<div class='timeline-item'><div class='timeline-left'><div class='timeline-date'>1992</div></div><div class='timeline-center'></div><div class='timeline-right'><div class='timeline-text timeline-text-title'>Charli XCX is Born</div><div class='timeline-text'>On August 2, 1992, Charli XCX was born in Cambridge, England. Her birth name is Charlotte Aitchison.</div></div></div><div class='timeline-item'><div class='timeline-left'><div class='timeline-date'>2008</div></div><div class='timeline-center'></div><div class='timeline-right'><div class='timeline-text timeline-text-title'>Releases Debut Single</div><div class='timeline-text'>At the age of 16, Charli releases her debut single "!Franchesckaar!"</div></div></div><div class='timeline-item'><div class='timeline-left'><div class='timeline-date'>2012</div></div><div class='timeline-center'></div><div class='timeline-right'><div class='timeline-text timeline-text-title'>Signs with Asylum Records</div><div class='timeline-text'>Charli signs a recording contract with Asylum Records and releases her debut studio album "True Romance".</div></div></div><div class='timeline-item'><div class='timeline-left'><div class='timeline-date'>2013</div></div><div class='timeline-center'></div><div class='timeline-right'><div class='timeline-text timeline-text-title'>"I Love It" with Icona Pop is Released</div><div class='timeline-text'>Collaborates with Icona Pop to release the hit single "I Love It", which reaches #7 on the US Billboard Hot 100.</div></div></div><div class='timeline-item'><div class='timeline-left'><div class='timeline-date'>2014</div></div><div class='timeline-center'></div><div class='timeline-right'><div class='timeline-text timeline-text-title'>Sings "Boom Clap" for The Fault in Our Stars Movie Soundtrack</div><div class='timeline-text'>Charli contributes the single "Boom Clap" to the soundtrack of the movie adaptation of The Fault in Our Stars.</div></div></div><div class='timeline-item'><div class='timeline-left'><div class='timeline-date'>2018</div></div><div class='timeline-center'></div><div class='timeline-right'><div class='timeline-text timeline-text-title'>Releases Third Studio Album Charli</div><div class='timeline-text'>Releases third studio album Charli, featuring collaborations with Lizzo, HAIM, Christine and the Queens, Troye Sivan and more.</div></div></div><div class='timeline-item'><div class='timeline-left'><div class='timeline-date'>2020</div></div><div class='timeline-center'></div><div class='timeline-right'><div class='timeline-text timeline-text-title'>Releases Album How I'm Feeling Now</div><div class='timeline-text'>Releases her fourth studio album How I'm Feeling Now. The album was created in five weeks with input from fans via Zoom.</div></div></div>