American singer and actor Demi Lovato has released two video albums and appeared in various music videos, films, and television shows. From her debut album Don't Forget (2008), she released music videos for its eponymous single as well as "Get Back" and "La La Land". Lovato released her second album Here We Go Again in 2009, producing music videos for the eponymous single and "Remember December". Her third studio album Unbroken (2011) spawned music videos for "Skyscraper", which won Best Video with a Message at the 2012 MTV Video Music Awards, and "Give Your Heart a Break".[1] She then released her fourth studio album Demi (2013), which was accompanied by music videos for "Heart Attack", which was nominated for Best Female Video at the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards, "Made in the USA", "Neon Lights", and "Really Don't Care".[2]
After signing a record deal with Island Records,[3] Lovato released her fifth studio album Confident (2015), along with three music videos for the songs "Cool for the Summer", "Confident", and "Stone Cold". A sixth studio album, Tell Me You Love Me followed in 2017. It produced music videos for "Sorry Not Sorry", which was nominated for Best Pop Video at the 2018 MTV Video Music Awards, and "Tell Me You Love Me".[4]
Lovato's first acting role was on Barney & Friends from 2002 to 2004. She subsequently starred as Charlotte Adams during the first season of As the Bell Rings. Lovato then played Mitchie Torres in Camp Rock (2008) and (2010) as well as the title character in Sonny with a Chance (2009–2011). Her subsequent television work included serving as a judge for two seasons on The X Factor (2012–2013) as well as recurring roles on Glee (2013–2014) and Will & Grace (2020). In film, she has had roles in Princess Protection Program (2009), (2017), Charming (2018), and (2020). Lovato additionally has been the main focus of the documentaries (2012), (2017) and (2021), and served as executive producer on the two latter as well as the documentary Beyond Silence (2017).[5]
| Denotes music videos directed or co-directed by Demi Lovato |
| Title | Year | Other performer(s) credited | Director(s) | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Moves Me" | 2004 | The video shows Lovato singing and dancing the song with her background dancer. | [6] | ||
| "Get Back" | 2008 | Philip Andelman | The video shows Lovato and her band performing the song on top of a building near the Manhattan Bridge, with scenes cutting to just Lovato and her with her band. | [7] | |
| "La La Land" | 2008 | Tim Wheeler Brendan Malloy | The video shows how Lovato handles the beginning stages of fame and success as her acting and singing career take off. | [8] | |
| "Don't Forget" | 2009 | Robert Hales | The video shows Lovato singing alone in the back of a tour bus, eventually switching to scenes of her under an umbrella during a rainstorm in front of an empty, spinning carousal. The video cuts to Lovato singing with her band during a rainstorm. | [9] | |
| "Lo Que Soy" | 2009 | Edgar Romero | The song is a Spanish version of "This Is Me" | [10] | |
| "Here We Go Again" | 2009 | Brendan Malloy | The video begins with Lovato in her dressing room to prepare for her concert. She speaks to her boyfriend (portrayed by Christopher Mason) over the phone before breaking up with him and heading to the stage to perform. Mason is shown visiting the concert and meeting Lovato in her dressing room with a rose, beginning their relationship again. | [11] | |
| "One and the Same" | 2009 | The video shows Gomez and Lovato having fun on a stage. It is also composed of various clips from the film Princess Protection Program (2009). | [12] [13] | ||
| "Send It On" | 2009 | Jonas Brothers | The music video has all four acts singing into microphones on top of a brightly lit stage and running across a park setting where many children are following them. | [14] | |
| "Bounce" | 2009 | Jonas Brothers Robert Feggans | JBD Productions | The video shows Jonas Brothers, Lovato and Rob walking on a street while singing the song. | [15] |
| "Gift of a Friend" | 2009 | [16] | |||
| "Remember December" | 2010 | Tim Wheeler | The video includes three scenes in chronological order: Lovato performing with her band on stage; the second scene was Lovato with her friends portrayed by Meaghan Martin, Anna Maria Perez de Taglé and Chloe Bridges (stars of Lovato's Disney Channel television film ) taking her night out into the streets of Los Angeles; and the third with Lovato performing in front of bright lights. | [17] | |
| "We'll Be a Dream" | 2010 | We the Kings | Raul B. Fernandez | The video begins with various teenagers at a camp. Lovato walks through the teens as they throw pillows and toilet paper at each other. The video ends, as Lovato and Travis Clark, lead singer of We The Kings, look at each other. | [18] |
| "Make a Wave" | 2010 | [19] | |||
| "It's On" | 2010 | Cast of | The video cuts to various performers and the cast of performing the song on circular stages and dancing to the choreography. | [20] | |
| "Wouldn't Change a Thing" | 2010 | Paul Hoen | The video shows Lovato and Jonas singing back and forth to each other. | [21] | |
| "Skyscraper" | 2011 | Mark Pellington | The video begins with Lovato walking towards the camera on a desert road while wearing a long white dress, with the video progressively showing the emotions of Lovato as she sings about her past struggles and surviving difficult road bumps in her career. | [22] | |
| "Give Your Heart a Break" | 2012 | Justin Francis | The video begins with Lovato and her boyfriend (portrayed by Alex Bechet) having an argument over the phone. After hanging up, Lovato collects all the photos of them together from her apartment and pastes them on a wall across the street from her boyfriend's apartment. Lovato's boyfriend looks out the window as he sees a large collage of pictures, depicting a picture of them smiling. | [23] | |
| "Heart Attack" | 2013 | Chris Applebaum | The video shows Lovato singing in an empty building backed by her band, with multiple scenes cutting to her performing behind black and white backdrops, with black paint on her hands and arms as she sings into the camera. | [24] | |
| "Made in the USA" | 2013 | Demi Lovato Ryan Pallotta | The video shows Aimee Teegarden with her friends at a carnival where she sees Dustin Milligan for the first time, where they eventually start dating. Milligan leaves Teegarden behind to be deployed in the middle of a war. The climax of the story portrays a chaotic scene with Milligan in a battlefield. Simultaneously, Teegarden worries about Milligan, before he eventually returns home reuniting with Teegarden. | [25] | |
| "Let It Go" | 2013 | Declan Whitebloom | The video shows Lovato singing in an old abandoned mansion during the winter, playing the piano in some scenes, and wearing black and white ball gowns. | [26] | |
| "Neon Lights" | 2013 | Ryan Pallotta | The video begins with Lovato emerging from a pool of water. In the next scene, Lovato performed the introduction of the song in a room wired with neon lights and another scene where Lovato is shown dancing and singing with the backup dancers in a club. | [27] | |
| "Somebody to You" | 2014 | The Vamps | Emil Nava | The video shows a young girl (played by Laura Marano) with her friends in the summer until they are joined by The Vamps, and her group's lead singer (Bradley Simpson) falls in love with the girl. | [28] |
| "In Case" | 2014 | The video shows Lovato singing "In Case' alone in an empty recording studio. | [29] | ||
| "Really Don't Care" | 2014 | Ryan Pallotta | The video shows Lovato singing the song on a float during the 2014 Los Angeles Pride Parade, where she was named Grand Marshall. | [30] | |
| "Up" | 2014 | Ben Turner Gabe Turner | The video features Murs and Lovato standing in two rooms separated by a wall. They begin to wreck the rooms before Murs uses a guitar to break a hole into the wall and he and Lovato begin to remove most of the bricks in the wall. | [31] | |
| "Nightingale" | 2014 | Black Coffee | The video follows Lovato on tour, showing love for her fans – the Lovatics – who serve as her nightingales. | [32] | |
| "Cool for the Summer" | 2015 | Hannah Lux Davis | The video begins with Lovato driving around a city with her friends and eventually arriving at a party, cutting to a number of scenes showing people on trampolines and Lovato dancing and having fun at the party. | [33] | |
| "Confident" | 2015 | Robert Rodriguez | The video starts with Lovato in a maximum security prison where she is granted a pardon for selling out Michelle Rodriguez's character by a US marshal. Lovato is sent to apprehend Rodriguez, but Lovato soon realizes that Rodriguez is a step ahead of her. As the police attempt to take Lovato back to prison, she fights back and attempts to stop Rodriguez. Rodriguez overpowers her and they are taken captive by the police in a prison bus. However, they break free and jump into Rodriguez's trailing car before the pair realize they were both played (and branded) by the marshal. The two women team up and apprehend the marshal, and Lovato and Rodriguez bid farewell. | [34] | |
| "Waitin for You" | 2015 | Sirah | Black Coffee | The video shows Lovato revisiting her former middle school, Cross Timbers Middle School, in Grapevine, Texas, where she used to suffer from intense bullying experiences in the past. She struts around the schoolyard confidently while ready to fight. Sirah joins in later during her guest rap verse. | [35] |
| "Irresistible" | 2016 | Fall Out Boy | Wayne Isham | The video stars Doug the Pug and references to Fall Out Boy's previous videos for her songs "Centuries", "Sugar, We're Goin Down", "Dance, Dance", "Uma Thurman" and the original video of "Irresistible". | [36] |
| "Stone Cold" | 2016 | Patrick Ecclesine | The music video shows Lovato at various locations, such as snowy mountains and crying in a bathtub, singing in a depressive manner, ending with a shot of Lovato in the snow. | [37] | |
| "Without a Fight" | 2016 | Jeff Venable | The video features Paisley and Lovato singing with a full band, while simultaneously showing behind the scenes footage of her recording the song in the studio. | [38] | |
| "No Promises" | 2017 | Cheat Codes | Hannah Lux Davis | The futuristic video features Lovato and Cheat Codes performing the song while teleporting through time machines. | [39] |
| "Instruction" | 2017 | Ozzie Pullin[40] | The video shows Lovato, Stefflon Don and Jax Jones performing and dancing to the song with other backgrounds artists/dancers dancing and playing various instruments.[41] | [42] | |
| "Sorry Not Sorry" | 2017 | Hannah Lux Davis | The video sees Lovato throwing a house party, frolicking by a pool, in an inflatable tub, on an outdoor dance floor, and in a beach chair, as her friends thrash, laugh, and kiss around her. | [43] | |
| "Tell Me You Love Me" | 2017 | Mark Pellington | The music video shows Lovato and Jesse Williams celebrating their engagement, but portraying the jealousies that strain their relationship before they make it to the altar. After a few suspenseful moments, Williams' groom tells Lovato's bride that he is not ready and leaves her at the altar to the shock of their family and friends. | [44] | |
| "Échame la Culpa" | 2017 | The music video first takes place in Lovato's bedroom, before the duo meet up in an abandoned warehouse and hold a dance party. | [45] | ||
| "I Believe" | 2018 | Hannah Lux Davis | The video features Khaled and Lovato singing in various green-screen landscapes, including a golden wheat field, a dark forest and a natural backdrop surrounded by lush grass and blue skies, intercut with movie scenes. | [46] | |
| "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" | 2018 | Q-Tip | The video does not include Lovato or Q-Tip, but shows a crowded room of dancers dressed in disco themed clothes dancing to the song in slow motion. | [47] | |
| "Fall in Line" | 2018 | Luke Gilford | The video depicts Aguilera and Lovato being kidnapped and forced to sing in a futuristic prison filled with surveillance cameras; the two eventually fight their way to freedom. | [48] | |
| "Solo" | 2018 | Jack Patterson Grace Chatto | The video follows Clean Bandit's Grace Chatto and a "lover", actor George Todd McLachlan, as they argue. Chatto ends up at a laundromat and pays an attendant (Ko Hyojoo) for an unknown concoction. The video then follows Hyojoo to retrieve this medicine which is being made for her by Jack and Luke Patterson. In the end, Chatto turns her abusive partner into a rainbow golden Labrador puppy. The video is briefly intercut with images of Chatto lying on a bed and a sun lounger with her face seemingly evaporating. Lovato makes brief appearances throughout the video. | [49] | |
| "Solo" (Japan Edition) | 2018 | Yutaka Ohara | This video was filmed in Kyoto and focuses on the dichotomy of trying to breakaway one's feelings and moving-on from the past with the inner-turmoil that comes along with it. | [50] | |
| "I Love Me" | 2020 | Hannah Lux Davis | The video is a return for Lovato after an almost two-year hiatus, as she confronts the demons of her past and victoriously overcomes obstacles that have come her way. | [51] | |
| "I'm Ready" | 2020 | Jora Frantzis | The music video is set in an Olympic Games setting with Smith competing against a man on the wrestling mat. Smith lines up for a 100-meter sprint with drag queens and Lovato is seen on a tall diving board as an all-male synchronized swim team near her dive into the pool below her. Lovato and Smith eventually come together for a gymnast-filled medal ceremony. | [52] | |
| "Ok Not to Be Ok" | 2020 | Marshmello | Hannah Lux Davis | The video takes place in a suburban neighborhood where Lovato and Marshmello both wake up in bedrooms that belong to the younger versions of themselves. Lovato and her younger version both trash the bedroom, cutting between scenes of older Lovato singing in the center. Everyone eventually strolls around their neighborhood while singing and dancing to the song. The video ends with information about "Hope for the Day" and resources for suicide prevention. | [53] |
| "Ok Not to Be Ok" (Duke & Jones Remix) | 2020 | Marshmello | The video shows Marshmello and Lovato dancing around a studio designed with colorful art pieces. | [54] | |
| "Commander in Chief" | 2020 | Director X | The video features diverse Americans of different genders, races, sexual orientations, and ability groups lip-syncing the song before Lovato appears and performs the final moments of the song. | [55] | |
| "What Other People Say" | 2021 | Sam Fischer | Dano Cerny | The video features Lovato and Fischer singing inside of and on top of a train. | [56] |
| "Dancing with the Devil" | 2021 | Demi Lovato Michael D. Ratner | The video recreates the details of the events involved in Lovato's 2018 drug overdoses, sexual assault, and near-death experience, as well as the aftermath in the hospital the days after. | [57] | |
| "Melon Cake" | 2021 | Hannah Lux Davis | The video sees Lovato presenting her younger self with a birthday cake, a luxury she did not have under her previous management. Alternating between three settings, Lovato is shown performing with a band on a green platform, standing on a grass field surrounded by dancers and wading through a neon-lit pool. | [58] | |
| "Breakdown" | 2021 | G-Eazy | Daniel CZ | In the video, Lovato and G-Eazy both reflect on their own fame and substance abuse. Lovato and G-Eazy are depicted having breakdowns while expressing their feelings and need for one another. | [59] |
| "Skin of My Teeth" | 2022 | Nick Harwood | |||
| "Substance" | 2022 | Cody Critcheloe | |||
| "Still Alive" | 2023 | Jensen Noen | |||
| "Swine" | 2023 | Meriel O'Connell | |||
| "Penhasco2" | 2023 | Luísa Sonza | Diego Fraga | ||
| Title | Year | Other performer(s) credited | Description | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Something New" (featuring Ty Dolla Sign) | 2017 | Lovato is only featured in the beginning as she is welcomed by Wiz Khalifa before entering his house to join a pool party in the backyard. | [60] | ||
| "Deadbeat" (featuring Skrillex) | 2017 | Sirah | The video features Lovato in her bedroom holding a shirtless guy on a dog leash, while the video proceeds to show family video footage from Sirah's life. | [61] | |
| "Never Alone" (Paul Oakenfold & Varun Remix) | 2020 | The video shows Lovato and other celebrities sharing encouraging and inspirational 30-second cameos of raw, unfiltered and heartfelt words telling the camera what they do to gain strength when they feel alone. | [62] | ||
| "Stuck with U" | 2020 | The video consists of clips sent in by young fans who would have attended prom in 2020 but are unable to do so due to the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as people and celebrities who are stuck inside spending time with loved ones. | [63] | ||
| "Malibu" (At Home Edition) | 2020 | The video features short clips of celebrities singing along to the song. | [64] | ||
| "Do It Like Me" | 2020 | Clips of celebrities are shown singing the song's lyrics. | [65] |
| Title | Album details | |
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| Be Like a Pop Star[66] |
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| Live Walmart Soundcheck[67] |
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| Year | Title | Role | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Camp Rock | Mitchie Torres | Television film | [68] | |
| 2009 | Herself | Concert film | |||
| 2009 | Princess Protection Program | Rosie Gonzalez / Rosalinda María Montoya Fiore | Television film | [69] | |
| 2010 | Mitchie Torres | Television film | [70] | ||
| 2012 | Herself | Documentary | [71] | ||
| 2017 | Smurfette | Voice role | [72] | ||
| 2017 | Louder Together | Herself | Documentary | [73] | |
| 2017 | Herself | Documentary, also executive producer | [74] | ||
| 2018 | Charming | Lenore Quinonez/Lenny | Voice role, also executive music producer | [75] | |
| 2020 | Katiana Lindsdóttir | Netflix film | [76] | ||
| Tow | Pre-production | [77] |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002–2004 | Barney & Friends | Angela | Lead role (season 7–8) | [78] | |
| 2006 | Prison Break | Danielle Curtin | Episode: "First Down" | [79] | |
| 2007–2008 | As the Bell Rings | Charlotte Adams | Lead role (season 1) | [80] | |
| 2007 | Just Jordan | Nicole | Episode: "Slippery When Wet" | [81] | |
| 2008 | Herself | Episode: "The Second Show" | [82] | ||
| 2009–2011 | Sonny with a Chance | Sonny Munroe | Lead role | [83] | |
| 2009 | My Camp Rock | Herself / Musical Guest | Episode: "The Results Show" | [84] | |
| 2010 | Grey's Anatomy | Hayley May | Episode: "Shiny Happy People" | [85] | |
| 2010 | America's Next Top Model | Herself | Episode: "Diane von Furstenberg" | [86] | |
| 2010–2011 | Herself | Episodes: "The Williams Family" and "The McPhail Family" | [87] | ||
| 2012 | This Is How I Made It | Herself | Episode: "Demi Lovato and B.o.B" | [88] | |
| 2012 | The Eric Andre New Year's Eve Spooktacular | Herself | Television special | ||
| 2012–2013 | The X Factor | Judge / Mentor | Season 2–3 | [89] | |
| 2013–2014 | Glee | Dani | Recurring role (season 5); 4 episodes | [90] | |
| 2015 | Saturday Night Live | Herself / Musical Guest | Episode: "Tracy Morgan/Demi Lovato" | [91] | |
| 2015 | We Day | Host | Television special (10th edition) | [92] | |
| 2015 | RuPaul's Drag Race | Herself / Guest judge | Episode: "Divine Inspiration" | [93] | |
| 2015 | Maia | Guest role; 2 episodes | [94] | ||
| 2017 | The Voice | Herself / Musical Guest | Episode: "Live Finale Results" | [95] | |
| 2017 | Project Runway | Herself | Season 16 Episode "We're sleeping wear?" | [96] | |
| 2018 | Dr. Phil | Herself | Episode: "Demi Lovato: Up Close and Personal" | [97] | |
| 2020 | Will & Grace | Jenny | Recurring role (season 11) | [98] | |
| 2020 | The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Herself / Guest Host | March 6, 2020; standing in for Ellen DeGeneres | [99] | |
| 2020 | iHeart Living Room Concert for America | Herself | Concert special | [100] | |
| 2020 | The Disney Family Singalong | Herself | Television special | [101] | |
| 2020 | Game On! | Herself | Episode: "Celebrity Guests: Demi Lovato & Ronda Rousey" | [102] | |
| 2020 | 46th People's Choice Awards | Herself / Host | Award show | [103] | |
| 2021 | Celebrating America | Herself / Performer | Television special for the Inauguration of President Joe Biden | [104] | |
| 2021 | Legendary | Herself / Guest judge | Episode: "Ice Haus" | [105] | |
| 2021 | The Demi Lovato Show | Herself | Host | [106] | |
| 2021 | Cooking with Paris | Herself | Episode: "Italian Night" | [107] | |
| 2021 | Unidentified with Demi Lovato | Herself | Host | [108] | |
| 2022 | Moving the Needle with Dr. Woo | Herself | Episode: "Demi Lovato" | [109] | |
| 2023 | Dave | Herself | Cameo | [110] | |
| 2023 | The Masked Singer | Anonymouse | Season 10, Episode 1 | [111] | |
| 2023 | A Very Demi Holiday Special | Herself | Television special | [112] | |
| 2023 | Dynamo is Dead | Herself / Guest | Television special | [113] |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | KSM Read Between the Lines | Herself | 3 episodes | [114] | |
| 2020 | Dear Class of 2020 | Herself | Special | [115] | |
| 2020 | Pepsi Unmute Your Voice | Herself | Triller Special | [116] | |
| 2020 | Hello 2021 | Herself | YouTube Originals Special | [117] | |
| 2021 | Herself | YouTube docuseries | [118] |
| Year | Title | Role | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Demi Lovato: Simply Complicated | Executive producer | [120] [121] [122] | |
| 2017 | Beyond Silence | Executive producer | [123] | |
| 2018 | Charming | Executive music producer | [124] | |
| 2021 | Demi Lovato: Dancing with the Devil | Executive producer | [125] | |
| 2023 | A Very Demi Holiday Special | Executive producer | [126] | |
| TBA | Child Star | Executive producer | [127] |