50 Fun Facts About Charlie Puth

Which late actor is honoured by See You Again, the 2015 film ballad co-written and sung by Charlie Puth?

Paul Walker died in a single-vehicle crash in November 2013, and the song was commissioned for the Furious 7 soundtrack as a tribute to him.

What left a permanent scar in Charlie Puth's right eyebrow when he was two years old?

A dog bite did the damage, in an attack described as nearly fatal, and the gap it left in his eyebrow has been part of his look ever since.

Which heavy metal singer's 2020 album Ordinary Man features Charlie Puth playing keyboards on four tracks?

Ozzy Osbourne's Ordinary Man credits Puth with keyboards on four songs, on an album whose other guests include Post Malone and Travis Scott.

Which singer recorded her vocals for the duet We Don't Talk Anymore inside Charlie Puth's closet?

Selena Gomez had met Puth at an after-party following the MTV Video Music Awards, and he played her the song months after he began it.

Which talk-show host signed Charlie Puth and Emily Luther to her record label eleveneleven in 2011?

Ellen DeGeneres signed the pair after seeing their cover of an Adele ballad, which they then performed on her daytime show.

Which viral hit did See You Again, featuring Charlie Puth, overtake in 2017 as YouTube's most-viewed video?

Gangnam Style, by the South Korean rapper Psy, lost the top spot on July 10, 2017. Despacito then took it from See You Again less than a month later.

Which Jurassic Park actor guests with his jazz orchestra on Whatever's Clever!, Charlie Puth's 2026 album?

Jeff Goldblum, an accomplished jazz pianist, brings his Mildred Snitzer Orchestra to the track Until It Happens to You.

Which superstar name-checks Charlie Puth in the title track of her 2024 album?

Taylor Swift mentions Puth on The Tortured Poets Department alongside the poets Dylan Thomas and Patti Smith, and the shout-out encouraged him to release the single Hero weeks later.

What did Charlie Puth perform at Super Bowl LX, played at Levi's Stadium in California in February 2026?

The national anthem was Puth's part of the day in Santa Clara, while the halftime show belonged to Bad Bunny, with Lady Gaga and Ricky Martin as guests.

Which K-pop group is home to Jung Kook, who sings with Charlie Puth on the 2022 hit Left and Right?

BTS had been on Puth's mind for months: he tweeted about dreaming that the group featured on the song before Jung Kook was confirmed as his guest.

Which rapper performs the verses of See You Again, the 2015 number one whose chorus Charlie Puth sings?

Wiz Khalifa wrote the rap verses himself, while the hook came from Puth, whose label first tried the chorus with more established singers.

Which basketball star did Charlie Puth honour by performing See You Again at a Los Angeles arena in January 2020?

Kobe Bryant, his daughter Gianna and seven others had died in a helicopter crash five days earlier, and the tribute came at halftime of a Lakers home game.

Which Fast & Furious star sang See You Again, co-written by Charlie Puth, live at the 2015 MTV Movie Awards?

Vin Diesel sang it on stage in memory of his late co-star, in the year the song spent twelve weeks on top of the US Hot 100.

Which singer duetted with Charlie Puth on his 2015 debut single and kissed him at the American Music Awards?

Meghan Trainor met Puth at a party where they swapped music, and on hearing the song she decided it should be a duet and asked to sing on it.

Which soul legend's name is the title of Charlie Puth's debut single, where it is used as a verb?

Marvin Gaye gave the doo-wop-styled duet its title, and the single went to number one in Britain, Ireland and New Zealand.

Which 2017 single became Charlie Puth's signature song, reaching the top ten in more than twenty countries?

Attention peaked at number five on the Billboard Hot 100, and its melody began as a voicemail Puth recorded while on tour.

On which app did Charlie Puth tease nearly all of his 2022 album Charlie, sending several songs viral before release?

TikTok became Puth's workshop after he scrapped an earlier version of the album in 2020, and he posted clips of songs taking shape from random noises.

Which British star recorded the duet After All with Charlie Puth for a 2021 album of lockdown collaborations?

Elton John made The Lockdown Sessions after the pandemic paused his farewell tour, and After All became the album's second single.

Which 2021 number one by the Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber did Charlie Puth co-write and co-produce?

Stay grew out of a melody Puth played on a keyboard at a fellow producer's house, and it became his first chart-topper as a producer for other artists.

In which US state did Charlie Puth grow up and go to school, in the borough of Rumson?

New Jersey was home through high school: Puth graduated from Rumson-Fair Haven Regional in 2010, after years in a pre-college music programme in Manhattan.

Which gospel-tinged song, the second single from Charlie Puth's debut album, reached number 12 in America?

One Call Away later gained a Coast to Coast Mix that turned it into a four-way duet with Brett Eldredge, Sofia Reyes and Ty Dolla Sign.

In which country was Charlie Puth travelling when he created the guitar line of We Don't Talk Anymore?

Japan supplied the guitar line, after which Puth built the beat in the Philippines and recorded his own vocals back in Los Angeles.

Which 2018 Charlie Puth release, almost entirely self-produced, earned a Grammy nomination for Best Engineered Album?

Voicenotes arrived four months late because Puth wanted to perfect it, and he even reshot the cover before letting it go.

Which R&B singer is the guest vocalist on Done for Me, the third single from Charlie Puth's second album?

Kehlani came to mind as soon as Puth played a B-minor chord on a keyboard he had got that night, a sound that reminded him of Wham! and 1988.

At which 2018 protest rally in Los Angeles did Charlie Puth give the first performance of his song Change?

March for Our Lives is a student-led movement for gun control, formed after the Parkland school shooting, and Puth released the song as a single days later.

Which 1990s vocal group joins Charlie Puth on the a cappella track If You Leave Me Now?

Boyz II Men sing on a track with no instruments at all, built around a passage borrowed from a song on NSYNC's album No Strings Attached.

The vocals that swing between speakers in Charlie Puth's Left and Right have been likened to which Queen classic?

Bohemian Rhapsody pans its vocals from side to side in the same way, and Puth advised fans to wear headphones to get the full effect of his own track.

Which famous school awarded Charlie Puth his 2013 degree, for which he majored in production and engineering?

Berklee College of Music is in Boston, and Puth arrived there after years of jazz piano and classical study at a pre-college programme in Manhattan.

A cover of which Adele ballad won Charlie Puth and Emily Luther an online video contest in 2011?

Someone like You was sung as a duet for a competition called Can You Sing?, and the win led to a television performance and a record deal.

On which TV singing contest did Charlie Puth mentor Alicia Keys's team during the 2016 battle rounds?

The Voice brought him back twice more as an adviser, to Adam Levine's team in 2019 and to Camila Cabello's in 2022.

In which Grammy category was See You Again, co-written by Charlie Puth, nominated at the 2016 ceremony?

Song of the Year was one of three nominations for the track, beside pop duo or group performance and song written for visual media. It won none of them.

Charlie Puth plays the date who arrives with a pizza in the music video for which 2015 pop hit?

Dear Future Husband has its singer audition suitors through a dating app, and Puth's character is the one who finally wins her approval.

See You Again, featuring Charlie Puth, spent 12 weeks at number one in America, matching which Eminem hit?

Lose Yourself also spent twelve weeks on top, from late 2002 into 2003, and it became the first rap song to win the Oscar for Best Original Song.

What did Charlie Puth record, produce and sell door to door as a sixth-grader, earning $600?

A Christmas album titled Have a Very Charlie Christmas was his first release, years before any record label had heard of him.

Charlie Puth played in a youth jazz ensemble at a Red Bank theatre named after which bandleader?

Count Basie was born in Red Bank, and the theatre that bears his name also once hired the young Puth to play in a Charlie Brown production.

Which streaming service launched The Charlie Puth Show, a 2024 mockumentary series about the singer's life?

Roku cast Puth as a version of himself, with a fictional manager and assistant and drop-ins from stars including Will Ferrell and Weird Al Yankovic.

Which Canadian singer took Charlie Puth on the road as the opening act of his 2017 Illuminate World Tour?

Shawn Mendes named Puth as the opener for the North American leg in February 2017, and by the end of that year Puth had announced a headlining tour of his own.

Which actress and singer opened for Charlie Puth on his 2018 headlining tour?

Hailee Steinfeld, an Oscar nominee for True Grit, had moved into pop after singing in Pitch Perfect 2, and she joined the tour's 32 North American cities as its special guest.

Which One Direction member's 2017 solo single Bedroom Floor was co-written by Charlie Puth?

Liam Payne's track credits six writers, Puth among them, with Steve Mac and Ben Rice handling the production.

Which pop star's 2019 singles Small Talk and Harleys in Hawaii were co-written and co-produced by Charlie Puth?

Katy Perry wrote both songs with Puth and Johan Carlsson of the band Carolina Liar, and the two men shared the production.

Which smooth-jazz saxophonist is the featured guest on Cry, from Charlie Puth's fourth studio album in 2026?

Kenny G's feature came out two days before Puth's Super Bowl appearance in February 2026, as an early taste of the album.

Which band's 2019 single Easier, co-written and produced by Charlie Puth, later gained a remix featuring him?

5 Seconds of Summer released the original in May 2019 as the lead single from the album Calm, and the remix with Puth followed that August.

Which country singer's hit I Hope gained a Charlie Puth remix after he messaged her on Instagram?

Gabby Barrett did not quite believe the message was really from Puth, but the remix climbed to number three and became her first top-ten hit.

Which rapper's song Celebrate, co-written by Charlie Puth, was featured in the 2014 film Penguins of Madagascar?

Pitbull put the song on Globalization, his eighth studio album, a few months before Puth's own breakthrough as a performer in 2015.

Which K-pop group made Charlie Puth the featured guest on their first official English-language single in 2024?

Stray Kids released the collaboration on May 10, 2024, through JYP Entertainment and Republic Records, three weeks after announcing it.

Which country duo sings with Charlie Puth on his 2023 single That's Not How This Works?

Dan + Shay appear on the original, and a second version two weeks later added Sabrina Carpenter to the line-up.

Which Canadian singer's song for the 2020 animated film Scoob! features Charlie Puth as her guest?

Lennon Stella was known to television viewers as Maddie Conrad in the drama Nashville before the film's soundtrack paired her with Puth.

At which famous New York jazz club did Charlie Puth preview new songs during a four-night run in 2025?

Blue Note opened in Greenwich Village in 1981, and Puth used his nights there to debut Changes and Beat Yourself Up before a second run in Los Angeles.

Which celebrity blogger sponsored Can You Sing?, the online video contest Charlie Puth won in 2011?

Perez Hilton's competition gave Puth his first break: the winning Adele cover caught the eye of a daytime talk-show host, who signed him to a label.

Which American rapper's 2017 single Sober, from the album The Beautiful & Damned, features Charlie Puth's vocals?

G-Eazy released the song in December 2017 as the third single from The Beautiful & Damned, revealing the album's full track listing the same day.