Olivia Berry realized she could sing at age 8 when her family listened to her sing "Silent Night" during a Christmas video recording. She began seriously pursuing singing around ages 11-12 by making YouTube videos of herself singing that gained millions of views. Though she did not expect to become so successful, it has been a dream come true. Growing up famous from ages 13-14 was difficult, as she was homeschooled and constantly surrounded by paparazzi, but singing helped her cope. Her proudest achievement so far was breaking the record for most album sales in a single day. Her advice for young artists is to work hard but also have fun making music.

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Here we have an exclusive interview with Olivia Berry!
Q “When did you realise that you could sing?”
A “From what I can remember I was 8 years old, and my mum was recording a Christmas video for
the whole family, we had Christmas songs playing on the radio and ‘silent night’ came on, because I
knew the song quiet well I started singing it, I remember my whole family stopped what they were
doing and just listened to me, that’s when I realised that I could sing and my family knew it as well.”
Q “When did you start taking singing seriously?”
A “At the age of 11-12 I started to make videos of me singing songs and publishing them on
YouTube. I didn’t realise that I would become so popular because of it. Each video was gaining over 3
million views, from there is when I realised I wanted to be a singer and put all of my effort in it.”
Q “Did you ever think you would become so successful?”
A “To be honest no, when I was making videos on YouTube I was doing it for fun simply because I
enjoyed singing. I didn’t think that it would make me so successful. It really is a dream come true.
Where I am now in life really is a blessing, I wouldn’t be where I am now if it wasn’t for my family
and friends, supporting me throughout my career.”
Q “Was it hard growing up as a child with all the fame that you were under in?”
A “Yes, people seem to think that becoming so famous at the age of 13 – 14 is a great thing where in
reality it really isn’t. I was home schooled, so it meant that I couldn’t go to school. I always missed
my friends, of course they could visit me but I wanted to see them every day. Where ever I go there
was always paparazzi’s, it never made it easy for me and my family to have a normal day out
together. I think anyone who becomes famous at the same age that I did would find it very difficult
to have a normal social life. Despite all this, I got over it. The thing that I focused on the most was
singing, singing was where I took out most of my struggles and hardships in life”
Q “What has been the best achievement of your life so far?”
A “I think so far the best achievement in my life was breaking the record most sales in a single day
for a music album, when I heard that I couldn’t believe it at first, I broke down crying because I was
that shocked”
Q “What advice can you give to young artists who want to make it in the music industry?”
A “My advice for young artists who want do well is just simply work hard on your music, but not too
hard, I think it’s important to have fun as well, when you work hard to an extent you tend to get
stressed and being stressed isn’t what you want when it comes to making music, so my advice is just
have fun”