Brendon Boyd Urie (born April 12, 1987) is an American singer, songwriter, and musician who is best known as the former lead vocalist and frontman of Panic!

[7] Many of his songs have achieved commercial success, reaching high spots on Billboard charts and millions of sales.

[9][10] Urie was born in St. George, Utah, and his family moved to Las Vegas, Nevada, when he was two years old.

[14][15][16] Urie attended Palo Verde High School in Las Vegas,[17] where he met future Panic!

A Fever You Can't Sweat Out was released in 2005 with the hit lead single "I Write Sins Not Tragedies" propelling it to 1.8 million sales.

[28][29][30][31] Urie provided guest vocals alongside Patrick Stump on The Cab's song "One Of THOSE Nights" from their debut album, Whisper War.

He provided vocals on the songs "What a Catch, Donnie" and "20 Dollar Nose Bleed" from Fall Out Boy's 2008 album, Folie à Deux.

Urie also sang back vocals on the track "7 Minutes In Heaven" off of Fall Out Boy's From Under The Cork Tree.

The song was written and produced by Butch Walker, co-written by Cee-Lo Green and remixed by Polow Da Don.

[34][non-primary source needed] Urie appeared in the music videos "A Little Less Sixteen Candles, a Little More Touch Me," "What A Catch, Donnie" and "Headfirst Slide into Cooperstown on a Bad Bet" by Fall Out Boy.

Urie also appears in "One of THOSE Nights" by The Cab, which also features Ryan Ross, Jon Walker, Pete Wentz, Patrick Stump and Spencer Smith.

[40] Urie featured on the entirety of the song "Love in the Middle of a Firefight" for Dillon Francis's album Money Sucks, Friends Rule.

Urie also was featured on the Lil Dicky track "Molly" on his debut studio album Professional Rapper.

[44] On April 11, 2017, Urie announced that he would star in Cyndi Lauper's Tony Award-winning Broadway musical, Kinky Boots, in which he played one of the lead roles, Charlie Price.

Nickelodeon released a video in the spring of 2016 that includes details about the artists that they worked with to bring the score to life.

In 2022, Urie joined the band of friend and Viva Las Vengeance collaborator Mike Viola alongside Jake Sinclair, making the act a three-piece.

"[51] Urie appears in the music videos for Viola's songs "Scientist Alexis" and "Water Makes Me Sick", playing the drums.

[56] Urie has cited Frank Sinatra, Queen, David Bowie, and Tom DeLonge as his biggest influences.

Eight months later, Hayley Williams from Paramore brought Sarah to another of Urie's shows and reintroduced them, and they began dating in 2009.

"[68] In July 2018, Urie described himself as pansexual and stated, "I'm married to a woman and I'm very much in love with her but I'm not opposed to a man because to me, I like a person.

[72] In February 2017, Urie moved from Los Angeles to an undisclosed location, stating that "visits and constant harassment" from fans at his house led him to feel unsafe.

[84][85][86] In June 2018, Urie pledged $1 million in partnership with GLSEN to create gay–straight alliance clubs in high schools across the United States.

[90] In 2020, Urie was accused by two anonymous Twitter users of having inappropriately touched, groped, or otherwise sexually harassed them when they were underage between the years 2009 and 2011.

[93] Urie was also criticized on Twitter for past remarks that have been perceived as racist[a] or transphobic,[b] including a joke about rape—which, made during a live performance over 10 years ago, initially received positive reception.

[98][99][100][101] After several months, Urie appeared on a livestream to announce that Hall was no longer working with the band, though he received criticism for stating he would remain close friends with him.

[102] Urie stated "I can't tell you how sorry I am to those that have been hurt and to those who have had to wait while I took the time I needed to listen and just learn" while also denouncing the allegations against himself as "entirely untrue".