Marcus Butler

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Marcus Butler
Personal information
Born
Marcus Lloyd Butler

(1991-12-18) 18 December 1991 (age 33)
Shoreham-by-Sea, England
Occupations
YouTube information
Years active2010–present
Subscribers3.97 million (main channel)
1.8 million (second channel)
Associated acts Alfie Deyes, Joe Sugg, Louise Pentland
YouTube Silver Play Button 2.svg100,000 subscribers
YouTube Gold Play Button 2.svg1,000,000 subscribers
Last updated: 4 April 2020

Marcus Lloyd Butler (born 18 December 1991) is an English model and former YouTuber, whose channels have reached over 4.1 million subscribers. In 2015, he released an autobiographical book, titled Hello Life!. [1] Butler co-hosted a radio show with fellow YouTuber Alfie Deyes on BBC Radio 1. [2]

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Career

Butler was educated at the independent Shoreham College. [3] Butler began his career on YouTube creating music and video mixes and edited sports footage while in college. [4] [5]

In 2010, he created his YouTube channel, Marcus Butler TV, at viewer request. [4] [5] Butler has been involved in a number of collaborations with other YouTubers, including: Jim Chapman, Alfie Deyes, Caspar Lee, Tyler Oakley, Joe Sugg, Zoe Sugg, Connor Franta, Lilly Singh, Troye Sivan, Joey Graceffa, Louise Pentland, Conor Maynard and many others. [6]

Butler's book, Hello Life, which is part autobiography and part self-help book, was published on 28 July 2015 in the UK and in the US on 10 November 2015. [7]

As of February 2019, Butler's main YouTube channel has over 4.3 million subscribers and over 209 million video views. His second channel "Just Marcus" has 1.9 million subscribers and over 180 million video views.

Butler was mentioned by The Telegraph as one of "Britain's most influential Tweeters" in 2013. [8] As of February 2019, Butler has over 3.3 million followers on Twitter and over 3.4 million on Instagram.

Television

Alongside fellow YouTubers Joe Sugg and Alfie Deyes, Butler starred in an episode of the British television show Release the Hounds. Their episode aired on 2 March 2017. [9] He also starred in many episodes of Saturday Night Takeaway alongside Deyes. [10] Also in 2016, Butler was a contestant on Celebrity MasterChef , but got eliminated in the quarterfinals. [11] In 2017, Butler appeared on Good Morning Britain alongside fellow YouTuber Louise Pentland, giving tips on how to become a successful YouTuber. [12]

Other ventures

In 2022, Butler signed up to content subscription service OnlyFans.[ citation needed ]

Music

Butler was part of a "YouTube Boyband", a group involving Jim Chapman, Alfie Deyes, Joe Sugg, and Caspar Lee that raised money and awareness for Comic Relief. [13] [14] [15] On 22 January 2016, Butler released a song with Conor Maynard called "I'm Famous". It entered the UK Singles Chart on 29 January 2016 at number 85. [16]

Singles

TitleYearPeak chart positions
UK
[16]
"I'm Famous"
(featuring Conor Maynard)		201685

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References

  1. ↑ bookworm30999 (1 November 2015). "Hello Life! by Marcus Butler - review". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 4 February 2019.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  2. ↑ "BBC Radio 1 - Marcus Butler & Alfie Deyes, 17 Nov - #MalfieOnRadio1". BBC. 18 November 2014. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
  3. ↑ "Anti-Bullying Team". www.shorehamcollege.co.uk. Archived from the original on 4 December 2019.
  4. 1 2 Marr, Wendy (16 August 2014). "Zoella, Tanya Burr and the UK's YouTube superstars". The Daily Telegraph . Retrieved 22 August 2014.
  5. 1 2 Johnston, Lucy Hunter (7 February 2014). "Press play: meet YouTube's London stars". London Evening Standard . Retrieved 22 August 2014.
  6. ↑ Grant, Wynona (23 December 2013). "YouTuber of the Week: Marcus Butler". Fortitude Magazine. Archived from the original on 24 September 2014. Retrieved 22 August 2014.
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  8. ↑ Prynne, Miranda (31 October 2013). "Britain's most influential tweeters". The Daily Telegraph . Retrieved 8 September 2015.
  9. ↑ "The Trailer for Marcus Butler, Alfie Deyes, and Joe Sugg's Reality TV Debut Has Arrived". 2 February 2017.
  10. ↑ "Marcus Butler & Alfie Deyes visit Takeaway!".
  11. ↑ Davies, Megan (22 June 2016). "Celebrity MasterChef viewers divided by Marcus Butler". Digital Spy. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
  12. ↑ Britain, Good Morning (25 August 2017). "ON NOW: social media superstars @MarcusButler & @LouisePentland talking about their lives and new project #helloworldlive Guys, RT RT". @gmb. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
  13. ↑ Dobbins, Amanda (21 April 2014). "Meet the YouTube Boy Band". Vulture . Retrieved 9 May 2014.
  14. ↑ Dredge, Stuart (21 March 2014). "YouTube Boy Band's cover version of It's All About You becomes viral hit". The Guardian . Retrieved 21 April 2014.
  15. ↑ "Marcus Butler, Alfie Deyes, Joe Sugg, Jim Chapman and Caspar Lee are The YouTube Boyband for Sport Relief". Sugarscape. 10 March 2014. Retrieved 21 April 2014.
  16. 1 2 Peak positions in the United Kingdom:
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