Lindsey Stirling

Listen to "Lindsey Stirling Brave Enough" on Spreaker. Lindsey Stirling is one of the biggest artist development breakthrough stories in recent years. A classically trained violinist from Gilbert, Ariz., Lindsey has entered a futurist world of electronic big beats and animation, leaping through the music industry with over 9.2 million YouTube subscribers, over 1.7 billion views on her YouTube channel, Billboard chart-topping hits and sold out tours worldwide.  Lindsey’s self-titled debut album includes the viral smash “Crystallize,” which has racked up over 150 million YouTube views.  The album reached #1 on Billboard’s Dance/Electronic Chart and Classical Album Chart, earned her a 2014 Billboard Music Award nomination for “Top Dance/Electronic Album,” and was recently certified Gold by the RIAA.  Lindsey’s 2014 sophomore album Shatter Me, debuted at #2 on Billboard’s Top 200 album chart, #1 on the iTunes Album Chart, spent an impressive 21 weeks straight at the #1 spot on the Billboard Classical Album Chart, and was recently certified Gold by the RIAA.  The album includes a collaboration with Halestorm lead singer Lzzy Hale on her smash single “Shatter Me,” which has over 67 million views on YouTube.  The album took home the 2015 Billboard Music Award for “Top Dance/Electronic Album” of which Avicii, Disclosure, Calvin Harris and Skrillex were also nominated.   Her critically praised 2015 US summer tour included headline shows at venues such as Red Rocks Amphitheater in Denver, which she sold out, New York’s Central Park Summerstage and the Greek Theater in Los Angeles.  To date, Lindsey’s tours have sold over 600,000 headline tickets worldwide.  Lindsey also ranked #4 on Forbes Magazine’s inaugural “YouTube Millionaires” list in November 2015, on which she is the highest paid female.  In January 2016, Lindsey released her first book with Simon & Schuster, a memoir called “The Only Pirate at the Party.”  Co-written by her sister Brook S. Passey, the book debuted on the New York Times’ best-seller list.  Stirling released her third critically acclaimed studio album, Brave Enough, in August of 2016.  A top 5 Billboard debut, the album went on to score the #1 spot on Billboard’s year-end Top Dance/Electronic Album list, placing ahead of dance music heavyweights Chainsmokers, Flume and Kygo and also had the highest selling week for an album title on the ranking chart and Lindsey herself placed at #6 on the Billboard Top Dance/Electronic Artist year-end list. Stirling recently received two 2017 Billboard Music award nominations for “Top Dance/Electronic Artist” and “Top Dance/Electronic Album” for Brave Enough.  Additionally, Stirling is the model of a modern independent recording artist who has a symbiotic relationship with her fans.   A motivational speaker in her spare time, Stirling uses her own story to show teenagers that you’ve got to have confidence in the very thing that makes you unique – then wait for the world to catch up.