About
Smooth McGroove is a YouTube musician known for his a cappella cover of video game music.
Online History
McGrove created his self-named YouTube channel[1] on December 20th, 2012. He uploaded his first video on the same day, which features McGrove singing a song titled “Jeren.” As of September 2014, the video has gained over 100,000 views. He uploaded his first a cappella cover, titled “Zelda’s Lullaby Acapella” on January 13th, 2013, as of September 2014, the video has gained over 600,000 views.
As of September 2014, McGrove’s two most popular videos are “Street Fighter 2” which was uploaded on April 8th, 2013, which has gained over 6.5 million views, and “Super Mario World – Overworld Theme Acapella” which was uploaded on August 5th, it has gained over 3.8 million views.
On April 16th, Buzzfeed[4] ran a profile of Smooth McGrove titled “Meet Smooth McGroove, The Gamer With The Golden Voice,” which featured a round-up of his a cappella covers. His videos were featured on Mashable on September 2nd,[5] and December 4th.[6]
Reputation
As of September 2014, McGrove’s Twitter account[3] has gained over 50,000 followers and his Facebook page[2] has gained over 180,000 likes. His Twitter account has gained over 1 million followers.