Samuel Tsui was born on May 2,1989 and is an American singer, songwriter and video producer.
25 Facts About Sam Tsui
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Sam Tsui rose to fame as an internet celebrity known for doing covers and musical medleys of songs by pop artists.
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Sam Tsui has since released original songs and expanded to mashups.
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Sam Tsui's father is from Hong Kong and of Cantonese descent, while his mother is an American from Iowa.
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Sam Tsui grew up in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania, a street away from Kurt Schneider, his producer and accompanist, with whom he attended Wissahickon High School.
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Sam Tsui attended weekend Chinese school as a child and can speak some Cantonese.
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Sam Tsui attended Yale University, where he was a member of Davenport College and The Duke's Men of Yale, an all-male acappella group.
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Sam Tsui graduated from Yale with a major in Classics in 2011.
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Sam Tsui appeared on ABC World News on October 28,2009, singing The Jackson 5's "I'll Be There".
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Sam Tsui appeared on It's On with Alexa Chung, singing Journey's "Don't Stop Believin'" for the cast of American television series Glee.
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Four episodes were released, with Sam Tsui playing the lead role of Cooper.
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In 2010, Sam Tsui released his first cover album, The Covers.
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On February 22,2010, Sam Tsui appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show with his producer Kurt Schneider.
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In November 2010, Sam Tsui collaborated with fellow YouTube singer Christina Grimmie, singing "Just a Dream", which is the most viewed video on the YouTube channel "KurtHugoSchneider", with more than 200 million views.
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On December 2,2010, Sam Tsui gave an interview on The Ellen DeGeneres Show and performed a mashup of Katy Perry's "Firework" and Bruno Mars' "Grenade" with Schneider.
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In 2011, Sam Tsui debuted his own YouTube channel, apart from his collaboration with Kurt Schneider.
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On February 3,2011, Sam Tsui was featured on Britney Spears' official website, along with his cover of "Hold It Against Me".
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In March 2011, lyrics from Sam Tsui's song "Start Again" was featured in the novel Seeker by Andy Frankham-Allen.
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Sam Tsui was mentioned three times by Tom Hanks when he addressed the Yale class of 2011.
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In fall 2011, Sam Tsui was a digital correspondent for the third season of NBC's a capella competition show, The Sing-Off.
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Sam Tsui released his first full-length original album, Make It Up, in May 2013 after a raising more than $64,000 through the crowdfunding site Kickstarter.
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Sam Tsui continues to make covers of popular music on his YouTube channel while collaborating with other YouTubers.
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In September 2013, Sam Tsui published a duet with Elle Winter entitled "Unsinkable " online.
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Sam Tsui's vocals were featured in a promotional video for Coca-Cola that premiered on January 14,2014.
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In 2016, Sam Tsui starred in an episode of Bones as collegiate acappella singing group member Jake Eisenberg.