Todrick Hall was born on April 4,1985 and is an American singer, choreographer, and YouTuber.
44 Facts About Todrick Hall
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Todrick Hall gained national attention on the ninth season of the televised singing competition American Idol.
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From 2016 to 2017, Todrick Hall starred as Lola in Kinky Boots on Broadway.
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Todrick Hall has released four studio albums, including the visual albums Straight Outta Oz and Forbidden.
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Todrick Hall was born on April 4,1985, in Plainview, Texas, a farming community in the state's panhandle.
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Todrick Hall was raised by a single mother until she married when he was a teen, when he gained a brother and stepfather.
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Todrick Hall is gay, and came out to his family when he was 15.
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Todrick Hall performed on cruises with Royal Caribbean, Holland America Line, and at Walt Disney Parks and Resorts.
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Todrick Hall has said that his work ethic comes from the lack of opportunities he had in the entertainment industry as a black gay man.
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When Todrick Hall was twenty he auditioned for the Broadway production of The Color Purple with Oprah Winfrey and Fantasia Barrino.
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Todrick Hall was cast in the ensemble, and as understudy for the role of Harpo.
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Todrick Hall relocated to Los Angeles, eventually living in a four-bedroom "nondescript three-story home in the Hollywood Hills".
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Todrick Hall joined the video-sharing platform YouTube in May 2006, and made over 300 videos in the next five years.
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Todrick Hall's first video, filmed while still living in Texas, was "a hilarious clip of him singing his order to a McDonald's drive-through speaker ".
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Todrick Hall says the platform showcases "how I can write a song, create the concepts, execute them, direct, choreograph and do hair and makeup" as well as perform.
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Years later, reflecting on his Idol experiences, Todrick Hall said his "fondest memory" was the audition song.
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Todrick Hall was eliminated in the Top 16 on March 11,2010, after his rendition of Queen's "Somebody to Love;" he was one of four contestants eliminated in that round, and thus ranked between 13th and 16th overall.
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Todrick Hall feels, in contrast to producing shows and managing staff, that his Broadway work was less stressful as he was an employee who did his job then was done.
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Todrick Hall's audience has grown considerably: as of June 2019, Todrick Hall currently has 3.1 million subscribers on YouTube, and as of March 2018, his videos have been viewed 531.9 million times.
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Todrick Hall's videos include several of his own original songs and music videos, choreographed flash mobs for Ariana Grande and Beyonce performed in an actual Target store, the latter of which Beyonce personally recognized Todrick Hall for, musical collaborations with Pentatonix, and personal updates.
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Todrick Hall wrote the song and lyrics and starred in the video.
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Todrick Hall did a choreographed flash mob in a Target store to Beyonce's "End of Time" prompting her to hire Todrick Hall as a choreographer on her roller-disco video, "Blow" which came out in November 2013.
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From April 1 to May 13,2014, Todrick Hall released an eight episode web series on his YouTube channel called Pop Star High.
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On December 20,2014, Todrick Hall produced and appeared in a commercial for the series and featured other celebrities' holiday wishes.
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Todrick Hall first appeared as a guest judge on the eighth season of RuPaul's Drag Race for an episode which featured a Wizard of Oz-inspired challenge and aired April 11,2016; they did not know his lifelong passion for The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.
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Todrick Hall reappeared as a full-time judge for RuPaul's Drag Race: All Stars 3 later in 2016 and again for the ninth season aired throughout 2017.
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On June 23,2016, Todrick Hall self-released his second album, Straight Outta Oz.
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Todrick Hall was inspired to create the project after seeing Disney's Zootopia, Lin-Manuel Miranda's Hamilton, and Beyonce's visual album Lemonade.
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The Straight Outta Oz Tour was interrupted by Todrick Hall's casting in the Broadway musical Kinky Boots.
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Todrick Hall performed 155 shows from November 1,2016, to March 1,2017.
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Todrick Hall released a medley of covers of songs from the Pitch Perfect film series that was featured on the Pitch Perfect 3 Special Edition soundtrack.
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In May 2019, Todrick Hall revealed that he will be releasing a trilogy of extended plays to be released across the next six months.
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On June 17,2019, Todrick Hall appeared in and co-executive produced the music video for singer-songwriter Taylor Swift's song "You Need to Calm Down".
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In June 2019, Todrick Hall announced that he will be returning to Broadway to play Ogie Anhorn in the musical Waitress opposite fellow YouTuber Colleen Ballinger.
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In February 2020, Todrick Hall released a song for Disneyland's new twice daily parade, called "Magic Happens".
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On November 26,2020, Todrick Hall released a live album of the Haus Party world tour recorded in Atlanta, alongside a full video recording for free on YouTube.
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On February 12,2021, Todrick Hall released the third volume of the Haus Party trilogy after being delayed sixteen months past its original release date.
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On June 8,2021, Todrick Hall released his fourth studio album, Femuline, which was preceded by the singles "Boys in the Ocean" and "Rainin' Fellas".
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In December 2021, Todrick Hall competed in season six of The Masked Singer as "Bull" and finished in second place.
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In January 2022, it was announced that Todrick Hall would be participating in the third season of Celebrity Big Brother as a contestant.
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Todrick Hall made it into the final three and then placed runner up for the season.
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Todrick Hall received additional backlash after viewers witnessed the unfounded personal attacks and defamation attempts he made towards Chris Kirkpatrick on the live feeds.
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On June 1,2022, Todrick Hall released his fifth album, Algorhythm.
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Todrick Hall announced a relationship with model David Borum via an Instagram post in May 2021.