Jim Chapman (YouTuber)
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Jim Chapman (born 28 December 1987) is an English
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. Chapman began posting videos on his
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channel in 2010 and released his first book, titled ''147 Things'', on 5 October 2017.


Career

Chapman graduated from the
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with a
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in
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, he planned to do a master's degree, but decided not to continue in order to pursue his online career. Chapman created his first "j1mmyb0bba" YouTube channel (known as simply "Jim Chapman") in 2010 where he produces videos on men's fashion and grooming. He was part of the 'YouTube Boyband' that raised money for
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and was featured in ''
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''. Chapman is influential through
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. Chapman has over 2.5 million subscribers to his main YouTube channel and over 159 million video views. He has over 1 million subscribers to his second YouTube channel. He has over 1.8 million followers on
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and 2.2 million on
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. Chapman has done a number of collaborations on his channel with other YouTubers, including:
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, Alfie Deyes,
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and many others. In December 2024, Chapman deleted his YouTube channel.


Personal life

Chapman grew up in Wilby, outside
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, and attended Old Buckenham High School followed by Notre Dame High School for Sixth Form. He is the brother of make-up artists
Samantha Chapman Samantha Chapman is an English makeup artist based in London and Norwich. Sam is married to Welsh director, Ryan Andrews. Background Chapman attended the College of West Anglia, taking a two-year BTEC in Make-up and Hairdressing tutored ...
and Nicola Chapman Haste of the PixiWoo YouTube channel and founders of the Real Techniques make-up brushes. He also has a twin brother, John, who co-runs the Lean Machines YouTube channel. On 3 September 2015, Chapman married
Tanya Burr Tanya Burr (born 9 June 1989) is an English YouTuber and actress who began posting makeup and fashion videos to her YouTube channel in 2009. In 2017, Burr began pursuing a career in acting and has since had guest roles in series such as '' Bul ...
. On 12 March 2019, Chapman made a statement via
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to announce that they had split up. On 26 July 2020, Chapman announced his engagement to Sarah Tarleton, after 16 months of dating. On 1 March 2021, Chapman announced they were expecting their first child together. Their daughter was born in September 2021. On 28 March 2022, Chapman and Tarleton were officially married at the Santa Barbara courthouse in
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. In early September of 2022, they held a wedding ceremony at Villa Luisa in Seville, Spain, attended by family and friends. On 2 August 2023, Chapman and Tarleton announced the arrival of their second child together, a son.


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