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Adam Levine
AdamLevine2011(d).jpg
Levine in 2011
Background information
Birth name Adam Noah Levine
Born March 18, 1979 (age 34)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Genres Pop rock, alternative rock, funk rock, neo soul, R&B, pop
Occupations Musician, singer-songwriter, television music competition coach, entrepreneur, actor
Instruments Vocals, guitar, bass, piano, drums
Years active 1994–present
Labels A&M/Octone
Associated acts Maroon 5, Kara's Flowers
Website www.maroon5.com
Adam Noah Levine (born March 18, 1979) is an American singer-songwriter and musician, widely known as the lead vocalist of pop rock band Maroon 5.
Born and raised in Los Angeles, California, Levine began his musical career in 1994, when he co-founded alternative rock band Kara's Flowers, of which he was the lead vocalist and guitarist. After the commercial failure of their only album, The Fourth World, the band split up. Later, he reformed the band and a fifth member was added to form Maroon 5. The band released their first album, Songs About Jane, which went multi-platinum in the US. Since then, they have released three more albums, It Won't Be Soon Before Long (2007), Hands All Over (2010) and Overexposed (2012). As part of Maroon 5, he has received three Grammy Awards, two Billboard Music Awards, two American Music Awards, an MTV Video Music Award and a World Music Award.
Since 2011, Levine has served as a coach on NBC's reality talent show The Voice. The winners of the first and fifth seasons, Javier Colon and Tessanne Chin, were on his team. In 2012, he made his acting debut as a recurring character in the horror television show American Horror Story: Asylum for the series' second season. He also appeared in the film Can a Song Save Your Life?.
As an entrepreneur, Levine launched his own eponymous fragrance line in 2013. The same year, he collaborated with Kmart and ShopYourWay.com to develop his menswear collection. He also owns a record label, 222 Records. In 2013, The Hollywood Reporter reported that "sources familiar with his many business dealings" estimated Levine would earn more than $35 million that year.[1]
Contents [hide]
1 Early life
2 Kara's Flowers
3 Maroon 5 and mainstream success
4 Other work
4.1 Musical collaborations
4.2 TV and media
4.3 Business ventures and endorsements
5 Artistry
6 Personal life
7 Discography
7.1 Singles as a featured artist
7.2 Guest appearances
8 Filmography
9 References
10 Further reading
11 External links
Early life
Adam Noah Levine[2] was born in Los Angeles on March 18, 1979[3] to Fred Levine, the founder of retail chain M. Fredric, and Patsy (née Noah) Levine, an admissions counselor.[1][4] Journalist and author Timothy Noah is his uncle.[5] He has two brothers, Michael and Sam.[6] Levine's parents divorced when he was seven. Growing up, he spent weekdays with his mother and weekends with his father.[7] He underwent therapy for his parents' divorce, but called it a "waste of time" explaining that his parents could not "accept the fact that I might have been OK with it. I cried my eyes out and kicked and screamed and said, 'Why?' and all the things you do when you find out. A few days later I was fine but I still had to go to therapy".[8]
Levine describes his family as "very musical"[9] and credits his mother with "start[ing] me out on the path".[10] He also attributes his mother's idols - Simon & Garfunkel, Fleetwood Mac and, most notably, The Beatles - to shaping his musical style, calling them "a huge part of my upbringing".[7] He attended Brentwood School, where he met Jesse Carmichael and Mickey Madden, his future bandmates.[11] He carried his musical interests to high school, where he states he was "a little rebellious. I didn't want to do the things they were teaching me ... [music] consumed my every thought."[9]
Levine used hallucinogenic drugs in his adolescence. In an interview with Q, he said that using mushrooms "really forced me to look at myself" but added that he had never abused drugs.[12][13] On Jimmy Kimmel Live!, he stated that he stopped using drugs after his first experience with prescription drug Ambien, which left him unconscious for an hour.[14]
Levine's father and maternal grandfather are Jewish,[7] while his maternal grandmother was Protestant.[15] Levine considers himself Jewish, though according to his interview in The Jewish Chronicle, he "has rejected formal religious practice for a more generalized, spiritual way of life". He chose not to have a Bar Mitzvah as a child, explaining: "I felt as though a lot of kids were trying to cash in ... I just don't think it's the most respectful way to deal with God and beliefs and years and years and years of cultural heritage".[7]
Kara's Flowers
Main article: Kara's Flowers
In September 1995, Levine, along with Carmichael, Madden and Ryan Dusick, another Brentwood High student, formed garage band Kara's Flowers.[16] The group played their first gig at the Whisky a Go Go, a nightclub in West Hollywood, California, with Levine on vocals and guitar.[17] In 1997, the band was discovered while they were performing at a beach party in Malibu by independent producer Tommy Allen. Allen, along with his partner John DeNicola, had the band record a 11-track album.[17] Owing to a string of industry showcases in Los Angeles, they were signed on to Reprise Records through producer Rob Cavallo.[18] In 1997, Kara's Flowers released their first album, titled The Fourth World.[19] That same year, the band appeared on an episode of the drama series Beverly Hills, 90210.[1] After their graduation, the band toured in support of their debut. Despite high expectations,[17] the album had little success, selling about 5,000 copies,[20] and its only single, "Soap Disco", failed commercially. Finally, on Cavallo's exit from the label,[17] Reprise decided to drop the band.[21] Disappointed with the results of their album, the band broke up.[22][23] Later, Levine would say of the experience: "Kara’s Flowers was just floating up the wall beneath the sticks. Make a record quickly, put it out. No touring base, no nothing. Just try to make it happen right out of the gate and it just doesn’t work".[24]
Maroon 5 and mainstream success
Main article: Maroon 5
After the break up of Kara's Flowers, Levine, along with Carmichael, left Los Angeles to pursue further studies in New York.[17] On MTV News, in 2002, he said: "That's when I started waking up to the whole hip-hop, R&B thing. We had friends named Chaos and Shit. It was not Brentwood High".[25] After dropping out of Five Towns College, where he and Carmichael had enrolled to study music, they reunited with Madden and Dusick to form a band once more.[26] They experimented with several styles, including country and folk, before deciding groove-based music would become their genre.[11] Levine explained the need for a makeover for the band: "We were just so sick of being a typical rock 'n'roll band ... I felt like I needed to look elsewhere for vocal inspiration."[17] The band put together a demo that was rejected by several labels, before falling into the hands of Octone Records executives James Diener, Ben Berkman, and David Boxenbaum.[23] Following Berkman's advice, the band added a fifth member, former Square guitarist James Valentine, and was renamed Maroon 5. In an interview with HitQuarters, Berkman explained that Levine "seemed to be a very shy, shoe-gazing type ... a fifth member could play the guitar to free up the singer [Levine], so he could be the star I perceived him to be".[20]
Around this time, Levine had been working as a writer's assistant on the CBS television show Judging Amy, whose producer Barbara Hall was his family friend.[1] While on the show, he would spend time writing songs about his ex-girlfriend Jane. These songs were put into Maroon 5's debut album Songs About Jane, which was released in June 2002. The album slowly gained airplay, and eventually became a sleeper hit, selling an estimated 10 million copies[27] and becoming the tenth best-selling album of 2004, two years after its release.[28] Over the next three years, the band toured extensively, including visits to seventeen countries. In 2005, Maroon 5 won their first Grammy Award, for Best New Artist.[29] The next year, they won the Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals for the second Songs About Jane single "This Love".[30]
Levine performing with Maroon 5 in 2007
By 2006, the band started recording once again, and in May 2007, Maroon 5's second album It Won't Be Soon Before Long was released. Levine described the album as a "a vast improvement", explaining: "I think this record is a little more self-confident and powerful lyrically".[31] To support the album, the band performed on a "six-date club tour" in which they visited small venues in Boston, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, Miami, and New York City in early June 2007.[32] The album and its lead, third and penultimate singles ("Makes Me Wonder", "Won't Go Home Without You" and "If I Never See Your Face Again", respectively) each received Grammy nominations, although only "Makes Me Wonder" secured a win.[33][34]
After winding down from a world tour in support It Won't Be Soon Before Long, the band began recording in Switzerland in 2009, in collaboration with record producer and songwriter Robert John "Mutt" Lange. Levine said Lange "worked me harder than anyone ever has".[35] In 2010, Maroon 5 released their third studio album, Hands All Over. The album did not initially meet expectations. In an interview with Los Angeles Times, Levine explained that the album suffered from being "all these disparate ideas and songs that didn't make any sense together".[36] After the moderate success of the album's first three si
This article is about the musician. For the former Bush Administration aide, see Adam Levine (press aide). For the author, see Adam Levin.
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Adam Levine
AdamLevine2011(d).jpg
Levine in 2011
Background information
Birth name Adam Noah Levine
Born March 18, 1979 (age 34)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Genres Pop rock, alternative rock, funk rock, neo soul, R&B, pop
Occupations Musician, singer-songwriter, television music competition coach, entrepreneur, actor
Instruments Vocals, guitar, bass, piano, drums
Years active 1994–present
Labels A&M/Octone
Associated acts Maroon 5, Kara's Flowers
Website www.maroon5.com
Adam Noah Levine (born March 18, 1979) is an American singer-songwriter and musician, widely known as the lead vocalist of pop rock band Maroon 5.
Born and raised in Los Angeles, California, Levine began his musical career in 1994, when he co-founded alternative rock band Kara's Flowers, of which he was the lead vocalist and guitarist. After the commercial failure of their only album, The Fourth World, the band split up. Later, he reformed the band and a fifth member was added to form Maroon 5. The band released their first album, Songs About Jane, which went multi-platinum in the US. Since then, they have released three more albums, It Won't Be Soon Before Long (2007), Hands All Over (2010) and Overexposed (2012). As part of Maroon 5, he has received three Grammy Awards, two Billboard Music Awards, two American Music Awards, an MTV Video Music Award and a World Music Award.
Since 2011, Levine has served as a coach on NBC's reality talent show The Voice. The winners of the first and fifth seasons, Javier Colon and Tessanne Chin, were on his team. In 2012, he made his acting debut as a recurring character in the horror television show American Horror Story: Asylum for the series' second season. He also appeared in the film Can a Song Save Your Life?.
As an entrepreneur, Levine launched his own eponymous fragrance line in 2013. The same year, he collaborated with Kmart and ShopYourWay.com to develop his menswear collection. He also owns a record label, 222 Records. In 2013, The Hollywood Reporter reported that "sources familiar with his many business dealings" estimated Levine would earn more than $35 million that year.[1]
Contents [hide]
1 Early life
2 Kara's Flowers
3 Maroon 5 and mainstream success
4 Other work
4.1 Musical collaborations
4.2 TV and media
4.3 Business ventures and endorsements
5 Artistry
6 Personal life
7 Discography
7.1 Singles as a featured artist
7.2 Guest appearances
8 Filmography
9 References
10 Further reading
11 External links
Early life
Adam Noah Levine[2] was born in Los Angeles on March 18, 1979[3] to Fred Levine, the founder of retail chain M. Fredric, and Patsy (née Noah) Levine, an admissions counselor.[1][4] Journalist and author Timothy Noah is his uncle.[5] He has two brothers, Michael and Sam.[6] Levine's parents divorced when he was seven. Growing up, he spent weekdays with his mother and weekends with his father.[7] He underwent therapy for his parents' divorce, but called it a "waste of time" explaining that his parents could not "accept the fact that I might have been OK with it. I cried my eyes out and kicked and screamed and said, 'Why?' and all the things you do when you find out. A few days later I was fine but I still had to go to therapy".[8]
Levine describes his family as "very musical"[9] and credits his mother with "start[ing] me out on the path".[10] He also attributes his mother's idols - Simon & Garfunkel, Fleetwood Mac and, most notably, The Beatles - to shaping his musical style, calling them "a huge part of my upbringing".[7] He attended Brentwood School, where he met Jesse Carmichael and Mickey Madden, his future bandmates.[11] He carried his musical interests to high school, where he states he was "a little rebellious. I didn't want to do the things they were teaching me ... [music] consumed my every thought."[9]
Levine used hallucinogenic drugs in his adolescence. In an interview with Q, he said that using mushrooms "really forced me to look at myself" but added that he had never abused drugs.[12][13] On Jimmy Kimmel Live!, he stated that he stopped using drugs after his first experience with prescription drug Ambien, which left him unconscious for an hour.[14]
Levine's father and maternal grandfather are Jewish,[7] while his maternal grandmother was Protestant.[15] Levine considers himself Jewish, though according to his interview in The Jewish Chronicle, he "has rejected formal religious practice for a more generalized, spiritual way of life". He chose not to have a Bar Mitzvah as a child, explaining: "I felt as though a lot of kids were trying to cash in ... I just don't think it's the most respectful way to deal with God and beliefs and years and years and years of cultural heritage".[7]
Kara's Flowers
Main article: Kara's Flowers
In September 1995, Levine, along with Carmichael, Madden and Ryan Dusick, another Brentwood High student, formed garage band Kara's Flowers.[16] The group played their first gig at the Whisky a Go Go, a nightclub in West Hollywood, California, with Levine on vocals and guitar.[17] In 1997, the band was discovered while they were performing at a beach party in Malibu by independent producer Tommy Allen. Allen, along with his partner John DeNicola, had the band record a 11-track album.[17] Owing to a string of industry showcases in Los Angeles, they were signed on to Reprise Records through producer Rob Cavallo.[18] In 1997, Kara's Flowers released their first album, titled The Fourth World.[19] That same year, the band appeared on an episode of the drama series Beverly Hills, 90210.[1] After their graduation, the band toured in support of their debut. Despite high expectations,[17] the album had little success, selling about 5,000 copies,[20] and its only single, "Soap Disco", failed commercially. Finally, on Cavallo's exit from the label,[17] Reprise decided to drop the band.[21] Disappointed with the results of their album, the band broke up.[22][23] Later, Levine would say of the experience: "Kara’s Flowers was just floating up the wall beneath the sticks. Make a record quickly, put it out. No touring base, no nothing. Just try to make it happen right out of the gate and it just doesn’t work".[24]
Maroon 5 and mainstream success
Main article: Maroon 5
After the break up of Kara's Flowers, Levine, along with Carmichael, left Los Angeles to pursue further studies in New York.[17] On MTV News, in 2002, he said: "That's when I started waking up to the whole hip-hop, R&B thing. We had friends named Chaos and Shit. It was not Brentwood High".[25] After dropping out of Five Towns College, where he and Carmichael had enrolled to study music, they reunited with Madden and Dusick to form a band once more.[26] They experimented with several styles, including country and folk, before deciding groove-based music would become their genre.[11] Levine explained the need for a makeover for the band: "We were just so sick of being a typical rock 'n'roll band ... I felt like I needed to look elsewhere for vocal inspiration."[17] The band put together a demo that was rejected by several labels, before falling into the hands of Octone Records executives James Diener, Ben Berkman, and David Boxenbaum.[23] Following Berkman's advice, the band added a fifth member, former Square guitarist James Valentine, and was renamed Maroon 5. In an interview with HitQuarters, Berkman explained that Levine "seemed to be a very shy, shoe-gazing type ... a fifth member could play the guitar to free up the singer [Levine], so he could be the star I perceived him to be".[20]
Around this time, Levine had been working as a writer's assistant on the CBS television show Judging Amy, whose producer Barbara Hall was his family friend.[1] While on the show, he would spend time writing songs about his ex-girlfriend Jane. These songs were put into Maroon 5's debut album Songs About Jane, which was released in June 2002. The album slowly gained airplay, and eventually became a sleeper hit, selling an estimated 10 million copies[27] and becoming the tenth best-selling album of 2004, two years after its release.[28] Over the next three years, the band toured extensively, including visits to seventeen countries. In 2005, Maroon 5 won their first Grammy Award, for Best New Artist.[29] The next year, they won the Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals for the second Songs About Jane single "This Love".[30]
Levine performing with Maroon 5 in 2007
By 2006, the band started recording once again, and in May 2007, Maroon 5's second album It Won't Be Soon Before Long was released. Levine described the album as a "a vast improvement", explaining: "I think this record is a little more self-confident and powerful lyrically".[31] To support the album, the band performed on a "six-date club tour" in which they visited small venues in Boston, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, Miami, and New York City in early June 2007.[32] The album and its lead, third and penultimate singles ("Makes Me Wonder", "Won't Go Home Without You" and "If I Never See Your Face Again", respectively) each received Grammy nominations, although only "Makes Me Wonder" secured a win.[33][34]
After winding down from a world tour in support It Won't Be Soon Before Long, the band began recording in Switzerland in 2009, in collaboration with record producer and songwriter Robert John "Mutt" Lange. Levine said Lange "worked me harder than anyone ever has".[35] In 2010, Maroon 5 released their third studio album, Hands All Over. The album did not initially meet expectations. In an interview with Los Angeles Times, Levine explained that the album suffered from being "all these disparate ideas and songs that didn't make any sense together".[36] After the moderate success of the album's first three si
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