Peter James Hollens (A Cappella Artist): Biography in Details
Who is Peter James Hollens?
Peter Hollens is an award-winning American A Cappella singer-songwriter, and producer.
Peter James Hollens is an aficionado, entrepreneur, and educator of ‘a Cappella, an A-Lister Composer in a cappella.
He along with Leo da Silva founded the Cappella group, ‘On The Rocks, the most venerated and the only collegiate Cappella group in Oregon.
Peter James Hollens- Birth Age, Education
Peter James Hollens was born Peter James Hollens on March 4, 2080, in Ashland, Oregon, US, to James Hollens and Deborah Melone-Hollens.
He graduated from the University of Oregon with a Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance.
Peter James Hollens- Professional Career
Immediately after graduation from the University of Oregon, Hollens got exceedingly involved with the college ‘A Cappella’.
He established ‘On the Rocks’, an ‘a Cappella choir’ for his college at the University of Oregon with Leo da Silva.
It is the first official home Cappella group at the University of Oregon, West Coast, US.
Peter James Hollens devotes his time to educating college students in the fine art of a cappella at the University of Oregon while recording, producing, and judging Cappella competitions in the United States of America.
Peter James Hollens- Career Timeline, Achievements
1999, established The Rocks with Leo da Silva, University of Oregon, West Coast, US.
2010, participated in NBC’s ‘The Sing Off’, with Deke Sharon, Nicole Scherzinger, Ben Folds, and Shawn Stockman.
2011, started his channel, collaborators Lindsey Stirling, Taylor Davis
2013, joined crowdfunding Patreon as an adviser
2014, signed a deal with Sony Masterworks
2014, released his self-titled debut studio album
2015, guest-lead vocals for Brian Wilson’s ‘No Pier Pressure
2016, teamed with ‘Home Free’, recorded the all-vocal hymn ‘Amazing Grace’.
2017, debuted on Broadway, August Wilson Theater for ‘Home For the Holidays, Live on Broadway’ with wife Evynne Smith-Hollens.
2017, guest on ‘The Piano Guys’ live stream, ‘Light the World Christmas World…’
Recording Engineer- A-List
Sony and Epic Records
The Sing-Off Season 2
Whiffenpoofs Band, Yale University, US
Committed Band- A Cappella, Huntsville, Alabama
The Swingle Band, England, UK
Peter James Hollens has released over 160+ digital singles to date and continues to release new music every other week.
Peter James Hollens also advises many companies including Patreon, Loudr, and Tubular, and is on the YouTube creator advisory board.
In December 2017, Hollens launched the Hollens Creator Academy, an online education video series that teaches aspiring creators key entrepreneurship skills and strategies needed to live their passion in the digital age.
Hollens has collaborated and performed with music celebrities like Brian Wilson, Jason Mraz, Hunter Hayes, Gladys Knight, George Watsky, and Jackie Evancho.
A Cappella Movie Theme, Actor
He sang the theme for the movie Skyrim, ‘I See Fire, Misty Mountains’.
His movies include ‘The Sing-Off’, ‘Studio C’, ‘Studio’, and ‘Sing Presents a Holiday Remix’.
Chuck Mitchell, the Senior Vice President of Sony Music Masterworks remarks that Peter’s ideas as an innovative ‘a Cappella artist’ are ‘fresh and his creative imagination is awesome.
Peter performed a ‘fantastic ‘Medley of Twelve’ and got him what he wanted- his Record deal with Sony Records.
- ‘I See Fire’ From ‘The Hobbit
- Disney Medley
- ‘Star Wars Medley
- ‘Game of Thrones Medley
- ‘Wicked’ Medley
- ‘Pompeii’ Cover, Original by Bastille
- ‘Dark Horse’ Cover, Original by Katy Perry
- ‘Story of My Life’ Cover, Original by One Direction
- ‘Skyrim’ Theme
- ‘Phantom of the Opera Medley
- ‘Field of Gold’ Cover, Original by Sting
- ‘It’s Time’ Cover, Original by Imagine Dragons
Peter James Hollens- A Cappella-graphic
A dedicated singer-artist, Peter has a list of albums a cappella.
2012: Hollens HD
2012: Cover Volumes I, II
2014: Peter Hollens
2016: Misty Mountains
2016: A Hollens Family Christmas
2017: Covers Volume III
2018: Legendary Folk Songs
2018: The Greatest Showman A Cappella
Peter James Hollens-Awards
2013, A Cappella Recording Award for ‘Shenandoah’
2014, A Cappella Recording Solo Performer Award for ‘I See Fire
2016, Game Audio Network Guild Award for ‘Assassin’s Creed Syndicate
2016, A Cappella Recording Solo Award, ‘Now We Are Free
2017, A Cappella Video Awards, Medley ‘Hamilton’
2017, A Cappella Video Awards, Folk, ‘Desert Rose’
2019, A Cappella Video Awards, Collaborative, ‘From Now On
2020, A Cappella Video Awards, Collaborative, ‘Hands of Gold
2020, A Cappella Video Awards ‘Take Me Home, Country Roads’- pending
2020, A Cappella Video Awards, ‘The Lion King vs. Aladdin’- pending
Peter James Hollens- Height, Weight
Peter James Hollens has auburn hair and blue eyes. His height is 6 feet and his weight is 70 kg.
Peter James Hollens- Net Worth, Earnings
As of 2022, Peter’s net worth is $2 million. His earnings from his videos amount to 27.3K.
Peter James Hollens –Business, Collaborative Partners
Boncom
JCPenny
Walt Disney Records
Turkish Airlines
Disney Channel
Amazon Audible
Disney Interactive
His other sources of earnings are his online store PeterHollens.Com. It is replete with Peter Hollens, Evynne Hollens, and Legendary Vocals collectibles.
Peter James Hollens- Social Media
Peter James Hollens has more than 2.7 billion views, 5 million followers, and +1.9 m subscribers on his YouTube channel with 155.5 k likes, 464 followers, and 2,457 posts and videos.
There are 109 k fans, 50k email subscribers on his Instagram, 1.5 K likes, and 1.1 million followers on Facebook.
On his Twitter, he has more than 116 K followers and 500,000,000 views and has 1 Billion views on Spotify and Pandora.
The Cappella video ‘Skyrim’ featuring Peter Hollens & Lindsey Stirling hit 81,764,990 billion views and 867 K likes.
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Peter James Hollens (A Cappella Artist)'s Birthday Dates
| Year | Date | Day |
|---|
| 2024 | March | Monday |
| 2025 | March | Tuesday |
| 2026 | March | Wednesday |
| 2027 | March | Thursday |
| 2028 | March | Saturday |
