Demi Lovato

Demi Lovato
Lovato at the Hannah Montana: The Movie premiere in April 2009.
Background information
Birth name	Demetria Devonne Lovato
Born	August 20, 1992 (1992-08-20) (age 17) Dallas, Texas, United States
Genres	Pop, rock
Occupations	Actress, singer, songwriter
Instruments	Vocals, guitar, piano
Years active	2002–present
Labels	Hollywood
Associated acts	Jonas Brothers, Selena Gomez
Website	www.demilovato.com/

Demetria Devonne "Demi" Lovato(born August 20, 1992) is an American actress and singer-songwriter. She is best known for her role as Mitchie Torres in the Disney Channel Original Movie Camp Rock and Sonny Munroe in Sonny With A Chance. Besides acting, she is also a solo music artist and released her debut album Don't Forget on September 23, 2008. The album debuted at #2 on the Billboard 200 selling over 89,000 copies in the first week. Lovato released her second album, Here We Go Again, on July 21, 2009.The album debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 selling over 108,000 copies in the first week.

Early life

Lovato was born in Dallas, Texas to Patrick and Dianna Lovato (née Hart) She has an older sister, Dallas, and a younger half sister, Madison De La Garza. Her mother was a Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader and country recording artist; her father moved to New Mexico after their marriage ended in 1994. Lovato is of Mexican, Italian, and Irish ancestry.