Marcus Butler

Marcus Butler

Butler at VidCon in 2014.
Personal information
Born Marcus Lloyd Butler
(1991-12-18) 18 December 1991
Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex, England, UK
Nationality English
Occupation Vlogger, YouTuber
Website http://www.marcusbutler.co.uk/
YouTube information
Years active 2010–present

Marcus Lloyd Butler (born 18 December 1991) is an English YouTube vlogger, known for his eponymous channel "Marcus Butler" (formerly "Marcus Butler TV"), which as of February 2016 has more than 4 million subscribers.[1] His second channel, MoreMarcus which consists mostly of vlogs, has over 1.5 million subscribers.

Career

Marcus Butler started on YouTube creating music and video mixes and edited sports footage while in college.[2][3]

In 2010 he created his YouTube channel, Marcus Butler TV, at viewer request.[2][3] Butler has done a number of collaborations with other YouTubers, including: Jim Chapman, Alfie Deyes, Caspar Lee, Tyler Oakley, Joe Sugg, Zoella, Connor Franta, Lilly Singh, Troye Sivan and many others.[4][5]

He was part of the 'YouTube Boyband' that raised money for Comic Relief and was featured in The Guardian.[6][7][8]

In 2013, Butler was a member of the "Guinness World Records" YouTube channel and holds the world record for "Most bangles put on in 30 seconds by a team of two", along with YouTubers Alfie Deyes and Laurbubble.[9]

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.

As of December 2015, Butler's main YouTube channel has over 4 million subscribers and over 290 million video views, and is the 186th most subscribed channel on the website; his second channel "MoreMarcus" has over 1.5 million subscribers and over 140 million video views.[2][3][10][11][12]

Butler was mentioned by The Telegraph as one of "Britain's most influential Tweeters" in 2013.[13] As of December 2015, Butler has over 2.5 million followers on Twitter and over 2.8 million on Instagram.[2][10]

Butler, along with Alfie Deyes, briefly featured on the first episode of the 13th series of Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway, as demonstrators of the "Ant vs Dec" task.

Music

Butler was part of a "YouTube Boyband", along with Jim Chapman, Alfie Deyes, Joe Sugg, and Caspar Lee; they raised money and awareness for Comic Relief.[14] 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.

Singles

Title Year Peak chart positions Album
UK
[15]
"I'm Famous"
(featuring Connor Maynard)		 2016 85 N/A
"—" denotes single that did not chart or was not released.

References

  1. ↑ Marcus Buter (28 August 2015). Marcus Butler: About. Retrieved 28 August 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Marr, Wendy (16 August 2014). "Zoella, Tanya Burr and the UK's YouTube superstars". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 22 August 2014.
  3. 1 2 3 Johnston, Lucy Hunter (7 February 2014). "Press play: meet YouTube's London stars". London Evening Standard. Retrieved 22 August 2014.
  4. ↑ Edmonds, Lizzie (26 April 2014). "Video bloggers taking internet by storm and earn £20,000 a MONTH for posts". The Daily Mail. Retrieved 22 August 2014.
  5. ↑ Grant, Wynona (23 December 2013). "YouTuber of the Week: Marcus Butler". Fortitude Magazine. Retrieved 22 August 2014.
  6. ↑ Dobbins, Amanda (21 April 2014). "Meet the YouTube Boy Band". Vulture. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
  7. ↑ 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.
  8. ↑ "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.
  9. ↑ "Revealed – The YouTube personalities joining our new channel Guinness World Records: OMG!". Guinness World Records. 11 October 2012. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
  10. 1 2 "Marcus Butler is Famous on YouTube for Talking". Bustle. 23 January 2014. Retrieved 22 August 2014.
  11. ↑ "Marcus Butler YouTube Channel Stats". Vidstatsx.com. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
  12. ↑ "MoreMarcus YouTube Channel Stats". Vidstatsx.com. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
  13. ↑ Prynne, Miranda (31 October 2013). "Britain's most influential tweeters". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
  14. ↑ "Meet the YouTube Boy Band". Vulture. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
  15. ↑ Peak positions in the United Kingdom:

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