Troye Sivan

Troye Sivan Mellet (born 5 June 1995) is an Australian singer-songwriter and actor.

Sivan was born on 5 June 1995 in Johannesburg, South Africa, the son of Laurelle Mellet, a homemaker and former South African fashion model, and Shaun Mellet, an entrepreneur and real estate agent.

At age two, Sivan moved to Perth, Western Australia, with his parents and three siblings due to rising crime in South Africa.

He was raised in an Orthodox Jewish family, though he does not consider himself to be religious.

His father is of Lithuanian-Jewish descent and his mother converted to Judaism.

Sivan's musical career started when he sang at the 2006, 2007 and 2008 Channel Seven Perth Telethon.

His 2006 performance included a duet with Australian Idol winner Guy Sebastian.

Sivan made it to the finals of StarSearch 2007.

His debut EP Dare to Dream was released in June 2007.

As an actor, Sivan portrayed the younger Wolverine in X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009) and starred as the titular character in the Spud film trilogy (2010–2014).

He attended Carmel School, a private Modern Orthodox school, until 2009, when he started distance education.

In February 2010, Sivan opened "We Are the World 25 for Haiti (YouTube Edition)", the collaborative music charity video produced by Lisa Lavie to help raise money for the victims of the 2010 Haiti earthquake.

After gaining popularity as a singer on YouTube and in Australian talent competitions, Sivan signed with EMI Australia in 2013 and released his third EP, TRXYE (2014), which peaked at number five on the US Billboard 200.

Its lead single, "Happy Little Pill", reached the top 10 on Australian music charts.

On 5 June 2013, Sivan was signed to EMI Australia, a Universal Music Australia label, but kept it a secret until a year later.

On 15 August 2014 he released a five-song EP entitled TRXYE, led by its first single "Happy Little Pill", which was released on 25 July 2014.

TRXYE debuted at No. 1 on iTunes in over 55 countries.

The EP debuted at No. 5 on the Billboard 200 the following week, scoring Sivan his first Top 10 album.

"Happy Little Pill" peaked at number 10 on the ARIA Singles Chart and was certified gold by the Australian Recording Industry Association for shipments exceeding 35,000 copies.

In 2015, he released his fourth extended play, Wild, followed by his debut studio album, Blue Neighbourhood. The album's lead single, "Youth", became Sivan's first single to enter the top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at number 23.

Sivan released his second major-label EP, Wild, on 4 September 2015.

The EP was supported by a music video trilogy entitled Blue Neighbourhood, comprising the three songs "Wild", "Fools" and "Talk Me Down" and released from September 2015 to December 2015.

Additionally, the EP served as an introduction to his debut studio album Blue Neighbourhood, which was released on 4 December 2015.

The single "Youth" reached number 23 in the Billboard Hot 100.

Sivan supported Blue Neighbourhood and Wild with his first tour, 2015's Troye Sivan Live.

He further supported Blue Neighbourhood with 2016's Blue Neighbourhood Tour and Suburbia Tour.

In 2017, he became the youngest recipient of the GLAAD Stephen F. Kolzak Award.

On 26 May 2017, Troye collaborated with Martin Garrix to produce the song "There for You".

His second studio album, Bloom (2018), reached the top five in Australia and the US.

Its lead single, "My My My!", became Sivan's second number-one single on the Billboard Dance Club Songs chart.

In 2018, he received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Original Song for "Revelation", from the film Boy Erased, in which he also had a supporting acting role.

He has since starred in the film Three Months (2022) and the HBO series The Idol (2023).

On 10 January 2018, Sivan released the single "My My My!", along with an accompanying music video.

He confirmed that his second album was inspired by his then-boyfriend, American model Jacob Bixenman.

The song was described as a departure from his earlier work, with Pitchfork calling his vocals "assured" and NPR Music describing it as "an infectious celebration of sexual desire".

NPR also noted the significance of the song and music video displaying confidence in Sivan's sexuality, writing "it's not every day you see a young, skinny, queer kid get to be completely himself in a music video, and Sivan makes us want to dance along with him."

In 2020, his EP In a Dream was released.

In 2023, he released his third album, Something to Give Each Other, on 13 October.

The album's three singles, "Rush", "Got Me Started", and "One of Your Girls", all reached the top 40 of the UK Singles Chart and the ARIA Singles Chart, while both "Rush" and "One of Your Girls" charted on the Billboard Hot 100.

For the track "Rush", Sivan received his first Grammy Award nominations, one for Best Pop Dance Recording and another for Best Music Video.