Draft:CG5 (Youtuber)
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CG5 | ||||||||||
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| Birth name | Charles Duncan Green | |||||||||
| Born | May 10, 1999 Arizona, United States | |||||||||
| Genres | Electropop | |||||||||
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| Years active | 2014 - present | |||||||||
Spouse | Emma Fox | |||||||||
| Website | cg5music | |||||||||
YouTube information | ||||||||||
| Channel | ||||||||||
| Subscribers | 8.83 million[1] | |||||||||
| Views | 3.29 billion[1] | |||||||||
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Last updated: July 21st, 2025 | ||||||||||
Charles Duncan "Charlie" Green, known online as CG5, is an American electropop singer and YouTuber who started his career back in 2014 by posting songs based upon popular memes and videogames of the time. His YouTube channel has over 8.6 million subscribers and his videos accumulated over 3.2 billion views as of July 2025.
About
[edit]Charles Duncan "Charlie" Green is originally from Arizona.[2] He was born on May 10th, 1999.[3]
The name of his channel gives an insight of his role in his family, being chosen as an abbreviation of "Charlie Green" (CG) and the "5" symbolizing the fact that he was the "5th generation of Charlie Green in his family".[2]
Duncan married a woman named Emma Fox, who inspired various works of his.
He is afflicted by Relationship Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, which also inspired one of his most popular non-fandom related pieces, his song "OCD".[4]
Career
[edit]He initially used his father's computer to edit videos and songs on his initial YouTube channel, called "Charlie Green".[2][5]
According to an interview with Indy100, Duncan was introduced to music at age 5 by his father through the computer program Hip Hop 4ej, which inspired him to pursue music as a career. His musical and inspirational influences include Phil Collins, Tears for Fears, ELO, Earth, Wind & Fire, Fleetwood Mac, Journey, and Duran Duran.[6]
Duncan created the CG5 YouTube channel in 2014,[7] where he uploaded various musical pieces based on different topics and franchises, such as memes, TV shows and videogames franchises, most notably Five Night at Freddy's, Bendy and the Ink Machine, Among Us, Poppy Playtime and Cuphead.[6][4] These pieces contributed to his initial success and later growth.[6]
His track called "Absolutely Anything," with over 16 million video views as of July 2025, was hand-picked by Warner Music Group's imprint label Spinnin' Records for redistribution, becoming the music producer's very first commercial breakthrough.[8]
He pursued a relationship with a woman named Emma Fox, who he then married. His wife inspired numerous of those songs that were not tied to pop culture references, such as his song "OCD" which explores his "Relationship Obsessive Compulsive Disorder" and how it played a role in their relationship.[4]
CG5 has performed multiple tours in the United States,[9][10] United Kingdom,[6][10] Ireland,[10] Netherlands and Australia.[10][11]
In January 2025, he released the first part of his three analog horror short films series he called "PROJECT U MOVE", which he started to brainstorm back in late 2024.[12][13]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "About CG5". YouTube.
- ^ a b c Parker, Ashley Joy (2024-09-27). "The Purveyor of Viral Pop-Culture Moments: YouTube's Top Artist CG5 Talks Sound, Style & Evolving IRL". Loop Magazine. Retrieved 2025-07-06.
- ^ "Charlie Green (CG5) - San Japan : Anime + Gaming Convention". Retrieved 2025-07-06.
- ^ a b c Schomer, Matthew (2024-09-11). "CG5 Talks Under the Spotlight Tour, Musical Direction, and More". Game Rant. Retrieved 2025-07-06.
- ^ "Charlie Green". YouTube. Retrieved 2025-07-06.
- ^ a b c d "Viral star CG5 on his first-ever UK Tour, favourite British meme and neurodiversity | indy100". www.indy100.com. Retrieved 2025-07-06.
- ^ "CG5". YouTube. Retrieved 2025-07-06.
- ^ "CG5". Bimbo's 365 Club. Retrieved 2025-07-06.
- ^ dcifarelli@masslive.com, David Cifarelli | (2024-07-26). "Remember CG5′s viral TikTok? Check out the musician at his Cambridge show". masslive. Retrieved 2025-07-06.
- ^ a b c d Schomer, Matthew (2024-09-09). ""A Fight With Enjoyment" - CG5 Talks Making Personal and Fandom-Based Music". Game Rant. Retrieved 2025-07-06.
- ^ "CG5 - Down Under The Spotlight Tour - Untitled Group". www.untitledgroup.com.au. Retrieved 2025-07-06.
- ^ Ahn, Aera (2025-03-28). "Interview: We're Absolutely Moved By CG5's PROJECT U MOVE PART 2 & 3". The Honey POP. Retrieved 2025-07-12.
- ^ "CG5 Teams Up with Piper Rubio for Three-Part Analog Horror Short Film, First Installment Arrives January 24th". GINX TV. 2025-01-01. Retrieved 2025-07-12.