Demetria Devonne Demi Lovato (born August 20, 1992) is an , and songwriter who made her debut as a child actress in
Barney & Friends. In 2008, Lovato rose to prominence in the Disney
Channel television film Camp Rock and signed a recording contract with
Hollywood Records. She released her debut album, Don't Forget, that
September; it has been certified gold by the Recording Industry
Association of America (RIAA) for sales of over 530,000 copies. In 2009,
Lovato received her own television series, Sonny with a Chance. Her
second album, Here We Go Again, was released that July and debuted at
number one on the U.S. Billboard 200; its title track became her first
single to break the top 20 of the Billboard Hot 100, reaching number 15,
and being certified Platinum. After the release of additional
television films and their soundtracks in 2010, Lovato's personal issues
put her career on hiatus and ended Sonny with a Chance after its second
season. Her third album, Unbroken (2011), addresses several of her
difficulties. Its lead single, "Skyscraper", became Lovato's first
single at the time to be certified platinum in the United States; its
second single, "Give Your Heart a Break", was certified triple platinum.
Lovato was as a judge and