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{{Infobox YouTube personality | name = Marcus Butler | image =Marcus Butler.png | caption =Marcus Butler | birth_name = Marcus Lloyd Butler | birth_date = (1991-12-18) 18 December 1991 (age 33) | birth_place = Shoreham-by-Sea, United Kingdom | nationality = | residence = West London, United Kingdom
| occupation =
- YouTuber
- Author
- Vlogger
- Rapper
- Model
|height_m=1.86| years active = 2010–present
| genre =
- comedy
- skits
- vlogs
- reaction videos
- rap
- music videos
| subscribers =4.6 (million main channel)
1 million (second channel)
| views = 23 "Marcus Butler" (formerly "Marcus Butler TV"). His second channel, MoreMarcus, has daily content varying from vlogs, reaction videos to product testing videos. His third channel, which he no longer uploads on, is MarcusButlerGames. In July 2015, Marcus released his first and only book, called Hello Life! Marcus has also done a radio show alongside fellow YouTuber Alfie Deyes on Radio 1.
Career
Marcus Butler started on YouTube creating music and video mixes and edited sports footage while in college.
Marcus also likes to spend his time (as of 2017-), doing online quizzes (etc) daily on his second channel, MoreMarcus.
In 2010, he created his YouTube channel, Marcus Butler TV, at viewer request. Butler has been involved in 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, Joey Graceffa, Oli White, Louise Pentland, Conor Maynard and many others.
He was part of the sensational YouTube Boyband that raised money for Comic Relief. The hit song for Comic Relief was "It's all about You(Tube)".
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 4.6 million subscribers (4,629,822 as of 25 February 2017) and over 379 million video views, and is the 336th most subscribed channel on YouTube; his second channel "MoreMarcus" has over 2 million subscribers (2,022,063 as of 25 February 2017) and over 260 million video views.
Butler was mentioned by The Telegraph as one of "Britain's most influential Tweeters" in 2013. As of January 2017, Butler has over 3 million followers on Twitter and over 3.6 million on Instagram.
Butler, along with Alfie Deyes, featured on the 13th series of Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway on ITV in 2016.
Butler was a contestant in the 2016 edition of Celebrity MasterChef. He was sadly eliminated in the quarter final.
In 2016, Butler was featured in YouTube Rewind.
In 2017, Marcus was on Good Morning Britain.
Television
Alongside fellow YouTubers Joe Sugg and Alfie Deyes, Marcus starred in an episode of the British television show Release the Hounds. Their episode aired on 2 March 2017. He also starred in many episodes of Saturday Night Takeaway also with Alfie Deyes. In 2017, Marcus was on Good Morning Britain alongside fellow YouTuber Louise Pentland, giving tips on how to become a successful YouTuber.
Butler also co-presented CharliSJHDeeleyNat TV from August 2016 until November 2017, alongside Alfie Deyes, Matt Viney & Natalie Brown. Butler left in November 2017, to focus more on vlogging and was replaced by Alison Goldfrapp
As of November 2017, Marcus Butler had 3.6 million followers on Instagram.
Music
Butler was part of a "YouTube Boyband", a group creation created to raise awareness. Also involving Jim Chapman, Alfie Deyes, Joe Sugg, and Caspar Lee; they raised money and awareness for Comic Relief. 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 34.
Singles
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Peak iTunes chart position | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK | ||||
| "I'm Famous" (featuring Conor Maynard) |
2016 | 34 | — | 15 |
| "—" denotes single that did not chart or was not released. | ||||
References
- ^ Marr, Wendy (16 August 2014). "Zoella, Tanya Burr and the UK's YouTube superstars". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 22 August 2014.
- ^ Johnston, Lucy Hunter (7 February 2014). "Press play: meet YouTube's London stars". London Evening Standard. Retrieved 22 August 2014.
- 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.
- Grant, Wynona (23 December 2013). "YouTuber of the Week: Marcus Butler". Fortitude Magazine. Retrieved 22 August 2014.
- Dobbins, Amanda (21 April 2014). "Meet the YouTube Boy Band". Vulture. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
- 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.
- "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.
- ^ "Marcus Butler is famous on YouTube for Talking". Bustle. 23 January 2014. Retrieved 22 August 2014.
- "Marcus Butler YouTube Channel Stats". Vidstatsx.com. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
- "MoreMarcus YouTube Channel Stats". Vidstatsx.com. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
- Prynne, Miranda (31 October 2013). "Britain's most influential tweeters". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
- "Celebrity Masterchef 2016". The Telegraph. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
- http://www.tubefilter.com/2017/02/02/trailer-marcus-butler-alfie-deyes-joe-suggs-reality-tv/
- http://www.itv.com/saturdaynighttakeaway/extras/marcus-butler-alfie-deyes-visit-takeaway
- . instagram https://www.instagram.com/marcusbutler/?hl=en.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - "Meet the YouTube Boy Band". Vulture. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
- ^ Peak positions in the United Kingdom:
- For all except where noted: "Conor Maynard - UK Charts". Official Charts Company. officialcharts.com/.
- For "Better Than You": "New Chart Entries > 11 August 2012" (in German). Zobbel.de. 11 August 2012. https://en.wikipedia.org/I'm_Famous