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Lindsey Stirling (born September 21, 1986)[1][2] is an American violinist, dancer, performance artist and composer. She presents choreographed violin performances, both live and in music videos found on her eponymous YouTube channel, which she created in 2007.[3]
Stirling performs a variety of music styles, from classical to pop and rock to electronic dance music. Aside from original work, her discography contains covers of songs by other musicians and various soundtracks.[4][5] Her music video, "Crystallize" finished as the eighth-most watched video of 2012,[6] and her cover version of "Radioactive" with Pentatonix won Response of the Year in the firstYouTube Music Awards in 2013.[7] Stirling achieved one million singles sold worldwide by August 2014.[8] As of July 2016, herLindseystomp YouTube channel exceeded 8 million subscribers and over a billion total views.[9]
Stirling has been named in Forbes magazine's 30 Under 30 In Music: The Class Of 2015. Forbes notes her quarter-finalist position on America's Got Talent season five in 2010,[10][11] a No. 2 position on the Billboard 200 for her second album Shatter Me in 2014, and her 8 million subscribers on YouTube.[12]
Stirling's eponymous debut album was a commercial success in Europe, selling 200,000 copies in Germany, winning a platinum certification; three additional certifications were given by Austria, Switzerland and Poland. The debut album was nominated for the2014 Billboard Music Awards for Top Dance/Electronic Albums.[13] Stirling's second album Shatter Me won the 2015 Billboard Music Awards for Top Dance/Electronic Album.[14