Background and career
Tiffany Lynn Alvord (born December 11, 1992) is an American singer and songwriter. She has been cited as one of YouTube's first "home-grown celebrities". In December 2012, Alvord performed in Times Square on the Nivea stage with Carly Rae Jepsen, Train, PSY and Taylor Swift as part of the 2012 New Year's Eve celebration.
Alvord was born December 11, 1992, in California, the daughter of Cherie Alvord, who works as her manager. She is the second youngest of seven siblings, having six brothers. When in elementary school, Alvord learned to play the piano and wrote her first songs by age ten. At the age of 14, she taught herself to play the guitar, her second musical instrument. The following year, in April 2008, at 15, she published her first song on YouTube. Alvord trained as a gymnast for nine years and spent four years competing until a sport-ending injury during competition. She finished high school in 2010, taking three years. Alvord postponed college to focus on her music.
Alvord's career includes performances in Canada, England, China, Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines. She opened for Boyce Avenue on their U.S. tour during February and March 2011, and headlined with Alex Goot on a U.S. tour between August and September of the same year. In June 2012, Alvord took first place in an ArtistSignal competition, winning a $25,000 grand prize. Then on June 29, 2012, she released her third album, I've Got It Covered Vol. 2, which has 10 cover songs made popular on her YouTube channel. On September 18, Alvord released her fourth album on iTunes, entitled My Heart Is. In December, she performed in Times Square on the Nivea stage with Carly Rae Jepsen, Train, PSY and Taylor Swift as part of the 2012 New Year's Eve celebration. Alvord headlined a tour in four different countries in Southeast Asia during March 2013, and co-headlined a West Coast tour of the U.S. in April 2013 with fellow YouTube star Jason Chen. In July 2013, Alvord performed live in Europe for the first time, headlining sold-out shows in London, including the historic London Hippodrome. During the trip, Alvord was featured on a live interview with Simon Lederman on 94.9 BBC Radio, London. On August 13, 2013, she released her fifth album, I've Got It Covered Vol. 3. The next year, Alvord released her Legacy album, on August 12. In 2014, Animoca Brands launched a game, Tiffany Alvord: Dream World. It adopts same engine from Star Girl, a fashion game which Animoca had developed. Alvord has been covered by numerous print and online publications, including The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Fortune magazine, Alternative Press magazine, Ora TV, Empty Lighthouse Magazine, AdWeek, Yareah magazine, and AOL On. In 2017, Alvord made her acting debut in the first season of the teen drama web series Guilty Party as Emma Wilson.
Sources
Net-worth figure: Celebrity Net Worth (October 2026), in USD. Biography and career facts: the person's Wikipedia article and linked reporting. Snapshot date for all StarWorth figures: 28 October 2026.
