{"id":6898,"date":"2019-01-30T06:24:05","date_gmt":"2019-01-30T06:24:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/youtuber-james-charles-tells-lbc-birmingham-crowd-normal\/"},"modified":"2019-01-30T06:24:05","modified_gmt":"2019-01-30T06:24:05","slug":"youtuber-james-charles-tells-lbc-birmingham-crowd-normal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/youtuber-james-charles-tells-lbc-birmingham-crowd-normal\/","title":{"rendered":"YouTuber James Charles tells LBC Birmingham crowd ‘normal’"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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A YouTuber whose visit to a store sparked city centre gridlock has said the 8,000-fan turnout was “surprisingly normal”.<\/p>\n

James Charles was speaking on LBC after overhearing presenter James O’Brien say he was baffled at the huge attendance. <\/p>\n

Birmingham city centre was brought to a standstill on Saturday, with Charles’ appearance thought partially to blame.<\/p>\n

The city council said it would have planned for a major event if it had known of his visit in advance.<\/p>\n

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On his radio show earlier, Mr O’Brien called for his listeners to explain<\/a> “why 8,000 people turned up to watch James Charles open a make-up shop”, adding he was “genuinely baffled”.<\/p>\n

“Why don’t I know about James Charles? Given that I read every newspaper every day,” he said.<\/p>\n

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Overhearing the conversation while travelling to the airport, beauty guru Charles rang in.<\/p>\n

Mr O’Brien asked the YouTube star if it was “normal for 8,000 people to turn up?” Charles replied: “Surprisingly, yes…” \u00a0 <\/p>\n

He said a previous meet-and-greet in Toronto, Canada, had attracted more than 10,000 people, and his recent events had been “getting crazy numbers”.<\/p>\n

Charles added: “I have been making make-up videos for around three years now on my channel and my career has definitely been quite a wild ride.”<\/p>\n

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Who is James Charles?<\/h2>\n

He is a 19-year-old social media star from Bethlehem, New York.<\/p>\n

He has a YouTube channel followed by almost 14 million people where he uploads make-up tutorials, reviews and challenges.<\/p>\n

The beauty influencer makes millions of dollars via his own merchandise and clothing range and sponsored social media posts.<\/p>\n

He calls his fans “sisters” and his fanbase “the sisterhood”.<\/p>\n

Last year, he released his own eyeshadow palette that sent millions of teens and make-up lovers into a tailspin as they tried to get their hands on it. The palette sold out worldwide within hours – twice.<\/p>\n

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Charles was greeted by three floors of supporters when he appeared at the Morphe make-up store at the weekend.<\/p>\n

Birmingham City Council said had it known about the appearance ahead of time, it would have planned for the visit as it does for other major events such as Pride.<\/p>\n