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Grimes
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Claire Elise Boucher (, ; born March 17, 1988), known professionally as Grimes, is a Canadian musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer. Her work often invokes themes of science fiction, feminism, and fantasy. She has released five studio albums.
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Grimes, born Claire Élise Boucher on March 17, 1988, in Vancouver, is a Canadian musician, singer, composer, and director. She began her professional work in 2007 and is associated with the record label 4AD. Boucher performs as a soprano vocalist and plays keyboard instruments. Her musical output spans genres including electronica, art pop, synth-pop, indie pop, alternative rock, ambient, avant-garde, and dream pop.
She was educated at McGill University. Grimes has three children and has been in unmarried partnerships with Elon Musk and Anyma. Her social media presence includes 1,340,453 followers. On Last.fm, her music has been played 198,459,580 times by 2,704,841 listeners.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- May 2, 1931
- Works
- 50
Top works
- Das verschwundene Mädchen
- The Lamorna Wink
- The Old Wine Shades
- The Old Success
- Disparition
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Acting · Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Claire Elise Boucher, better known as Grimes, is a Canadian musician, singer, artist, songwriter, and record producer.
Known for
- The Absolutely, Amazing, Wonderful, Frightening, Threatening Edge of Tomorrow — Self2024
- Hideo Kojima: Connecting Worlds — Self2023
- Alter Ego — Self - Judge2021
- Grimes: On the Records — Self2020
- The Creative Brain — Self2019
- Flaunt Film - Grimes2019
- The AC!D Reign Chronicles — Herself2016
- The AC!D Reign Chronicles: The War of Art2016
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon — Self - Musical Guest2014
- Tabula Rasa — Saint-Boniface2012
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- Canada
- Active from
- 1988
Discography
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 2,704,841
- Total plays
- 198,459,580
Tags
Claire Elise Boucher, known professionally as Grimes, is a Canadian musician, singer, songwriter, record producer, music video director and visual artist. Her music incorporates elements of varied styles and genres including dream pop, synth-pop, art pop, electronic, experimental pop, R&B and hip hop. Throughout her career, she has released five studio albums, two extended plays, eleven singles, and four promotional singles. Born and raised in Vancouver <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Grime
via Last.fm · Grimes
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Observation of a new boson at a mass of 125 GeV with the CMS experiment at the LHC
· 2012 · cited 6,660x
- Global Surgery 2030: evidence and solutions for achieving health, welfare, and economic development
· 2015 · cited 3,056x
- A Controlled Trial of Two Nucleoside Analogues plus Indinavir in Persons with Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection and CD4 Cell Counts of 200 per Cubic Millimeter or Less
· 1997 · cited 2,094x
- Use of Highly-Ordered TiO<sub>2</sub> Nanotube Arrays in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells
· 2005 · cited 2,072x
- PoseNet: A Convolutional Network for Real-Time 6-DOF Camera Relocalization
· 2015 · cited 1,964x
via Crossref · CC0
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- A woman with long, wavy, bleached hair wears a black shirt and looks excited, performing behind a microphone as pale green light illuminates her.
- Person.caption
- Grimes in 2014
- Person.birth_name
- Claire Elise Boucher
- Person.birth_place
- Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Person.alma_mater
- McGill University (unfinished)
- Person.years_active
- 2007–present
- Person.partner
- Elon Musk (2018–2022)
- Person.children
- 3
- Person.relatives
- Jay Worthy (stepbrother)
- Musical artist.origin
- Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Musical artist.works
- Discography
- Musical artist.past_member_of
- Membrain
via Wikipedia infobox
~36 min read
Encyclopedic overview
24 sectionsContents
- Early life
- Career
- 2009–2011: Career beginnings, ''Geidi Primes'', and ''Halfaxa''
- 2011–2014: ''Visions''
- 2014–2017: ''Art Angels''
- 2018–2021: ''Miss Anthropocene'' and collaborations
- 2021–present: ''Alter Ego'', collaborations, and upcoming sixth album
- Artistry
- Musical style
- Influences
- Visual art
- Personal life
- Relationships
- Discography
- Filmography
- Film and television
- Video games
- Tours
- Headlining
- Supporting
- Awards and nominations
- Notes
- References
- External links
Claire Elise Boucher (, ; born March 17, 1988), known professionally as Grimes, is a Canadian musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer. Her work often invokes themes of science fiction, feminism, and fantasy. She has released five studio albums.
Born and raised in Vancouver, British Columbia, Grimes began releasing music independently after moving to Montreal, Quebec, in 2006. She released two albums, Geidi Primes and Halfaxa, in 2010 on Arbutus Records, before signing with 4AD and rising to prominence with the release of her 2012 album, Visions. The album received the Canadian music industry Juno Award for Electronic Album of the Year, and yielded two singles: "Genesis" and "Oblivion". Following this, her fourth studio album, Art Angels, was released in 2015, and several publications named it the best album of the year. Her fifth studio album, Miss Anthropocene, was released in 2020.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Grimes” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.