Carly Beth

Beth grew up on Grand Island, in upstate New York.[2] She began taking piano lessons as a child and began writing piano solos at the age of nine. She continued classical training throughout high school.[3]

At the age of 15, Beth wrote and produced an album of 12 piano solos called Taking Flight, which was released in 2014.[2][3] Her album was recognized by Jim Brickman, a pianist and songwriter who invited Beth to perform on stage with him after hearing her album.[3][4]

Although classically trained, after her first album, Beth started writing pop songs on both the piano and guitar.[3] In 2016 Beth began studying at the University of Westminster in London.[5] She graduated with a BA in Commercial Music Performance.[6]

At university in London, Beth met a Chinese friend who proposed that she perform music on a popular Chinese live streaming app, Yingke (映客).[3] On the app, she sang her original music and covers in both English and Chinese.[2] After nine months, Beth had a following of 45,000 fans on the platform. In 2017, she became one of the top musician broadcasters on the app, regularly having over 110,000 simultaneous viewers on her live-streamed performances.[3]

After her success on Yingke, Beth began posting videos on Facebook, where a video of her playing and singing the Shape of You by Ed Sheeran reached 4.3 million views.[3] After this she began live-streaming on Facebook.[3][6]

In 2017, Beth began working with Jimmy Bralower, a multiple Grammy award winning musician.[3] With his help with production, she released a single titled Sleepless Lullaby in February 2019.[2][5]

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