Halsey trivia: 95 facts about the musician that has taken the world by storm!

Halsey is one of the singers and musicians that has made a huge impact in the airplays! Her catchy tunes stuck in your mind!

Although she considers herself to be an indie artist, her career has skyrocketed in the last couple of years. So we should get to know her a little bit better!

1. Her actual name is Ashley Nicolette Frangipane
2. She was born on September 29, 1994
3. She is known professionally as Halsey
4. Halsey is an American singer and songwriter
5. Her stage name is a reference to the Halsey Street station of the New York City Subway in Brooklyn
6. And an anagram of her first name
7. She first gained attention from self-released music on social media platforms
8. Then, Halsey was signed by Astralwerks in 2014
9. She then released her debut EP, Room 93, in October 2014
10. To promote the EP and her upcoming album, Halsey toured with larger acts
11. Her debut studio album, Badlands, was released in 2015
12. The album debuted at number two on the Billboard 200
13. It was certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA)
14. Badlands released three new singles
15. All of which were certified Platinum
16. They achieved commercial success
17. It also produced a rereleased single
18. Which was certified Gold
19. To promote the album, Halsey embarked on her debut headlining world tour
20. In 2016, Halsey was featured as a vocalist on The Chainsmokers’ single “Closer”
21. The song achieved major commercial success
22. Topping the charts of over 20 countries
23. And gaining Halsey greater prominence
24. Her second studio album, Hopeless Fountain Kingdom, was released in 2017
25. It debuted at number one in the US and Canada
26. The album consisted of more “radio friendly” music than her previous releases
27. Four of its singles charted on the Billboard Hot 100
28. With “Now or Never” peaking at number 17
29. And “Bad at Love” peaking at number five
30. In 2018, Halsey was featured as a vocalist on the single “Eastside”
31. The song topped the charts of five countries
32. It peaked at number nine on the Billboard Hot 100
33. Later that year, she released a single titled “Without Me”
34. Which peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot 100
35. It also reached the top five of sixteen other countries’ charts
36. It was Halsey’s first number one in the US.
37. Halsey is noted for her distinctive singing voice
38. Her music focuses on her personal experiences and telling a story
39. Her awards and nominations include four Billboard Music Awards, two iHeartRadio Music Awards, one GLAAD Media Award, one Global Award, and a Grammy Award nomination
40. Outside of her career, she has been involved in suicide prevention awareness
41. And sexual assault victim advocacy
42. Ashley Nicolette Frangipane was born on September 29, 1994, in Edison, New Jersey
43. Her parents dropped out of college after her mother discovered that she was pregnant with her
44. Her mother, Nicole, works for security in a hospital
45. Her father, Chris, manages a car dealership
46. Chris is primarily of African-American descent with some Irish heritage
47. While Nicole is of Italian, Hungarian, and Irish descent
48. Halsey has two younger brothers
49. They are Sevian and Dante
50. She played the violin, viola, and cello
51. Until moving on to the acoustic guitar when she was fourteen years old
52. Throughout her childhood Halsey’s family moved frequently
53. Her parents worked many jobs
54. By the time she reached her teen years Halsey had been enrolled in six different schools
55. In high school Halsey participated in theatre
56. She was the yearbook editor
57. She was also named “Best Artist”
58. During high school Halsey was bullied for her tattoos and shaved head
59. She struggled with body image
60. At seventeen Halsey attempted to commit suicide and survived
61. This led to a seventeen day hospitalization
62. Following this, she was diagnosed as bipolar
63. She began using recreational drugs soon after
64. Also when she was seventeen, she started seeing a man who was twenty-four and lived on the Halsey Street in Brooklyn
65. In 2012, Halsey graduated from Warren Hills Regional High School in Washington, New Jersey
66. After graduating, Halsey enrolled at the Rhode Island School of Design
67. However, she withdrew due to financial hardships and attended community college instead
68. Prior to college, she had relationships with other women
69. But stated that in college she started identifying as bisexual
70. Halsey eventually dropped out of community college
71. Also, she was kicked out of her home by her parents
72. Soon after she started living in a basement in lower Manhattan with a group of “degenerate stoners” who she knew through her then-boyfriend
73. When she wasn’t living there, she occasionally lived in one of New York’s many homeless shelters
74. She would occasionally stay with her grandmother
75. Halsey started writing music when she was seventeen
76. And during 2012 she began posting videos to social media sites such as YouTube and Kik
77. And in particular Tumblr
78. She used the username of se7enteenblack
79. She became known for a parody of Taylor Swift’s song “I Knew You Were Trouble”
80. This was inspired by Swift’s relationship with Harry Styles
81. She then wrote a follow up song
82. Having written poems for years, Halsey began writing songs as a way to promote them
83. Music became Halsey’s “confessional approach”
84. And a form of therapy after the difficult life she had endured
85. She eventually went to a party and met a producer who asked her to collaborate on a song with him because he liked her voice
86. The result, a song about her ex-boyfriend titled “Ghost”, was posted by Halsey on SoundCloud several weeks after it was recorded
87. Within hours, the song gained online popularity
88. She was subsequently contacted by several record labels
89. With the song eventually charting and going on radio
90. She signed with Astralwerks, feeling that they gave her more creative freedom than other labels that contacted her
91. Following this, she played numerous acoustic shows in different cities under several stage names
92. She chose Halsey as her permanent stage name
93. She also stated Halsey was the most popular name she used
94. During this time Halsey began doing covers of other artists’ music to promote her original music
95. She is currently dating British singer Yungblud and they began dating in 2019