Cody Simpson

Simpson was born in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, to Brad and Angie Simpson. He has two younger siblings, Tom and Alli. [3]  He is also a talented swimmer, winning two gold medals at the Queensland Swimming Championships. [4]  Simpson trained at the  Miami Swimming Club under coach Ken Nixon. [5]  Simpson's mother Angie works as a volunteer at the club. [6]

Cody  released his debut single, "iYiYi" (which features American rapper Flo Rida), on 15 May 2010. The music video for Simpson's second single, "Summertime", was released on 20 September 2010.[15]  Simpson relocated to Los Angeles in June 2010 with his family to record his songs with Atlantic Records and his producer Shawn Campbell.[16]  That same month, Simpson appeared onSunrise.[17]  On 22 June 2010, it was announced that Simpson would participate in the Camplified 2010 Tour, along with other artists, touring across the United States. The tour began on 5 July 2010 and ended on 14 August 2010.[18]  Other tours that year included a middle school tour that took place from October–November 2010 and covered 9 U.S states.[19]  An EP, 4 U was released on 21 December 2010. The EP included five tracks in total, four of them being previously unreleased.[20] Simpson recorded a remake of the song "I Want Candy" by The Strangeloves as the main theme song for the Easter-themed live-action/CGI-animated film Hop.

