2013–present: Album, tours, future projects He recorded a "Judges Medley" that included Sara Bareilles' "Love Song", Ben Folds' "Gone" and Shawn Stockman's (Boyz II Men) "On Bended Knee". In fall 2011, Tsui was a digital correspondent for the third season of NBC's a capella competition show, The Sing-Off. In 2017, he co-starred in a new admissions video entitled "That's Why I Toured Yale". The video, entitled "That's Why I Chose Yale", reveals information about the college with students and admission officers breaking out into song across the campus. Tsui was also featured in the 2010 Yale Admissions video. Tsui was mentioned three times by Tom Hanks when he addressed the Yale class of 2011. In March 2011, lyrics from Tsui's song "Start Again" was featured in the novel Seeker by Andy Frankham-Allen. On February 3, 2011, Tsui was featured on Britney Spears' official website, along with his cover of " Hold It Against Me". In 2011, Tsui debuted his own YouTube channel, apart from his collaboration with Kurt Schneider. 2011–2012: YouTube and rise in popularity On December 2, 2010, Tsui gave an interview on The Ellen DeGeneres Show and performed a mashup of Katy Perry's " Firework" and Bruno Mars' " Grenade" with Schneider. In November 2010, Tsui collaborated with fellow YouTube singer Christina Grimmie, singing " Just a Dream", which is the most viewed video on the YouTube channel "KurtHugoSchneider", with more than 100 million views. The two were interviewed, and Tsui performed his medley of Michael Jackson songs. On February 22, 2010, Tsui appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show with his producer Kurt Schneider. The album, released on February 9, 2010, features covers of hits from Michael Jackson, Journey, Beyoncé, Jason Mraz, and Lady Gaga among other artists. In 2010, Tsui released his first cover album, The Covers.
College Musical: The Movie premiered online in September 2014. Following the popularity of the series, it was announced that a film would be made based on the series. Four episodes were released, with Tsui playing the lead role of Cooper.
Kurt Schneider produced the musical web series College Musical, a parody of the High School Musical film series, in fall of 2008. He also appeared on It's On with Alexa Chung, singing Journey's " Don't Stop Believin'" for the cast of American television series Glee. He went on to perform on The Bonnie Hunt Show in November of the same year, where he was interviewed and performed Whitney Houston's " I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)". Tsui appeared on ABC World News on October 28, 2009, singing The Jackson 5's " I'll Be There". He graduated from Yale with a major in Classics (Greek) in 2011. Tsui attended Yale University, where he was a member of Davenport College and The Duke's Men of Yale, an all-male acappella group. He grew up in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania, a street away from Kurt Schneider, his producer and accompanist, with whom he attended Wissahickon High School.
2.3 2013–present: Album, tours, future projects.
2.2 2011–2012: YouTube and rise in popularity.