Brooke Simpson

Brooke Mills Simpson is an American singer and songwriter from Hollister, North Carolina. She finished in third place in the thirteenth season on NBC's talent singing competitition The Voice on Team Miley Cyrus.

In 2021, she auditioned for season 16 of America’s Got Talent. She received a yes vote from each judge and advanced to the quarter finals round and placed fourth in the finals.

Early life
Brooke Simpson was born to an Evangelical family, which caused her to first find her love of singing at age 7. She grew up traveling and singing with them, as well as attending pow wows hosted by the Haliwa-Saponi tribe, of which she is a member. Before The Voice, she moved from her hometown of Hollister, North Carolina to Fort Lauderdale, Florida with her husband, Ray Simpson, and considered other careers instead of singing. Her parents are Jimille and Mike Mills, and she has two siblings who are eight years younger than her: sister Leah and brother Mikey.

Brooke Simpson met her vocal coach Andrez Franco in 2013.

The Voice
Simpson auditioned in 2017 to compete in thirteenth season of The Voice. In the blind auditions, broadcast on October 1, 2017, she sang "Stone Cold" from Demi Lovato. The four judges, Adam Levine, Miley Cyrus, Jennifer Hudson and Blake Shelton turned around. She chose to be part of Team Miley, eventually being at third place on 19 December 2017.

The Voice performances
 * – Studio version of performance reached the top 10 on iTunes

1776 Revival
Simpson played Roger Sherman as part of the 1776 revival at the American Repertory Theater in Boston MA.

Discography
Releases from The Voice
 * 2017: "Stone Cold"
 * 2017: "You're a Big Girl Now" (with Sophia Bollman)
 * 2017: "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman"
 * 2017: "It's a Man's Man's Man's World"
 * 2017: "Praying"
 * 2017: "What about Us”
 * 2017: "Amazing Grace"
 * 2017: "Earned It" (with Davon Fleming)
 * 2017: "Faithfully"
 * 2017: "Wrecking Ball" (with Miley Cyrus)
 * 2017: "O Holy Night"
 * 2017: "What Is Beautiful"

Singles

 * 2017: "What Is Beautiful"
 * 2018: "2 AM"
 * 2018: "Perfect"
 * 2019: “Little Bit Crazy”
 * 2019: "Stick Like Honey"
 * 2020: "Real Long Nails"