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Joseph Vincent Encarnacion (born August 15, 1989), better known as Joseph Vincent, is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter. Joseph has been featured on NBC’s The Ellen DeGeneres Show and has performed at well-known Los Angeles venues, such as The House of Blues, The Knitting Factory, Roxy Theatre, El Rey Theatre, The Troubadour, among international venues in Australia, Singapore, and Canada.
Early life
Joseph Vincent was born on August 15, 1989 in Los Angeles, California, United States. He is of Filipino descent. Vincent picked up his first guitar when he was 15 and started by playing song covers of some of his main musical influences, such as Jack Johnson and Jason Mraz. He began writing and composing his own original songs at the age of 16. Vincent graduated from the University of California-Irvine in 2011.
Career
In June 2008, Vincent entered the music scene by uploading song covers on YouTube, where he became widely recognized. He now (as of January 30th, 2015) has over 470,000 subscribers and over 68 million views. Vincent has often collaborated with other well-known Youtube artists, such as Jason Chen and Clara C. Although he is best known in the United States, Vincent has become internationally popular, having performed sold out shows in Singapore, Canada, and Australia, and being voted Australia’s 'Youtube Artist of the Year' by Star Central magazine.
Outside of his YouTube success, Vincent was the winner of Kababayan LA’s first 'Kababayan Superstar' contest in 2009, and has been featured twice on NBC’s The Ellen DeGeneres Show; he was featured first for their Wonderful Web of Wonderment, and later as a performer, on April 29 and May 27, 2010.
On September 14, 2010, Joseph Vincent signed to Catch Adventures and was managed by Tom Ngo. Vincent released his debut album, Blue Skies, in 2011.
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