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Number of songs: 14 | Total weeks on charts: 221
Appearing in a total number of: 46 charts | Total period running: 1607 days
Appearing in a total number of: 46 charts | Total period running: 1607 days
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Biography
Troye Sivan Mellet (born 5 June 1995), better known as Troye Sivan, is a South African born-Australian actor, singer, songwriter, and YouTuber. As an actor, he played young James Howlett in the X-Men film X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009), and most recently has starred as the titular character in the Spud film trilogy. Sivan also regularly makes YouTube videos, and as of 26 September 2015, has over 3.6 million subscribers and over 203 million total views.
On 15 August 2014, Sivan released his first major-label EP, entitled TRXYE, which peaked at number 5 on the Billboard 200. The lead single from the EP, "Happy Little Pill", reached number 10 in the Australian charts. On 4 September 2015, Sivan released his second major-label EP, Wild. His debut studio album was announced on 14 October with a release date of 4 December. The album is called Blue Neighbourhood.
His video, "The 'Boyfriend' Tag", with fellow vlogger Tyler Oakley earned them a Teen Choice Award in the "Choice Web Collaboration" category. In October 2014, Time named Sivan as one of the "25 Most Influential Teens of 2014".
Sivan was born in Johannesburg, South Africa. His family moved to Australia when he was two years old due to rising crime in South Africa. Sivan currently lives in Perth, Western Australia with his parents and three siblings Steele, Tyde and Sage. His father is a real estate agent and his mother is a homemaker. He is Jewish (his father was born to a Jewish family and his mother converted to Judaism). Sivan attended Carmel School until 2009 when he started distance education. Troye's middle name is "Sivan" and he embraced it as his stage name.
On 7 August 2010, aged 15, Sivan came out as gay to his family. On 7 August 2013, he revealed his sexual orientation publicly through a video on his YouTube channel.
Sivan sang at the 2006, 2007 and 2008 Channel Seven Perth Telethon. His 2006 performance included a duet with Australian Idol winner Guy Sebastian. Sivan made it to the grand finals of StarSearch 2007. His debut EP, Dare to Dream, was released in February 2008. In February 2010, Sivan opened "We Are the World 25 for Haiti (YouTube Edition)", the collaborative music charity video produced by Lisa Lavie to help raise money for the victims of the 2010 Haiti earthquake.
On 5 June 2013, Sivan was signed to EMI Australia, a Universal Music Australia label, but kept it a secret until a year later. On 15 August 2014 he released a five-song EP entitled TRXYE, led by its first single "Happy Little Pill", which was released on 25 July 2014. TRXYE debuted at No. 1 on iTunes in over 55 countries. The album debuted at No. 5 on the Billboard 200 the following week, scoring Sivan his first Top 10 album. "Happy Little Pill" peaked at number 10 on the ARIA Singles Chart and was certified gold by the Australian Recording Industry Association for shipments exceeding 35,000 copies. Sivan released his second major-label EP, Wild, on 4 September 2015. During September and October 2015, Sivan released a music video trilogy with a continuous theme entitled Blue Neghbourbood comprising the three songs "Wild", "Fools" and "Talk Me Down". Sivan will support his debut studio album Blue Neighbourhood with his 2015 tour, Troye Sivan Live. The album is set for release on December 4, 2015.
In 2007, Sivan starred as Oliver Twist in a production of Oliver! at the Regal Theatre. In 2008, Sivan was cast in a West Australian short film, Betrand the Terrible. In February 2008, Sivan was cast as young James Howlett in X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Sivan got the part after videos of his telethon performance were posted on YouTube, catching the attention of a Hollywood agent who contacted Sivan and asked him to send in an audition tape. Though Kodi Smit-McPhee was already cast for this role, he was unable to be a part of the film, due to his other film, The Road. In July 2009, he auditioned successfully for the lead role in Spud, a film adaptation of the 2005 novel by South African author John van de Ruit. Filming took place in South Africa from early March to mid-April 2010. The film was released in South Africa on 3 December 2010 and was later nominated for six SAFTAs, including a Best Lead Actor in a Feature Film nomination for Sivan.
Sivan appeared in the West Australian season of Samuel Beckett's absurdist play Waiting for Godot which opened on 28 May 2010. Sivan shared the role of "Boy" with Craig Hyde-Smith, alternating nights. In June 2012, Sivan returned to South Africa to film Spud 2: The Madness Continues, which was released in South Africa on 21 June 2013. Sivan also starred in the third film in the series, Spud 3: Learning to Fly, released on 28 November 2014.
In September 2012, Sivan began creating video blogs on the video sharing site YouTube, after having only sung on the site since 2007. At the time of posting his first vlog, Sivan had accumulated 27,000 subscribers in his five years since joining YouTube on 1 October 2007. As of October 2015, Sivan has over 3.6 million subscribers and over 213 million total views across his YouTube videos. His YouTube channel is the third most subscribed channel in Australia, after HowToBasic and Danger Dolan.
Filmography:
2009 - X-Men Origins: Wolverine Young James Howlett
2010 - Betrand the Terrible Ace Short film
2010 - Spud John "Spud" Milton
2013 - Spud 2: The Madness Continues John "Spud" Milton
2014 - Spud 3: Learning to Fly John "Spud" Milton
2018 - Boy Erased Gary
2022 Three Months Caleb
2023 Trolls Band Together Floyd Voice role
Discography:
Blue Neighbourhood (4 December 2015)
Bloom (2018)
Something to Give Each Other (2023)
Sources: Wikipedia, Top40-Charts.com Editorial team
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