Demi Lovato’s Journey: A Tale of Resilience and Triumph
Singer Demi Lovato was hospitalized on Tuesday, July 24, after suffering an apparent drug overdose, a source close to the family told CNN.
The 25-year-old has received her first Grammy nomination last year and has been open about her struggles with substance abuse. She celebrated six years of sobriety in March but discussed a relapse in a new single released late last month.
Highlights from Lovato’s Life in the Spotlight
A young Lovato, seen here in the glasses and red headband, got her acting start on the children’s television show “Barney & Friends.” Another future pop star, Selena Gomez, is on the yellow ball at right. Hit Entertainment/Everett CollectionLovato stars in the 2008 film “Camp Rock,” a musical on the Disney Channel that also featured the Jonas Brothers. DisneyLovato appears on “The Tonight Show” with Jay Leno in July 2008. Margaret Norton/NBCU/Getty ImagesLovato, center, poses for a photo at the Teen Choice Awards in August 2008. Joining her are Selena Gomez, left, and Miley Cyrus.
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Lovato opens for the Jonas Brothers in Las Vegas in November 2008. Just a couple of months earlier, she released her first studio album, “Don’t Forget.”
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Lovato appears on stage with other stars during the New Year’s Rockin’ Eve show in New York in December 2008. From left are Taylor Swift, Lionel Richie, host Ryan Seacrest, Lovato, Nick Jonas, Kevin Jonas and Joe Jonas.
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Lovato blows out the candles on a cake as she celebrates her 18th birthday in August 2010.
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Lovato performs at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York in September 2011. That month, she released her third album, “Unbroken.” It was less than eight months after she left rehab. Lovato has been open about her struggles with substance abuse and her mental health.
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In September 2012, Lovato leaves her handprints outside Grauman’s Chinese Theater in Hollywood. Frank Trapper/Corbis Entertainment/Getty ImagesLovato, right, appears in a 2013 episode of “Glee” with Naya Rivera.
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Lovato, second from left, was a judge for seasons 2 and 3 of the TV singing competition “The X Factor.”
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Lovato, center, won a couple of Teen Choice Awards in 2014 — for summer female artist and summer song (“Really Don’t Care”). She has won 13 Teen Choice Awards during her career.
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Lovato appears at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party with her then-boyfriend, actor Wilmer Valderrama, in February 2016. The two dated on-and-off for six years.
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Lovato and Nick Jonas take a selfie with late-night talk-show host James Corden in May 2016.
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Lovato performs her hit song “Confident” at the Democratic National Convention in July 2016.
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Lovato performs at the Grammy Awards in February 2017. Her “Confident” album had been nominated for best pop vocal album.
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In 2017, Lovato was included in Time magazine’s “100 Most Influential People” issue. Here, she performs at a gala for the issue.
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Lovato attends the premiere of her YouTube documentary “Demi Lovato: Simply Complicated” in October 2017. Emma McIntyre/Getty ImagesLovato sings at the March for Our Lives rally in Washington in March 2018. She was one of several celebrities who participated in the protest, which called for stricter gun-control legislation. JIM WATSON/AFP/AFP/Getty ImagesLovato performs at the California Mid-State Fair in July 2018. C Flanigan/Getty Images
