Grimes is a Canadian singer, songwriter, record producer, and visual artist who is rose to prominence following the release of her third studio album, Visions in 2012 which received the Juno Award for Electronic Album of the Year. By January 2020, she has already released 4 studio albums. Her fifth studio album is scheduled to release in February 2020. For her music, she has won several awards and accolades.
She is known for Popular Canadian musician and being the girlfriend of business Tycoon, Elon Musk.
Grimes was born as Claire Elise Boucher on 17 March 1988. She was born in Vancouver, British Columbia in Canada. She holds Canadian nationality and belongs to French, Italian, Metis, and Ukrainian descent. Her zodiac is Pisces but her religion Roman Catholic. She was born to a mother Sandy Garossino. The name of her father is currently unavailable. Her father is a former banker, whereas her mother is a former Crown prosecutor and arts advocate. She has a stepbrother, Jay Worthy. She was raised Roman Catholic. Thus, she attended Catholic school. Boucher relocated from Vancouver to Montreal to attend McGill University in 2006. However, in 2011, she left school before completing her double major degree.
Grime started writing music under the name Grimes in 2007. She independently released her debut album, Geidi Primes in 2010. The album was inspired by the Dune series. Later in 2010, her second studio album named Halfaxa was released. In 2011, she collaborated with DJ and producer Blood Diamonds. Following her rising popularity, she signed with the record label 4AD in 2012. She released her third studio album, Visions in 2012. The album rose her to stardom. In 2013, she was listed in NME 500 Greatest Albums of all Time. On 17 December 2013, she posted on her Tumblr that she had employed the service of Jay-Z's management company Roc Nation. On 26 June 2014, she premiered her new track ‘Go’ which was featured by Blood Diamonds which was Rolling Stone’s number 14 on their Best Songs of 2014 list.
On 8 March 2015, she released her self-directed video for the album REALiTi. For HBO showgirls, on 15 March 2015, she and Bleachers released their collaboration, Entropy. She released her fourth studio album, Art Angels in 2015. The album later went on to win Grimes the best album of the year by NME, Exclaim!, and Stereogum. She toured Asia and Europe in the spring of 2016. She performed as several music festivals across North America as well. She released the song "Medieval Warfare" as part of the soundtrack of the summer blockbuster film, Suicide Squad. Grimes and Hana released a lo-fi series of seven music videos titled "The Ac!d Reign Chronicles" in October 2016. On 2 February 2017, she premiered on Tidal the high budget futuristic music video. On 10 April 2018, she featured on ‘Pynk’ by Janelle Monae. On 30 May 2018, she was featured in ‘Love4Eva’ by LOONA sexy from EP Beauty and the Beast. She has been working on her fifth studio album. The album is titled, Miss_Anthropocene. The album is scheduled to release in February 2020.
In 2013, she has won the Electronic Album of the Year and Breakthrough Artist of the Year award at Juno Award. She also has won Artist of the Year award at Webby award in 2013 only. In 2016, she won Musician of the year 2016 award at Bazaar Women of the Year and Video of the year award at she won Musician of the year 2016 award at Bazaar Women of the Year and Video of the year award at the A2IM Libera Award. In 2017, she won Video of the year award at Juno Award and Best EDM/Dance Video award at iHeartRadio Much Music Video Award. In 2018 she has won Video of the year award at Juno Award.
Since 2018, Boucher has been in a relationship with technology entrepreneur, business magnate, investor, and engineer, Elon Musk. They met after discovering on Twitter that they both came up with the same pun relating to Rococo and the thought experiment Roko's basilisk. Grimes dated Devon Welsh of Majical Cloudz and James Brooks of Elite Gymnastics and Default Gender. Grimes gave birth on May 4, 2020, with Musk announcing via Twitter. Previously, From 2007 to 2010, Boucher was in a relationship with Devon Welsh, then the lead vocalist of Majical Cloudz. They named the child as "X Æ A-12". They are happily living in California.
Her net worth is estimated to be $3 million as of now. Grimes earns working in the music industry. Her major incomes come from her record sales, concerts, tours, and endorsements. Through her social media handles, she has endorsed several brands, including her merchandise. Further information on her cars and houses are currently under review.
The 32 years old beautiful woman, Grimes has a well maintained slim body physique. Grimes stands at a height of 5 feet 5 inches tall. She has a bodyweight of 50kg. She has a slim body build. Her hair color is brown and the eye color is Hazel. Similarly, she has a body measurement of 29-23-32 inches(Bust-waist-hip). Likewise, her bra size is 28A, the dress size is 2(US) and the shoe size is 7(US). She has a straight sexual orientation.