Gabbie Hanna

Gabbie Hanna
Hanna on the cover art of her song "Honestly (Encore)" (2018)
Personal information
Born Gabrielle Jeannette Hanna
(1991-02-07) February 7, 1991
Newcastle, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Education University of Pittsburgh
Residence Los Angeles, California
Occupation Singer, songwriter, author, comedian, YouTube personality, Viner
YouTube information
Channel
Years active 2013–present
Genre Comedy
Subscribers 6.3 million (main channel)
1.6 million (vlog channel)
(September 2018)
Total views 829 million (main channel)
171 million (vlog channel)
(September 2018)
Network YouTube
Associated acts
100,000 subscribers
1,000,000 subscribers

Alma mater University of Pittsburgh
Subscriber and view counts updated as of September 15, 2018.

Gabrielle Jeannette Hanna (born February 7, 1991) is an American YouTuber, Viner, author, comedian, actress, and singer-songwriter. She started her career on the popular streaming service, Vine. She has since risen to fame through YouTube, gaining over 6,000,000 subscribers. In April 2018, she was nominated for an IHeartRadio Social Star Award. Prior to being nominated, she released a poetry book titled Adultolescence. Hanna has also pursued a musical career, releasing five singles as of 2018, her first entitled "Out Loud" in 2017. Also in 2017, Hanna starred in Joey Graceffa's YouTube Red series, Escape the Night, as herself portraying a Vaudevillian during the Victorian era.

Early life

Hanna was born in New Castle, Pennsylvania and has six siblings. Hanna is of Lebanese, French, and Polish descent.[1]

She graduated from the University of Pittsburgh with a degree in psychology and communications. She was a member of Sigma Sigma Sigma Sorority.[2]

Before starting on Vine, Hanna worked as a bartender in Indiana, Pennsylvania, before moving to Ohio for another job and then eventually to Los Angeles, California to pursue an acting career and focus on her role as a social media influencer.

Career

2013–2016: Vine and YouTube success

Hanna began uploading skits to Vine in late 2013, and later gained recognition for her comedy videos on the Vine app, where she accumulated just under five million followers.[3] In 2014, she also set up her YouTube channel, Gabbie Hanna (formerly titled The Gabbie Show), which featured storytime videos. Her channel has acquired over 6 million subscribers and over 700 million views.[4] In 2015, she competed on and won the fourth season of the dance competition web-series Dance Showdown with Matt Steffanina as her partner.[5]

After graduating college, Hanna moved to Los Angeles, California to work with internet media company Buzzfeed. Hanna eventually left the company to focus on her YouTube and Vine platforms. She later created a second YouTube channel, The Gabbie Vlogs, which has gained over 1.6 million subscribers and 150 million views.[4][6] In 2016, Vine was shut down, and Hanna subsequently focused on YouTube.[7]

In late 2016, Hanna joined the lip sync tour Drop the Mic, alongside other YouTubers.[8]

2017: Acting, debut musical releases, and Adultolescence

Her debut book, Adultolescence, was released on September 19, 2017. The book chronicles Hanna's struggles throughout her life through a series of poems. Hanna promoted the book with a tour from September 19 to 27 in eight US cities.[9] Hanna also released the single "Out Loud" on September 6, 2017 to promote Adultolescence.[10][11] The single reached #3 on the US iTunes charts.[12] The official music video for the single was released in October 2017. Hanna later announced plans to release an album.[13] Her second single, "Satellite" was released on November 21, 2017.

In 2017, the Talent Agency CAA signed Hanna, and she joined the social media team of MTV the same year. She hosted backstage for the 2017 MTV Video Music Awards and co-hosted the revival of Total Request Live in October of the same year.[14][15] In 2017, Hanna joined the main cast of web series Escape the Night as 'the Vaudevillian' and appeared in seven episodes.[16][17] Hanna previously had a small role as Lindsey in Laid in America.[18]

2018–present: Increasing public image and This Time Next Year

In January 2018, The Fine Bros posted a YouTube video of teenagers reacting to Hanna and her content. She was also nominated for YouTuber of the Year in the 10th Annual Shorty Awards and for the Social Star Award by iHeartRadio at the 2018 ceremony.[19]

On August 1, 2018, Hanna released a music video on her YouTube channel and accompanying single entitled "Roast Yourself" which spoke out on how social media creators live. At the end of this video, Hanna announced the release of her single "Honestly" on August 15. On August 14, The Fine Bros posted a YouTube video of other YouTube creators reacting to and commenting on the music video.[20]

Hanna released the singles "Honestly" and "Honestly (Encore)" on August 15, 2018. The singles reached No. 1 and No. 2 respectively on the U.S. iTunes chart, making her the fourth artist to have two songs ranking at No. 1 and No. 2 respectively in 2018, the others being Shawn Mendes, Cardi B, and Nicki Minaj.[21]

On September 19, 2018, Hanna announced that her upcoming debut album is titled This Time Next Year.[22]

Filmography

Year Film / Show Role Notes
2014 Access Hollywood Herself 1 Episode
2014–15 Sanders Shorts Friend/Girlfriend 2 episodes
2015 Anxt Herself Full Series
Teens Wanna Know Herself 1 Episode
Dance Showdown Herself (Dancer) Winner
Occupy Alice Melissa Krass Short Film
Oscar's Hotel for Fantastical Creatures Snow Pea 1 episode
Janoskians: Untold and Untrue Herself
2016 Not Too Deep with Grace Helbig Podcast Herself Guest (2 episodes)
Shane & Friends Podcast Herself Special Guest (Episode: "The Gabbie Show")
Laid in America Lindsey
Dance Showdown Herself Judge (6 episodes)
AwesomenessTV's Betch! Laura 1 Episode
Verizon Advertisement Herself Commercial
2017 Zall Good Podcast Herself Guest (1 episode)
Apologies in Advance with Andrea Podcast Herself Guest (1 episode)
Escape the Night with Joey Graceffa The Vaudevillian 7 episodes (Season 2)
FANtasies Herself Guest Star (1 episode)
MTV Video Music Awards Backstage Host (as Herself)
Shane & Friends Podcast Herself Special Guest (Episode: "Gabbie Hanna")
Smosh's 'You Posted That?' Herself Contestant (1 episode)
2017–present MTV's Total Request Live Rotating co-host (as herself)
2018 Escape the Night with Joey Graceffa The Vaudevillian Season 3 Season Finale (Flashback Clip)

Discography

Albums

  • This Time Next Year (2018)

Singles

Title Year Peak chart positions Album
US
Bub.
[23]		 US
Digital
[24]		 US
Pop
Dig.
[25]
"Out Loud"[10] 2017 —3014 This Time Next Year[22]
"Satellite"[26] ———
"Honestly"[27] 2018 21103
"Honestly (Encore)"[28] ———

Promotional Singles

Title Year Album
"Roast Yourself"[29] 2018 Non-album single

Other Musical Releases

Title Year Notes
"Roast Yourself (Original)" 2016 Parody/Challenge Song
"Candy Is Not A Snack" 2016 Featured Artist (with Andrew Lowe, Ricky Dillon, Chachi Gonzales, and Jack Baran)
"12 Days of Hate Comments" 2017 Parody Song (featuring Colleen Ballinger)
"Figures" (stylized as "figures.") 2018 Cover (featuring Trevor Holmes) (Original Song by Jessie Reyez)
"Ready Yet" (stylized as "ready yet.") 2018 Cover (featuring Dylan Gardener) (Original Song by Sasha Sloan)

Bibliography

  • Adultolescence (2017) [30]

References

  1. ↑ #AskGabbie | The Gabbie Show Q&A
  2. ↑ Hanna, Gabrielle. "Gabrielle Hanna LinkedIn". LinkedIn. Retrieved April 13, 2018.
  3. ↑ Bambenek, Cadence. "Meet the 30 top Vine stars in the world".
  4. 1 2 "The Gabbie Show's social profile". Social Blade.
  5. ↑ "DanceOn, D-Trix's 'Dance Showdown' To Return For Season Four On YouTube, Vessel". Tubefilter. September 17, 2015. Retrieved September 12, 2017.
  6. ↑ "UCPVc4QnmAK13FdJydoQiljg YouTube Stats, Channel Statistics - Socialblade.com". socialblade.com. Retrieved March 6, 2018.
  7. ↑ Foxx, Chris (October 27, 2016). "Twitter axes Vine video service". BBC News. Retrieved October 27, 2016.
  8. ↑ "Drop The Mic: 2016". Fullscreen Live. Retrieved September 8, 2017.
  9. ↑ "Adultolescence". Simon and Schuster. Retrieved September 6, 2017.
  10. 1 2 Cirisiano, Tatiana. "YouTube Star Gabbie Hanna Shares Debut Single 'Out Loud'". Billboard. Retrieved September 7, 2017.
  11. ↑ Ossad, Jordana (September 6, 2017). "Gabbie Hanna Is Living Out Loud In Her Brand-New Song". MTV News. Retrieved September 6, 2017.
  12. ↑ "Gabbie Hanna's "Out Loud" Reaches Top 3 On US iTunes Sales Chart". Headline Planet. September 7, 2017. Retrieved September 8, 2017.
  13. ↑ Cirisiano, Tatiana. "YouTube Star Gabbie Hanna Talks Viral Success of Debut Single, 'Out Loud': 'There's For Sure An Album Coming'". Billboard. Retrieved September 8, 2017.
  14. ↑ "MT Video Music Awards 2017 Cheat Sheet - Everything You Need To Know". CBS 8. Retrieved September 6, 2017.
  15. ↑ Ossad, Jordana (August 28, 2017). "These Social Media Superstars Are Coming To TRL". MTV News. Archived from the original on October 23, 2017. Retrieved October 23, 2017.
  16. ↑ Weiss, Geoff (May 25, 2017). "Liza Koshy, Tyler Oakley, Jesse Wellens to Star In Season 2 of YouTube Red's 'Escape The Night'". Tubefilter. Retrieved May 25, 2017.
  17. ↑ Lawrence, Derek (May 24, 2017). "Joey Graceffa's 'Escape the Night 2' Cast Is Revealed – See Which YouTube Stars Are in the Sequel". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved May 25, 2017.
  18. ↑ "Gabbie Hanna". IMDb.
  19. ↑ "2018 iHeartRadio Music Awards: Who Will Take Home The Social Star Award? - iHeartRadio".
  20. ↑ FBE (August 14, 2018), YouTubers React to Struggles Of Being A YouTuber (Gabbie Hanna - Roast Yourself Harder Challenge), retrieved August 16, 2018
  21. ↑ @PopCrave (August 15, 2018). ".@TheGabbieShow is currently occupying the top two spots on US iTunes..." (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  22. 1 2 Gabbie Hanna (September 19, 2018), Why I Finally Got a Vocal Coach (Singing "Honestly" Live), retrieved September 20, 2018
  23. ↑ "Gabbie Hanna's "Honestly" Debuts On Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Chart". Headline Planet. Retrieved August 21, 2018.
  24. ↑ "Gabbie Hanna Chart History: Digital Song Sales". Billboard. Retrieved August 21, 2018.
  25. ↑ "Chart Search | Billboard". www.billboard.com. Retrieved August 21, 2018.
  26. ↑ Satellite - Single by Gabbie Hanna, November 21, 2017, retrieved August 16, 2018
  27. ↑ "Gabbie Hanna Fans Are Losing It Over Her Dark Double 'Honestly' Video". PopCrush. Retrieved August 16, 2018.
  28. ↑ "Gabbie Hanna's Latest Singles Premiere At No. 1 And No. 2 On U.S. iTunes Charts - Tubefilter". Tubefilter. August 16, 2018. Retrieved August 17, 2018.
  29. ↑ "Roast Yourself – Single by Gabbie Hanna on iTunes". iTunes Store (US). Retrieved August 5, 2018.
  30. ↑ Hanna, Gabbie (September 19, 2017). Adultolescence. Simon and Schuster. p. 256. ISBN 9781501178320. Retrieved November 2, 2017.
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