Miranda Sings
Fictional character played by Colleen Ballinger
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- Miranda Sings is a fictional character created and portrayed by American comedian, actress, singer and YouTube personality Colleen Ballinger that first appeared on the Internet in 2008.
- " Inspired by early YouTube videos and rude classmates, Ballinger created the character as a satire of bad but arrogant singers who believe that posting their videos on YouTube will lead to them breaking into show business.
- The character also has an active presence on other social media platforms.
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WikipediaMiranda Sings is a fictional character created and portrayed by American comedian, actress, singer and YouTube personality Colleen Ballinger that first appeared on the Internet in 2008. Ballinger displays videos of the comically talentless, egotistical, misguided and quirky character on her YouTube channel. In these videos, the character sings and dances badly, gives inept "tutorials", recounts her daily activities, discusses current events that she often misunderstands, collaborates with other YouTubers, and rants about her critics, reading examples of hate mail directed at the character on social media; she responds to them with her catchphrase: "Haters Back Off!"
Inspired by early YouTube videos and rude classmates, Ballinger created the character as a satire of bad but arrogant singers who believe that posting their videos on YouTube will lead to them breaking into show business. As of July 2021, the Miranda Sings YouTube channel has more than 2 billion views and 10 million subscribers, and Miranda has accumulated more than 12 million TikTok followers and 6 million Instagram followers. The character also has an active presence on other social media platforms.
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