Brendan Jordan

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Brendan Jordan
Brendan Jordan, medium close-up (cropped) (June 2019).jpg
Jordan in 2019
Personal information
BornBrendan Jordan
(1999-09-25) September 25, 1999 (age 22)
Las Vegas, Nevada
NationalityAmerican
Occupation
Height5 ft 2 in (1.57 m)
YouTube information
Channel
Years active2014–present
Genre
Subscribers261 thousand[1]
Total views13.4 million[1]
YouTube Silver Play Button 2.svg 100,000 subscribers
Updated: July 16, 2020

Brendan Jordan (born (1999-09-25)September 25, 1999) is a YouTuber and model.

In October 2014, Jordan "went viral" after dancing moves from Lady Gaga's music video for the song Applause in the background of a live broadcast on NewsChannel 8.[2]

Biography[]

Brendan Jordan was born in Las Vegas, Nevada on (1999-09-25)September 25, 1999 to a Peruvian father and an American mother.[citation needed]

The Buzz[]

On October 9, 2014, NewsChannel 8 filmed Jordan in the background of their live duplex while discussing the opening of Downtown Summerlin.[2] While being filmed, Jordan reproduced the dance moves from the Applause music video from Lady Gaga, released two months earlier.[2]

The next day, Lady Gaga tweeted that she "liked him", while the drag community, including RuPaul and Pandora Boxx, actively shared the video.[2] The video was also widely diffused by medias like The Today Show,[3] ABC News,[4] and PopSugar.[citation needed] During the last three months, the video has been viewed more than 3.5 million times.[citation needed]

Other work[]

In October 2014, Jordan appeared on The Queen Latifah Show where he met Raven from RuPaul's Drag Race. In November 2014, he was a model for the American Apparel brand.[2][5] He was chosen for how he used their platform to raise awareness towards the LGBT community.[5]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "About Brendan Jordan". YouTube.
  2. ^ a b c d e Robinson, Melia (3 August 2015). "15-year-old Brendan Jordan tells us what it's like to wake up famous". Tech Insider. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
  3. ^ Down, Randy. "'Did my thing': Dancing boy channels Lady Gaga, steals spotlight in live newscast". Today. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
  4. ^ "Boy Video-Bombs Local TV Reporter With Dance Moves". ABC News. 13 October 2014. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
  5. ^ a b Feldman, Jamie (12 November 2014). "Viral Dancing Sensation Brendan Jordan On American Apparel And Perfecting The Stank Face". HuffPost. Retrieved 5 March 2016.

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