Chris Crocker
Chris Crocker (born December 7, 1987 ) is an American internet celebrity, singer and porn actor . Crocker became known when he made a video called Leave Britney Alone available on YouTube in September 2007 in which he tearfully defended the comeback of pop singer Britney Spears at the MTV Video Music Awards .
Life
Crocker was born in eastern Tennessee to a teenage couple and raised by their grandparents. He says he got a lot of attention by preferring to bring Barbie dolls to kindergarten to show and tell, rather than the typical toys for boys. He lived in eastern Tennessee and was homeschooled from death threats, bullying, and looks because of his clothes and makeup; Mostly because he was allegedly molested by a homophobic high school gym teacher.
His Leave Britney Alone video was viewed more than four million times on YouTube within two days. Crocker's video received international media attention and numerous parodies were created.
Crocker is a self-proclaimed " edutainer " who produces many videos about transsexuality . In almost all of his works he presents himself as openly homosexual .
In September 2008, Crocker started his music career with his debut single Mind In The Gutter . As a result, more singles appeared and in January 2011 his first music video Freak Of Nature . His first EP The First Bite was released digitally on iTunes in 2011 and reached number 2 in the Top Electronic Albums in the first few hours. His second EP was released in 2013 under the name Chris Cunningham-Crocker. It rose to number 84 in the iTunes Electronic Charts and reached number 5. In contrast to his first EP, which was mostly held in dance style, this EP consists mostly of ballads and contains a duet with his mother. Crocker's debut album, More Than Three Words , was released on February 1, 2015.
At the age of 23, Crocker signed a contract with Chi Chi LaRue's porn label.
Discography
Albums
- 2015 More Than Three Words , download
- 2016 Full Frontal , Download
- 2018 Chris Crocker , download
- 2020 Legacy: The Compilation Album , Download
Extended plays
- 2011 The First Bite , download
- 2013 Walls Down , download
- 2015 Fire , download
- 2018 remixed
Singles
| year | title | Charts | album |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Mind In The Gutter | 34 | - |
| 2010 | Love you better | - | |
| Best Of Both Worlds | |||
| Fell For The Enemy | |||
| Freak Of Nature | The first bite | ||
| 2011 | I want your bite | 12 | |
| Second to None | - | - | |
| Tug of War | |||
| Taking My Life Back | |||
| 2012 | Locked Up Lovers | ||
| Lucky Tonight | |||
| 2013 | Breaking up | Walls Down | |
| 2014 | Know By Now | - | |
| 2015 | Give Your Love Away | More Than Three Words | |
| In The Mood | - | ||
| Unzip | 2 | ||
| Tall | - | ||
| Jealousy | |||
| Feel Alive | |||
| Out of touch | Full frontal | ||
| Not fair | - | ||
| Light switch | |||
| 2016 | pudding | ||
| Psycho | Full frontal | ||
| Haunts Me | |||
| Deep end | - | ||
| Someone Like Me | |||
| Low key | |||
| Made of Stone | |||
| 2017 | Touch it | ||
| What if | |||
| 2018 | Like you | ||
| So bathroom | |||
| Let me down | |||
| 2020 | The conjuring | ||
| Set Us Free | |||
| High | |||
| body |
Music videos
- 2011 Freak Of Nature (Director: Worm Carnevale)
- 2012 One Day (Director: Chris Crocker)
- 2015 Give Your Love Away (Director: Adam J Dunn)
Trivia
- Crocker's first EP, The First Bite, was originally supposed to be titled The Second Cumming , but changed it because it supposedly applied better to the EP.
Web links
- Chris Crocker on Myspace .
- Kelly Wynne: Chris Crocker Of “Leave Britney Alone” Viral Video Advocates For #FreeBritney Movement. In: Newsweek.com . April 18, 2019 (English).
Individual evidence
- ↑ 22 on Monday! . YouTube . December 6, 2009. Archived from the original on March 1, 2013. Retrieved on February 5, 2010.
- ↑ Ramon Ramirez: Britney Spears: Bombshell or just plain bomb? . The Daily Texan . September 13, 2007. Archived from the original on September 15, 2007. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved September 13, 2007.
- ↑ Video: Gay Men's Online War Over Britney Spears . Javno.hr, Croatia. September 12, 2007. Archived from the original on September 16, 2007. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved September 13, 2007.
- ↑ Shaun Davies: Screaming Britney Defense Becomes Net Phenomenon . National Nine News, Australia. September 12, 2007. Archived from the original on September 15, 2007. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved September 13, 2007.
- ↑ Daniel Sankey: Leave Britney alone! . Sydney Herald News . September 12, 2007. Retrieved September 13, 2007.
- ↑ Nanna Louise Teckemeier: Gal Britney fan hitter på Youtube . Ekstra Bladet (Norway). September 12, 2007. Retrieved January 18, 2008.
- ↑ Richard Roeper: Coffee, tea, or how 'bout a decent outfit ?: Now THAT'S a performance . Chicago Sun-Times . September 13, 2007. Retrieved January 18, 2008.
- ↑ Helen AS Popkin: 'Leave Britney Alone!': Tear-stained video plea makes YouTube vlogger an Internet rock star . MSNBC . September 13, 2007. Retrieved September 13, 2007.
- ↑ YouTube - Chris Crocker - Illegal Downloading . Retrieved February 18, 2011.
- ↑ Tumblr - Chris Crocker " . Retrieved on February 18, 2011. ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Crocker, Chris |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American casual blogger and singer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 7th December 1987 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tennessee |