Samantha Harvey
YouTube Star
Singer-songwriter who has gained a significant following on YouTube and Facebook by posting covers of popular artists like Justin Bieber and Ariana Grande. Her soulful pop covers have earned her more than 2.3 million YouTube subscribers and more than 2.2 million Facebook followers. She released her debut single, "Forgive Forget," in 2017.
She worked as a cleaner and posted videos of herself singing on Facebook for her friends after work. Opening her YouTube channel in 2011 and then her Twitter in 2012, she finally posted her first song cover that August of "Simply Amazing."
Her cover of Adele's hit song "Hello" raked in more than 1 million views on YouTube in less than three months after it was posted. Her cover of Luther Vandross' song "Dance With My Father" earned more than 17 million views on Facebook in less than three months after it was posted.
She has two older sisters and is close with her niece and nephew.
She became friends with pop singer Lee Ryan from the boy band Blue. He has mentored her and he helped her write her first original songs.