Troye Sivan

Troye Sivan at the Australian premiere of Margo's Footsteps in July 2015

Troye Sivan (left) and Wil Wheaton (right) at VidCon 2014 in Anaheim , California .

Troye Sivan (born June 5, 1995 in Johannesburg , South Africa ), actually Troye Sivan Mellet , is an Australian singer , YouTuber and actor . He played the young James Howlett in X-Men Origins: Wolverine and starred in the Spud series . In 2014 he signed a recording deal with Universal , his debut album Blue Neighborhood was released in 2015.

Life

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Sivan was born in Johannesburg. When he was two years old, his family moved to Perth , Australia. He has an older brother, Steele, and two younger siblings, Sage and Tyde Levi, who is also a YouTuber and works in the music field. Sivan is Jewish and was homeschooled .

In 2006, 2007 and 2008 Sivan appeared as a singer on the Channel Seven Perth Telethon . In 2006 he sang there in a duet with the Australian Idol winner Guy Sebastian . Sivan made it to the 2007 Starsearch grand finale. His debut album Dare to Dream was released in February 2008. It contains the five tracks There's a Hero , Angels Brought Me Here , Somew here Over the Rainbow , Unsung Hero and The Prayer . On September 20, 2008, Sivan sang at the opening of Storm the Stage at the Burswood Entertainment Complex. On April 3, 2009, the music video project "For Them (You can help!)" Appeared on Youtube, which draws attention to street children worldwide. In February 2010, Sivan contributed to the charity music video We Are The World 25 for Haiti (YouTube Edition) , produced by Lisa Lavie , to raise funds for the victims of the Haiti earthquake . The video, on which 57 artists worked, begins with Sivan's appearance.

In 2007 Sivan starred as Oliver Twist in a production by Oliver! in the Regal Theater.

In February 2009, Sivan starred as James Howlett in X-Men Origins. Sivan got the role after videos of his Telethons appearances were posted on YouTube. As a result, he got the attention of a Hollywood agent who contacted Sivan and asked him to send a voice sample. Sivan got the role after the intended Kodi Smit-McPhee was canceled due to his involvement in the film The Road .

In 2008, Sivan starred in the Western Australian short film Bertrand the Terrible .

In July 2009 he successfully applied for the leading role in Spud , a film adaptation of the 2005 novel of the same name by the South African author John van de Ruit . The shooting took place from the beginning of March to mid-April 2010 in South Africa.

As of March 2010, Sivan played at a theater in Western Australia in Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot . Sivan took on the role of the delivery boy at every second performance during the season . In the remaining performances, this role was played by Craig Hyde-Smith.

In June 2012, Sivan returned to South Africa to star in the movie Spud 2: The Madness Continues , which was released in South Africa on June 21, 2013. On June 22, 2013, the film adaptation of Spud 3 was started.

After publishing a few music videos on his YouTube channel since 2007, he started vlogging on August 26, 2012 . On August 7, 2013, Sivan published a coming-out video on his YouTube channel in which he declares that he is not ashamed of his homosexuality and asks his fans for understanding and tolerance.

On August 15, 2014 his first EP TRXYE was released, which was able to place in the charts of many countries in advance by pre-ordering. The single Happy Little Pill , which was pre-released on July 25, 2014 , also reached the top 10 of the iTunes charts in many countries . In early September 2015, Sivan's second EP Wild followed , from which the singles Wild and Fools were released with music video. The two videos together with the one for the single Talk Me Down form the trilogy Blue Neighborhood , which is also the title of Sivan's first album, which was released on December 4, 2015.

His international breakthrough came with the single Youth , with which he won a total of two ARIA Awards . a. for the "Song of the Year". Billboard (magazine) placed Youth at # 11 of the 100 Best Pop Songs of 2016.

Sivan is primarily committed to the LGBT * community. Sivan was dating the American model Jacob Bixenman, with whom he lived in Los Angeles , from 2016 to 2020 .

Discography

Studio albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)							Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US	AU	NZ
2015	Blue Neighborhood	DE73 (1 week) DE	AT49 (1 week) AT	CH66 (1 week) CH	UK43 silver (3 weeks)UK	US7th gold (47 weeks)US	AU6th platinum (17 weeks)AU	NZ3 (19 weeks) NZ	First published: December 4th, 2015 Sales: + 640,000
2018	Bloom	DE35 (1 week) DE	AT25 (1 week) AT	CH19 (1 week) CH	UK10 (2 weeks) UK	US4 (6 weeks) US	AU3 gold (6 weeks)AU	NZ3 (3 weeks) NZ	First published: August 31, 2018 Sales: + 35,000

Remix albums

• 2016: Blue Neighborhood (The Remixes) (First released November 18, 2016)

Video albums

• 2016: Wild (first published July 22, 2016)

EPs

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)							Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US	AU	NZ
2014	TRXYE	-	-	-	-	US5 (4 weeks) US	-	NZ2 (6 weeks) NZ	First published: August 15, 2014
2015	Wild	-	AT17 (1 week) AT	CH29 (1 week) CH	UK5 (2 weeks) UK	US5 (6 weeks) US	AU1 (6 weeks) AU	NZ3 (6 weeks) NZ	First published: September 4th, 2015
2020	In a dream	DE43 (... weeks) DE	-	-	UK34 (... weeks) UK	-	AU3 (... weeks) AU	NZ27 (... weeks) NZ	First published: August 21, 2020

More EPs

• 2007: Dare to Dream (first published June 2007)
• 2012: June Haverly (First published June 22, 2012)

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)							Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US	AU	NZ
2014	Happy Little Pill TRXYE	DE87 (1 week) DE	AT41 (1 week) AT	-	UK86 (2 weeks) UK	US92 gold (1 week)US	AU10 platinum (8 weeks)AU	NZ2 (2 weeks) NZ	First published: July 25, 2014 Sales: + 570,000
2015	Wild wild	-	-	-	UK62 (1 week) UK	US- gold US	AU16 × 2 Double platinum (11 weeks)AU	NZ29 (7 weeks) NZ	First published: September 4th, 2015 Sales: + 640,000
	Youth Blue Neighborhood	DE22nd gold (15 weeks)DE	AT73 (2 weeks) AT	CH56 (12 weeks) CH	UK96 silver (2 weeks)UK	US23 × 2 Double platinum (18 weeks)US	AU17th × 3 Triple platinum (17 weeks)AU	NZ23 platinum (14 weeks)NZ	First published: November 13, 2015 Sales: + 2,700,000
2016	Talk Me Down Blue Neighborhood	-	-	-	-	-	AU36 gold (1 week)AU	-	First published: May 26, 2016 Sales: + 35,000
2017	There for you	DE31 gold (16 weeks)DE	AT25 (16 weeks) AT	CH24 gold (16 weeks)CH	UK40 silver (14 weeks)UK	US94 gold (1 week)US	AU23 × 2 Double platinum (18 weeks)AU	NZ22nd gold (13 weeks)NZ	First published: May 26, 2017 Sales: + 1,350,000; with Martin Garrix
2018	My My My! Bloom	DE87 (1 week) DE	AT58 (1 week) AT	CH65 (1 week) CH	UK38 silver (8 weeks)UK	US80 gold (1 week)US	AU14th × 2 Double platinum (12 weeks)AU	NZ25 (3 weeks) NZ	First published: Jan 10, 2018 Sales: + 920,000
	Bloom Bloom	-	-	-	-	-	AU34 platinum (3 weeks)AU	-	First published: May 2nd, 2018 Sales: + 70,000
	Dance to This Bloom	-	-	-	UK64 (3 weeks) UK	US- gold US	AU39 platinum (2 weeks)AU	-	First published: June 13, 2018 Sales: + 600,000; feat. Ariana Grande
	1999 Charli	-	-	-	UK13 gold (15 weeks)UK	-	AU18th × 2 Double platinum (17 weeks)AU	-	First published: October 5, 2018 Sales: + 585,000; with Charli XCX
2019	I'm So Tired ...	DE42 (19 weeks) DE	AT22nd gold (19 weeks)AT	CH40 (20 weeks) CH	UK8th gold (18 weeks)UK	US81 platinum (6 weeks)US	AU11 × 2 Double platinum (22 weeks)AU	NZ9 platinum (20 weeks)NZ	First published: Jan 25, 2019 Sales: + 1,730,000; with Lauv

More songs

• 2009: For Them
• 2013: The Fault in Our Stars
• 2015: Fools (AU, US:gold)
• 2016: Wild (feat. Alessia Cara )
• 2016: Heaven ( feat.Betty Who )
• 2018: The Good Side
• 2018: Animal
• 2018: Revelation (with Jónsi )
• 2018: Somebody to Love
• 2019: 2099 (with Charli XCX)
• 2020: Take Yourself Home
• 2020: Easy

As a guest musician

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)							Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US	AU	NZ
2015	Papercut True Colors	-	-	-	-	-	AU93 (1 week) AU	-	First published: July 17th, 2015 Zedd feat. Troye Sivan

Further guest contributions

• 2016: Hands (as part of Artists for Orlando )
• 2019: Glittery ( Kacey Musgraves feat.Troye Sivan)
• 2019: Love Me Wrong (Allie X feat.Troye Sivan)

Filmography

• 2009: X-Men Origins: Wolverine
• 2010: Spud
• 2013: Spud 2: The Madness Continues
• 2014: Spud 3: Learning to Fly
• 2018: The Prodigal Son (Boy Erased)

Awards (selection)

• YouTube Music Awards 2015
• Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards 2015 : Favorite Internet Sensation (Australia and New Zealand)
• MTV Europe Music Awards 2015 : Artist on the Rise
• ARIA Music Awards 2016: Song of the Year
• ARIA Music Awards 2016: Best Video
• MTV Europe Music Awards 2016 : Best Australian Act
• MTV Europe Music Awards 2016 : Best Worldwide Act

Awards for music sales

Golden record  Belgium 2019: for the single I'm So Tired ...  Brazil 2018: for the single Dance to This  Denmark 2016: for the single youth 2017: for the album Blue Neighborhood 2018: for the single There for You 2019: for the single I'm So Tired ... 2020: for the single 1999  France 2017: for the single There for You  Italy 2016: for the single youth  Canada 2018: for the single My My My!  Mexico 2018: for the single My My My!  Poland 2019: for the single My My My! 2019: for the single Dance to This  Sweden 2016: for the single youth

Platinum record  Belgium 2017: for the single There for You  Italy 2017: for the single There for You  Canada 2018: for the single There for You 2019: for the single I'm So Tired ...  Sweden 2017: for the single There for You

Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.

Country / Region	silver	gold	platinum	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Australia (ARIA)	-	3 × gold3	17 × platinum17th	1,295,000	aria.com.au
Belgium (BEA)	-	gold1	platinum1	50,000	ultratop.be
Brazil (PMB)	-	gold1	-	20,000	pro-musicabr.org.br
Denmark (IFPI)	-	5 × gold5	-	160,000	ifpi.dk
Germany (BVMI)	-	2 × gold2	-	400,000	musikindustrie.de
France (SNEP)	-	gold1	-	75,000	infodisc.fr snepmusique.com
Italy (FIMI)	-	gold1	platinum1	75,000	fimi.it
Canada (MC)	-	gold1	2 × platinum2	200,000	musiccanada.com
Mexico (AMPROFON)	-	gold1	-	30,000	amprofon.com.mx
New Zealand (RMNZ)	-	gold1	2 × platinum2	60,000	nztop40.co.nz
Poland (ZPAV)	-	2 × gold2	-	20,000	bestsellery.zpav.pl
Austria (IFPI)	-	gold1	-	15,000	ifpi.at
Sweden (IFPI)	-	gold1	platinum1	60,000	sverigetopplistan.se
Switzerland (IFPI)	-	gold1	-	10,000	hitparade.ch
United States (RIAA)	-	7 × gold7th	2 × platinum2	5,500,000	riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI)	4 × silver4th	2 × gold2	-	1,460,000	bpi.co.uk
All in all	4 × silver4th	30 × gold30th	26 × platinum26th

swell

1. ^ "Biography" ( Memento from July 26, 2009 on WebCite ). troyesivan.com. Archived from the original on July 26, 2009. Retrieved January 31, 2009.
2. ^ "Troye sings at Perth's Telethon 2008" ( July 26, 2009 memento on WebCite ). troyesivan.com. October 22, 2008. Archived from the original on July 26, 2009. Retrieved January 31, 2009.
3. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Harvey, Shannon (February 29, 2008). "Perth boy to play young Hugh Jackman in Wolverine movie" ( Memento July 26, 2009 on WebCite ). The Sunday Times . Archived from the original on July 26, 2009. Retrieved January 31, 2009
4. ↑ "Troye Sivan - 'Dare To Dream'" ( Memento of the original from October 6, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Dare to Dream website. Retrieved May 10, 2008. 
5. ^ "Troye opened 'Storm The Stage' 2008" ( memento July 26, 2009 on WebCite ). troyesivan.com. October 21, 2008. Archived from the original on July 26, 2009. Retrieved January 31, 2009.
6. ↑ Troye Sivan: Troye Sivan - For Them - You can help! Make a donation and receive your free copy of the MP3! April 3, 2009, accessed March 27, 2017 . 
7. ↑ Bodey, Michael (March 5, 2008): "One for the road clears the path" ( Memento July 26, 2009 on WebCite ). The Australian on July 26, 2009. Accessed February 23, 2015.
8. ^ Coyne, Yvette (February 16, 2010). "Bertrand the Terrible - LINK funded film" ( Memento from July 6, 2010 on WebCite ). Film and Television Institute . Archived from the original on July 6, 2010. Retrieved July 6, 2010.
9. ^ "Troye plays lead role in Spud - The Movie" . troyesivan.com. February 2, 2010. Retrieved February 2, 2010.
10. ^ "Spud's Young Stars" ( Memento dated May 24, 2010 on WebCite ). Screen Africa. March 8, 2010. Archived from the original ( Memento of the original from May 24, 2010 on WebCite ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on May 24, 2010. Retrieved May 24, 2010. 
11. ^ Van de Ruit, John (April 20, 2010). "Icarus Allsorts" ( Memento from May 24th 2010 on WebCite ). John van de Ruit's blog at Book South Africa. Archived from the original ( Memento of the original from January 2, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on May 24, 2010. Retrieved May 24, 2010. 
12. ^ Hatch, Daniel (May 24, 2010). "Troye on stage with theater great" ( Memento dated May 24, 2010 on WebCite ). The West Australian : p. 3. Archived from the original on May 24, 2010. Retrieved May 24, 2010.
13. ^ Troye Sivan: TroyeSivan18 - Tell Me Why. (Video) (Declan Galbraith - Cover). In: YouTube. November 14, 2007, accessed on December 6, 2015 (English): “Sorry I haven't made vid recently ... I FEEL TERRIBLE! lol :) " 
14. ^ Troye Sivan: Introductions. In: YouTube. August 26, 2012, accessed on December 6, 2015 (English): “After almost 5 years of being on YouTube, nice to meet you! (I will still post singing videos, fear not). " 
15. ↑ Lars Brandle: Troye Sivan Announces Debut Album Blue 'Neighborhood,' Adds Tour Dates. In: Billboard . October 15, 2015, accessed October 28, 2015 . 
16. ↑ Josh Milton: Troye Sivan 'breaks up' with boyfriend of four years after crooning about being 'so sad and alone'. In: Pinknews. July 28, 2020, accessed August 19, 2020 . 
17. ↑ ^{a b c d} chart sources:
    • Troye Sivan. In: Official German charts. GfK Entertainment , accessed March 30, 2016 (DE). 
    • Troye Sivan's albums. In: Austriancharts.at. Hung Medien , accessed December 6, 2015 (AT). 
    • Troye Sivan's albums. In: Hitparade.ch. Hung Medien, accessed on December 6, 2015 (CH). 
    • Troye Sivan. In: Officialcharts.com. Official Charts Company , accessed December 7, 2015 (UK). 
    • Troye Sivan in Billboard 200th Magazine , accessed December 7, 2015 (US). 
    • Troye Sivan's albums. In: Australian-charts.com. Hung Medien, accessed December 6, 2015 (AU). 
    • Grace Sewell Has The New No 1 In Australia. Noise11.com, accessed May 25, 2016 .  (see last paragraph)
    • Troye Sivan's albums. In: Charts.org.nz. Hung Medien, accessed December 7, 2015 (NZ). 
18. ^ Artist on the Rise MTV European Music Awards 2015. In: MTV.com . Viacom , accessed October 28, 2015 . 

Web links

Commons : Troye Sivan  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website (English)
• Troye Sivan's channel on YouTube
• Troye Sivan in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Troye Sivan in the Boy Choir & Soloist directory