Austin Mahone (born April 4, 1996) is an American pop singer who became popular in 2011 due to YouTube. Mahone was chosen as one of the opening acts of Taylor Swift's Red Tourand Bridgit Mendler's Summer Tour with selected dates. He is currently signed to Young Money Entertainment, Cash Money Records and Republic Records preping his debut album Junior Year. Mahone was born in San Antonio, Texas. He first started posting videos on YouTube with his friend Alex Constancio in June 2010.Music videos followed by January 2011, and he began to build an online following. He has been called the "second coming of Aaron Carter" when in October 2011, Mahone posted a video covering Justin Bieber's song "Mistletoe". On August 28, 2012 Mahone announced that he had been officially signed to Chase/Universal Republic Records.Mahone's first single "11:11" charted at #19 on the BillboardHeatseekers Songs chart. On June 5, 2012 Austin Mahone released a second single called "Say Somethin". The single did better than his first, charting at #34 on the BillboardPop Songschart. On May 22, 2012 Mahone played at the first Q102 Springle Ball music concert. Soon after, he sang at the B96 SummerBash in Chicagoand on June 22, 2012, in New York City. In 2013, he was named one of MTV's "Artists To Watch". Say Something
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