if you have ever opened the youtube app, you probably know who troye siv-an is. with over 3.8 million youtube subscribers, 3.2 million instagram followers, and around 3.3 million twitter followers, its hard for him to go unnoticed. racking up for what people are estimating $500,000 each year, he's not getting this fame and fortune from doing absolutely nothing. with such an incredibly kind heart, a successful and still blossoming music career, and a clearly successful youtube channel, he's deserves everything he gets. on november 14, 2007, troye, addressing himself as troyesivan18, uploaded his first youtube video at age 12. little did he know that small decision would change his life forever a few years to come. after around 5 years
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but why has his fame and popularity not taken over the entire U.S already you ask? the answer is simply because not many americans have had the chance to get to know him yet, considering he is australian. through the years, he constantly posted videos to youtube of him singing, and has gotten loads of recodition for that as I stated previously. but, sivan only started getting attention from his music from the 'outside world' when he announced that he was signed to a record label, EMI Australia, managing to keep it a secret from his fans for a whole year. along with that announcement, he released his first major EP, TRXYE. before announcing it, though, he first began teasing the fan base with snippets of the songs and announcing the date of the release rather creatively. he posted the first video, blocking out every date - day, month and year, - leaving everyone hanging. at every video, he unblocked one number. by the end, he announced that it was going to be released august 15th, 2014. within minutes, it was trending worldwide of twitter. tens of thousands of people had the 'TRXYE stripe' across their face, regarding to his album artwork. if tht wasn't astonishing enough, the preorder finally went up. went it went up, it managed to reach number 1 in a total of 66 countries. in the US, the EP debuted at number 5, which is absolutely amazing for someones first ever major music project. after all this had happened, sivan states that the only logical answer to the question, "well now what?" was to say "lets do it all over again, and this time better. he went back into the studio, making a complete hermit out of himself. he wrote songs and worked with people he can thought he can only dream of. you may think that he would just release his music like a normal artist; but no. the obvious thing to do was cut of all contact from the internet for a week, right? before doing that, he decided to do a subtle
but why has his fame and popularity not taken over the entire U.S already you ask? the answer is simply because not many americans have had the chance to get to know him yet, considering he is australian. through the years, he constantly posted videos to youtube of him singing, and has gotten loads of recodition for that as I stated previously. but, sivan only started getting attention from his music from the 'outside world' when he announced that he was signed to a record label, EMI Australia, managing to keep it a secret from his fans for a whole year. along with that announcement, he released his first major EP, TRXYE. before announcing it, though, he first began teasing the fan base with snippets of the songs and announcing the date of the release rather creatively. he posted the first video, blocking out every date - day, month and year, - leaving everyone hanging. at every video, he unblocked one number. by the end, he announced that it was going to be released august 15th, 2014. within minutes, it was trending worldwide of twitter. tens of thousands of people had the 'TRXYE stripe' across their face, regarding to his album artwork. if tht wasn't astonishing enough, the preorder finally went up. went it went up, it managed to reach number 1 in a total of 66 countries. in the US, the EP debuted at number 5, which is absolutely amazing for someones first ever major music project. after all this had happened, sivan states that the only logical answer to the question, "well now what?" was to say "lets do it all over again, and this time better. he went back into the studio, making a complete hermit out of himself. he wrote songs and worked with people he can thought he can only dream of. you may think that he would just release his music like a normal artist; but no. the obvious thing to do was cut of all contact from the internet for a week, right? before doing that, he decided to do a subtle