{{Short description|British actor and singer (born 1970)}} {{Use British English|date=August 2014}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2020}} {{Infobox social media personality | name = Alex Boye | image = Alex Boye 2023 performance Oregon.jpg | alt = | caption = Boyé in a speech performance in Oregon, US | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1970|8|16}} | birth_place = London, England, UK | occupation = {{Hlist|Singer|actor|dancer|musician}} | spouse = {{marriage|Julie Boyé|2007}} | children = | website = {{URL|alexboye.com}} | youtube_handle = AlexBoyeReal | youtube_display_name = Alex Boyé | youtube_years_active = 2012–present | youtube_genre = Music | youtube_subscribers = 783 thousand{{nu|date=October 2025}}<!-- PLEASE DO NOT CHANGE WITHOUT UPDATING stats_update BELOW --> | youtube_views = 231.13 million{{nu|date=October 2025}}<!-- PLEASE DO NOT CHANGE WITHOUT UPDATING stats_update BELOW --> | stats_update = 14 June 2020 }}
'''Alex Boyé''' (born 16 August 1970)<ref name=sltrib717/> is a British-American singer, dancer, and actor. He was named the "2017 Rising Artist of the Year" in a contest sponsored by Pepsi and Hard Rock Cafe.<ref>{{cite web|author=KSL.com |url=http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=44916218|title=Alex Boyé to replace Christopher Jackson in Mormon Tabernacle Choir Pioneer Day concert|publisher=KSL.com|accessdate=30 August 2017}}</ref>
==Early life, family and education== Boyé was born in London, England, on 16 August 1970 to Nigerian parents. While pregnant, Boyé's mother went to London while his father remained in Nigeria. By his own account, Boyé never knew his father. His mother remarried and worked for the London Underground, cleaning tracks at night. One day his mother said she was going to Nigeria for a couple of weeks for a visit and did not return for eight years.
Boyé was raised in the Tottenham neighborhood that has been described as "tough". He spent much of his youth in foster homes with Caucasian parents.<ref name=sltrib717>{{cite news|last=Baker|first=Celia R.|title= Former British pop sensation Alex Boyé finds his voice in Mormon Tabernacle Choir|newspaper=The Salt Lake Tribune|date=17 July 2009|url=http://www.sltrib.com/ci_12853789|accessdate= 11 January 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120503200618/http://www.sltrib.com/ci_12853789|archive-date=3 May 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>
As a teenager, he listened to and was influenced by African-American artists, including Stevie Wonder, Kool and the Gang, James Brown, Marvin Gaye, Nat King Cole, Jackie Wilson and Otis Redding.
At age 16, Boyé was working in a McDonald's in London when he was introduced to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) by a manager. He was baptized soon afterward. Boyé first performed in public while serving as an LDS Church missionary in Bristol, England.<ref name=sltrib717/>
==Career== ===The 1990s=== After completing his LDS Church mission, Boyé became a backup dancer, including for George Michael.<ref name="Shute, British Mormons"/>
In 1995, he formed and became the lead singer of Awesome, a European boy band.<ref name=fairlds>{{cite web|last=Boyé|first=Alex|year=2004|title=International Perspectives of a Black Member in a "White" Church|url=http://www.fairlds.org/FAIR_Conferences/2004_International_Perspectives_of_a_Black_Member_in_a_White_Church.html|work=Proceedings of the 2004 FAIR Conference|publisher=Foundation for Apologetic Information & Research|accessdate=24 June 2012}}</ref>
Awesome performed at local dances and other small venues until 1996 when they won a vocal competition on Capital Radio, London's largest radio station. Subsequently, Universal Records of Europe signed Awesome to a five-album recording contract. Awesome released three singles off their first album, ''Rumors'', which made top-10 charts all across Europe.<ref name=fairlds/>
The band sold 500,000 albums and performed alongside artists that included Bryan Adams, George Michael, Simon and Garfunkel, MC Hammer, and many others. But Boyé disliked the lifestyle of a touring musician. "I had this dream of being a musician, but it was taking me down a road that led somewhere I didn't want to go," he said.<ref name=sltrib717/> Boyé decided to leave the band in 1999 to pursue a solo career. He lost all of the material possessions he had gained as a member of Awesome when the record company took the apartment, the clothes, the phone and the money.<ref name=fairlds/>
In 1999, Boyé joined two other artists in London to discuss recording a demo tape of LDS Church hymns with a pop/R&B spin. One of the artists sat at the piano and hit upon a jazz sound for the hymn "Count Your Many Blessings" which became the signature song for the group. That evening they began to improvise church hymns and eventually created 'Soul Saints'.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://music.mandy.com/uk/band/1330/soul-saints |title=Band: Soul Saints |access-date=1 November 2017 |archive-date=7 November 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107010508/https://music.mandy.com/uk/band/1330/soul-saints |url-status=dead }}</ref> Within a couple of weeks, the group had started recording the songs and gave performances at Hyde Park, London before going on to tour in Utah. Wayne Scholes was the group's manager and Excel Records acted as a consultant while Soul Saints were in the United States.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://universe.byu.edu/2000/02/17/soul-saints-give-youth-something-to-sing-about/|title='Soul Saints' give youth something to sing about|website=Universe.byu.edu|date=17 February 2000|accessdate=25 July 2020}}</ref>
===The 2000s=== In 2000, Boyé moved to Salt Lake City, Utah, to pursue a career in Mormon music.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Alex Boye 2017 |url=https://www.thetabernaclechoir.org/about/guest-artists/alex-boye.html |access-date=2022-05-16 |website=www.thetabernaclechoir.org}}</ref> He released his first religious album ''The Love Goes On'' in 2001.<ref>{{Citation |title=Alex Boye - The Love Goes On |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/14564085-Alex-Boye-The-Love-Goes-On |language=en |access-date=2022-05-16}}</ref>
When the lead actor portraying Frederick Douglass in the Rodgers Memorial Theatre's production of Frank Wildhorn's ''Civil War'' dropped out three weeks before the play opened, Boyé was recruited as a replacement. With no prior acting experience and no knowledge of the Civil War, he learned his lines and united the cast. Glenn McKay, the theatre's board president, had recruited black performers for the show from the Calvary Baptist choir and other area churches, but was having trouble melding them with his Davis County regulars. McKay said Boyé "saved the production."<ref name=sltrib717/> Boyé followed that success with the role of Abinadab in the Lightstone Films production of ''David and Goliath''.<ref>{{IMDb name|id= 1902916|name= Alex Boye}}</ref> In 2005, Boyé received an award from the LDS Booksellers Association for his album ''Testimony''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ldsgenesisgroup.org/boyebio.html|title=Alex Boyé: "The Song of the Heart"|work=ldsgenesisgroup.org|publisher=Genesis Group|accessdate=22 June 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120326022402/http://www.ldsgenesisgroup.org/boyebio.html|archive-date=26 March 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> Boyé also appeared in a 2008 episode of the BYU produced TV show'' The Writers' Block''.<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1902916/ Profile], IMDb.com; accessed 15 June 2016.</ref>
Boyé was seeking a way to build a Latter-day Saint audience when he met Craig Jessop, then conductor of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, at a Latter-day Saint music festival and he encouraged Boyé to audition for the choir. Boyé joined the 360-voice Mormon Tabernacle Choir in 2006 and became one of its three black members. He also continued to pursue a solo career.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.alexboye.com/about-alex-boy%C3%A9|title=About Alex Boyé|publisher=Alex Boyé|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707104709/http://www.alexboye.com/about-alex-boy%C3%A9|archivedate=7 July 2011}}</ref> He had two solo parts in the choir's album ''Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865555240/Alex-Boye-in-concert-to-spread-message-of-hope.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120728192400/http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865555240/Alex-Boye-in-concert-to-spread-message-of-hope.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=28 July 2012|title=Alex Boye in concert to spread message of hope|publisher=Deseret News|date=6 May 2012|accessdate=22 June 2012}}</ref>
===The 2010s=== In 2010, Boyé performed the single, "Born to Be a Scout", at the National Scout Jamboree at Fort A.P. Hill, Virginia.<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1288505/ ''Scout Camp'' (film details)], imdb.com; accessed 15 June 2016.</ref> Boyé was signed to Deseret Book's Shadow Mountain label.<ref name=sltrib717/> In August 2010, he was a featured soloist in a concert connected at the re-dedication of a Catholic church in St. George, Utah.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thechurchnews.com/archive/2010-09-04/mutual-respect-at-time-of-celebration-36048|title= Mutual respect at time of celebration|newspaper=Church News|date=4 August 2010|first=R. Scott|last=Lloyd|accessdate=22 June 2012}}</ref>
Songs by Boyé have appeared in movie soundtracks including ''Charly'' (2002), ''The Dance'', ''Baptists at Our Barbecue'' and ''Church Ball''.<ref name="SMR bio">{{cite web|url=http://www.shadowmountainrecords.com/artists/alex-boye|work= shadowmountainrecords.com|publisher=Shadow Mountain Records|title=Alex Boyé|accessdate=22 June 2012|date=7 September 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thechurchnews.com/archive/2010-09-07/video-hi-im-alex-boye-i-am-a-recording-artist-and-im-a-mormon-36060|title=Video: 'Hi, I'm Alex Boye I am a recording artist and I'm a Mormon'|date=7 September 2010|accessdate=22 June 2012}}</ref>
Boyé was featured in a video by The Piano Guys, released in January 2012 as "Peponi", a cover of Coldplay's "Paradise" on YouTube.<ref>{{cite news|first=Emily W.|last=Jensen|date=11 January 2012|title=Alex Boyé sings Coldplay and the LDS Church on Twitter|url=http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705397146/Alex-Boye-sings-Coldplay-and-the-LDS-Church-on-Twitter.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120113003834/http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705397146/Alex-Boye-sings-Coldplay-and-the-LDS-Church-on-Twitter.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=13 January 2012|newspaper=Deseret News}}</ref> In early 2013 he did a cover of the Lumineers' "Ho Hey" that also generated a large number of YouTube hits.<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865571736/Mormon-recording-artist-Alex-Boye-to-take-new-Luminneers-Ho-Hey-cover-out-to-sea-video.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130131100926/http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865571736/Mormon-recording-artist-Alex-Boye-to-take-new-Luminneers-Ho-Hey-cover-out-to-sea-video.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=31 January 2013|title=Mormon recording artist Alex Boyé to take new Lumineers' "Ho Hey" cover out to sea (+ video)|newspaper=Deseret News|date=29 January 2013|first=Brooke|last=Porter}}</ref>
In early 2013, Boyé signed with Wenrick-Birtcher Entertainment (Eddie Wenrick & Baron R. Birtcher) as his managers. In March 2013, Boyé opened for a performance by Olivia Newton-John at the Royal Albert Hall.<ref name="Shute, British Mormons">Shute, "British Mormons"</ref> A documentary DVD entitled ''Front Man'' telling Boyé's story has also been produced.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://deseretbook.com/Front-Man-Alex-Boye-Story-Deseret-Book-Company/i/5078003 |title=Deseret Book link on Front Man |access-date=9 April 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130314153013/http://deseretbook.com/Front-Man-Alex-Boye-Story-Deseret-Book-Company/i/5078003 |archive-date=14 March 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2013, Boye released a song entitled "I Am Gold".<ref>[https://www.deseret.com/2013/9/15/20525609/alex-boye-s-new-album-is-pop-music-with-an-african-twist/ ''Deseret News''], 15 September 2013.</ref>
In early 2014, he, along with the One Voice Children's Choir, created an Africanized tribal version of the popular song "Let It Go" from the movie ''Frozen''.<ref>{{citation |first= Alison |last= Moore |date= 16 February 2014 |title= Alex Boyé teams up with One Voice Children's Choir and Lexi Walker for Africanized 'Let It Go' |url= http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865596418/Alex-Boy-teams-up-with-One-Voice-Childrens-Choir-and-Lexi-Walker-for-Africanized-Let-It-Go.html?pg=all |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140216085416/http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865596418/Alex-Boy-teams-up-with-One-Voice-Childrens-Choir-and-Lexi-Walker-for-Africanized-Let-It-Go.html?pg=all |url-status= dead |archive-date= 16 February 2014 |newspaper= Deseret News }}</ref> The video went viral, propelling Boyé's combined YouTube views to over 100 million. It was selected as YouTube's best pop cover of 2014.<ref>{{citation |first= Sarah |last= Petersen |date= 31 December 2014 |title= Alex Boye's 'Let It Go' and Piano Guys make YouTube's "Best Pop Covers of 2014" |url= http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865618732/Alex-Boyes-Let-It-Go-and-Piano-Guys-make-YouTubes-Best-Pop-Covers-of-2014.html?s_cid=Email-1 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150102185219/http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865618732/Alex-Boyes-Let-It-Go-and-Piano-Guys-make-YouTubes-Best-Pop-Covers-of-2014.html?s_cid=Email-1 |url-status= dead |archive-date= 2 January 2015 |newspaper= Deseret News }}</ref> He also released his Lemonade video on YouTube with more than 1.7 million views<ref>YouTube</ref>
Boyé had a role in the 2014 film ''Saints and Soldiers: The Void''. He also released a YouTube music video to promote the film.<ref>{{citation |first= Sarah |last= Petersen |date= 2 August 2014 |title= The Clean Cut: Alex Boye releases "Danny Boy" music video for ''Saints and Soldiers'' film |url= http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865607926/The-Clean-Cut-Alex-Boye-releases-Danny-Boy-music-video-for-Saints-and-Soldiers-film.html |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140805045134/http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865607926/The-Clean-Cut-Alex-Boye-releases-Danny-Boy-music-video-for-Saints-and-Soldiers-film.html |url-status= dead |archive-date= 5 August 2014 |newspaper= Deseret News }}</ref> He attained some acclaim for his cover of Taylor Swift's song "Shake It Off",<ref>{{citation|first=Sarah|last=Petersen|date=11 November 2014|title=The Clean Cut: Alex Boye releases cover of Taylor Swift's 'Shake It Off'|url=http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865615257/The-Clean-Cut-Alex-Boye-releases-cover-of-Taylor-Swifts-Shake-It-Off.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141113172812/http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865615257/The-Clean-Cut-Alex-Boye-releases-cover-of-Taylor-Swifts-Shake-It-Off.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=13 November 2014|newspaper=Deseret News|accessdate=15 June 2016}}</ref> with over 600,000 views, as of 1 January 2015.
In December 2014, Boyé released an original Christmas song and YouTube video entitled "Newborn – Wise Men Still Seek Him".<ref>{{citation|first=Sarah|last=Petersen|date=16 December 2014|title=The Clean Cut: Alex Boye releases original Christmas song|url=http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865617850/The-Clean-Cut-Alex-Boye-shares-original-Christmas-song-from-the-perspective-of-a-wise-man.html?pg=all|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150102182505/http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865617850/The-Clean-Cut-Alex-Boye-shares-original-Christmas-song-from-the-perspective-of-a-wise-man.html?pg=all|url-status=dead|archive-date=2 January 2015|newspaper=Deseret News|accessdate=15 June 2016}}</ref>
In January 2015, Boyé released an Africanised version of "Circle of Life", with proceeds from the sale going to the koinsforkenya mission. In 2015, Boyé was awarded the Governor's Mansion Artist Award.<ref>[http://www.mormontabernaclechoir.org/articles/alex-boye-governors-mansion-artist-award.html Boyé awarded Governor's Mansion Artist Award], mormontabernaclechoir.org; accessed 15 June 2016.</ref>
In June 2015, Boyé and his band, Changing Lanes Experience, performed their version of Taylor Swift's "Shake It Off" on the 10th season of ''America's Got Talent''. After receiving great comments from the judges, they advanced into the next round to perform on Judge Cuts Week. In August 2015, he and the band were eliminated on Judge Cuts Week 4 after performing their version of Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars' "Uptown Funk".
In September 2015, Boye was announced to be cast as The Heavenly Guide in the remake of the film ''Saturday's Warrior''. It was released in Utah theaters on 1 April 2016 before expanding it to various other states in the following weeks and months.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20150924142041/http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865635838/Newly-announced-Saturdays-Warrior-cast-to-include-Alex-Boye.html?s_cid=Email-4 ''Saturday's Warrior'' details], DeseretNews.com; accessed 15 June 2016.</ref>
In early 2016 Boye and the Brigham Young University Men's Chorus released a version of Christopher Tin's "Baba Yetu", the theme music to the video game ''Civilization IV'' with lyrics adapted from the Biblical Lord's Prayer in Swahili.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20160405101852/http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865650734/UTubers-Alex-Boye-BYU-Men7s-Chorus-release-videos-of-the-Lord7s-Prayer-in-Swahili.html?s_cid=Email-4 "Baba Yetu"], DeseretNews.com; accessed 15 June 2016.</ref>
Boyé appeared in a duet with Marie Osmond on her album ''Music Is Medicine'' that was released on 15 April 2016. The video for the song "Then There's You" was released on the video streaming site Vevo on 27 March 2016 and features the duo performing in a Las Vegas backdrop at Caesars Palace Hotel and the Paris Hotel. Boyé was cast as Pastor Aiken in ''Drop Off'', which was a family film.<ref>{{Cite press release|url=http://standardnewswire.com/news/3271213936.html|title=Fun, Uplifting Drop Off Film, Tackles Greed, Discrimination, and Teen Envy - Standard Newswire|website=standardnewswire.com|access-date=2019-02-05}}</ref>
Boyé was selected as the "Grand Prize Winner" of the Hard Rock Rising 2017 Battle of the Bands.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hardrockrising.com|title=Hard Rock Rising 2017 - Announcing Our Winners|publisher=Hardrockrising.com|accessdate=30 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170830193431/http://www.hardrockrising.com/|archive-date=30 August 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> That same year, Boyé performed as the guest artist for the 2017 Mormon Tabernacle Choir Pioneer Concert, performing a mix of originals and covers.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rexburgstandardjournal.com/entertainment/mormon-tabernacle-choir-announces-change-in-guest-artist-for-pioneer/article_49eb3438-626d-11e7-846b-73d9a77c43a1.html|title=Mormon Tabernacle Choir announces change in guest artist for Pioneer Day concert|first=Mormon Newsroom press|last=release|date=6 July 2017 }}</ref>
In September 2018, Boyé released the single "Bend Not Break", which focuses on suicide prevention and was produced by Randy Jackson (American Idol). The music video was filmed in Herriman, Utah with help from over 1,000 students from Herriman High, as well as members of the community.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Roe |first=Ginna |date=2018-08-23 |title=Alex Boye features Herriman High in music video about suicide prevention |url=https://kutv.com/news/local/alex-boye-features-herriman-high-in-music-video-about-suicide-prevention |access-date=2025-01-17 |website=KUTV |language=en}}</ref>
==Personal life== Boyé met his wife, Julie, in an LDS Church singles ward<ref name=sltrib717/> and they were married in the Salt Lake Temple on 6 January 2007.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.famousmormons.net/ent.html|title=Famous Mormons in Music and Entertainment|date=22 June 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131016064933/http://www.famousmormons.net/ent.html|archivedate=16 October 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://mormonlife.com/story/67878-alex-boyes-american-dream-comes-true-with-us-citizenship|archive-url=https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20131021180419/http://www.ldsliving.com/story/67878-alex-boyes-american-dream-comes-true-with-us-citizenship?fm=1|url-status=dead|archive-date=21 October 2013|title=Alex Boye's American dream comes true with U.S. citizenship|first=Emily|last=McClure|date=28 February 2012|accessdate=22 June 2012}}</ref> They have eight children.{{citation needed|date=November 2024}}
In 2009, Boyé began raising money to buy a house for a local refugee family with sales of his single, "Crazy for You".<ref>{{cite news|last=Sheahan|first=Nicole|url=http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705379595/Alex-Boye-Being-the-Change-2-Inside-Mormon-Music.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017085009/http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705379595/Alex-Boye-Being-the-Change-2-Inside-Mormon-Music.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 October 2013|title=Alex Boye: Being the Change – Inside Mormon Music|date=11 December 2009|newspaper=Deseret News|accessdate=15 June 2016}}</ref>
On 22 February 2012, Boyé became a United States citizen in a ceremony at the Rose Wagner Theater in Salt Lake City.<ref>[http://ldsliving.com/story/67878-alex-boyes-american-dream-comes-true-with-us-citizenship Alex Boye's American dream comes true with U.S. citizenship] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130403103540/http://ldsliving.com/story/67878-alex-boyes-american-dream-comes-true-with-us-citizenship |date=3 April 2013 }}, Ldsliving.com; accessed 15 June 2016.</ref> He was surprised when he was invited by the judge conducting the ceremony to sing "The Star-Spangled Banner".<ref>{{cite news|title=Singer now a citizen: Alex Boye performs at naturalization|url=https://www.thechurchnews.com/archive/2012-03-02/singer-now-a-citizen-alex-boye-performs-at-naturalization-38166|accessdate=24 June 2012|newspaper=Church News|date=2 March 2012}}</ref>
==Discography== ===Albums=== *''Testimony'' (2004) *''Spirit'' (2007) *''Be Still, My Soul: Classic Hymns & Folk Songs'' (2009) *''Africanized'' (2014) *''African Gospel Inspirations'' (2016) *''Coming to Amerika'' (2019)
===EPs=== *''Hope for Israel'' (2011) *''We All Bleed the Same'' (2016) *''Africanized Christmas'' (2016)
===Singles=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! style="width:200px;"| Song(s) ! Artist ! Album ! Role |- | 2012 | "Peponi (Paradise)" | The Piano Guys | ''The Piano Guys'' | Featured Artist |- | 2015 | "Revelation" | Alan Hewitt & One Nation | ''Evolution'' | Featured Artist |- | 2016 | "Then There's You" | Marie Osmond | ''Music Is Medicine'' | Featured Artist |- |}
==Filmography== {|class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |- |2004 |''3.2 Percent (TV Series)'' |Himself |1 episode |- |2005 |''David and Goliath'' |Abinidab |Movie |- |2008 |''The Writers' Block (TV Series)'' |Joshua |1 episode |- |rowspan=3|2012 |''Front Man: The Alex Boye Story'' |Himself |Documentary |- |''Restoring Love'' |Himself/Singer |TV movie |- |''The Song That Changed My Life'' |Himself |1 episode |- |rowspan=2|2014 |''The Hour of Power'' |Himself/Musical Guest |1 episode |- |''Saints and Soldiers: The Void'' |Private Perry |Movie |- |rowspan=3|2016 |''Saturday's Warrior'' |The Heavenly Guide |Movie |- |''Drop Off'' |Pastor Aiken |Movie |- |''Music and the Spoken Word'' |Himself |1 episode |- |2019 |''Show Offs'' |Himself |1 episode |- |2020 |''Green Flake'' |Jacob |Movie |}
==Notes== {{Reflist|30em}}
==References== *{{citation|last=Ackerman |first=Tori |date=2 December 2010 |title=From boy band to Mo-Tab, Boye records Christmas album |url=http://universe2.byu.edu/node/12659 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131021180430/http://universe2.byu.edu/node/12659 |url-status=dead |archive-date=21 October 2013 |newspaper=The Daily Universe |publisher=BYU }} *{{citation |last= Burger |first= David |date= 24 January 2011 |title= MoTab's Alex Boye subject of doc at LDS Film Festival |url= http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/blogsburger/51112780-53/boye-lds-alex-festival.html.csp |newspaper= The Salt Lake Tribune}} *{{citation |last= Somers |first= Liz |url= http://blogs.denverpost.com/highernote/tag/alex-boye/ |title= Arvada "Soul Food" features Mormon Choir soloist |newspaper= The Denver Post|date= 7 March 2010 }} *{{citation |first= Michael |last= Young |date=October 2010 |title= Alex Boyé |url= http://mormonartist.net/issue-12/alex-boye/ |journal= Mormon Artist |issue= 12 }} *{{citation|url=http://www.mormonmusic.org/content/alex-boye-0 |title=Alex Boye |work=Artists |publisher=Mormons in Music/More Good Foundation |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111026065335/http://www.mormonmusic.org/content/alex-boye-0 |archivedate=26 October 2011 }} *{{citation |url= http://www.ldsmusicworld.com/artists/alex_boye.html |title= Alex Boye: LDS Music World presents the music of LDS artist Alex Boye |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20091129205844/http://www.ldsmusicworld.com/artists/alex_boye.html |archivedate= 29 November 2009 |work= ldsmusicworld.com |publisher= Jefferson Fairbanks }} *[http://www.discogs.com/artist/Alex+Boye Boye entry] at Discogs *{{citation|url=http://www.lds.org.uk/news/article-view/archive/2010/july/article/alex-boye-from-mormon-tabernacle-choir-entertains-at-hyde-park-stake-institute-graduation/ |title=Alex Boye' from Mormon Tabernacle Choir Entertains at Hyde Park Stake Institute Graduation |work=News from England |publisher=LDS Church |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110217062515/http://www.lds.org.uk/news/article-view/archive/2010/july/article/alex-boye-from-mormon-tabernacle-choir-entertains-at-hyde-park-stake-institute-graduation/ |archivedate=17 February 2011 }}
==External links== *{{Official website|http://www.alexboye.com/}} *{{IMDb name|1902916}} *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cgovv8jWETM ''Peponi''], an African-stylized cover of Coldplay's ''Paradise'' with Alex Boyé, Jon Schmidt, and Steven Sharp Nelson, on YouTube *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsPKM9ixW_w ''Alex Boye performs the national anthem after becoming a U.S. Citizen''] on YouTube
;Interviews *{{citation|title=Alex Boyé Wants Jesus to Walk With Him|url=http://www.sistasinzion.com/2010/01/alex-boye-wants-jesus-to-walk-with-him.html|date=14 January 2010|work=sistasinzion.com|access-date=11 January 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150110092550/http://sistasinzion.com/2010/01/alex-boye-wants-jesus-to-walk-with-him.html|archive-date=10 January 2015|url-status=dead}} *{{citation|last=Hanson|first=Nancy|url=http://mormonchannel.org/everything-creative-discussion/33|title=Episode 33 – Musician Alex Boye|work=Everything Creative|publisher=Mormon Channel, LDS Church|access-date=11 January 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150110095105/http://www.mormonchannel.org/everything-creative-discussion/33|archive-date=10 January 2015|url-status=dead}} *{{citation|last=Starr |first=Rick |url=http://mormonchannel.org/why-i-believe/9?lang=eng |title=Episode 9 – Alex Boye |work=Why I Believe |publisher=Mormon Channel, LDS Church |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131021184620/http://www.mormonchannel.org/why-i-believe/9?lang=eng |archivedate=21 October 2013 }}
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