Sam Tsui made his Fernsehen debut on ABC World News on October 28, 2009, Singen The Jackson 5's "I'll Be There". Tsui also went on to perform on the The Bonnie Hunt Zeigen in November of the same year, where he was interviewed and performed Whitney Houston's "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)". He also appeared on It's On with Alexa Chung, Singen Journey's "Don't Stop Believin'" for the cast of American Fernsehen series Glee.
Tsui also worked on his own project in 2009, where he and Kurt Schneider produced a series of episodes of College Musical, a comedy web series parodying the High School Musical film series, with original songs composed Von Schneider. Four episodes were released, with Tsui playing the lead role of Cooper. Following the popularity of the series, it was announced that a film, currently in production, would be made based on the series. The episodes garnered millions of Ansichten on YouTube.
In 2010, Sam Tsui released his first cover album, "The Covers". The album, released on February 9, 2010, features covers of hits from Michael Jackson, Journey, Beyoncé, Jason Mraz, and Lady Gaga among other artists. On February 22, 2010, Tsui appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Zeigen with his producer, Kurt Schneider.[12] The two were interviewed, and Tsui performed his medley of Michael Jackson songs. On December 2, 2010, Tsui gave an interview on The Ellen DeGeneres Zeigen and performed a mashup of Katy Perry's "Firework" and Bruno Mars' "Grenade" with Schneider. In December 2010, Tsui collaborated with fellow YouTube singer Christina Grimmie, Singen Just A Dream, which is the most viewed video on the YouTube channel "KurtHugoSchneider", with Mehr than seventy three million views.
2011-2012: YouTube and rise in popularity[edit]
In 2011, Sam Tsui debuted his own YouTube channel, apart from his collaboration with Kurt Schneider. On February 3, 2011, Tsui was featured on Britney Spears' official website, along with his cover of Hold It Against Me.[15] In March 2011, Tsui, and like from his song "Start Again", were also mentioned in the book "Seeker" Von Andy Frankham-Allen published in print format Von Hirst Publishing, and in all digital formats Von Untreed Reads Publishing.[16] In November 2011, he made a mashup with "It Will Rain" Von Bruno Mars, and "Set feuer to the Rain" Von Adele, which has Mehr than 2,100,000 views.
In 2011, Tsui was a Behind-The-Scenes host for the third season of NBC's a capella competition show, The Sing-Off. He recorded a "Judges Medley" that includes Sara Bareilles' "Love Song", Ben Folds' "Gone" and Shawn Stockman's (Boyz II Men) "On Bended Knee". The video is free to view on both NBC's website and Tsui's independent YouTube channel, TheSamTsui.
Tsui graduated from Yale magna cum laude with a major in classical Greek in 2011. Tsui is proficient in the C++ programming language.Sam Tsui was mentioned three times Von Tom Hanks when he addressed the class of Yale 2011. Tsui was also featured in the 2010 Yale Admissions video. The video, entitled "That's Why I Chose Yale", reveals information about the college with students and admission officers breaking out into song across the campus.
Sam Tsui has collaborated with fellow musician Kurt Hugo Schneider since high school, when the pair recorded Musik with an electronic keyboard and GarageBand. Both attended Yale University, where a musical partnership developed. As of February 2012, the YouTube channel "KurtHugoSchneider" has garnered over 525 million total Ansichten and over two million subscribers. His Videos have been described Von Time as a combination of Glee and Attack of the Clones.
Tsui released his first full length original album in May 2013 titled "Make it Up." In summer 2013, Tsui and Schneider toured across Canada and the US with Alex Goot, Against the Current, Landon Austin, Luke Conard, and King the Kid.[21] In September 2013, Tsui and Schneider performed in Singapore and Hong Kong. Tsui has so far released Musik Videos for "Make It Up", "Grey Area", "Shadow", "Bring Me the Night", and "Worth It".
Sam Tsui continues to make covers of beliebt Musik on his YouTube channel, also doing collaborations with other YouTube singers. On September 9, 2013, Sam wrote and recorded a duet with Elle Winter entitled "Unsinkable (Music is Medicine)". The proceeds of the single will be going towards pediatric cancer research as a part of the Musik is Medicine's Donate a Song project. On October 3, 2013, Sam uploaded a Foto via instagram, posing alongside Jason Mraz and Hunter Hayes. He announced that he shot a video with the two artists and would be releasing it soon. It was later revealed that he has collaborated with Tessa Violet, Echosmith, TJ Smith, Tyler Ward, Brandyn Burnette, Brian Landau, Kina Grannis and Peter Hollens on a YouTube mash-up of their song, "Everybody's Got Somebody but Me".
