Charlie McDonnell - biography and activities

Charlie McDonnell is a British musician, songwriter, singer, video blogger. He was born in 1990, on October 1. By September 2010, became the leader in the number of subscribers on YouTube in the UK.

early years

Charlie McDonnell spent his childhood in Bath. There he lived with Lindsay's mother, brother William and sister Brydi. Since 2010, he lived in London with a friend named Alex Day. He is also a video blogger. In 2014, friends sold the house. Charlie McDonnell and his girlfriend Emily Diane Ruf live together in London. They also have a kitten.

Career on YouTube

Charlie McDonnell started blogging on YouTube in2007, in April. He first announced himself with a video called How To Get Featured on YouTube. He won the attention of the audience. This was made possible by getting on the main page of British YouTube. The number of viewing videos jumped from 150 to more than 4,400 subscribers. And it's only 2 days. In honor of overcoming the number of 25 thousand subscribers, our hero asked his viewers to come up with a test. In a series called Challenge Charlie, he has so far performed tasks, or rather, trying to deal with them. They are very diverse. For example, one task was proposed by Phillip Schofield - a TV presenter, as well as his daughter. The essence was to dance with Hoedown Throwdown. Since that time, our hero has presented a significant number of new videos. Among them, the most popular is How to be English. As of August 2010, it reached a mark of 500,000 subscribers. The popularity of the programs has reached four million views. And this is a month. Note that 75 percent of the audience are girls. The BBC World Service reported that our hero is one of the most successful authors during the five-year history of YouTube.

In 2008 The blogger along with four other YouTube celebrities took part in a project called FiveAwesomeGuys. By 2011, our hero has reached a figure of one million subscribers on YouTube and stepped over this boundary. He is the first resident of the UK to succeed. In 2013, Charlie set out to shoot five short films. 2014, October 30, the last one was uploaded to the official channel of our hero. Also this man, together with the band, recorded several musical works.

Personal life

Charlie McDonnell managed to rent his ownhousing due to advertising revenue. He stopped visiting the university and completely devotes himself to work on the Internet. From 2011 he met with Brail Bishop. She is also a video blogger on YouTube. In 2013, the couple broke up due to the difficulties of communicating at a distance. Currently is in a relationship with Emilia Diana Rufus.