My-Favourite-Singer

MyFavouriteSingerTroyeSivanTroyeSivanMellet,betterknownasTroyeSivan,isaSouthAfrican-bornAustraliansinger,songwriter,actorandYouTuber.Asanactor,heplayedyoungJamesHowlettintheX-MenfilmX-MenOrigins:Wolverine,andmostrecentlyhasstarredasthetitularcharacterintheSpudfilmtrilogy.SivanalsoregularlymakesYouTubevideos,andasof2April2016,hasover4millionsubscribersandover241milliontotalviews.•Born:Jun05,1995(age20)·Johannesburg,SouthAfrica•Height:5'8(1.73m)•Networth:$2millionUSD(2016)•Awards:TeenChoiceAwardforChoiceWebCollaboration(2014)•Education:CarmelSchool,Perth•Nominations:TeenChoiceAwardforChoiceWebStar:Male(2014)·GoldenHornAwardforBestActorinaFeatureFilm(2011)•On15August2014,Sivanreleasedhisfirstmajor-labelEP,entitledTRXYE,whichpeakedatnumber5ontheBillboard200.TheleadsinglefromtheEP,HappyLittlePill,reachednumber10ontheAustraliancharts.On4September2015,Sivanreleasedhissecondmajor-labelEP,Wild.Hisdebutstudioalbum,BlueNeighbourhood,wasannouncedon14Octoberandreleased4December.•Hisvideo,The'Boyfriend'Tag,withfellowvloggerTylerOakleyearnedthemaTeenChoiceAwardintheChoiceWebCollaborationcategory.InOctober2014,TimenamedSivanasoneofthe25MostInfluentialTeensof2014.•Music•Sivan'smusicalbeginningsfirststartedwhenhesangatthe2006,2007and2008ChannelSevenPerthTelethon.His2006performanceincludedaduetwithAustralianIdolwinnerGuySebastian.SivanmadeittothegrandfinalsofStarSearch2007.HisdebutEP,DaretoDream,wasreleasedinFebruary2008.InFebruary2010,SivanopenedWeAretheWorld25forHaiti(YouTubeEdition),thecollaborativemusiccharityvideoproducedbyLisaLavietohelpraisemoneyforthevictimsofthe2010Haitiearthquake.•On5June2013,SivanwassignedtoEMIAustralia,aUniversalMusicAustralialabel,butkeptitasecretuntilayearlater.On15August2014hereleasedafive-songEPentitledTRXYE,ledbyitsfirstsingleHappyLittlePill,whichwasreleasedon25July2014.TRXYEdebutedatNo.1oniTunesinover55countries.ThealbumdebutedatNo.5ontheBillboard200thefollowingweek,scoringSivanhisfirstTop10album.HappyLittlePillpeakedatnumber10ontheARIASinglesChartandwascertifiedgoldbytheAustralianRecordingIndustryAssociationforshipmentsexceeding35,000copies.Sivanreleasedhissecondmajor-labelEP,Wild,on4September2015.TheEPwassupportedbyamusicvideotrilogyentitledBlueNeighbourhood,comprisingthethreesongsWild,FoolsandTalkMeDownandreleasedfromSeptember2015toDecember2015.Additionally,theEPservedasanintroductiontohisalbumBlueNeighbourhood,whichwasreleasedon4December2015.SivansupportedhisdebutstudioalbumBlueNeighbourhoodandhisEPWildwithhisfirsttour,2015'sTroyeSivanLive.Sivanfurthersupportedhisdebutstudioalbumwith2016'sBlueNeighbourhoodTourandSuburbiaTour.•Acting•In2007,SivanstarredasOliverTwistinaproductionofOliver!attheRegalTheatre.In2008,SivanwascastinaWestAustralianshortfilm,BetrandtheTerrible.InFebruary2008,SivanwascastasyoungJamesHowlettinX-MenOrigins:Wolverine.SivangotthepartaftervideosofhistelethonperformancewerepostedonYouTube,catchingtheattentionofaHollywoodagentwhocontactedSivanandaskedhimtosendinanauditiontape.ThoughKodiSmit-McPheewasalreadycastforthisrole,hewasunabletobeapartofthefilm,duetohisotherfilm,TheRoad.InJuly2009,heauditionedsuccessfullyfortheleadroleinSpud,afilmadaptationofthe2005novelbySouthAfricanauthorJohnvandeRuit.FilmingtookplaceinSouthAfricafromearlyMarchtomid-April2010.ThefilmwasreleasedinSouthAfricaon3December2010andwaslaternominatedforsixSAFTAs,includingaBestLeadActorinaFeatureFilmnominationforSivan.•SivanappearedintheWestAustralianseasonofSamuelBeckett'sabsurdistplayWaitingforGodotwhichopenedon28May2010.SivansharedtheroleofBoywithCraigHyde-Smith,alternatingnights.InJune2012,SivanreturnedtoSouthAfricatofilmSpud2:TheMadnessContinues,whichwasreleasedinSouthAfricaon21June2013.Sivanalsostarredinthethirdfilmintheseries,Spud3:LearningtoFly,releasedon28November2014.•YouTube•InSeptember2012,SivanbegancreatingvideoblogsonthevideosharingsiteYouTube,afterhavingonlysungonthesitesince2007.Atthetimeofpostinghisfirstvlog,Sivanhadaccumulated27,000subscribersinhisfiveyearssincejoiningYouTubeon1October2007.AsofApril2016,Sivanhasover4millionsubscribersandover243milliontotalviewsacrosshisYouTubevideos.HisYouTubechannelisthethirdmostsubscribedchannelinAustralia,afterHowToBasicandPlanetDolan.•OneofSivan'smostnotableworksonYouTubeisavideohemadewithfellowYouTuberTylerOakley.TitledThe'Boyfriend'Tag,thevideoearnedthemaTeenChoiceAwardintheChoiceWebCollaborationcategory.