Bea Miller

Career

Miller competed on the second season of The X Factor, where she was the fifth contestant eliminated after losing the final showdown to CeCe Frey. However, Miller received more votes than Frey, meaning that if the result had gone to deadlock, Miller would have been saved. In April 2013, it was announced that she had signed with Syco Music and Hollywood Records, marking the first collaborative arrangement between the two labels. Shortly after the season ended, she changed her stage name to Bea Miller.

In 2014, she contributed vocals to the audiobook for Jennifer Donnelly's Deep Blue: Songspell and a promotional song titled "Open Your Eyes." She uploaded the song "Rich Kids" to YouTube that year, and it later appeared on her 2015 album. A clip of "Enemy Fire" premiered on her Vevo channel in April 2014. Her debut EP, Young Blood, was released on April 22, 2014, and peaked at number 64 on the Billboard 200.

She opened for Demi Lovato on select cities of the Demi World Tour. In December 2014, she was named Elvis Duran's Artist of the Month and performed "Young Blood" on NBC's Today show. In 2015, she was named Radio Disney's Next Big Thing artist, and "Young Blood" won a Radio Disney Music Award for Best Song to Rock Out to With Your BFF. Her debut album, Not an Apology, was released on July 24, 2015, and peaked at number 7 on the Billboard 200.

That year, she opened for Fifth Harmony on The Reflection Tour alongside Debby Ryan and Natalie La Rose. In July 2015, she was chosen by public vote as the next Vevo Lift artist. In 2016, she joined Selena Gomez's Revival Tour as an opening act along with DNCE, and hosted meet-and-greet events called "Tea With Bea."

Personal life

Bea Miller grew up in Maplewood, New Jersey, after being born in Manhattan, New York. She has two mothers and two younger siblings who were adopted. During her preteen years, she went to a family camp called COLAGE in Provincetown, Massachusetts.

Miller has chromesthesia, a type of synesthesia that makes her perceive colors when she hears sounds. She was in a relationship with singer Jacob Whitesides, which ended in May 2016 after about a year. She also acts as an ambassador for Ditch the Label, a charity focused on fighting bullying.