Synopsis
Adam
Levine is the Grammy-winning singer for the band Maroon 5, whose
success includes several chart-topping hits and gold and platinum
albums. In 2011, he branched out to television as a judge on the reality
singing show The Voice.
Adam
Levine was born on March 18, 1979, in Los Angeles. He formed his first
band, Kara’s Flowers, while at the Brentwood School with friends Jesse
Carmichael, Mickey Madden and Ryan Dusick, and the band released its
first album, The Fourth World, in 1997 (while the members were
seniors in high school). Kara’s Flowers released one single, “Soap
Disco,” and appeared on an episode of Beverly Hills 90210 before finding success elusive and breaking up.
Levine and Carmichael left Los Angeles for Long Island, New York, to attend Five Towns College, a music and performing arts school. Living in New York exposed the pair to an entirely different music scene, involving large doses of R&B and hip-hop, and Levine later would say that living in New York had a large impact on his musical point of view.
Levine and Carmichael left Los Angeles for Long Island, New York, to attend Five Towns College, a music and performing arts school. Living in New York exposed the pair to an entirely different music scene, involving large doses of R&B and hip-hop, and Levine later would say that living in New York had a large impact on his musical point of view.
Maroon 5
Levine
and Carmichael dropped out of Five Towns and returned to Los Angeles in
2000. There they reunited with the other members of Kara's Flowers and
added a new member, guitarist James Valentine (Carmichael moved to
keyboards). The band then changed its name to Maroon 5 and released its
debut album, Songs About Jane, in 2002. Two years later, after
slowly climbing the charts, the album went platinum, and the song’s
music video turned Adam Levine into an instant sex symbol. In 2004, the
band earned its first Grammy Award, for Best New Artist (the band also
won Grammys in 2005 and 2007 for Best Pop Performance).
Songs About Jane was followed by It Won’t Be Soon Before Long and Hands All Over (which featured the smash hit “Moves Like Jagger”), which peaked at number 1 and number 2, respectively, on the Billboard chart. Levine has also found success along the way appearing on other musicians’ albums, working with such superstars as Kanye West, Alicia Keys and Natasha Bedingfield.
Songs About Jane was followed by It Won’t Be Soon Before Long and Hands All Over (which featured the smash hit “Moves Like Jagger”), which peaked at number 1 and number 2, respectively, on the Billboard chart. Levine has also found success along the way appearing on other musicians’ albums, working with such superstars as Kanye West, Alicia Keys and Natasha Bedingfield.
In 2012, Maroon 5 returned to the charts with Overexposed.
The album featured such hits as "One More Night" and "Payphone" with
Wiz Khalifa. Levine and his band mates went on an international tour to
promote the recording.
Beyond Music
Adam Levine began branching out into TV in 2007 when he made a comedic appearance on Saturday Night Live. He also appeared on Comedy Central’s “A Night of Too Many Stars” and had a cameo on Jimmy Kimmel Live. In 2011, Levine made the jump to a full-time TV role as a judge on the reality series The Voice, and 2012 finds him with a role on the series American Horror Story.
When not singing or appearing on TV, Adam Levine works toward the advancement of various causes, among them awareness for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), testicular cancer (for which he posed nude for Cosmopolitan magazine) and gay (LGBT) rights.
When not singing or appearing on TV, Adam Levine works toward the advancement of various causes, among them awareness for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), testicular cancer (for which he posed nude for Cosmopolitan magazine) and gay (LGBT) rights.
Source: biography.com
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