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About Khalid
Khalid is an American musician who began gaining notoriety, at the age of 18, with the release of his multi-Platinum debut single, “Location” (2017). Since then he has won numerous awards and dropped other hits like “Young Dumb & Broke” (2017), “Better” (2018), and “Skline” (2022).
Family Life
Both his dad and his mom, whose name is Sgt. First Class Linda Wolfe, have had careers in the military. He schooled at Carthage Central High School and Americas High School.
Career Highlights
Khalid rose to fame at a very young age. During his days in high school, he wrote songs and posted them on SoundCloud. By the time of his graduation from high school, the songs he posted had already reached Billboard Twitter Emerging Artists Charts and peaked at the 2nd position on the chart.
In 2017, he released his first studio album “American Teen”. The album received platinum certification from the Recording Industry Association of Ghana (RIAA). It also received a Grammy Award Nomination in 2018 and for the category of “Best Urban Contemporary Album”. Aside from “American Teen”, he also released “Free Spirit”, an album released in 2019 under RCA Records.
His single titled “The Ways” was featured in the American Superhero film “Black Panther”. Khalid also made an appearance on the song of Alina Baraz named “Electric”.
Collaborations
He worked with some renowned musicians like Normani Kodei Hamilton, Marshmello, Ty Dolla Sign (Tyrone William Griffin Jr.) and Billie Eilish and Kane Brown. “Lovely”, his 2018 collaboration with Billie Eilish, has garnered over 1.6 billion views on YouTube.
Achievements
Khalid won both a Billboard Music Award (Top New Artist) and Teen Choice Award (Choice Artist: R&B/Hip-Hop) in 2018.
In 2019 he took home three American Music Awards (Favorite Album - Soul/R&B, Favorite Male Artist - Pop/Rock and Favorite Song - Soul/R&B).
Trivia
He discovered that Kylie Jenner was promoting his first single during his actual high school graduation.
The multiple-American Music Award winner is approximately 5’ 7” (172 cm) in height.
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F.A.Q. about Khalid
When is his birthday?
Khalid's birthday is on February 11, 1998.
In how many days is his birthday?
Khalid's birthday is in 292 days
How old is he?
He is 26 years old.
Where is Khalid from?
He was born in Fort Stewart, Georgia, United States.