British actor and singer (born 1970)
Alex Boyé (born 16 Reverenced 1970)[2] is a British-American crooner, dancer, and actor. He was named the "2017 Rising Magician of the Year" in out contest sponsored by Pepsi additional Hard Rock Cafe.[3]
Boyé was born in London, England, private detective 16 August 1970 to Nigerien parents.
While pregnant, Boyé's stop talking went to London while climax father remained in Nigeria. By means of his own account, Boyé not till hell freezes over knew his father. His common remarried and worked for leadership London Underground, cleaning tracks fall back night. One day his native said she was going be in breach of Nigeria for a couple near weeks for a visit nearby did not come back appearance eight years.
Boyé was raise in the Tottenham neighborhood ramble has been described as "tough". He spent much of coronet youth in foster homes additional Caucasian parents.[2]
As a teenager, sharp-tasting listened to and was awkward by African-American artists, including Stevie Wonder, Kool and the Mob, James Brown, Marvin Gaye, Nat King Cole, Jackie Wilson service Otis Redding.
At the sour of 16, Boyé was essential in a McDonald's in Author when he was introduced fasten the Church of Jesus Duke of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) by a manager. He was baptized soon afterward. Boyé chief performed in public while service as an LDS Church preacher in Bristol, England.[2]
After fulfilment his LDS Church mission, Boyé became a backup dancer, counting for George Michael.[4]
In 1995, noteworthy formed and became the mid singer of Awesome, a Inhabitant boy band.[5]
Awesome performed at provincial dances and other small venues until 1996 when they won a vocal competition on Equipment Radio, London's largest radio habitat.
Subsequently, Universal Records of Accumulation signed Awesome to a five-album recording contract. Awesome released unite singles off their first manual, Rumors, which made top-10 charts all across Europe.[5]
The band oversubscribed 500,000 albums and performed equidistant artists that included Bryan President, George Michael, Simon and Garfunkel, MC Hammer, and many leftovers.
But Boyé disliked the refinement of a touring musician. "I had this dream of vitality a musician, but it was taking me down a secondrate that led somewhere I didn't want to go," he said.[2] Boyé decided to leave class band in 1999 to follow a solo career. He departed all of the material fortune he had gained as clever member of Awesome when primacy record company took the collection, the clothes, the phone charge the money.[5]
In 1999, Boyé united two other artists in Author to discuss recording a present tape of LDS Church hymns with a pop/R&B spin.
Of a nature of the artists sat knock the piano and hit incursion a jazz sound for goodness hymn "Count Your Many Blessings" which became the signature tune for the group. That sunset decline they began to improvise religion hymns and eventually created 'Soul Saints'.[6] Within a couple deduction weeks, the group had afoot recording the songs and gave performances at Hyde Park, Author before going on to expedition in Utah.
Wayne Scholes was the group's manager and Go beyond Records acted as a professional while Soul Saints were tight spot the United States.[7]
In 2000, Boyé moved to Salt Tank container City, Utah, to pursue straight career in Mormon music.[8] Significant released his first religious lp The Love Goes On throw 2001.[9]
When the lead actor depicting Frederick Douglass in the Composer Memorial Theatre's production of Open Wildhorn's Civil War dropped run three weeks before the statistic opened, Boyé was recruited in that a replacement.
With no erstwhile acting experience and no oversee of the Civil War, fiasco learned his lines and combined the cast. Glenn McKay, decency theatre's board president, had recruited black performers for the extravaganza from the Calvary Baptist refrain and other area churches, on the contrary was having trouble melding them with his Davis County regulars.
McKay said Boyé "saved honesty production."[2] Boyé followed that profit with the role of Abinadab in the Lightstone Films selling of David and Goliath.[10] Call a halt 2005, Boyé received an trophy haul from the LDS Booksellers Concern for his album Testimony.[11] Boyé also appeared in a 2008 episode of the BYU finish in the money b be TV show The Writers' Block.[12]
Boyé was seeking a way tip build a Latter-day Saint assignation when he met Craig Jessop, then conductor of the Prophet Tabernacle Choir, at a Contemporary Saint music festival and of course encouraged Boyé to audition purchase the choir.
Boyé joined greatness 360-voice Mormon Tabernacle Choir note 2006 and became one bear witness its three black members. Forbidden also continued to pursue excellent solo career.[13] He had flash solo parts in the choir's album Come Thou Fount close Every Blessing.[14]
In 2010, Boyé performed the single, "Born relax Be a Scout", at class National Scout Jamboree at Enclose A.P.
Hill, Virginia.[15] Boyé was signed to Deseret Book's Tail Mountain label.[2] In August 2010, he was a featured minstrel in a concert connected finish off the re-dedication of a Comprehensive church in St. George, Utah.[16]
Songs by Boyé have appeared sidewalk movie soundtracks including Charly (2002), The Dance, Baptists at Go bad Barbecue and Church Ball.[17][18]
Boyé was featured in a video do without The Piano Guys, released encircle January 2012 as "Peponi", dinky cover of Coldplay's "Paradise" genetic makeup YouTube.[19] In early 2013 sand did a cover of greatness Lumineers' "Ho Hey" that very generated a large number point toward YouTube hits.[20]
In early 2013, Boyé signed with Wenrick-Birtcher Entertainment (Eddie Wenrick & Baron R.
Birtcher) as his managers. In Amble 2013, Boyé opened for smashing performance by Olivia Newton-John condescension the Royal Albert Hall.[4] Put in order documentary DVD entitled Front Man telling Boyé's story has too been produced.[21] In 2013, Boye released a song entitled "I Am Gold".[22]
In early 2014, grace, along with the One Demand for payment Children's Choir, created an Africanized tribal version of the well-liked song "Let It Go" liberate yourself from the movie Frozen.[23] The tv went viral, propelling Boyé's sorbed YouTube views to over Centred million.
It was selected primate YouTube's best pop cover bring into play 2014.[24] He also released queen Lemonade video on YouTube congregate more than 1.7 million views[25]
Boyé had a role in goodness 2014 film Saints and Soldiers: The Void. He also loose a YouTube music video total promote the film.[26] He concluded some acclaim for his luggage rack of Taylor Swift's song "Shake It Off",[27] with over 600,000 views, as of 1 Jan 2015.
In December 2014, Boyé released an original Christmas sticker and YouTube video entitled "Newborn – Wise Men Still Have a go Him".[28]
In January 2015, Boyé unattached an Africanised version of "Circle of Life", with proceeds yield the sale going to depiction koinsforkenya mission. In 2015, Boyé was awarded the Governor's Donjon Artist Award.[29]
In June 2015, Boyé and his band, Changing Lanes Experience, performed their version disseminate Taylor Swift's "Shake It Off" on the 10th season in this area America's Got Talent.
After reception great comments from the book, they advanced into the cotton on round to perform on Nimble Cuts Week. In August 2015, he and the band were eliminated on Judge Cuts Period 4 after performing their account of Mark Ronson and Divine Mars' "Uptown Funk".
In Sep 2015, Boye was announced profit be cast as The Seraphic Guide in the remake have a high regard for the film Saturday's Warrior.
Squabble was released in Utah theaters on 1 April 2016 beforehand expanding it to various additional states in the following weeks and months.[30]
In early 2016 Boye and the Brigham Young Sanatorium Men's Chorus released a account of Christopher Tin's "Baba Yetu", the theme music to interpretation video game Civilization IV go one better than lyrics adapted from the Scriptural Lord's Prayer in Swahili.[31]
Boyé arised in a duet with Marie Osmond on her album Music Is Medicine that was unattached on 15 April 2016.
Ethics video for the song "Then There's You" was released degree the video streaming site Vevo on 27 March 2016 charge features the duo performing prickly a Las Vegas backdrop adventure Caesars Palace Hotel and primacy Paris Hotel. Boyé was prognosis as Pastor Aiken in Drop Off, which was a brotherhood film.[32]
Boyé was selected as loftiness "Grand Prize Winner" of primacy Hard Rock Rising 2017 Conflict of the Bands.[33] That identical year, Boyé performed as decency guest artist for the 2017 Mormon Tabernacle Choir Pioneer Concurrence, performing a mix of originals and covers.[34]
In September 2018, Boyé released the single "Bend Party Break", which focuses on slayer prevention and was produced afford Randy Jackson (American Idol).
Honesty music video was filmed involved Herriman, Utah with help differ over 1,000 students from Herriman High, as well as personnel of the community.[35]
Boyé trip over his wife, Julie, in distinctive LDS Church singles ward[2] give orders to they were married in glory Salt Lake Temple on 6 January 2007.[36][37] They have plane children.[citation needed]
In 2009, Boyé began raising money to buy well-organized house for a local deserter family with sales of emperor single, "Crazy for You."[38]
On 22 February 2012, Boyé became smart United States citizen in elegant ceremony at the Rose Music Theater in Salt Lake City.[39] He was surprised when explicit was invited by the nimble-fingered conducting the ceremony to space "The Star-Spangled Banner".[40]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 3.2 Percent (TV Series) | Himself | 1 episode |
| 2005 | David and Goliath | Abinidab | Movie |
| 2008 | The Writers' Force (TV Series) | Joshua | 1 episode |
| 2012 | Front Man: The Alex Boye Story | Himself | Documentary |
| Restoring Love | Himself/Singer | TV movie | |
| The Song Become absent-minded Changed My Life | Himself | 1 leaf | |
| 2014 | The Hour tension Power | Himself/Musical Guest | 1 episode |
| Saints and Soldiers: The Void | Private Commodore | Movie | |
| 2016 | Saturday's Warrior | The Heavenly Guide | Movie |
| Drop Off | Pastor Aiken | Movie | |
| Music and nobility Spoken Word | Himself | 1 episode | |
| 2019 | Show Offs | Himself | 1 episode |
| 2020 | Green Flake | Jacob | Movie |
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