The business of being Addison Rae was booming. It was March 2021, and the then-20-year-old had recently become the world's top-earning TikTok star, dancing and lip-syncing her way to nearly 80 million ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - DECEMBER 03: Addison Rae attends the 3rd ...

The working-class girl who reinvents herself as a star is a classic, aspirational figure in the greater American mythos. After all, before Marilyn Monroe became the blonde bombshell who rocked the ...

Addison Rae saw TikTok as the perfect launchpad for her career. The 24-year-old pop star developed a huge fan following on the video-sharing app amid the COVID-19 pandemic, and Addison admits that her ...

Addison Rae is now going by a new stage name. The singer and TikTok star, who just released her self-titled debut album on June 6, has dropped the name “Rae” from her professional moniker and is now ...

A couple of years ago, when Addison Rae went to pitch herself for a deal with Columbia Records, pop stardom was not a guarantee. She was best known as one of TikTok’s breakout stars, someone who had ...

Welcome to the year of Addison Rae. The star began to gain TikTok traction in 2019, as a typical teenager recording herself dancing to viral trends. She quickly found her lane and became one of the ...

Former flames Bryce Hall and Addison Rae can’t seem to stop beefing. You thought the drama was over when they broke up last year? Think again. The on-again, off-again couple split back in March 2021, ...