summer" — — — — Teenage Fever "Sleep" 2019 — — — — "Piece of my Heart" — — — — "All These Parties" — — — — rowspan="2" "Mistletoe" — — — — "Phobias" 2020 — — — — It's Never Really Over "Lean On Me" 13 6 15 11 "See You" — — — — It's Never Really Over "Everybody Wants You" 61 14 20 14 MC: Gold "Last Christmas" — — — — "Adelaide" — — — — It's Never Really Over "I Don't" 2021 — — 46 — rowspan="2" "Daydream" — — 40 — "It's Alright" — — — — My Little Pony: A New Generation "You're Just Drunk" — — — — All the Things That Could Go Wrong "How Can It Be Christmas" — — — — "Someone Will Love You Better" 2022 — — — — All the Things That Could Go Wrong "Blur" — — — — "Fun Out of It" — — — — "If He Wanted to He Would" — — — — "When I'm Gone" 2023 — — — — "Anywhere with You" — — — — Butterfly Tale "Boyfriend" — — — — The Ride "July" — — — — "A Man Like Me" — — — — "Party for Two" — — — — "Close to You" — — — — "Thinking of Me" — — — — "Wait for You" 2024 — — — — rowspan="5" "Untouched" — — — — "Temptation" — — — — "Famous" 2025 — — — — "What I Am" — — — — "The Crowd" — — — — Songs for Young Lovers "Emilia" 2026 — — — — "Have Your Lovin'" — — — — "Charlotte" — — — — "Heads Up" — — — — "Novice" — — — — Like We're Lovers "—" denotes a recording that did not chart.
Collaborations "Big Like You" (2017) (Bunyan & Babe soundtracks) "Christmas Fever" (2017) (with Bars and Melody) "We Change the World" (2017) (with Raina Harten) "Keep On Trying" (2018) (with Sylwia PrzyBysz)
Web YearSeriesRole Notes2018–2020Total EclipseSamMain role2018Chicken GirlsSamEpisode: "Seven Minutes in Heaven"2018Baby Doll RecordsSamEpisode: "Work from Home"
Filmography + List of performances and appearances by Johnny Orlando in television, film and on the web Year Title Role Notes/ 2014–2019 Wishenpoof! Oliver Voice 2015–2016 Super Why! Whyatt Beanstalk/Super Why Voice (season 3) 2017 Bunyan and Babe Travis Barclay Voice 2018 Pinocchio Pinocchio Voice, English version 2018–2020 Total Eclipse Sam 2020 The Substitute Himself (substitute teacher) 2020 All That Himself (guest performer) Season 11 2020 Group Chat with Annie & Jayden Himself 2020 For the Record: The Broken Hearts Tour Himself 2021 Nickelodeon's Unfiltered Himself
Awards and nominations +Name of the award ceremony, year presented, nominee(s) of the award, award category, and the result of the nominationAward ceremonyYearCategoryNominee(s)/work(s)ResultJuno Awards2019Breakthrough Artist of the YearJohnny Orlando 2021Pop Album of the YearIt's Never Really Over Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards2017Favorite Viral Music ArtistJohnny Orlando 2018Favorite Musical YT Creator 2020Favorite Social Music Star 2022 MTV Europe Music Awards2019Best Canadian Act 2020 2021 2022 Teen Choice Awards2016Choice Music Web Star 2019
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