name	Blake Shelton
background	solo_singer
birth name	Blake Tollison Shelton
born	June 18, 1976Ada, Oklahoma,United States
height	6'5" (1.93 meters)
spouse	Miranda Lambert
instrument	Vocals, guitar
genre	Country
occupation	Singer
years active	2001–present
label	Giant, Warner Bros. Nashville, Reprise Nashville
associated acts	Bobby Braddock, Miranda Lambert, Trace Adkins
website
spouse	Miranda Lambert (2011)}}

Blake Tollison Shelton (born June 18, 1976) is an American country music artist. In 2001, he made his debut with the single "Austin". Released as the lead-off single from his self-titled debut album, "Austin" went on to spend five weeks at Number One on the ''Billboard'' Hot Country Songs charts. This song was the first single from his gold-certified debut album, which also produced two more Top 20 hits. Although the album was released on Giant Records Nashville, Shelton was transferred to Warner Bros. Records Nashville after Giant closed in late 2001.

His second and third albums, 2003's ''The Dreamer'' (his first for Warner Bros. proper) and 2004's ''Blake Shelton's Barn & Grill'', were each certified gold as well. Shelton's fourth album, ''Pure BS'', was issued in 2007, and re-issued in 2008 with a cover of Michael Bublé's pop hit "Home" as one of the bonus tracks. This cover was also that album's third single. A fifth album, ''Startin' Fires'', was released in November 2008. It was followed by the extended plays ''Hillbilly Bone'' and ''All About Tonight'' in 2010, and the album ''Red River Blue'' in 2011. He is currently a vocal coach on the NBC reality talent show ''The Voice'' with Adam Levine, Christina Aguilera, and Cee Lo Green.

Overall, Shelton has charted seventeen singles on the country charts, including nine Number One hits: "Austin" (2001), "The Baby" (2003), "Some Beach" (2004–2005), "Home" (2008), "She Wouldn't Be Gone" (2009), "Hillbilly Bone" (2010), a duet with Trace Adkins, "All About Tonight" (2010), "Who Are You When I'm Not Looking" (2011) and "Honey Bee" (2011). Additionally, three more of his singles have reached Top Ten: a cover version of Conway Twitty's "Goodbye Time", "Nobody but Me", and "I'll Just Hold On".

Early life

Shelton was born in Milburn, Oklahoma to Richard, a used car dealer, and Dorothy, a beauty salon owner. He began singing at an early age and by age 12, he learned to play guitar. By age sixteen, Shelton had received a Denbo Diamond Award in his home state. On November 13, 1990, his older brother Richie, who was 24 at the time, died in a car accident. He has an older sister, Endy. At age 17, he moved to Nashville, Tennessee in pursuit of a recording career.

Musical career

1998–2002: ''Blake Shelton''

After several years in Nashville, he signed to Giant Records in 1998. In 2001, he was slated to release a song entitled "I Wanna Talk About Me" as a single. Staff at the label considered the song unsuitable for a lead-off single, however, and the song was eventually recorded by Toby Keith, whose version was a Number One hit.

Instead, Giant released "Austin" as Shelton's debut single. Shortly after its release, however, Giant Records was dissolved, and Shelton was transferred to Warner Bros. Records, the parent company. "Austin" went on to spend five weeks at Number One on the ''Billboard'' Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts. His self-titled debut album also produced the No.18 "All Over Me" (which Shelton co-wrote with fellow country artist Earl Thomas Conley) and the No.14 "Ol' Red", which was a cover version of a George Jones song. Although Shelton's rendition of "Ol' Red" was not a major radio hit, he considers it his signature song, and it has become popular in concert. ''Blake Shelton'' is certified gold by the RIAA.

2002–2003: ''The Dreamer''

Shelton's second album, ''The Dreamer'', was first released on February 4, 2003 on Warner Bros. Records. Its lead-off single, "The Baby", reached Number One on the country charts, holding that position for three weeks. Although the second and third singles ("Heavy Liftin'" and "Playboys of the Southwestern World", respectively) only reached No.32 and #24, ''The Dreamer'' earned gold certification as well. He, along with Andy Griggs and Montgomery Gentry, sang guest vocals on Tracy Byrd's mid-2003 single "The Truth About Men".

2004–2006: ''Blake Shelton's Barn & Grill''

''Blake Shelton's Barn & Grill'' was the title of Shelton's third studio album, released in 2004. Its lead-off single, the Harley Allen co-write "When Somebody Knows You That Well", peaked at No.37 on the country charts, while the follow-up "Some Beach" became his third No.1 hit, holding that position for four weeks. It was followed by a cover of Conway Twitty's 1988 single "Goodbye Time". Both this cover and its followup, "Nobody but Me", reached Top Ten for Shelton as well. As with his first two albums, ''Blake Shelton's Barn & Grill'' was certified gold. Accompanying the album's release was a video collection entitled ''Blake Shelton's Barn & Grill: A Video Collection''.

On December 18, 2005, several of Shelton's songs, including "Nobody but Me", appeared on the TV movie ''The Christmas Blessing'', starring Neil Patrick Harris, Rebecca Gayheart, Angus T. Jones, and Rob Lowe. Shelton had a small role at the end of the movie, playing himself at a benefit concert, singing "Nobody but Me".

2006–2008: ''Pure BS''

Shelton issued his fourth studio album, ''Pure BS'', in early 2007. Unlike with his first three albums, which were produced entirely by Bobby Braddock, Shelton worked with Braddock, Brent Rowan, and Paul Worley as producers for this album. Its first two singles – "Don't Make Me" and "The More I Drink" – were both Top 20 hits on the country charts, respectively reaching No.12 and #19. Also in late 2007, Shelton made appearances on television shows: first as a judge on the talent competition ''Nashville Star'', and later on ''Clash of the Choirs''.

''Pure BS'' was re-released in 2008 with three bonus tracks, including a cover of Michael Bublé's hit single "Home". This cover, released in early 2008 as the album's third single, became his fourth No.1 hit in July.

2008–2009: ''Startin' Fires''

"Home" was followed in August 2008 by the single "She Wouldn't Be Gone", his 14th chart entry and his fifth No. 1 hit. It was the first time in his career that he had two consecutive Number Ones. "She Wouldn't Be Gone" is the lead-off to Shelton's fifth studio album, ''Startin' Fires,'' which has also produced the single "I'll Just Hold On." This album also includes "Bare Skin Rug," a duet with Lambert. It was produced by Scott Hendricks, except for one track which was produced by Brent Rowan, and another ("I Don't Care", which carried over from ''Pure BS'') was produced by Braddock.

2009–2011: ''Hillbilly Bone'' and ''All About Tonight''

After "I'll Just Hold On" fell off the chart in October 2009, Blake Shelton released a duet with Trace Adkins titled "Hillbilly Bone." It was the lead-off single on Shelton's EP, ''Hillbilly Bone'', released on March 2, 2010 through Reprise Records Nashville. After "Hillbilly Bone" reached No.1 in February, came the August release of "All About Tonight", the lead-off single to his EP of the same name. In September, he released the second single from ''All About Tonight'', "Who Are You When I'm Not Looking", his 18th single release. He released his first greatest hits album, ''Loaded: The Best of Blake Shelton'' in November 2010.

Shelton was invited to join the Grand Ole Opry during the September 28, 2010 "Country Comes Home" concert celebrating reopening of the Grand Ole Opry House after the Cumberland River flooded the Opry House in May 2010. The formal invitation was extended on his Twitter account and was announced by Opry star Trace Adkins. He was formally inducted by Adkins at the Saturday, October 23, 2010 Opry performance.

Blake Shelton appeared on the 44th Annual Country Music Awards on November 10, 2010 where he performed "All About Tonight" and won Male Vocalist of the Year.

Shelton will serve as a judge/coach to singers on the 2011 NBC reality television series ''The Voice''.

2011–present: ''Red River Blue''

Blake Shelton released an album entitled ''Red River Blue'' on July 12, 2011, led by the single, "Honey Bee". The song received 138,000 downloads in its first week and was certified gold in its seventh week, setting a new record for the fastest gold certification by a male country singer. On June 13, 2011, in its tenth chart week, "Honey Bee" went to number one on the ''Billboard'' Hot Country Songs chart, becoming Shelton's fastest climb to number one and his ninth number one country single. The album is expected to debut at number-one on the ''Billboard'' 200 chart with around 110,000 copies sold. "God Gave Me You", a cover of a Dave Barnes song, is the album's second single.

Shelton was a coach on the NBC show ''The Voice''. His finalist Dia Frampton came in second and he is set to return for a second season of the show.

Personal life

Shelton was married to longtime girlfriend Kaynette Williams on November 17, 2003. They were divorced in 2006. The same year he began dating fellow country singer Miranda Lambert, whom he met at the CMT's 100 Greatest Duets Concert. Lambert also sang background vocals on his cover of Michael Bublé's song, "Home". Shelton's version of the song was a No. 1 single on the Hot Country Songs chart. On May 9, 2010, after dating for four years, Shelton proposed to Miranda, after seeking (and receiving) her father's blessing. The two were married on May 14, 2011 at Don Strange Ranch in Boerne, Texas. 550 people were in attendance, including many celebrities, such as Reba McEntire, Cee Lo Green, Martina McBride, Kelly Clarkson, Dierks Bentley, Charles Kelley, and the Bellamy Brothers. After the wedding, Shelton expressed his joy stating, "I wanted to be married to Miranda the day I proposed. Finally, it's official!"

Discography

;Studio albums

''Blake Shelton'' (2001)

''The Dreamer'' (2003)

''Blake Shelton's Barn & Grill'' (2004)

''Pure BS'' (2007)

''Startin' Fires'' (2008)

''Red River Blue'' (2011)

;Extended plays

''Blake Shelton: Collector's Edition'' (2008)

''Hillbilly Bone'' (2010)

''All About Tonight'' (2010)

;Compilation albums

''Blake Shelton – The Essentials'' (2009)

''Loaded: The Best of Blake Shelton'' (2010)

Awards and nominations

! Year	! Association	! Category	! Result
2001
2002
2003
		Horizon Award
Vocal Event of the Year – "The Truth About Men" (with Tracy Byrd, Andy Griggs and Montgomery Gentry)
	Academy of Country Music
CMT Music Awards	Collaborative Video of the Year – "Hillbilly Bone" (with Trace Adkins)
	Male Vocalist of The Year
Vocal Event of the Year – "Hillbilly Bone" (with Trace Adkins)
		Male Video of the Year – "Who Are You When I'm Not Looking"
Best Web Video of the Year – "Kiss My Country Ass"
	Choice Music: Male Country Artist
Choice Music: Country Single – "Honey Bee"

References

External links

Official Website

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name	Miranda Lambert
background	solo_singer
birth name	Miranda Leigh Lambert
born	November 10, 1983Longview, Texas, U.S.
origin	Lindale, Texas, U.S.
instrument	Vocals, guitar, saxophone
genre	Country
occupation	Singer-songwriter
years active	2001–present
label	Epic Columbia NashvilleRCA Nashville
associated acts	Blake Shelton Pistol Annies
website	MirandaLambert.com }}

Miranda Leigh Lambert (born November 10, 1983) is an American country music artist who gained fame as a finalist on the 2003 season of ''Nashville Star'', where she finished in third place and later signed to Epic Records. Lambert made her debut with the release of "Me and Charlie Talking", the first single from her 2005 debut album ''Kerosene''. This album, which was certified Platinum in the United States, also produced the singles "Bring Me Down", "Kerosene", and "New Strings". All four singles were Top 40 hits on the ''Billboard'' Hot Country Songs charts.

After Epic's Nashville division closed, Lambert was transferred to Columbia Records Nashville for her second album, ''Crazy Ex-Girlfriend'', which was released in early 2007. Although the title track failed to make top 40, the next three singles ("Famous in a Small Town", "Gunpowder & Lead", and "More Like Her") were all Top 20 hits, with "Gunpowder & Lead" becoming her first Top 10 country hit in July 2008. Lambert's third album, ''Revolution'', was released in September 2009. Five singles have been released from the album, including Lambert's two Number One hits "The House That Built Me," which spent four weeks at the top of the chart, and "Heart Like Mine". Lambert has also been honored by the Grammy Awards, the Academy of Country Music Awards, and the Country Music Association Awards.

In 2011, Lambert married fellow country singer Blake Shelton. She also released "Baggage Claim", the first single from her upcoming fourth album ''Four the Record'', and collaborated with Ashley Monroe and Angaleena Pressley in the side project Pistol Annies.

Early life

Miranda Leigh Lambert was born November 10, 1983 in Longview, Texas and raised in Lindale, Texas. Her father, Richard Lee "Rick" Lambert, is a retired police officer who in later life became a private investigator in partnership with her mother, Beverly June Lambert (née Hughes). Miranda was taught about guns by her father at an early age and later became an avid deer hunter. Her parents took her to a Garth Brooks concert when she was nine and this started her interest in country music. Her father wrote and performed country music and she soon began singing in talent contests under his tutelage. She started her career playing in local restaurants.

At age sixteen, Lambert began appearing on the Johnny High Country Music Review in Arlington, Texas, the same show that helped launch the career of LeAnn Rimes. Lambert quickly landed a recording session in Nashville, but left the studio after she became frustrated with the "pop" sound of music. She then went back to Texas and asked her dad to teach her how to play guitar so she could write her own songs.

While still in high school, Lambert made her professional singing debut. She fronted the house band at the Reo Palm Isle Ballroom in Longview, Texas, a long-running venue that has showcased Elvis Presley, Willie Nelson, and is where Brooks & Dunn started out as a bar room band.

Music career

2003-2006: ''Kerosene''

In 2003, Lambert auditioned for the talent competition ''Nashville Star'', eventually becoming a third-place finisher on the show. She performed in many places such as The Tap in College Station, Texas when she was 18. On September 15, 2003, she signed with Epic Records. Her debut single, "Me and Charlie Talking" (co-written by her father and Heather Little), was released in summer of 2004 as the lead-off single to her debut album. Titled ''Kerosene'', Lambert's first album comprised twelve songs, eleven of which she co-wrote. The album debuted at number one on the ''Billboard'' Top Country Albums charts, and eventually gained a Platinum certification by the RIAA for shipments of over one million copies, selling more than 930,000 copies up to July 2008. Overall, the album produced four Top 40 singles on the ''Billboard'' country charts, including the title track which was a Top 20 hit. Lambert also toured with Keith Urban and George Strait in early 2006. In 2007, she toured with Dierks Bentley and Toby Keith.

2007-2008: ''Crazy Ex-Girlfriend''

Lambert's second album, ''Crazy Ex-Girlfriend'' was released on May 9, 2007. She wrote eight of the album's eleven tracks, including its four singles. Much of the track "Gunpowder & Lead," the album's third single and her highest-charting single, was written while she was taking a concealed handgun class in her home town.

In 2005, at the 40th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards in Las Vegas, Lambert won the Cover Girl Fresh Face of Country Music Award. She was also nominated for the Country Music Association's Horizon Award in 2005; in 2007, Lambert also received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Female Country Vocal Performance for her single "Kerosene". She also won the Top New Female Vocalist award at the 2007 ACM (Academy of Country Music) Awards. At the 2008 ACM (Academy of Country Music) Awards, ''Crazy Ex-Girlfriend'' won Album of the Year.

Lambert was ranked #90 on the ''100 Greatest Women'' (of Country Music) by Country Universe in 2008.

2009-2011: ''Revolution''

In February 2009, Miranda Lambert entered the studio to record her third album, ''Revolution'', which was to be released on September 29, 2009. Lambert co-wrote all but four of the album's 15 tracks; the album also includes co-writes from Blake Shelton, Dave Haywood and Charles Kelley of Lady Antebellum. Ahead of the album's release, an EP, titled ''Dead Flowers'', was issued on September 8, 2009. The EP, available exclusively at Best Buy, featured the ''Revolution'' album track "Dead Flowers" and three bonus tracks previously included on limited editions of ''Crazy Ex-Girlfriend''.

During this time, Lambert (along with two other singers), became the new face of Cotton Inc.’s revived “The Touch, The Feel of Cotton” campaign. She has appeared in ads to promote cotton, and the website features a free download of the full version of her song, "Fabric of My Life."

Lambert debuted her new single, "Dead Flowers", at the 44th annual Academy of Country Music Awards on April 5, 2009. It was released to country radio on May 4, 2009, and was a minor Top 40 hit on the charts.

On September 24, 2009, Lambert and her band performed all the tracks on ''Revolution'' in sequence at the Ryman Auditorium, five days before its scheduled release date.

Upon the release of ''Revolution'', Lambert's work was met with significant critical praise. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 85, based on 11 reviews, which indicates "universal acclaim".

''Rolling Stone'' magazine praised the album saying, "Lambert remains country's most refreshing act, and not just because she makes firearms seem like a matter-of-fact female accessory." ''Entertainment Weekly'' magazine said, "She's found stylistic shades of songwriters twice her age..." and that the album is "...a portrait of an artist in full possession of her powers, and the best mainstream-country album so far this year." ''Boston Globe'' commented that “Revolution’’ is the sound of Miranda Lambert coming into her own." ''Slant magazine'' also had high praises reserved for the album saying, "Miranda Lambert expands on her fascinating, fully realized artistic persona on Revolution."

The album's second single, "White Liar", was released on August 17, 2009, and debuted at #50 on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot Country Songs chart. In February 2010, "White Liar" became Lambert's first Top Five hit, reaching a peak of #2 on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot Country Songs chart.

In promotion of ''Revolution'', Miranda Lambert launched a headlining tour; ''Roadside Bars & Pink Guitars'' kicked off in March 2010 and included stops in over 22 cities, as well as a performance at the Bonnaroo Music Festival.

"The House That Built Me," the album's third single, was released on March 8, 2010 and became a #1 on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot Country Songs chart. It retained this position for four weeks and it received a platinum certification from the RIAA on July 8, 2010. On February 13, 2011, Lambert won a Grammy Award in the ''Best Female Country Vocal Performance'' category for "The House That Built Me."

"Only Prettier" followed as the album's fourth single in July 2010 and its accompanying music video became somewhat viral. The music video for "Only Prettier" was directed by Trey Fanjoy and filmed in Joelton, Tennessee in June 2010, and premiered on VEVO on August 3, 2010. It features a 1950s theme and cameo appearances by fellow country artists Kellie Pickler, Laura Bell Bundy, and Hillary Scott of Lady Antebellum. In the video, Lambert and her friends portray two rival cliques attending a high school sock hop. The alter-egos are shown doing things such as spiking the punch, stuffing their bras and smoking. Ultimately, the alter-egos have a bad time at the party, while Lambert, Pickler, Bundy and Scott enjoy themselves the entire night. Additionally, Lambert is also shown performing with her band on stage at the event.

On September 1, 2010, it was announced Miranda led nominations with an impressive 9 CMA awards, setting a record for the female with the most nominations in a single year by the organization. Miranda performed at the 44th Annual Country Music Association Awards on November 10, 2010. That same night she won the CMA Award for Female Vocalist of the Year and ''Revolution'' won Album of the Year. Lambert and Sheryl Crow performed "Coal Miner's Daughter" as a tribute to country legend Loretta Lynn, who also entered the stage to join them and finished the song with Crow and Lambert as backup. Later that night, Lynn presented the Female Vocalist of the Year CMA award to Lambert.

In December 2010, "Only Prettier", eventually reached a peak of number 12 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, giving Lambert her seventh Top 20 hit. "Heart Like Mine" was released in January 2011 as the fifth and final single from ''Revolution''. It became Lambert's second Number One hit on the country charts for the chart dated May 28, 2011.

2011-present: ''Four the Record'' and Pistol Annies

On April 4, 2011 during the taping of the Academy of Country Music's 'Girls' Night Out' television special in Las Vegas, Lambert debuted her new project, girl group Pistol Annies. The group consists of Lambert, Ashley Monroe and Angaleena Presley. They released their single, "Hell on Heels," in May 2011, and released their debut album, ''Hell on Heels'', on August 23, 2011.

Lambert announced in July 2011 that her fourth studio album, ''Four the Record'', will be released on November 1, 2011. A month later, Sony Music Nashville announced that Lambert and labelmate Josh Thompson will transfer to RCA Nashville as part of a corporate restructuring.

Personal life

In 2006, Lambert began dating fellow country singer Blake Shelton. Lambert sang background vocals on Shelton's 2008 country cover of Michael Bublé's song "Home". The two recorded and co-wrote duet "Bare Skin Rug," for his studio album ''Startin' Fires'' released later in 2008. Shelton also co-wrote three songs on ''Revolution,'' and provided background vocals on "Maintain the Pain." On May 9, 2010, Shelton proposed to Lambert, after seeking (and receiving) her father's blessing and they became engaged. The two married on May 14, 2011 at Don Strange Ranch in Boerne, Texas. Wearing her mother's wedding dress, Miranda walked down the aisle and exchanged vows with Blake in front of 550 family members and friends, including fellow celebrities Reba McEntire, Kelly Clarkson, Cee Lo Green, Martina McBride, Dierks Bentley, Charles Kelley, and the Bellamy Brothers. After the ceremony, Miranda expressed her excitement saying, "I'm married to my best friend! Looking forward to a lifetime of laughter."

Discography

;Albums

''Miranda Lambert'' (2001)

''Kerosene'' (2005)

''Crazy Ex-Girlfriend'' (2007)

''Revolution'' (2009)

''Four the Record'' (2011)

Awards

!Year	!Organization	!Award	!Result
2005		Horizon Award
		Female Video of the Year — "Kerosene"
Breakthrough Video of the Year — "Kerosene"
	Horizon Award
	Grammy Awards	Best Female Country Vocal Performance — "Kerosene"
rowspan="2"	Top New Female Vocalist
Female Vocalist of the Year
	Female Vocalist of the Year
	Grammy Awards	Best Female Country Vocal Performance — "Famous in a Small Town"
CMT Music Awards	Female Video of the Year — "Famous in a Small Town"
rowspan="3"	Top Female Vocalist
Album of the Year — ''Crazy Ex-Girlfriend''
Single Record of the Year — "Famous in a Small Town"
rowspan="2"	Female Vocalist of the Year
Single of the Year — "Gunpowder & Lead"
	rowspan="2"	Top Female Vocalist
Single Record of the Year — "Gunpowder & Lead"
CMT Music Awards	Female Video of the Year — "More Like Her"
	Female Vocalist of the Year
	Grammy Awards	Best Female Country Vocal Performance — "Dead Flowers"
rowspan="5"	Top Female Vocalist of the Year
Album of the Year — ''Revolution''
Single Record of the Year — "White Liar"
Song of the Year — "White Liar"
Video of the Year — "White Liar"
MusicRow Awards	Song of the Year - "The House That Built Me"
	Video of the Year - "White Liar"
Female Video of the Year - "White Liar"
	Choice Female Country Artist
Choice Music: Country Song - "The House That Built Me"
	Mainstream Inspirational Country Song, "The House That Built Me"
Inspirational Country Music Video, "The House That Built Me"
	8th French Country Music Awards	Best Female Vocalist of the Year (Meilleure Chanteuse)
rowspan="10"	Entertainer of the Year
Female Vocalist of the Year
Album of the Year - ''Revolution''
Musical Event - "Bad Angel" (with Dierks Bentley and Jamey Johnson)
Single of the Year - "The House That Built Me"
Single of the Year - "White Liar"
Song of the Year - "White Liar"
Song of the Year - "The House That Built Me"
Music Video of the Year - "The House That Built Me"
Music Video of the Year - "White Liar"
	Artist of the Year
Female Artist of the Year
Album of the Year - ''Revolution''
Single by a Female Artist - "White Liar"
Music Video by a Female Artist - "White Liar"
		Best Female Country Vocal Performance — "The House That Built Me"
Best Country Collaboration with Vocals — "Bad Angel" (with Dierks Bentley and Jamey Johnson)
Best Country Album — ''Revolution''
	Entertainer of the Year
Top Female Vocalist of the Year
Single Record of the Year — "The House That Built Me"
Song of the Year — "The House That Built Me"
Video of the Year — "The House That Built Me"
Video of the Year — "Only Prettier"
	Female Video of the Year — "The House That Built Me"
Video of the Year — "The House That Built Me"
Collaborative Video of the Year — "Coal Miner's Daughter" (with Loretta Lynn and Sheryl Crow)

Touring

Tours

"Hookin' Up and Hangin' Out Tour" (2007)

*with Toby Keith

''Sun City Carnival Tour'' (2009)

*with Kenny Chesney, Lady Antebellum, Sugarland and Montgomery Gentry

''American Saturday Night Tour'' (2010)

*with Brad Paisley and Justin Moore

''Roadside Bars & Pink Guitars'' (2010)

*with Chris Young, Randy Houser, Luke Bryan, Eric Church, James Otto, David Nail, Wade Bowen, Jake Owen and Cross Canadian Ragweed

''CMT On Tour: Miranda Lambert Revolution'' (2010)

*with Eric Church and Josh Kelley

''Miranda Lambert: Revolution Tour'' (2011)

*with Justin Moore, Josh Kelley, Chris Young, Randy Rogers Band, Pat Green,Little Big Town,Ashton Shepherd and Gary Allan

Band

Lambert's road band and crew consists of the following:

Aden Bubeck — bass guitar

Chris Kline — keyboard, harmonica, pedal steel, percussion, guitar

Alex Weeden — lead guitar

Scotty Wray — rhythm guitar, lap steel guitar, resonator guitar, banjo

Keith Zebroski — drums

Touring personnel

Scott Fowler — backline tech

Jason "Pone" Macalik — front of house engineer, backup bus driver

Chris Newsom — monitor engineer, production manager, stage manager

Sammy Bones — backline tech

Jordan Powell — tour manager

Jose "Puma" Raices — merchandise manager

Aaron Luke — lighting director

Charlie Sherman — bus driver

David Sherman — bus driver

References

External links

Official Website

Miranda Lambert at Billboard.com

Official Music Videos

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Name	Kenny Loggins
Landscape	Yes
Background	solo_singer
Birth name	Kenneth Clark Loggins
Born	January 07, 1948 Everett, Washington, United States
Years active	1966–present
Label	Columbia, Mercury
Associated acts	Loggins and MessinaUSA for AfricaMichael McDonaldBlue Sky Riders
Website	Kenny Loggins.com
Notable instruments	Taylor Guitars }}

Kenneth Clark "Kenny" Loggins (born January 7, 1948) is an American singer and songwriter known best for soft rock and adult contemporary music beginning during the 1970s. Originally a part of the duo Loggins and Messina, he became a solo artist and has written songs for other artists.

Early life

Loggins was born in Everett, Washington, the youngest of three brothers. His mother was Lina (Massie), a stay-at-home mom, and his father, Robert George Loggins, was a salesman. They lived in Detroit and Seattle before settling in Alhambra, California. Loggins attended San Gabriel Mission High School, graduating in 1966. He formed a band called the ''Second Helping'', that released three singles during 1968 and 1969 on Viva Records. Greg Shaw described the efforts as "excellent punky folk-pop records" that were written by Loggins who was likely to be the bandleader and singer as well; Shaw included "Let Me In" on both ''Highs in the Mid-Sixties, Volume 2'' and the ''Pebbles, Volume 9'' CD. Loggins had a short gig playing guitar for the "The New Improved" Electric Prunes in 1969 before writing four songs for the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, which were included in their Uncle Charlie & His Dog Teddy album. During his early twenties, he was part of the band ''Gator Creek'' with Mike Deasy. An early version of "Danny's Song" (later recorded by Loggins and Messina) was included in a record on Mercury Records.

Loggins and Messina

Jim Messina, formerly of Poco and Buffalo Springfield, was working as an independent record producer for Columbia Records in 1970 when he was introduced to Kenny Loggins, then a little-known singer/songwriter who was signed to ABC-Dunhill.

The two recorded a number of Loggins' compositions in Messina's home living room. When Columbia signed Loggins to a six-album contract (with the assistance of Messina), recording began in earnest for Loggins' debut album, with Messina as producer. Messina originally intended to lend his name to the Loggins project only to help introduce the unknown Loggins to Messina's well-established Buffalo Springfield and Poco audiences. But by the time the album was completed, Messina had contributed so much to the album - in terms of songwriting, arrangement, instrumentation, and vocals - that an "accidental" duo was born. Thus, the full name of their first album was Kenny Loggins with Jim Messina Sittin' In.

Although the album went unnoticed by radio upon release, it eventually found success by autumn 1972, particularly on college campuses where the pair toured heavily. Loggins' and Messina's harmonies meshed so well that what was begun as a one-off album became an entity unto itself. Audiences regarded the pair as a genuine duo rather than as a solo act with a well-known producer. Instead of just continuing to produce Loggins as a sole performer, they decided to record as a duo – Loggins & Messina.

"When our first album, 'Sittin' In, ' came out, we started receiving a lot of excitement about the music and good sales," Messina recalled in 2005. "We had a choice. It was either I now go on and continue to produce him and we do the solo career or we stay together and let this work. For me, I did not desire to go back out on the road. I had had enough of that, and I wanted to produce records. But Clive Davis (then president of the record company) intervened and said, 'You know, I think you'd be making a mistake if you guys didn't take this opportunity. Things like this only happen once in a lifetime. It may merit you sleeping on it overnight and making a decision that will be in your best interest.' He was absolutely correct. Kenny made the decision as well. It delayed his solo career, but it gave him an opportunity, I think, to have one."

Over the next four years they produced five more original-material albums, plus one album of covers of other artists' material, and two live albums. They sold 16 million records and were the most successful duo of the early 1970s, surpassed later in the decade only by Hall & Oates. Their work was covered by other artists, such as Lynn Anderson, who recorded "Listen to a Country Song," which was released in 1972 and reaching #3 on the charts, and, perhaps most notably, Anne Murray, who reached the U.S. top ten with "Danny's Song" in early 1973 and again with "A Love Song" the following year. A greatest-hits album, ''The Best of Friends'', would be released a year after the duo had separated. The later studio albums often found both Loggins and Messina more as two solo artists sharing the same record rather than as a genuine partnership. As both Loggins and Messina noted in 2005, their collaboration eventually became more a competition - a frequent, almost-inevitable dynamic of show business duos.

Never really a team of true equals due to the "teacher/apprentice" nature of their music experience levels, the pair had by early 1976 quietly but amicably parted to pursue solo careers, following the release of ''Native Sons''.

Solo career

During 1977, Loggins produced his first solo album, ''Celebrate Me Home'', which included the successful song "I Believe In Love", sung originally by Barbra Streisand in ''A Star Is Born''. ''Nightwatch'', a popular album released during 1978, included the hit song, "Whenever I Call You Friend", a duet with Stevie Nicks of Fleetwood Mac, though co-written with Melissa Manchester. He followed it in 1979 with ''Keep the Fire''.

With Michael McDonald

Loggins also wrote the song "What a Fool Believes" with Michael McDonald. Each man recorded his own version of the song, with McDonald's recording his version as a member of The Doobie Brothers. Loggins' version was released first, but the Doobie Brothers' version achieved greater success, scoring #1 on the popular music charts. During 1980, Loggins and McDonald received a Grammy for Song of the Year for "What a Fool Believes".

During 1979, Loggins and McDonald wrote "This Is It" for Loggins' ailing father, who had to choose between life and death. The song earned Loggins the Na Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal. NBC used the song as theme music for its coverage of the NCAA men's basketball tournament in 1980 and 1981.

Soundtracks

During the next decade, Loggins recorded so many successful songs for film soundtracks that he was referred to as, King of the Movie Soundtrack. He began with "I'm Alright" (#7 in the U.S.), "Mr. Night", and "Lead the Way" from ''Caddyshack''. Hits followed with "Footloose" and "I'm Free (Heaven Helps the Man)" from ''Footloose''; "Meet Me Halfway" from ''Over the Top''; and "Danger Zone" and "Playing With the Boys" from ''Top Gun''. Loggins also performed "Nobody's Fool" from the film ''Caddyshack II''. He also performed as a member of USA for Africa on the famine-relief fundraising single "We Are the World".

During the 1990s, Loggins continued his album career, including the popular 1994 children's album ''Return to Pooh Corner'', which included the title single, a reworking of "House at Pooh Corner", written for his newborn son Luke.

During 1991, Loggins recorded and produced ''Leap of Faith'', which included the single "Conviction of the Heart". Former vice president Al Gore billed this song as "the unofficial anthem of the environmental movement". On Earth Day 1995, Loggins performed at The National Mall in Washington, D.C. before a live audience of 500,000.

During 1997, Loggins released the album "The Unimaginable Life" based on his book which was co-written by his wife Julia. Tracks include "Now That I Know Love", "The Art of Letting Go", and "One Chance at a Time". The album was produced by Loggins and Randy Jackson with background vocals by Skyler Jett, Lamont VanHook, and Howard Smith.

During 1998, Loggins recorded a version of the popular Sesame Street song "One Small Voice" for the ABC Television special, Elmopalooza.

Recent years

During recent years Loggins has continued to record and produce Adult Contemporary music and scored a #1 single on the ''Billboard'' AC chart during 1997 with "For The First Time" (his Oscar-nominated song from ''One Fine Day''). His last film song was ''The Tigger Movie'' song "Your Heart Will Lead You Home", which he co-wrote with Richard and Robert Sherman. In 1999 he appeared as himself on ''Dharma & Greg'' in the episode "Tye-Dying the Knot", performing at Abby and Larry's wedding.

During 2005, JD Ryznar started web series ''Yacht Rock'', in which Loggins appears played by Hunter Stair and shows Loggins' rise to fame. The show helped with the revival of Loggins' music.

During 2005, Loggins and Messina performed a successful nationwide tour that resulted in the CD and DVD ''Loggins and Messina Sittin' In Again''.

During 2007 Loggins joined the new recording company 180 Music for the release of his ''How About Now'' album. That year he was also inducted into Hollywood’s Sunset Boulevard RockWalk.

On July 31, 2008, Loggins appeared on the TV program ''Don't Forget the Lyrics!'' and performed "I'm Alright" and "Footloose".

In 2009 Loggins issued a new children's album entitled ''All Join In'' but it was delayed due to his summer tour with Jim Messina.

In 2011 Loggins did a short tour in South East Asia including Manila, Philippines and Singapore. Loggins performed Friday, June 3, 2011 at the Arcada Theater in St Charles, IL. He stopped by the Eddie and Jobo Show in Chicago to talk about his music, his personal life and what kind of show you can expect from him.

Blue Sky Riders

Loggins is currently working on songs with the Blue Sky Riders, a country trio also featuring Gary Burr and Georgia Middleman.

Around one year ago, Kenny along with his close confidant Drew, started the Kenny Loggins Tree Company. With revenue amassing over $200MM in their first year, Kenny Loggins Tree Company has quickly become the forerunner for the tree servicing industry. When asked what made the company so successful, Kenny stated.. "I dont really know, Drew said the idea came to him during a ride back from the beach one day so he called me and I decided to go with it. Boy, am I glad he had the vision."

Personal life

Loggins was married first to Eva Ein from 1978 to 1990; they had three children together. The oldest, Crosby Loggins, produced his first CD in 2007 entitled ''We All Go Home.'' During 2008, Crosby Loggins was voted the winner of the MTV reality show ''Rock the Cradle''. Cody was born in 1983 and Isabella in 1988. As of 2009, daughter Bella was a music major in college.

When Loggins experienced health problems in 1982, he was referred to Julia Cooper, a colon therapist. They felt an immediate connection and both were unhappy in their relationships, but each was married to someone else; Loggins had one child and his wife was pregnant with his second. Their relationship was limited to a close friendship for many years. Near the end of the 1980s, Loggins separated from his wife, Eva, at nearly the same time Julia left her husband, and they began a deeper relationship.

Loggin's divorce was final in 1990; he and Cooper married in July, 1992. In 1994, they became involved with Equinox International, a multi-level marketing organization, and created a promotional video for the company, as did Ted Danson and Dave Parker. The couple had two children: Lukas, born in 1994, and Hana, born in 1998. After several years of their marriage, they assembled material from the journals that each kept, which included poems, songs and letters. They authored a 1997 book entitled, ''The Unimaginable Life'' about their relationship. It was not intended to be a "how to" guide for relationships, nor a celebrity autobiography. Its purpose was to offer an alternative to typical relationships where spouses feel that they cannot be completely honest. Later on, they faced possible bankruptcy.

The couple divorced in 2004. Loggins commented in 2009, “I got pretty blindsided by Julia’s decision to leave. She’s a very impulsive woman, and she found herself going through a midlife crisis. And she didn’t know what to make of it, and it changed her life.”

Kenny is a cousin to singer-songwriter Dave Loggins.

Discography

Of the seven albums released by Loggins & Messina from 1971–1976, two were platinum and five were gold.

Since going solo, Loggins has released 13 albums, three of which were certified gold (500,000 shipped), and four became platinum (1 million shipped).

Notes

External links

Kenny Loggins.com

Blue Sky Riders official website

2011 radio interview with Kenny Loggins

2011 radio interview] with Kenny Loggins

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name	David Foster
background	non_performing_personnel
birth name	David Walter Foster
birth date	November 01, 1949
birth place	Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
instrument	Piano, keyboards, French horn, synthesizer
genre	Pop, R&B;, classical, gospel
occupation	Record producer, musician, composer, songwriter, arranger
years active	1971–present
label	Reprise/143, Atlantic
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David Walter Foster, OC, OBC (born November 1, 1949), is a Canadian musician, record producer, composer, singer, songwriter, and arranger, noted for discovering singers such as Michael Bublé, Josh Groban, and Charice Pempengco; and for producing some of the most successful artists in the world.

Career

Throughout his career, he has produced recordings for a wide range of musical artists, including Bryan Adams, Tamia, Christina Aguilera, The Bee Gees, Andrea Bocelli, Boz Scaggs, Mariah Carey, Chicago, Destiny's Child, Neil Diamond, Céline Dion, Earth Wind and Fire, Gloria Estefan, Whitney Houston, Janet Jackson, Michael Jackson, Chaka Khan, Beyonce Knowles, Kenny Loggins, Madonna, Olivia Newton-John, Nsync, Charice Pempengco, Prince, Kenny Rogers, Barbra Streisand, Donna Summer, Shania Twain, and Jackie Evancho.

Foster was a keyboardist for the pop group Skylark discovered by Eirik Wangberg. The band's song “Wildflower” was a top ten hit in 1973.

Together with Jay Graydon he formed the band Airplay, whose album of the same name is often labeled the most important within the Westcoast AOR genre.

He produced debut albums for The Corrs, Michael Bublé, Renee Olstead and Josh Groban, which were released under his own record label, 143 Records, and distributed through Warner Music. Foster helped launch Kevin Sharp's career after the two met through the Make-A-Wish Foundation and he produced David Hayes singing a song by composed by Ed Scheid and Laramy Smith title "Friend".

In 1985, ''Rolling Stone'' magazine named Foster the "master of ... bombastic pop kitsch." That year, Foster composed the score for the film ''St. Elmo's Fire'', including "Love Theme from St. Elmo's Fire" which hit No. 15 in US pop charts (with a remake of a song titled "For just a moment" with vocals by Amy Holland and Donny Gerrard). Another song from the film, "St. Elmo's Fire (Man in Motion)", recorded by John Parr hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 on September 7, 1985. The following years, Foster continued turning out occasional film scores, including the Michael J. Fox comedy ''The Secret of My Success'' and the Jodie Foster-Mark Harmon drama ''Stealing Home'', both of which spawned soundtrack albums with prominent Foster-penned contributions. He collaborated with then-wife Linda Thompson on the song "I Have Nothing", sung by Whitney Houston in the 1992 film ''The Bodyguard''. The couple were nominated for a Grammy Award and an Academy Award for Best Song for the song.

He produced Japanese singer Seiko Matsuda's 1988 album "Citron", also arranging and co-writing all the songs on the album, including the number one single "Marrakech".

In 1995 Foster signed a deal with Warner Brothers that enabled him to set up his own boutique label, 143 Records, as a joint venture with Warner. Foster gave the responsibility for running the label to then manager Brian Avnet. One of the label's first signing was little known Irish folk-rock band The Corrs, for whom he produced their debut album. By 1997 Foster had come to the realisation that, in the American market at least, "logo labels" like 143 were in a "bad spot" and as a result Foster sold the label back to Warner and became senior vice-president at the corporation.

Foster, along with Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds, composed "The Power of the Dream" as the official song of the 1996 Summer Olympics, with then-wife Thompson providing the lyrics (sung by Céline Dion). He also composed "Winter Games", the theme song for 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Alberta. "Winter Games" is the soundtrack for a fountain show at the Bellagio resort in Las Vegas as well as a fountain show at Sea World Orlando. Also in 2001, he collaborated with Lara Fabian and the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra to record the Canadian national anthem, "O Canada", for an English version, a French version, and a bilingual (French/English) version, for a promotion of the Government of Canada. In 2003, Foster won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Music and Lyrics for ''The Concert for World Children's Day''. His song "I Will Be There With You" (sung with Katharine McPhee) is being used by Japan Airlines to promote the introduction of new aircraft to its US flights.

During the 1990s he often performed acts with San Diego vocalist Warren Wiebe, whom he had discovered in the restroom of a hotel bar in 1987. In 1994 he had Wiebe put together a band called Millennium featuring Nita Whitaker and a few session vocalists, but the deal with Foster's record company led to the group's demise. Wiebe was Foster's "mouth" on many of his videos but committed suicide before he could release a solo album.

In 2005, record producer David Foster, his daughter Amy Foster-Gillies and Knowles wrote "Stand Up For Love" as the anthem to the World Children's Day, an annual worldwide event to raise awareness and funds for children causes. Over the past three years, more than $50 million has been raised to benefit Ronald McDonald House Charities and other children's organizations. Destiny's Child lent their voices and support as global ambassadors for the 2005 program.

In 2009 it was revealed that Foster had worked with songwriter Diane Warren to produce records for Whitney Houston's upcoming album. It was then announced that her comeback single would be the Foster-produced "I Didn't Know My Own Strength".

He recently collaborated with American Idol finalist Michael Johns on the re-write of his popular 1980s hit "St Elmo's Fire (Man in Motion)."

In July 2011, it was announced that Foster would take the helm of Verve Records under Universal Music and shift the focus of the label from jazz to adult contemporary pop.

Television appearances

In early 1992, the national television station RCTI, David Foster came to Indonesia for the TV show ''David Foster's Twilight Orchestra''.

In early 2001, Foster was in ''Popstars'', a reality series that aired on WB. The series aimed at coming up with the next girl group and eventually became Eden's Crush (featuring Nicole Scherzinger). David Foster and Linda Thompson wrote and produced several songs on their album.

Foster's home life was featured in a Fox staged reality TV show called ''The Princes of Malibu'', in which he attempts to force his two spoiled stepsons, Brandon and Brody Jenner (the children of Thompson and Olympian Bruce Jenner), to straighten their lives up and earn their own way.

In late April 2005, Foster appeared as a special guest on both ''American Idol'' (as a mentor) and ''Nashville Star'' (as a judge) two weeks apart. He was also a judge on ''Celebrity Duets'', a FOX TV show, and appeared on ''Star Tomorrow'', where auditions were held in Los Angeles and New York for undiscovered talent. It aired only one [July 31, 2006] episode on NBC.

In July 2006, Foster made a brief appearance on ''The View'' as Star Jones's vocal coach. In August 2006, he was the musical director for JCPenney Jam: The Concert For American Kids], which aired on CBS and was later released in CD/DVD format. In November 2007, Foster appeared in Oprah's annual "Favorite Things" episode, performing with Josh Groban.

In September 2008, singer Charice joined Foster on ''The Oprah Winfrey Show'' with Celine Dion via satellite; and later on October 31, he and Andrea Bocelli appeared on ''Oprah'' again together, where he stated that Bocelli was his "favorite singer on the planet".

In December 2008, Foster was featured in a PBS special titled ''Hitman David Foster & Friends'', a concert featuring live performances by Foster and numerous other performers. Foster was also featured in ''Under the Desert Sky'' in 2006, ''Vivere Live in Tuscany'' in 2007, and the ''My Christmas Special'', in 2009, Andrea Bocelli's three latest PBS Specials. Bocelli also performed during Foster's Hitman special.

In late 2009, he also appeared on a number of TV shows to promote Bocelli's ''My Christmas'' album, which he produced, including ''The Oprah Winfrey Show'', ''The Tonight Show with Jay Leno'', ''Dr. Phil'', ''The Early Show'' and ''Fox & Friends''. He also made a number of appearances in 2010 with Filipino singer Charice, to promote her album.

Personal life

Foster has been married three times, has five biological daughters, an ex-stepdaughter, and two ex-stepsons. His first marriage was to singer/writer B.J. Cook. She already had a daughter, Tamre Winger, whom he raised. Together, B.J. Cook and Foster had one daughter, Amy Foster (b. July 29, 1973), a songwriter who has collaborated with classic artists such as Andrea Bocelli, Michael Bublé, and Josh Groban.

His second wife was model Rebecca Dyer. They had three daughters: Sara Foster (b. August 24, 1981), Erin Foster (b. August 24, 1983), and Jordan Foster (b. September 1986). As of May 2008, Sara was engaged to tennis player Tommy Haas, and on November 14, 2010, Haas and Foster welcomed a baby girl in Santa Monica, CA. Foster also has a daughter, Allison Jones (b. April 6, 1970), from a previous relationship.

Foster married third wife Linda Thompson on June 27, 1991. The two became a songwriting team, collaborating on several songs including "I Have Nothing," performed by Whitney Houston in The Bodyguard, and "Grown-Up Christmas List." Thompson filed for divorce Monday July 11, 2005, the day after her short-lived reality series, ''The Princes of Malibu'' premiered. Thompson is the mother of Brody Jenner and Brandon Jenner from her previous marriage to former Olympian Bruce Jenner.

Foster's sister, producer Jaymes Foster, is the mother of Clay Aiken's son Parker Foster Aiken.

David's cousin, Billy Foster, died in a race car accident in 1967.

In 1992, David Foster was driving on the Pacific Coast Highway when his car struck actor Ben Vereen, who had been on the road because he had crashed his car and was in a daze. Despite being thrown 90 feet, Vereen survived. Vereen also went on record to say that it probably saved his life: he had a serious drinking problem caused by the death of his daughter.

Discography

In addition to the numerous albums he has produced, the following are Foster's own solo or band works:

1972: ''Skylark'' (self-titled)

1974: ''2'' Skylark

1976: ''Attitudes'' (self-titled)

1977: ''Good News'' Attitudes

1980: ''Airplay'' (self-titled)

1983: ''The Best of Me''

1986: ''David Foster'' (self-titled)

1988: ''The Symphony Sessions''

1989: ''Time Passing''

1990: ''River of Love''

1991: ''Rechordings''

1992: ''A Touch Of David Foster''

1993: ''The Christmas Album''

1994: ''Love Lights The World''

2000: ''The Best Of Me: A Collection of David Foster’s Greatest Works''

2001: ''O Canada'' (with Lara Fabian)

2002: ''Love Stories''

2003: ''Teko’s Theme - with Nita Whitaker''

2004: ''The Best Of Me - Original Recording Remastered''

2008: ''Hitman: David Foster and Friends''

2010: ''The Magic of David Foster & Friends''

2011: ''Hitman Returns: David Foster and Friends''

Singles

1985: "Love Theme From St. Elmo's Fire (For Just a Moment)" (US #15)

1986: "The Best of Me" (Duet with Olivia Newton-John) (US #80)

1988: "Winter Games (Can't You Feel It)" - Official theme song for the Calgary 1988 Winter Olympics (US #85)

Awards and honors

In 1995, Foster became the recipient of the Order of British Columbia, the highest honour awarded in his native province of British Columbia. Foster became an Officer of the Order of Canada in 2006.

Foster has won 15 Grammy Awards (three for producer of the year) and has been nominated a total of 46 times.

He has been nominated three times for an Academy Award for Best Song and won the 1999 Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song for the song “The Prayer” (sung by Andrea Bocelli and Celine Dion) from the film ''Quest for Camelot''. He has been named BMI's "Songwriter of the Year". In June 2010, he was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.

See also

Music of Canada

Canadian Music Hall of Fame

List of Canadian composers

References

Further reading

External links

Official website

David Foster on ''The Hour''

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name	Adam Levine
birth name	Adam Noah Levine
landscape	Yes
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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
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Adam Noah Levine (born March 18, 1979) is an American singer-songwriter and musician, best known as the front man and guitarist for the pop rock band Maroon 5. He is also a coach on the American talent show ''The Voice''.

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

Kimpel, Dan (2006), ''How They Made It: True Stories of How Music's Biggest Stars Went from Start to Stardom!''. Location unknown:Hal Leonard Corporation. ISBN 0-634-07642-6

References

External links

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