Joseph Birlem
Joseph Birlem
Joseph Birlem (born 29th May 2002) is an Instagram Star. He is a popular Instagrammer who supported Jacob Sartorius on the Sartorian Summer Send-Off tour. His Instagram following is north of 1.5 million and he has over 2 million fans on TikTok.
Early life
He is from West Los Angeles, California. He has two sisters, Sophia and Bella, and brothers named Scotty and Kashius. His mother's name is Jen Valdez.
Personal life
Joseph Birlem had a very good childhood.
His parents took a keen interest in his career and gave all the requisite support to him. At a young age, he wanted to be an athlete and was inspired by the American athletes who routinely win lots of medals in the Olympic Games and Asian games every year. He learned skateboarding and became a young skateboarder.
Rise to stardom
As TikTok (earlier known as Musical.ly) was becoming the platform for all the aspirational singers of the time, Joseph opened an account on the portal and started posting his music videos on it. The channel was very well received and got more than a million followers in a short time period. In view of his success on TikTok, he also posted his videos on other social media sites.
The number of followers of Joseph Birlem on Instagram too increased to 567K very quickly. His growing popularity made him emerge as one of the leading personalities on TikTok. During the month of December 2015, Joseph Birlem emerged as one of the most popular young singing sensations along with the likes of Loren Beech.
Another important factor that has contributed to his meteoric rise was his association with another teen internet sensation, Tayler Holder.
Tayler too was a young musician who was born in Texas.
When he migrated from Texas to California, he immediately collaborated with Joseph Birlem because of their common interests.
Together they started a YouTube Channel called Joey and Tayler in January 2016.
The channel was an instant hit among young audiences.
Both Tayler and Birlem share the revenues they make from their collaborative YouTube Channel.
Before fame
He grew up a skateboarder.
He first grew his social following on TikTok.
Trivia
He and his friend Tayler Holder created a collaborative YouTube channel called Joey and Taylor in January of 2016. He also has a self-titled YouTube channel where he has posted vlogs, challenges, and other videos.