Carson was born Sofia Daccarett Char in 

Fort Lauderdale, Florida,[2][3] to José F. Daccarett and Laura

Char Carson, who both moved to Florida from Barranquilla, Colombia.[1][4] Sofia chose the artistic
name "Carson" after her American maternal grandmother, Lauraine Carson. [5] Through her mother,
Carson is related to the Char family of Colombian politicians.[1][6]
She attended St. Hugh School and graduated from Carrollton School of the Sacred Heart in Miami.
[3]
 She attended In Motion Dance Studio, where she was part of the IMPAC Youth Ensemble
program, competing across the United States.[3][7] She subsequently attended UCLA, majoring in
communications with a minor in French.[7][8]

Career[edit]
Music[edit]

Carson in 2017

Carson said she is mainly influenced by pop music and admires artists who "tell stories through their
music", cited 20th-century acts like The Beatles and Michael Jackson and modern acts like Ed
Sheeran and Taylor Swift as influences.[9]
In 2013, Carson participated in a BMI Latina musical artist showcase.[10] She performed as part of the
cast on the 2015 Descendants soundtrack, which reached number one on the Billboard 200,
including her single version of "Rotten to the Core".[11] She was also featured on the Descendants
2 and Descendants 3 soundtracks, which reached numbers 6 and 7, respectively, on
the Billboard 200.[12][13]
In an August 2015 interview Carson stated she was working on her first album. [14] In March
2016, Hollywood Records and Republic Records officially announced that Carson had signed a joint
worldwide record deal with both companies. Her debut single was "Love Is the Name", an
interpolation of Opus' "Live Is Life", and was released on April 8, 2016.[15] "Love is the Name" had an
alternate version featuring J. Balvin, and a music video with Carson and Balvin was released for that
version.[16] Carson released a promotional single on August 26, 2016, entitled "I'm Gonna Love You".
Carson has performed in NBC's 2015 Thanksgiving Parade, ABC's Disney Parks Christmas
Celebration, Univision's Feliz 2016 (New Year's Eve Special), and the 2016 Radio Disney Music
Awards, and she was a presenter on ABC's Disneyland 60th Anniversary Special. She performed
"The Star-Spangled Banner" at the 2017 A Capitol Fourth, an annual concert at the United States
Capitol in celebration of Independence Day.[17]
On January 27, 2017, she released her single "Back to Beautiful" featuring Alan Walker, and on
February 15, 2017, she released the official music video on YouTube. "Back to Beautiful" was
written by Julia Michaels, who also wrote Carson's next single, "Ins and Outs". [18] In 2018, Carson
was featured on three EDM songs: R3hab's "Rumors", Alan Walker's "Different World"
and Galantis's "San Francisco".[19][20][21] Following the success of "Rumors", Carson collaborated again
with R3hab in her next singles "I Luv U"[22] and "Miss U More Than U Know".[23]
On March 26, 2021, Carson released the single "Fool's Gold", produced by Stargate and Jeff Jones.
[24]
 It reached number 38 on the Mainstream Top 40.[25] The song was remixed by Tiësto; his remix,
"Fool's Gold (24 Karat Gold Edition)" was released on April 30, 2021. [26] On May 2, 2021, Carson
performed "A Whole New World" (from the 1992 film Aladdin) on American Idol with the show's nine
finalists.[27] On September 2, 2021, Carson released "Glowin' Up" as a single as a part of the My
Little Pony: A New Generation soundtrack, prior to the film's release on September 24. [28] In March
2022, she released her debut studio album, Sofia Carson.[29]