Drew Seeley

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Vanessa Anne Hudgens (left) and Drew Seeley (right) on the High School Musical concert tour (January 2007)

Andrew Michael Edgar Seeley (born April 30, 1982 in Ottawa , Ontario ), known as Drew Seeley , is a Canadian actor , songwriter , dancer and singer .

biography

Drew Seeley grew up near Toronto . He has a younger sister, Katie. Seeley has been an active actor and singer since he was ten; In 1993 he was part of the cast of the musical Show Boat . He has acted in American television productions such as Springfield Story , Dawson's Creek , One Tree Hill , Hotel Zack & Cody and Another Cinderella Story . In the 1990s he moved to Florida and later California .

Seeley has been an active singer and actor since he was ten, and in 1993 he was part of the cast of the musical Show Boat. His voice became internationally known in 2006 when it was found that Zac Efron's singing involvement in the Disney Channel film High School Musical was only minor and that essential parts of the song passages had been sung by Seeley or both voices had been superimposed in order to achieve the best possible result Allow interpretation of the songs. In addition, Seeley wrote the song Get'cha Head in the Game, which is included on the soundtrack, with Ray and Greg Cham and was nominated for an Emmy for it. As the ensemble of the film following the successful television broadcasts of High School Musical in concert - tour went Seeley took over as singer also part in it and replaced Zac Efron, who at the time of filming Hairspray was employed (2007). In the sequel High School Musical 2 (2007), Zac Efron sang himself.

Overall, in addition to high school musicals, Seeley worked on Cheetah Girls - Off to Spain , Jump In! and Another Cinderella Story , the four largest film productions on the Disney Channel. In Another Cinderella Story , Seeley plays the lead role alongside Selena Gomez . Until August 30th, Seeley will play Prince Eric in the musical The Little Mermaid on Broadway.

Discography

Chart successes in the single charts

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
2006 Breaking Free
High School Musical (OST) 		DE46 (10 weeks)
DE 		- - UK9 (21 weeks)
UK 		US4 (11 weeks)
US
First published: January 2006
with Zac Efron & Vanessa Hudgens
Get'cha Head in the Game
High School Musical (OST) 		- - - - US23 (5 weeks)
US
First published: January 2006
with Zac Efron
Start Of Something New
High School Musical (OST) 		- - - UK90 (1 week)
UK 		US28 (4 weeks)
US
First published: January 2006
with Zac Efron & Vanessa Hudgens
What I've Been Looking For (Reprise)
High School Musical (OST) 		- - - - US67 (1 week)
US
First published: January 2006
with Vanessa Hudgens

Filmography

Among other things, he sang the song Dance With Me in Cheetah Girls - Auf nach Spanien with Belinda . Seeley also sings a number of songs in Another Cinderella Story , including Just that Girl and New Classic with Selena Gomez .

Web links

Commons : Drew Seeley  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Biography . drewseeley.net
  2. ^ Zac Efron: I Didn't Sing in "High School Musical" . usmagazine.com, October 8, 2006
  3. ^ Awards for Andrew Seeley . IMDb
  4. ↑ Chart sources: DE UK US
personal data
SURNAME Seeley, Drew
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Seeley, Andrew (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian actor and singer
DATE OF BIRTH April 30, 1982
PLACE OF BIRTH Ottawa , Ontario, Canada