-
Alicia Keys
Alicia Augello Cook (born January 25, 1981), better known by her stage name Alicia Keys, is an American recording artist, musician and actress. She was raised by a single mother in the Hell's Kitchen area of Manhattan in New York City. At age seven, Keys began to play classical music on the piano. She attended Professional Performing Arts School and graduated at 16 as valedictorian. She later attended Columbia University before dropping out to pursue her music career. Keys released her debut album with J Records, having had previous record deals first with Columbia and then Arista Records.
http://wn.com/Alicia_Keys -
Andy Samberg
David Andrew "Andy" Samberg (born August 18, 1978) is an American actor, comedian, rapper and writer best known as a member of the comedy group The Lonely Island and as a cast member on Saturday Night Live. On Saturday Night Live, he and The Lonely Island have been credited with popularizing the Emmy-winning SNL Digital Shorts, the comical short films and music videos starring Samberg and other members of the SNL cast. As a film actor, Samberg has appeared in Hot Rod, Space Chimps, ''Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist, I Love You, Man and Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs''.
http://wn.com/Andy_Samberg -
Anne Vyalitsyna
| birthname = Anna Vyalitsyna
http://wn.com/Anne_Vyalitsyna -
Barack Obama
Barack Hussein Obama II (; born August 4, 1961) is the 44th and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office. Obama previously served as a United States Senator from Illinois, from January 2005 until he resigned after his election to the presidency in November 2008.
http://wn.com/Barack_Obama -
Christina Aguilera
Christina María Aguilera ( in English; born December 18, 1980) is an American pop singer, songwriter, dancer and actress. Aguilera first appeared on national television in 1990 as a contestant on the Star Search program, and went on to star in Disney Channel's television series The Mickey Mouse Club from 1993–1994. Aguilera signed to RCA Records after recording "Reflection" for the film Mulan.
http://wn.com/Christina_Aguilera -
Jake Gyllenhaal
Jacob Benjamin "Jake" Gyllenhaal ( "Jillen-hall"; born December 19, 1980) is an American actor. The son of director Stephen Gyllenhaal and screenwriter Naomi Foner, Gyllenhaal began acting at age ten. He has appeared in diverse roles since his first lead role in 1999's October Sky, followed by the 2001 indie cult hit Donnie Darko, in which he played a psychologically troubled teen and onscreen brother to his real-life sister, actress Maggie Gyllenhaal. In the 2004 blockbuster The Day After Tomorrow he portrayed a student caught in a cataclysmic global cooling event, alongside Dennis Quaid as his father. He then played against type as a frustrated Marine in Jarhead (2005). The same year, he won critical acclaim as Jack Twist in the film Brokeback Mountain opposite Heath Ledger.
http://wn.com/Jake_Gyllenhaal -
Javier Colon
http://wn.com/Javier_Colon -
K'naan
'''K'naan (), born Keinan Abdi Warsame' (, Kin‘ān ‘Abdī Warsamah'') in 1978, is a Somali-Canadian poet, rapper, singer, songwriter, and instrumentalist.
http://wn.com/K'naan -
Kanye West
Kanye Omari West (; born June 8, 1977) is an American rapper, singer, and record producer. West first rose to fame as a producer for Roc-A-Fella Records, where he eventually achieved recognition for his work on Jay-Z's album The Blueprint, as well as hit singles for musical artists including Alicia Keys, Ludacris, and Janet Jackson. His style of production originally used pitched-up vocal samples from soul songs incorporated with his own drums and instruments. However, subsequent productions saw him broadening his musical palette and expressing influences encompassing '70s R&B;, baroque pop, trip hop, arena rock, folk, alternative, electronica, synth-pop, and classical music.
http://wn.com/Kanye_West -
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad ( Mahmūd Ahmadinezhād , ; born 28 October 1956) is the sixth and current President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and the main political leader of the Alliance of Builders of Islamic Iran, a coalition of conservative political groups in the country.
http://wn.com/Mahmoud_Ahmadinejad -
Natasha Bedingfield
Natasha Anne Bedingfield (born 26 November 1981) is an English pop singer and songwriter.
http://wn.com/Natasha_Bedingfield -
Slash (musician)
Saul Hudson (born July 23, 1965), better known by his stage name Slash, is a British-American musician. He is the former lead guitarist of the American hard rock band Guns N' Roses, with whom he performed and recorded between 1985 and 1996. He later formed Slash's Snakepit and co-founded Velvet Revolver with his former bandmates Duff McKagan and Matt Sorum, and his debut solo album, Slash, was released in April 2010.
http://wn.com/Slash_(musician) -
Timothy Noah
Timothy Noah is an American journalist.
http://wn.com/Timothy_Noah -
Ying Yang Twins
The Ying Yang Twins is an Atlanta-based American crunk rap duo consisting of Kaine (born Eric Jackson on December 16, 1978) and D-Roc (born '''De'Angelo Holmes''' on February 23, 1979). The group debuted in 2000 and rose to mainstream popularity in 2003 collaborating with Lil Jon in his single "Get Low". In 2004 and 2005, Ying Yang Twins became more popular with party singles "Salt Shaker", "What's Happnin", "Shake", and "Badd".
http://wn.com/Ying_Yang_Twins
-
http://wn.com/Dix_Hills -
Los Angeles ( ; , Spanish for "The Angels") is the second most populous city in the United States, the most populous city in the state of California and the western United States, with a population of 3.83 million within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Los Angeles extends beyond the administrative city limits with a population of over 14.8 million and it is the 14th largest urban area in the world, affording it megacity status. The metropolitan statistical area (MSA) is home to nearly 12.9 million residents while the broader Los Angeles-Long Beach-Riverside combined statistical area (CSA) contains nearly 17.8 million people. Los Angeles is also the seat of Los Angeles County, the most populated and one of the most multicultural counties in the United States. The city's inhabitants are referred to as "Angelenos" ().
http://wn.com/Los_Angeles
- A&M; Records
- Alicia Keys
- Alternative rock
- Andy Samberg
- Anne Vyalitsyna
- Band Hero
- Barack Obama
- Bass (guitar)
- Beverly Hills, 90210
- bridge (music)
- centerfold
- Christina Aguilera
- Comedy Central
- Dix Hills
- First Act
- Five Towns College
- Fred Armisen
- funk rock
- Gym Class Heroes
- Heard 'Em Say
- Howard Stern Show
- human sternum
- Iran So Far
- Jake Gyllenhaal
- Javier Colon
- Jimmy Kimmel Live
- Johnny Rockets
- K'naan
- Kanye West
- Kara's Flowers
- Kidney Now!
- Late Registration
- Los Angeles
- Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
- Maroon 5
- Mercedes-Benz W111
- N.B. (album)
- Natasha Bedingfield
- Octone
- pop rock
- rhythm & blues
- Rihanna
- Russians
- Saturday Night Live
- Slash (album)
- Slash (musician)
- Slate (magazine)
- SNL Digital Short
- Songs About Jane
- soul music
- Sports Illustrated
- Target (store)
- testicular cancer
- The Voice (U.S.)
- Timothy Noah
- Victoria's Secret
- Ying Yang Twins
Adam Levine
Releases by album:
Album releases
Adam Levin
Releases by album:
Album releases
Album releases
![Gym Class Heroes: Stereo Hearts ft. Adam Levine [OFFICIAL VIDEO] Gym Class Heroes: Stereo Hearts ft. Adam Levine [OFFICIAL VIDEO]](http://web.archive.org./web/20111210065636im_/http://i.ytimg.com/vi/T3E9Wjbq44E/0.jpg)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:34
- Published: 12 Aug 2011
- Uploaded: 07 Dec 2011
- Author: FueledByRamen

- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:05
- Published: 21 Jun 2011
- Uploaded: 07 Dec 2011
- Author: JimmyKimmelLive

- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:35
- Published: 14 Jun 2011
- Uploaded: 08 Dec 2011
- Author: FueledByRamen


- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 5:17
- Published: 28 Sep 2010
- Uploaded: 06 Dec 2011
- Author: ChelseaLately


- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 5:05
- Published: 13 Jan 2011
- Uploaded: 05 Dec 2011
- Author: hollywoodtv



- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:12
- Published: 16 Jun 2009
- Uploaded: 08 Dec 2011
- Author: KanyeWestVEVO



- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:43
- Published: 30 Sep 2011
- Uploaded: 08 Dec 2011
- Author: Annamarieee22

- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 6:02
- Published: 13 Jan 2011
- Uploaded: 08 Dec 2011
- Author: PopCandiesTv



- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:41
- Published: 21 Jun 2011
- Uploaded: 06 Dec 2011
- Author: JimmyKimmelLive



- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:00
- Published: 25 Nov 2011
- Uploaded: 08 Dec 2011
- Author: supricky06



- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:27
- Published: 11 Oct 2011
- Uploaded: 08 Dec 2011
- Author: SaraNiemietz










size: 4.4Kb
-
Iran files complaint over purported US drone Al Jazeera
-
Euro crisis summit: The night Europe changed BBC News
-
Before Voting, If Only Death Had Been Before Their Own Eyes WorldNews.com
-
Israeli airstrikes hit Gaza civilians Sydney Morning Herald
-
Italian police arrest alleged Mafia boss hiding in bunker CNN
- 30 Rock
- A&M; Records
- Alicia Keys
- Alternative rock
- Andy Samberg
- Anne Vyalitsyna
- Band Hero
- Barack Obama
- Bass (guitar)
- Beverly Hills, 90210
- bridge (music)
- centerfold
- Christina Aguilera
- Comedy Central
- Dix Hills
- First Act
- Five Towns College
- Fred Armisen
- funk rock
- Gym Class Heroes
- Heard 'Em Say
- Howard Stern Show
- human sternum
- Iran So Far
- Jake Gyllenhaal
- Javier Colon
- Jimmy Kimmel Live
- Johnny Rockets
- K'naan
- Kanye West
- Kara's Flowers
- Kidney Now!
- Late Registration
- Los Angeles
- Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
- Maroon 5
- Mercedes-Benz W111
- N.B. (album)
- Natasha Bedingfield
- Octone
- pop rock
- rhythm & blues
- Rihanna
- Russians
- Saturday Night Live
- Slash (album)
- Slash (musician)
- Slate (magazine)
- SNL Digital Short
- Songs About Jane
- soul music
- Sports Illustrated
- Target (store)
- testicular cancer
- The Voice (U.S.)
- Timothy Noah
- Victoria's Secret
- Ying Yang Twins
size: 4.3Kb
size: 4.3Kb
size: 1.3Kb
size: 1.1Kb
size: 0.8Kb
size: 1.8Kb
size: 4.9Kb
size: 3.2Kb
size: 4.9Kb
name | Adam Levine |
---|---|
birth name | Adam Noah Levine |
landscape | Yes |
background | solo_singer |
birth date | March 18, 1979 |
birth place | Los Angeles, California, United States |
instrument | Vocals, guitar, drums, bass, piano |
genre | Alternative rock, funk rock, pop rock, soul, rhythm & blues |
occupation | Musician, songwriter |
years active | 1994–present |
label | A&M; Octone |
associated acts | Maroon 5, Kara's Flowers, Kanye West, Natasha Bedingfield, Ying Yang Twins, Alicia Keys, K'naan, Rihanna, Slash, Gym Class Heroes, Christina Aguilera |
website | |
notable instruments | First Act Signature Beginner model }} |
Early life
Levine was born in Los Angeles, the son of Patsy Noah and Fred Levine. His uncle is Slate writer and editor Timothy Noah. He has a brother, Michael, and a sister, Julia Milne. When he was six, he made the winning shot of his local YMCA championship basketball game (on a team his father coached) with no time left on the clock. He has said that the incident changed his life and gave him the confidence to be successful.Levine attended French Woods Festival of the Performing Arts Camp (Hancock, NY) with best friend Jesse Carmichael, guitar player of the band known at that time as Kara's Flowers. He graduated from Brentwood School in 1997.
Levine is Jewish (like his father and maternal grandfather).
Original band Kara's Flowers
Having met at Brentwood School in Los Angeles, CA, the band released their first album entitled The Fourth World in 1997 as high school seniors. That same year the band appeared on an episode of Beverly Hills, 90210. The album had little success, and its only single, "Soap Disco", failed commercially. Disappointed with the results of their album, the band went on hiatus and went their separate ways.Levine and Carmichael left Los Angeles to study at Five Towns College, a small music and performing arts school in Dix Hills, Long Island, New York. This was the first time the two Los Angeles natives were exposed to a completely different music scene, a cultural awakening for the young men. On MTV News, in 2002, Levine 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."
Maroon 5 and mainstream success
During this time, Levine worked a two-week stint as a waiter at Johnny Rockets. After dropping out of Five Towns College, Levine and Jesse reunited with Mickey and Ryan, but added former Square guitarist, James Valentine in 2001. Renaming the band Maroon 5, Levine and his friends began to compile all of their new found musical influences into their music. While Levine was working as a writer's assistant on the television show "Judging Amy," he spent time writing the lyrics about his ex-girlfriend, Jane. Those lyrics became the album "Songs About Jane."
Other work
Levine has collaborated with various musical acts. In 2005, Levine was featured on the Ying Yang Twins song "Live Again". He appeared on Kanye West's Late Registration album, on the third single, "Heard 'Em Say". He is also featured in the song "Wild Horses" on Alicia Keys' third album Alicia Keys: MTV Unplugged. Over the next year, he co-wrote the track "Say It Again" on Natasha Bedingfield's album N.B.. He also performed the background vocals on this song. Most recently, Levine offered his vocals on Gym Class Heroes' newest album in the song "Stereo Hearts."Levine has made several notable comic appearances on television. During 2007, he appeared on the 33rd season premiere of Saturday Night Live in an SNL Digital Short called Iran So Far with Andy Samberg, Fred Armisen and Jake Gyllenhaal. Levine played himself while singing a humorous bridge to a "love song" for Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. In 2008, he appeared on Comedy Central's "Night Of Too Many Stars". Levine also had a cameo on Jimmy Kimmel Live for the night of stars and endorsed Barack Obama in the 2008 Presidential Election.
In October 2008, Levine collaborated with First Act to create the First Act 222 Guitar, fashioned to Levine's specifications. The guitar was made available for purchase at Target retail stores.
Levine has stated in various interviews that he does not plan on continuing in Maroon 5 forever, and may stop after the tour for Maroon 5's third album.
Levine made a guest appearance as himself on the season three finale of 30 Rock in the episode Kidney Now!.
In 2009, Levine recorded "Gotten", a song for Slash's first solo album Slash released in April 2010. "Gotten" was premiered at amazon.com on March 29, 2010.
Levine is also featured as a singer for his band's song "She Will be Loved" in the music rhythm game Band Hero.
In February 2010, he was among approximately 80 musicians who sang on the charity-single remake of "We Are the World" called "We Are the World 25 for Haiti".
Levine is one of the contestant judges and coach mentors on the singing TV show, The Voice. The winner, Javier Colon, was on Levine's team.
Personal life
{{externalvideo | align =right | width =175px | video1 =Levine with his sister at a 2008 concert }} Levine's ex-girlfriend Jane is the muse behind the name of the band's debut album Songs About Jane. In a 2004 interview, he claimed that she had not contacted him despite the success of the album. They have since made up, and by 2007, Levine referred to them as being "close friends".Levine is a "car junkie", his favorite car being his 1971 Mercedes 280 SE 3.5 Cabriolet.
In 2006, Levine broke his sternum while lifting weights, what he called "one of the most painful things I’ve ever experienced." He began using spotters while lifting weights before giving up weightlifting completely when he began yoga in 2007.
In September 2010, Levine said on the Howard Stern Show he had been dating Russian Sports Illustrated swimsuit and Victoria's Secret model Anne Vyalitsyna seriously for about eight months. The couple met when Maroon 5 performed at the 2010 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue release party in Las Vegas.
Levine stripped naked for testicular cancer awareness for a centerfold in Cosmopolitan UK's February 2011 issue.
Further reading
References
External links
Category:1979 births Category:American Jews Category:American male singers Category:American pop singers Category:American rhythm and blues singers Category:American rock guitarists Category:American rock singers Category:American singers Category:American singer-songwriters Category:American tenors Category:Blue-eyed soul singers Category:Grammy Award winners Category:Jewish American musicians Category:Living people Category:Maroon 5 members Category:Musicians from California Category:People from Los Angeles, California Category:Songwriters from California Category:The Voice judges
az:Adam Levin bg:Адам Лавин de:Adam Levine es:Adam Levine fr:Adam Levine hy:Ադամ Լևին it:Adam Levine he:אדם לוין lv:Ādams Levins nl:Adam Levine ja:アダム・レヴィーン ko:애덤 리바인 no:Adam Levine pl:Adam Levine pt:Adam Levine ro:Adam Levine ru:Левин, Адам simple:Adam Levine fi:Adam Levine sv:Adam Levine th:อดัม เลวีน tr:Adam Levine vi:Adam Levine zh:亞當·列維This text is licensed under the Creative Commons CC-BY-SA License. This text was originally published on Wikipedia and was developed by the Wikipedia community.