Biography
Who is Bebe Rexha?
Early life and real name
Bebe Rexha was born Bleta Rexha on August 30, 1989, in Brooklyn, New York City. Her parents are of Albanian heritage from North Macedonia, and her father emigrated to the United States when he was twenty-one years old. In the Albanian language, her first name means bee, which inspired her shortened stage name. She grew up with a brother named Florent and later moved with her family to Staten Island.
During her youth at Tottenville High School, she sang in the choir, participated in musicals, and discovered that she possesses a coloratura soprano vocal range. She also taught herself to play the trumpet, guitar, and piano. As a teenager, she won the Best Teen Songwriter award at a Grammy Career Day event hosted by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, which led her to take songwriting classes in Manhattan.
Music career beginnings
Bebe Rexha began her mainstream recording career in 2010 as the lead vocalist for the experimental pop band Black Cards, formed by Fall Out Boy bassist Pete Wentz. She left the group in 2012 and won the Abe Olman Scholarship for her songwriting contributions. She also co-wrote tracks for other artists, including Eminem's Grammy Award-winning single The Monster.
She signed with Warner Bros. Records as a solo artist in 2013 and released her debut single I Can't Stop Drinking About You in 2014. Her debut extended play, I Don't Wanna Grow Up, followed in 2015 and featured the single I'm Gonna Show You Crazy. She subsequently released the multi-part extended play project All Your Fault in 2017, which included singles like I Got You and The Way I Are (Dance with Somebody) featuring Lil Wayne.
Major chart successes
Bebe Rexha achieved major commercial success with her collaboration Meant to Be featuring Florida Georgia Line, released in 2017. The track peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot 100 and set a record by spending fifty weeks at number one on the US Hot Country Songs chart. This success led to a nomination for Best Country Duo or Group Performance at the Grammy Awards.
Her debut studio album, Expectations, arrived in 2018 and included singles like I'm a Mess as well as her previous hits. She followed this with her second and third studio albums, Better Mistakes in 2021 and Bebe in 2023. The latter album featured the single I'm Good (Blue) with David Guetta, which reached number four on the Billboard Hot 100 and topped charts in twenty-two countries. Her fourth studio album, Dirty Blonde, was released in 2026.
Birthday and age
Bebe Rexha was born on August 30, 1989, which makes Bebe 37 years old today. That birthday falls under the Virgo sign. Bebe shares the date with 51 other famous people.
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