Chris Trousdale

Christopher Ryan Trousdale (born June 11, 1985) is an American pop singer, actor, dancer and former member of the band Dream Street.

Early life

Trousdale was born in New Port Richey, Florida to a Greek American father and an Irish American mother.

Career

Trousdale performed in the Broadway shows, The Sound of Music and Les Misérables. He was also a member of the Broadway Kids and has recorded with Christy Carlson Romano, Lacey Chabert and Gregory Raposo.

In 1999, he became a member of the teen boy band Dream Street which was formerly known as 'Boy Wonder'. The group's debut album, released on Edel Records in July 2001, was #1 on Billboard's Independent Albums chart during the first week of its release and sold a million copies.

In 2002, Dream Street broke up and Chris began his solo career. Trousdale recorded the songs "Kissless Christmas" and "Wild Christmas" for the School's Out! Christmas album. Trousdale's duet recordings have appeared on Radio Disney.

Trousdale appeared in a 2010 episode of Disney Channel's Shake It Up as a 16-year-old pop star who is later revealed as a 24-year-old who was able to pull off teendom successfully. Trousdale also contributed a song to the Shake It Up: Break It Down soundtrack.

Recently, Trousdale was spotted in a commercial for Jack In the Box, promoting their new Jack In the Box Jumbo Deal, in which he sang for a creation called "Jumbaco".

He appeared on the third season of NBC's show The Voice on September 12, 2012 performing "Glad You Came" by The Wanted but was not picked on his blind audition. Chris now resides in Los Angeles and is currently working on his album.^[1]

Made an appearance as a guest on blogtalkradio.com on Rashida Hunte's show on July 3, 2013.

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