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Corbin Bleu

Corbin Bleu Reivers (born February 21, 1989) better known as Corbin Bleu is an American actor, model, dancer, and singer. He is perhaps best known for his roles in the Flight 29 Down television series and the High School Musical movies.

Biography

Personal life

Brooklyn, New York City, the son of Martha and David Reivers.[1][2] He is biracial since his father is Jamaican American and his mother is Italian American.[3]

As a child, Bleu studied dance for several years, focusing on ballet and jazz.[4]

Bleu is now the first Disney Channel star to have his own Disney XD account.[5] Bleu graduated from Los Angeles County High School for the Arts.

He recently revealed that he is voting for Barack Obama in the 2008 United States presidential election.[6]

Career

As a child, Bleu modeled for clients such as Target, Toys R Us and Tommy Hilfiger. In 1996, his family relocated to Los Angeles and he soon gained a returning role on the TV series High Incident and a guest star appearance on ER. Bleu also had small roles in films such as Soldier, Family Tree, Mystery Men and Galaxy Quest before he landed a lead role the 2004 film, Catch That Kid. Bleu then starred in Flight 29 Down, a drama series about a group of teens stranded on an island. He also has a small role as Spencer on Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide on Nickelodeon, his first appearance being in the episode titled Guide to: The School Play.

In 2006, Bleu had a supporting role as "Chad" in High School Musical, the immensely popular Emmy award-winning Disney Channel Original Movie. Bleu also guest starred in the premiere episode of Disney's Hannah Montana. Bleu's next film, Jump In! co-starring actress and R&B vocalist Keke Palmer as well as Bleu's father David Reivers, premiered on January 12, 2007 and has since become one of the highest rated Disney Channel Original Movies.[citation needed]

Music

2006-Solo career: Another Side

Bleu pursued a singing career. He signed a deal with Hollywood Records, a Disney owned label. His debut album, Another Side, was released May, 2007. A music video for his first single "Push It to the Limit" premiered on Disney Channel. The song was used to promote Jump In! a Disney Channel Original Movie in which Bleu starred in. "Push It to the Limit" reached Top 20 on the Billboard Hot 100 peaking at #15. Bleu toured with fellow HSM cast members from late November 2006 - late January 2007 in High School Musical: The Concert performing at about 40 different cities. To promote his debut album, Bleu performed at the NextFest tour 2007 along with Aly & AJ, Drake Bell, and Bianca Ryan.

2008-present: Second studio album

In a recent interview Billboard, Bleu stated that he begun working on his follow-up album. Bleu told Billboard, "There will be a lot of differences with the second album," Bleu says, "First of all, it's just more personal. I'm involved in every aspect of the writing. As far as the direction of the music, it's very different. I wanted this album to have something that was a little bit of rock, a little bit of R&B and a little bit of pop." Producer Eric Hudson is attached to the majority of the project, along with songwriter/lyricist Claude Kelly. Bleu performed unreleased tracks like "Close", "Whatever It Takes", and "Champion" on a summer concert tour with singer/actor Justin Stein. The tracks are set to be in the album. The untitled album is due out in February 2009 via Hollywood Records.[7]

Filmography

Films

Year Title Role Notes
1998 Soldier Johnny appearance
Beach Movie Kid appearance
1999 Family Tree Ricky Main Role
Mystery Men Butch appearance
Galaxy Quest Young Tommy appearance
2004 Catch That Kid Austin Main Role
2006 High School Musical Chad Danforth made for television (Disney Channel)
2007 Flight 29 Down: The Hotel Tango Nathan McHugh made for television (Showcase)
Jump In! Isadore "Izzy" Daniels made for television (Disney Channel)
High School Musical 2 Chad Danforth
2008 High School Musical 3: Senior Year Chad Danforth Main Role
Free Style Cale Bryant Main Role

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2005—2007 Flight 29 Down Nathan McHugh Lead Role

2006 Hannah Montana Johnny Collens

2008 Hannah Montana Johnny Collens

Discography

Albums

Soundtracks

Album Information Singles featuring Bleu
Jump In!
  • Released: January 9, 2007 (US)
  • Label: Walt Disney Records
  • Chart Position: #3 (U.S.)
  • U.S. sales: 442,407
  • RIAA certification: Gold

Performed solo by Corbin Bleu & Ashley Tisdale

High School Musical Soundtrack
  • Released: January 10, 2006 (U.S.)
  • Label: Walt Disney Records
  • Peak U.S. Billboard: #1 (U.S. - 2 weeks)
  • U.S. sales: 4,800,000+ (as of September 2008)
  • RIAA certification: 4x Platinum
'High School Musical 2 Soundtrack
  • Released: August 14, 2007 (U.S.)
  • Label: Walt Disney Records
  • Peak U.S. Billboard: #1 (U.S. - 4 weeks)
  • U.S. Sales: 3,300,000+ (as of September 2008)
  • RIAA certification: 3x Platinum

2004: " My Love for you"

Singles

Year Title Chart positions Album
Hot 100 Pop 100 Hot Digital Songs
2006 "Push It to the Limit" 14 17 5 Jump In! OST
2007 "Deal with It" 112 81 - Another Side
"I Don't Dance" 70 50 27 High School Musical 2 (soundtrack)
2008 "Run it Back Again" with dj coup lad man 113 94 - Minutemen OST

Other songs

"This Chirstmastime" - from A Disney Channel Holiday
"Marchin" - Another Side
"Never Met a Girl Like You" - Another Side

References

  1. ^ Music: Teen star is true to Corbin Bleu
  2. ^ "elementary school musical" star Corbin Bleu is in concert and back on TV with new movie
  3. ^ . He has three sisters Jag, Phoenix and Hunter (youngest to oldest) He is the oldest of them all.Surfacing; Turning the spotlight on musicians making a commercial breakthrough
  4. ^ Corbin Bleu at Hollywood.com
  5. ^ As seen on Disney 365 (which airs on Disney Channel) - http://www.disney.com/corbin Corbin's Disney XD
  6. ^ http://www.zimbio.com/Zac+Efron/articles/862/HSM+Stars+Talk+Presidential+Election
  7. ^ "Corbin Bleu Tunes In For Sophomore Album". Billboard.com. John Benson. Retrieved 2008-09-19. {{cite web}}: Text "date 2008-09-19" ignored (help)


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