Inside The Life Of 15-year-old Charli D'Amelio, The Most Popular Teen On The Internet Who Became The Top TikToker For Her Viral Dances And Hype House Membership Hype House And Team 10
If you're familiar with TikTok, you probably already know who Charli D'Amelio is. With more than 41 million TikTok followers and the no. 1 "Most Popular" ranking , 15-year-old D'Amelio has taken over as the most popular teen on the internet. In addition to choreography and performing viral dances – most notably the one to the song "Renegade" – and joining the mega-popular Hype House group in Los Angeles, D'Amelio is the first TikToker to star in a Super Bowl commercial. Here's how the teenager and her family rose to fame.
D'Amelio says her first-ever TikTok to go viral was a duet with the user "move_with_joy." In it, D'Amelio follows along with a simple dance routine. It's perfectly symbolic of the type of videos that drove D'Amelio's rapid success, and in the next five months helped her accrue more than 5 million followers.
D'Amelio is from Norwalk, Connecticut, where she grew up with her 18-year-old sister Dixie D'Amelio and her parents Marc and Heidi D'Amelio. Her dad for Connecticut State Senate in 2018 and lost to the incumbent. Before starting her TikTok account in June 2019, D'Amelio was a competitive dancer and posted videos and photos from competitions on her Instagram.
D'Amelio choreographs her own dances and posts several TikToks a day, some of which include lip sync videos, vlogs, and more casual takes of her doing various activities. But her most popular TikToks by far are her various dance videos, and her most popular TikTok of all time is her dancing to the song "Lottery (Renegade)" by the group K Camp.
In October, "Renegade" became a huge TikTok trend, largely thanks to D'Amelio. The most popular iterations of "Renegade" are hers, but plenty of other TikTokers dueted her and did their own versions. Tutorials of how to do the "Renegade" dance are also popular on YouTube. In early 2020, after the original choreographer of the "Renegade" dance was identified as 14-year-old Jalaiah Harmon, for D'Amelio's TikTok.
When D'Amelio announced her meet-and-greet in Connecticut, where .
Memes went viral of D'Amelio dancing with Bebe Rexha, who reached out to her over Instagram DMs to ask D'Amelio to join her onstage. In the future, D'Amelio she hopes to pursue dancing professionally over sticking to social media fame.
, the Hype House formed in Los Angeles as a TikTok collective bringing together some of the platform's biggest stars (namely, D'Amelio), as well as some fresh faces looking to make daily content. Several members of the Hype House live in the LA mansion full-time, but others, like D'Amelio and her sister Dixie, spend a lot of time traveling. D'Amelio splits her time between Connecticut living with her parents and in LA when her schedule allows.
some signs that the relationship might be over – or at least going through a rough patch.
UTA signed the entire D'Amelio family, including the sisters' parents. Marc D'Amelio has his own TikTok account with almost 2 million followers, while Dixie D'Amelio has 8.5 million TikTok followers. The family signed with UTA in all areas. The agency is set to work with the D'Amelio family on digital content, live touring, podcasts, books, TV, and licensing and endorsements, .
D'Amelio is the first TikTok star to land a Super Bowl commercial, and hers is sponsored by Sabra Hummus. The commercial is set to air during Super Bowl LIV, but has already been promoted across social media. It plays on the "ok boomer" meme, and D'Amelio celebrated the accomplishment with a joke about being TikTok famous.
Gray and D'Amelio tied at 41.3 million TikTok followers before D'Amelio officially surpassed the 17-year-old former Musical.ly star, who has . In the lead-up to the switch, Gray posted a TikTok making it clear that she was happy for D'Amelio's success, and doesn't care about the numbers. "i'm proud of how far i've come & i'm rooting for charli [sic]," Gray wrote in her caption. "I think she's amazing. it's never been a competition."
D'Amelio burst onto the TikTok scene with a dance tutorial duet, and her growth has been nonstop ever since.
Before TikTok fame, D'Amelio grew up in Connecticut and danced competitively.
Her most popular TikToks are her dancing to the song "Lottery (Renegade)," more commonly known as just "the Renegade."
D'Amelio's "Renegade" dance is so popular, it's become a meme.
In November 2019, D'Amelio sold tickets for her first meet-and-greet.
That month D'Amelio also performed onstage at Barclays Center in Brooklyn with Bebe Rexha, who opened for the Jonas Brothers.
But her internet stardom exploded once again after she joined the Hype House in December.
D'Amelio is also dated a member of the Hype House who goes by LilHuddy.
On January 15, the entire D'Amelio family officially signed with United Talent Agency (UTA).
D'Amelio just wrapped up her first major commercial venture, which will air at the Super Bowl.
—charli d’amelio (@charlidamelio) of nearly 200,000 TikTok followers a day, D'Amelio isn't going anywhere – and neither are her TikTok dances.
On March 25, D'Amelio surpassed incumbent TikTok queen Loren Gray to become the most-followed TikToker.
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