Travis Horn

Theunis Arjan van der Hoorn (born February 17th), professionally known as Travis Horn or Travis Archibald Horn, is a South African-born American actor, singer, writer, songwriter, and producer. Since childhood, Horn has acted in various theater productions (including those on Broadway and West End London), films, and television shows. He also written a few screenplays, plays, and television episodes. In 2012, Horn decided to put his acting career on hold and attempt a music career. In 2013, Horn released his self-titled EP, Travis Horn, which reached #5 on the Billboard 200 in the United States.

In 2014, Horn announced that he would release his debut album Archibald in the UK and US. A release date for the album has not been set yet.

Early life
Travis Horn was born Theunis Arjan van der Hoorn to a Dutch father and a Flemish Belgian mother. Born in South Africa, it is said that Horn was born in either Pretoria, Bloemfontein, Durban, or Johannesburg, though he had lived in all of these cities in his early childhood. At the age of five, he and his family moved to the US, first to Los Angeles and then later to Washington, DC where they permanently settled.

His parents, after a very volatile relationship, divorced when he was six, only to remarry each other when he was sixteen, much to his chagrin. Horn even refused to come to his parents' second wedding. His younger twin brother and sister were born soon after their remarriage. Horn has an older brother by his parents who was given to his paternal grandparents to be raised in the Netherlands and remains estranged from the family. Horn made numerous attempts to build a relationship with his older brother but failed in doing so. Horn's older brother is a fashion designer, perfumier, and former model, and is very well known in the Netherlands and the rest of Europe. Horn's cousin is Wyatt van Cleef, a member of the indie pop band Curriculum.

Horn has purposely given conflicting reports about what his age is and as a result, it is truly unknown what year he was born or exactly how old he is. Despite this, many people currently assume he is in his twenties. Horn has remained consistent with the fact that he was born on February 17th.

Early acting career
Horn began acting when he was a child in various theater productions, films, and television shows would continue to do so as he grew older. Horn has made numerous appearances on Broadway and West End London for his theater work, doing plenty of musical plays. In 2012, Horn announced that he was taking a break from acting and would be pursuing a music career instead.

When he began his career, Horn initially went by his real name but then decided to "anglicized" his name to Travis Archibald Horn as he grew older to "make it simple" and because he was tired of people "mangling" his real name. He would be known as Travis Archibald Horn throughout his acting career, though in his music career he is now known simply as Travis Horn.

Travis Horn EP
In 2013, Horn released his debut self-titled EP Travis Horn. Prior to its release, three singles, later featured on the EP, were released but all failed to chart on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States, though they did all peak on the Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart and were later "demoted" and considered to be "buzz singles". Though all three tracks failed to appear on the Billboard Hot 100, the Travis Horn EP surprisingly debuted and peaked at #5 on the Billboard 200. The EP has sold 340,000 copies as of 2013.

Archibald
In 2014, Horn announced that he would be targeting to breakthrough to the UK music market by releasing his debut full-length album Archibald there. The album will also be released in the US. A release date for Archibald has not been set though Horn has stated that it would be released in the very near future.

Voice and artistry
Horn has a voice type of baritone. Though plenty compliment his voice as being "strong, full, and well-rounded" and that he is very articulate with his pronunciations, plenty more have complained that his voice "lacks character", is somewhat "plain and boring", that it has no "emotion or soul whatsover", and that he is "too well-trained". Despite the criticism, plenty of critics, including those who have criticized him, has stated that he is "one of the best singers in musical theater and Broadway of his generation" and that his music career should be "very promising".

Charting songs

 * Non-official singles that have charted.

A. "From Somewhere To Nowhere" did not chart on the Billboard Hot 100 but peak at #1 on the Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles Chart. B. "Shatters (Dismantle)" did not chart on the Billboard Hot 100 but did peak at #3 on the Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles Chart. C. "I Have My Reasons and Regrets" did not chart on the Billboard Hot 100 but did peak at #24 on the Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles Chart.
 * Notes