Germán Garmendia
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Germán Alejandro Garmendia Aranis
25 April 1990 [1] |
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| Nationality | Chilean | |||
| Website | www |
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| Created by | Germán Garmendia | |||
| Years active | 2011–present | |||
| GenreTemplate:Pluralize from text | Comedy, Video blog,humor | |||
| Subscribers | 27,710,822[4] (May, 2016[5]) |
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| Total views | 2.6 billion[4] (May, 2016[5]) |
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| Network | Machinima | |||
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Last updated: April 23, 2016 |
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Germán Alejandro Garmendia Aranis (born 25 April 1990), known by his YouTube channels HolaSoyGermán and JuegaGerman, is a Chilean YouTuber, comedian, musician, singer, and writer. He has produced a variety of songs together with his band, all available on YouTube. His first (and only) book titled "#Chupaelperro" came out at multiple stores of Latin America and Spain on 28 April 2016. His channel is currently the 2nd most subscribed on YouTube[note 1] and the first one in the Spanish language.
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Early life and YouTube career
Garmendia was born on April 25, 1990 in Santiago, Chile. At the age of three, his father died in an automobile accident on Christmas Day. Germán has an older brother named Diego from whom he lived separately during childhood until reuniting in Los Vilos. He was very interested in music from a young age, and when he was 13, he formed a band with his brother that was called "Zudex".[6] Garmendia uploaded his first YouTube video in 2011 after being encouraged by his friends.[7][8]
As of April 28, 2016, his YouTube channel has over 27 million subscribers, making him the second most subscribed channel on YouTube after PewDiePie.[5]
In August 2014 and 2015, he won the "Icon of the Year" prize from MTV Millennial Awards 2014.[9] He made a brief appearance in YouTube Rewind 2014[10] and appeared for a way longer time in 2015 due to how much he had accomplished during that year.[11]
Book
Garmendia's book is titled "#Chupaelperro" (Spanish for "Lick the dog"). He describes it as a mix between a book and a magazine. The name comes from a recurring joke that appears in many of his videos, stemming from an attempt to improve a common vulgar phrase in Spanish. Garmendia will be on a book tour around some countries of Latin America and Spain.[citation needed]
Incident in Mexico
In April 2014, Garmendia was scheduled to appear at the Telmex Digital Village in Zócalo, Mexico City.[12] The event experienced an unplanned excess of attendees, and many people waiting in line to see Garmendia fainted due to heat exposure and had to be evacuated. Eventually, the crowd became unruly, with attendees forcing their way past barriers and into the tented area, causing many injuries. Ten people were injured when a light element fell into the crowd. After security regained control of the situation, the crowd was dispersed and Garmendia's event was cancelled. He later expressed condolences to his fans for the incident.[13][14]
Notes
- ↑ Channels managed by YouTube and VEVO channels are not taken into account
References
- ↑ Rosie Matheson. YouTube Famous: Making it big on the internet. 2015. Available at Google Books.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 BBC Mundo, Germán Garmendia: el chileno que arrasa en internet con su humor de lo cotidiano, 21 August 2013
- ↑ Top 20 YouTuber, HolaSoyGerman
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External links
- Havana Times, A Popular Chilean Circulates in Cuba from PC to PC
