Ky Baldwin (born 10 April 2001) is an Australian singer, songwriter, dancer and actor. He is known for his music videos on his

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channel.

Early life

Ky Baldwin was born in April 2001 in

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. Although his youth was mainly spent playing sports, at the age of six he started tap dancing with Dein Perry's "Tap Pups". From there Baldwin continued to learn other genres such as hip hop and jazz.

Acting career

At age seven, Baldwin was cast as "Trouble" in ''

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'' performing at the

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. Other theatre roles have included Gustave in

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's '' Love Never Dies'' and a performance in

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's ''

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'' at the Sydney Theatre Company. He played Michael Banks in Disney's '' Mary Poppins'' in

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. At age nine, Baldwin entered into ''

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'' with his own tap dancing routine. He became that year's youngest semi-finalist, but exited the series after it fell to the judges' vote. Baldwin has featured in other Australian series including ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Underbelly: Razor.'' He provided the voice of Little Nutbrown Hare in the animated series ''Guess How Much I Love You'' (Season 1 & 2). In 2014, Baldwin was a semi-finalist in the inaugural season of ''

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'' as part of Team Delta. Baldwin was cast as the young Peter Allen in the two-part TV

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, '' Peter Allen: Not the Boy Next Door''. In April 2016 he won the

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and a

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(Graham Kennedy Breakthrough Star of Tomorrow) for this role. Baldwin has collaborated with DreamworksTV and Disney Channel and he has been chosen as a Disney Diary Vlogger. He works with DreamWorks for their "Songs That Stick" series. The actor co-starred in the 2022

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remake, ''Snow Day.'', which streams as of Dec 21, 2022, on

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. Baldwin now lives in Los Angeles.

Music career

Baldwin released his first EP "The Beginning" in 2014 and ''The Beginning'' with five original songs including "You Make Me Wanna Dance", "Do You Remember", "We're Young", "Lara" and "It's Time". The EP also included three cover songs. In May 2017, Baldwin released the first single from his second EP "Dare to Believe" called "Just Dance", which was a finalist on Musical.ly's "Next Wave: May". Baldwin's single Invisible is a duet with Jillian Shea Spaede
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Spaeder has also been featured in three of Baldwin's YouTube videos including We Don't Talk Anymore, Perfect and ColdWater. Baldwin's original songs include: *You Make Me Wanna Dance *Lara *Do You Remember *It's Time *Why *Just Dance *Summer Song *Goodbye *Dear Mom *Depression Is A Monster

References

External links

Ky Baldwin Official websiteKy Baldwin YouTube channel
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