Demi Lovato


            Demetria Devonne Lovato was born on August 20, 1992 in Albuquerque New Mexico to her parents Dianna Hart de la Garza and Patrick Lovato. She has an older sister Dallas and a younger half sister Madison De La Garza. Raised in Dallas,Texas, she was on "Barney and Friends" with her friend Selena Gomez. She also revealed that she was severe;y bullied which lead her to have no other choice than being home-schooled. She earned a high school diploma  in April 2009. Then, she became a spokesperson for an anti-bullying organization , "PACER". Demi had eating disorders and  self-mutilation of her wrists to get rid of the anxiety and pain.
                 In 2008, she acted along with Kevin Jonas, Nick Jonas, and Joe Jonas as Mitchie Torres in Camp Rock. Demi's first album, "Don't Forget" was released on September 23, 2008. It reached number two on Billboard 200 and sold 89,000 copies in the first week. After being on "Sonny with a Chance" and releasing her second album, "Here We Go Again", Demi started to become more depressed.  She stopped being in the show and went into a rehab for being suicidal and harming herself. She later acknowledged having bulimia , self-harming, and self-medicating with drugs and alcohol. Demi's third album, "Unbroken" was released on September 20, 2011 including the singles "Skyscraper" and "Give Your Heart a Break". Now she is a judge in the "X-Factor" and is working on her fourth album.