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'''Troye Sivan Mellet''' ({{IPAc-en|t|r|ɔɪ|_|s|ɨ|ˈ|v|ɑː|n}}; born 5 June 1995), better known as '''Troye Sivan''', is a South African-born Australian [[actor]], [[YouTuber]] and [[singer-songwriter]]. As an actor, he played young [[James Howlett]] in the 2009 [[X-Men]] film ''[[X-Men Origins: Wolverine]]'', and most recently has starred in the ''[[Spud (film)|Spud]]'' film trilogy. Sivan also regularly makes YouTube videos, and as of 15 December 2014, has over 2.98 million subscribers and over 142 million total views.<ref name="Social Blade">{{cite web|url=http://socialblade.com/youtube/user/troyesivan18 |title=Troyesivan18 YouTube Stats, Channel Statistics|publisher=Social Blade |accessdate=2014-12-15}}</ref>
'''Troye Sivan Mellet''' ({{IPAc-en|t|r|ɔɪ|_|s|ɨ|ˈ|v|ɑː|n}}; born 5 June 1995), better known as '''Troye Sivan''', is an Australian [[actor]], [[YouTuber]] and [[singer-songwriter]]. As an actor, he played young [[James Howlett]] in the 2009 [[X-Men]] film ''[[X-Men Origins: Wolverine]]'', and most recently has starred in the ''[[Spud (film)|Spud]]'' film trilogy. Sivan also regularly makes YouTube videos, and as of 15 December 2014, has over 2.98 million subscribers and over 142 million total views.<ref name="Social Blade">{{cite web|url=http://socialblade.com/youtube/user/troyesivan18 |title=Troyesivan18 YouTube Stats, Channel Statistics|publisher=Social Blade |accessdate=2014-12-15}}</ref>


On 26 June 2014, Sivan publicly announced through his YouTube channel that he had signed a record deal with [[Universal Music Australia|Universal Music]], and released his new EP, entitled ''[[TRXYE]]'', through [[Universal Music Australia#EMI Music Australia|EMI Music Australia]] in August 2014. He is currently in the process of writing and recording his debut studio album.
On 26 June 2014, Sivan publicly announced through his YouTube channel that he had signed a record deal with [[Universal Music Australia|Universal Music]], and released his new EP, entitled ''[[TRXYE]]'', through [[Universal Music Australia#EMI Music Australia|EMI Music Australia]] in August 2014. He is currently in the process of writing and recording his debut studio album.

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Troye Sivan
Sivan speaking at VidCon, June 2014
Sivan speaking at VidCon, June 2014
Background information
Birth nameTroye Sivan Mellet
Born (1995-06-05) 5 June 1995 (age 29)
Johannesburg, South Africa
OriginPerth, Western Australia
Genres
Occupation(s)Actor, singer-songwriter, YouTube personality
Instrument(s)Vocals, Piano
Years active2006–present
LabelsEMI Music Australia
Websitewww.troyesivan.com

Troye Sivan Mellet (/trɔɪ s[invalid input: 'ɨ']ˈvɑːn/; born 5 June 1995), better known as Troye Sivan, is an Australian actor, YouTuber and singer-songwriter. As an actor, he played young James Howlett in the 2009 X-Men film X-Men Origins: Wolverine, and most recently has starred in the Spud film trilogy. Sivan also regularly makes YouTube videos, and as of 15 December 2014, has over 2.98 million subscribers and over 142 million total views.[1]

On 26 June 2014, Sivan publicly announced through his YouTube channel that he had signed a record deal with Universal Music, and released his new EP, entitled TRXYE, through EMI Music Australia in August 2014. He is currently in the process of writing and recording his debut studio album.

Early life

Sivan was born in Johannesburg, South Africa.[2][3] His family moved to Australia when he was two years old. Sivan currently lives in Perth, Australia with his parents and three siblings. He is Jewish (his father was born to a Jewish family and his mother converted to Judaism).[4] Sivan was homeschooled. Troye's middle name is Sivan and he embraced it as his stage name.

Career

2006–13: Career beginnings

Sivan sung at the 2006, 2007 and 2008 Channel Seven Perth Telethon.[5][6] His 2006 performance included a duet with Australian Idol winner Guy Sebastian.[6] Sivan made it to the grand finals of StarSearch 2007.[5] His debut album, Dare to Dream, was released in February 2008.[3] The CD includes five songs "There's a Hero", "Angels Brought Me Here", "Somewhere Over the Rainbow", "Unsung Hero" and "The Prayer".[3]

In 2007, Sivan starred as Oliver Twist in a production of Oliver! at the Regal Theatre.[6] In 2008, Sivan was cast in a West Australian short film, Betrand the Terrible.[7] 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.[6] 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.[8] On 20 September 2008, Sivan sang in the opening of Storm the Stage at the Burswood Entertainment Complex.[9] 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.[10] Filming took place in South Africa from early March to mid-April 2010.[11][12] 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.[13] In February 2010, Sivan opened the "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.

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. In December 2012, Sivan produced his own music video through YouTube called "The 2012 Song" telling the story of the year from his perspective.[14] On 5 May 2013, Sivan made a video called "The Fault in Our Stars", inspired by the book The Fault in Our Stars by John Green. Before posting the official music video onto YouTube, he posted the song to Tumblr. Over the period of that night he had more than 100,000 notes, many of which expressed support for a music video; Sivan decided he would make one. He went to Princess Margaret Hospital for Children, located in Perth, and filmed the official music video. He spent the day with two girls suffering from cancer, Kimmy and Montana.

2014–present: TRXYE

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 August 15, 2014 he released a five-song EP entitled TRXYE, led by its first single "Happy Little Pill", which was released on July 25, 2014.[15] TRXYE debuted at No. 1 on iTunes in over 55 countries.[16] The album debuted at No. 5 on the Billboard 200 the following week, scoring Sivan his first Top 10 album.[17] "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.[18]

In the media

In September 2012, Sivan began creating video blogs on the video sharing site YouTube, after strictly singing 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 October 1, 2007. As of December 7th, 2014, Sivan has over 2.9 million subscribers and over 141 million total views across his YouTube videos.[1] His YouTube channel is the second most subscribed channel in Australia.[19]

Personal life

On 7 August 2010, Sivan revealed to his family that he is gay.[20] On 7 August 2013, he revealed his sexual orientation publicly through a video on his YouTube channel. [21]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
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

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2006–08 Perth Telethon Opening act
2007 Star Search Finalist

Theatre

Year Title Role Notes
2007 Oliver! Oliver Twist Regal Theater
2010 Waiting for Godot Boy His Majesty's Theatre

Discography

Extended plays

List of studio albums, with selected chart positions and certifications
Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
AUS
[22] 		CAN
[23] 		FRA
[24] 		NZ
[25] 		US
[26]
Dare to Dream — — — — —
June Haverly
  • Released: 22 June 2012[27]
  • Label: Independent
  • Formats: Digital download
 — — — — —
TRXYE — 2 177 2 5
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Singles

List of singles, with selected chart positions and certifications
Single Year Peak chart positions Certifications
 Album
AUS
[22] 		AUT
[28] 		CAN
[29] 		DEN
[30] 		GER
[31] 		IRE
[32] 		NLD
[33] 		NZ
[25] 		UK
[34] 		US
[35]
"Happy Little Pill" 2014 10 47 50 11 87 11 100 2 86 92 TRXYE
"—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released.

Promotional singles

Song Year Album
"The Fault in Our Stars" 2013 TRXYE

Awards and nominations

Year Nominated Award Result
2014 Troye Sivan Teen Choice Award for Choice Web Star: Male Nominated
2014 "The Boyfriend Tag" with Tyler Oakley Teen Choice Award for Choice Web Collaboration Won

References

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  2. ^ "Australian Boy Does Accents!". YouTube. 17 November 2012. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
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  4. ^ "Troye Sivan's Tumblr — How Jewish are you? Like are you orthodox or reform or?". Troyesivan.tumblr.com. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
  5. ^ a b Symonds, Kristy (7 April 2012). "Perth boy making it big in Hollywood". Perth Now. Retrieved 15 January 2014.
  6. ^ a b c d Harvey, Shannon (28 February 2008). "Perth boy to play young Hugh Jackman in Wolverine movie". Perth Now. Retrieved 15 January 2014.
  7. ^ Coyne, Yvette (16 February 2010). "Bertrand the Terrible – LINK funded film". Film & Television Institute (WA) Inc. Archived from the original on 6 July 2010. Retrieved 15 January 2014.
  8. ^ Bodey, Michael (5 March 2008). "One for the road clears the path". The Australian. Archived from the original on 24 September 2013. Retrieved 15 January 2014.
  9. ^ "Troye opened 'Storm The Stage' 2008". troyesivan.com. 21 October 2008. Archived from the original on 26 July 2009. Retrieved 31 January 2009.
  10. ^ "Troye plays lead role in Spud – The Movie". troyesivan.com. 2 February 2010. Retrieved 2 February 2010.
  11. ^ "Spud's Young Stars". Screen Africa. 8 March 2010. Archived from the original on 24 May 2010. Retrieved 24 May 2010.
  12. ^ Van de Ruit, John (20 April 2010). "Icarus Allsorts". John van de Ruit's blog at Book South Africa. Archived from the original on 24 May 2010. Retrieved 24 May 2010.
  13. ^ Hatch, Daniel (24 May 2010). "Troye on stage with theatre great". The West Australian. p. 3. Archived from the original on 24 May 2010. Retrieved 24 May 2010.
  14. ^ "The 2012 Song - Zeitgeist 2012: Year In Review (A Musical Zeitgeist) | Troye Sivan (Now on iTunes!)". YouTube. 8 December 2012. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
  15. ^ Caulfield, Keith (27 June 2014). "YouTube Star Troye Sivan Signs With EMI Australia, Announces EP". Billboard. Retrieved 28 June 2014.
  16. ^ Stern, Bradley (15 August 2014). "Troye Sivan Shoots To #1 On iTunes (In 55 Countries!) With Debut EP, 'TRXYE'". Idolator. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
  17. ^ Caulfield, Keith (15 August 2014). "Troye Sivan Set for Top 10 Debut on Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
  18. ^ a b "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2014 Singles" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
  19. ^ "Top 100 YouTubers in Australia Filtered by Subscribers - Socialblade Youtube Stats | Youtube Statistics". Social Blade. Retrieved 22 August 2014.
  20. ^ "Troye Sivan Gay: Australian Actor Comes Out On YouTube". The Huffington Post. 9 August 2013. Retrieved 15 January 2014.
  21. ^ Lu, Anne (10 August 2013). "'Wolverine' Actor Troye Sivan Comes Out As Gay On YouTube Vlog". International Business Times. Retrieved 15 January 2014.
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  23. ^ "Troye Sivan – Chart history: Canadian Albums". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 15 September 2014.
  24. ^ "Discographie Troye Sivan" (in French). lescharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 15 September 2014.
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  34. ^ http://www.officialcharts.com/archive-chart/_/1/2014-08-30/
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