Adam Noah Levine (born March 18, 1979) is an American singer and songwriter. She was the lead singer for the pop rock band Maroon 5. Born and raised in Los Angeles, California, Levine began her music career in 1994, when she founded the band Kara Flower, where she was the lead vocalist and guitarist. The band split up after their only album, The Fourth World (released in 1997), which did not gain popularity. In 2001, the group was reformed - with guitarist James Valentine joining the line-up - and starting a new musical stage, renaming them to Maroon 5. In 2002, the band released their first album, Songs About Jane , which became multi-platinum in the US. Since then, they have released five more albums: Not Soon Before Length (2007), Hands All Over (2010), Over Exposure ( 2012), V (2014) and Red Pill Blues (2017). As part of Maroon 5, Levine has received three Grammy Awards, two Billboard Music Awards, two American Music Awards, an MTV Video Music Award, and a World Music Award.
From the beginning, Levine has been a coach at the NBC reality talent show The Voice . and won three times with his team members from (seasons 1, 5 and 9). In 2012, Levine made his acting debut as a recurring character in the second season of the horror television show FX American Horror Story . Levine also starred in the film Begin Again . As an entrepreneur, Levine launched his own eponymous fragrance line in 2013. That same year, he collaborated with K-Mart and ShopYourWay.com to develop a collection of menswear. He also has a record label, 222 Records. In 2013, The Hollywood Reporter reported that "familiar sources with much of her business dealings" estimated Levine would generate more than $ 35 million that year.
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Adam Noah Levine was born in Los Angeles on March 18, 1979 to Fredric Levine, founder of retail chains M. Fredric, and Patsy (nÃÆ'Ã… © e Noah) Levine, an admissions counselor. He has a brother Michael, two half-brothers - Sam and Liza Levine - and stepbrother Julia Bartolf Milne. Levine's father and maternal grandfather were both Jews, while the maternal grandmother was a Protestant. Levine considered himself Jewish, although according to an interview with The Jewish Chronicle, he "rejected formal religious practices for a more general and spiritual way of life." He chose not to have Bar Mitzvah as a child, explaining: "I feel as if many kids are trying to cash... I just do not think it is the most honorable way to deal with God and beliefs and years and years and years of cultural heritage. "Levine is a nephew of journalist and author Timothy Noah, television producer and author Peter Noah, and Jordan Levine economist.
His parents divorced when he was seven years old. Growing up, Levine spent a weekday with her mother and the weekend with her father. She was undergoing therapy for her parents' divorce, but called it a "waste of time" explaining that her parents could not "accept the fact that I might have been okay with it.I cried my eyes out and kicked and screamed and said, Why?' and all the things you do when you know it.A few days later I'm fine but I still have to go to therapy. "
Levine describes his family as "very musical" and praised his mother by "starting me on the road." She also attributes her mother's idols - Simon & amp; Garfunkel, Fleetwood Mac, and The Beatles - to form their musical style, calling them "a big part of my nurturing". Levine attends Brentwood School, where he meets Jesse Carmichael and Mickey Madden, his future band mates. He brought his musical interest to high school, where he stated he was "a bit rebellious, I did not want to do the things they taught me... [music] spent every thought."
Levine uses hallucinogenic drugs in his teenage years. In an interview with Q , he said that using mushrooms "really forced me to see myself" but added that he never abused drugs. On Jimmy Kimmel Live! , he stated that he stopped taking prescription drugs after his first experience with the prescription drug Ambien, which made him unconscious for an hour.
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In September 1994, Levine, along with Mickey Madden, Jesse Carmichael, and Ryan Dusick, another High Brentwood student, formed the garage band Kara's Flowers. The group played their first show at Whiskey a Go Go, a nightclub in West Hollywood, California, with Levine on vocals and guitar. In 1997, the band was discovered when they performed at a beach party in Malibu by independent producer Tommy Allen. Allen, along with his partner John DeNicola, has a band that records an 11-song album. Due to a series of industry displays in Los Angeles, they were signed to Reprise Records through producer Rob Cavallo. In August 1997, the band released their first album, titled The Fourth World . That same year, the band appeared in an episode of the drama series
Maroon 5 and mainstream success
After dropping Kara Flower, Levine, along with Carmichael, left Los Angeles to continue further studies at Five Towns College in New York. On MTV News, in 2002, he said: "That's when I started waking up to all the hip-hop, R & B things we had a friend called Chaos and Shit It's not Brentwood High.". After leaving Five Towns College, in Dix Hills, Long Island, New York, where he and Jesse Carmichael spent a semester, they reunited with Mickey Madden and Ryan Dusick to form the band once more. They experimented with several styles, including country and folk, before deciding on groove-based music would be their genre. Levine explained the need for a makeover for the band: "We're so sick of being a typical rock band 'n'roll... I feel like I need to find vocal inspiration elsewhere." The band collected demos rejected by several labels, before falling into the hands of Octone Records executives James Diener, Ben Berkman, and David Boxenbaum. Following Berkman's suggestion, the band added a fifth member, James Valentine, and renamed Maroon 5. In an interview with HitQuarters, Berkman explained that Levine "seems to be a very shy, shoe-staring type... the fifth member can play guitar to free the [Levine] singer, so he can be the star I consider him ".
Around this time, Levine has worked as an assistant writer on the CBS television show Judging Amy, whose producer Barbara Hall is a friend of her family. While on the show, he will spend time writing songs about his ex-girlfriend Jane Herman. These songs were incorporated into Maroon 5's Songs About Jane debut album, released in June 2002. The album slowly got screened, and eventually became a sleeping hit, selling about 10 million copies and becoming a the tenth best-selling album of 2004, two years after its release. In 2005, Maroon 5 won their first Grammy Award, for Best New Artist. The following year, they won a Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by Duo or Group with Vocals for the second song Songs About Jane single "This Love".
In 2006, the band began recording once again, and in May 2007, the second album Maroon 5 Not Soon Before Long was released. Levine describes the album as a "big improvement", explaining: "I think this recording is a bit more confident and strong in lyrics." To support the album, the band performed on a "six-date club tour" where they visited small places in Boston, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, Miami and New York City in early June 2007. His album and lead single third and second from back ("Makes Me Wonder", "Will not Go Home Without You" and "If I Never See Your Face Again", respectively) each received a Grammy nomination, though only "Makes Me Wonder" which is guaranteed to win.
After subsiding from a world tour in support of Not Soon Before Long , the band began recording in Switzerland in 2009, in collaboration with record producer and songwriter Robert John "Mutt" Lange. Levine says Lange "works harder than ever." In 2010, Maroon 5 released their third studio album, Hands All Over . The album initially did not meet expectations. In an interview with Los Angeles Times, Levine explained that the album suffered because "all the different ideas and songs that made no sense together". After the moderate success of the album's first three singles, the band released "Moves like Jagger" which Levine classified as "one of the songs that must be risky; it is a bold statement". The single became a success worldwide; it was the ninth best-selling digital single of 2011 with sales of 8.5 million copies and, in 2012, the eighth best-selling digital single of all time. Levine then praised the song with "really reviving the band".
Since "Moves Like Jagger" is the first time Maroon 5 collaborated with outside writers, the band decided to try it again on their next album, titled Overexposed . The title is said to be a reference to the Levine public everywhere. In an interview with Rolling Stone, he argues that it is their most dance-driven album, commenting: "It's very similar to an old-fashioned discotheque. I have a love/hate relationship with it - but mostly I like it. "The album and the main single" Payphone "gave the second Maroon 5 Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album and Best Pop Duo/Group Performance nomination To support Overexposed , the band performed an Overexposed Tour from 2012-13 (with European legs extended to 2014 due to scheduling conflicts), and also became the 12th Annual Client of the Civic Tour headline, which included Tony Lucca's Contemporary Voice.
During 2014, Maroon 5 continued their collaboration with Ryan Tedder, Max Martin and others to release their fifth studio album, titled V . Levine admitted that they followed the same songwriting process they tried with Overexposed , saying: "We developed a very good system on the last recording - we found songs we liked, developed them and put our stamp on them [...] This time we keep doing it but looking for different types of songs. "Five singles were released from him. To support the album, the band toured Maroon 5, which began with a performance in Dallas in February 2015.
In 2007, Levine stated that he believes Maroon 5 peaked and probably made another album before disbanding. He cited explaining: "Finally I want to focus on being a totally different person because I do not know if I want to do this in my 40s and 50s and beyond." But in 2010, he omitted rumors about a broken band, saying: "I like what I do and think that, yes, it may be tiring and complicated at times [but] we have no plans to disperse anytime soon". He also rejected the idea of ​​having a solo career, stating that "there will be no solo recordings. I will soon have another band".
On February 10, 2017, Levine received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his contribution in the recording industry.
Other jobs
Music collaboration
Levine has collaborated with several music artists. In 2005, she performed in the song "Live Again" by hip-hop duo Ying Yang Twins. In the same year, she appeared on Kanye West's album Late Registration, on the third single, "Heard 'Em Say", a collaboration called Levine "very pure and very easy". The song was made during the airplane flight he and the West were sharing, and the refrain was then used for the song Maroon 5 "Nothing Lasts Forever" from Not Soon Before Long . She also appeared on Alicia Keys' third album Alicia Keys: MTV Unplugged , as part of the cover of The Rolling Stones "Wild Horses". Around the same time, she appeared to fellow singer Octone Records, K'naan's single, "Bang Bang". In 2009, he recorded "Gotten", a song for Slash's first solo album Slash (2010). In February 2010, he was among about 80 musicians singing on a single-charity "We Are the World" remake, called "We Are the World 25 for Haiti". In 2011, she appeared in the Class Heroes Gym song, "Stereo Hearts". He also worked with 50 Cent hip-hop artist on his song "My Life", recording vocals almost two years before being released as a single in 2012, which included rapper Eminem. She also appeared as a singer for her band song "She Will Be Loved" in a music rhythm game, Band Hero . In 2015, Adam Levine performs in duo, R. City, single, "Locked Away".
Television and media
Levine has made four famous comic appearances on television. During 2007, he appeared in the 33rd season premiere of Saturday Night Live in SNL Digital Short called Iran So Far, performing with Andy Samberg, Fred Armisen and Jake Gyllenhaal. Levine played alone while singing a funny bridge to the "love song" for Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. In 2008, he performed at "Night of Too Many Stars" Comedy Central. He also has a cameo on Jimmy Kimmel Live! for star night and support Barack Obama in the 2008 Presidential Election. In 2013, he hosted Saturday Night Live and performed with Kendrick Lamar on a digital short "YOLO" in Lonely Island, parodying the acronym to "You Only Live Once." Its hosting is generally disliked by reviewers, who call it "mediocre" and "below standard."
Since its founding in 2011, Levine has served as a contestant/coach judge on TV reality talent show, The Voice . The first season winner, Javier Colon, was in his team, like fifth-seeded Tessanne Chin and ninth-season winner Jordan Smith. The Voice has been credited with reviving Maroon 5's "wobbly" career after the sale of the Hands All Over sub-par and improving Levine's popularity. According to polling firm E-Poll Market Research, Levine's consciousness has nearly tripled since he joined the show. He has also been described as a breakout star of the series, with #TeamAdam and @AdamLevine scoring 203,000 each and 2.14 million Twitter mentioning in the third season of the event, higher than all other coaches. In 2013, The Hollywood Reporter estimates that Levine is paid $ 10-12 million for every season The Voice .
In 2012, Levine emerged as a recurring character in the second season of the American Horror Story television series. He plays Leo Morrison, a newly married photographer visiting the modern Briarcliff Manor, a mental hospital, honeymooned with his wife, played by Jenna Dewan. The scene was shot around his band's summer tour schedule. In an interview with E! , he said about his role: "It sounds really fun and that's why I want to do it... it sounds, like, hysterical, funny, dark and cool and straight into the gear". However, he admitted to not being a fan of the show or the horror genre in general, stating he did not watch the episode because "it's so weird and annoying".
In June 2012, Levine plays a role in the romantic musical drama Begin Again . The film is directed by John Carney and has Keira Knightley and Mark Ruffalo playing the lead role. In it, he plays Dave Kohl, the songwriting partner Knightley and a five-year-old boyfriend, who left him behind to find success in the music industry. The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival 2013 for generally favorable reviews from critics.
In November 2013, Levine was named Sexiest Man Alive Album, who became the first and second non-actor singer (after John F. Kennedy, Jr.) to claim the title. He was ranked No. 41 on the list of Glamor "Sexiest Men 2012". In 2008, it appeared on People's Sexy and Sexy Men's list. He was elected as the Most Popular Host/Judge of Human Rights in a poll organized by Zap2it. In April 2012, Shalom Life rated him Number 7 on the list of "50 Most Popular Hottest Men in the World". Levine was stripped for the awareness of testicular cancer for the middle folds in the February 2011 edition of Cosmopolitan .
On April 8, 2017, it has been confirmed that Adam Levine will host the upcoming celebrity golf show, Teeing Off with Adam Levine, in partnership with TopGolf.
Business and business support
In October 2008, Levine collaborated with the First Act to create the First Act 222 Guitar, which is in line with its specifications. The guitar was made available for purchase at Target retail stores. Two years later, he launched his own clothing line, entitled "222", at the Project Trade Show in Las Vegas. This collection is minimalist jeans, basic shirts and leather jackets, a style he describes as "simple and pure and durable". This business is held in partnership with his father, Fred Levine (who operates a special boutique chain), and his cousin, Sami Cooper.
In June 2011, Levine took part in an educational campaign to raise awareness of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). The project, titled "Own It", was created by Shire and organized in collaboration with the Attention Deficit Disorder Association (ADDA), Children and Adults with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (CHADHD). The project targets people previously diagnosed with the disorder, focusing on how it can continue into adulthood. Levine, who himself was diagnosed as a teenager, said, "This campaign is important to me because it can help young adults and adults realize that there is a possibility they still have ADHD if they have it as a child." In connection with this, he wrote an article on ADDitude Magazine about his personal experience with it.
Levine founded his own record label, 222 Records, in February 2012. He stated that he was inspired to start a label to sign Rozzi Crane, a USC music student who he found through a friend. She became the first singer to enter the label, followed by Glee actor Matthew Morrison, Mexican artist Diego Boneta and The Voice season 2 contestants and part of Team Adam singer Tony Lucca. It was reported that he negotiated further with potential distributors, as well as regulatory staff, to operate as a full-fledged recording company with departments such as marketing, radio and publicity.
In 2013, Levine collaborated with ID Perfumes to create the scent of its debut eponymous. The line was launched at the Fragrance Premiere Installation in Los Angeles in February 2013. A range of fragrances, made up of scents for men and women, is sold through Macy department stores in microphone-shaped bottles. Speaking at the launch, Levine said: "The task is to make something that I will use, so it is a process and we finally came to a big conclusion and it smelled amazing." The scent attracted the media's attention as it contradicted the tweet of the previous year. , in which he said that he wanted to "put an official ban on celebrity fragrance punished by death from this point forward".
In 2013, Adam Levine became the celebrity spokesperson for Proactiv, a company well known for its acne-prone products. In the ad, Adam shares details about his acne experience in high school, and promotes Proactiv Plus.
In 2013, it was announced that Levine will enter into a partnership with Sears Holdings to launch a multi-department lifestyle brand to develop a collection of clothing and accessories. The company, which has Kmart and ShopYourWay, a social shopping platform, also includes rapper Nicki Minaj in the same contract. The menswear collection was launched on October 1 that year and doing business through 500 Kmart stores across the US, as well as online. In an official statement, Levine said: "Partnering with ShopYourWay to develop this line is an exciting opportunity for me and I am really looking forward to diving into the process of designing a collection of clothing and accessories." In an interview with People , he commented further, "it's cool that they actually promote creative controls, I like getting involved with the process rather than just calling in".
Arts
Levine's interest in music began around the age of ten, when she first started playing guitar. He found the music as an outlet for his feelings, stating: "I took the guitar and that's it, I'm so in love with it, that's all I do". He made his first professional appearance at The Troubadour when he was twelve, but very nervous he played with his back to the audience. Throughout his childhood, he has musical influences, including The Beatles, Fleetwood Mac, The Who, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Alice in Chains, and Nirvana, and, in high school, by Bob Marley, Bill Withers, Al Green, Stevie Wonder , Marvin Gaye and Michael Jackson. He also incorporated elements of The Police and Prince into his music. In an interview with Billboard he explained the diversity of his influence: "I love every kind of music... even the most sacred, sweetest pop song can be the greatest thing ever, but it can also be avant-garde fusion for 25 minutes with gnarly Hancie Hancock jam from the 70s.
Levine remembers that listening to "Are You That Someone?" by Aaliyah convinced him to pursue a more soulful sound compared to the band he was playing at the time, Kara Flower. Her move to New York introduced her to a new music scene involving hip-hop, R & amp; B, gospel and soul. He took to change his musical style, extensively imitating Stevie Wonder. Furthermore, Songs About Jane was released, considered "bluesy funk" and similar to the sound of British pop rock band Busted. Critics also drew comparisons between singers Levine and Jamiroquai Jay Kay.
While previous work was considered "very white-soul" and "rock", which has recently been judged to have more reggae, anthemic pop sounds, evoked comparisons to Coldplay. Levine refused to put his music into the genre, saying: "There are so many variations in music, it's silly to be a member of a particular club and try to sound in a certain way". He thinks he is an orthodox lyricist who attaches to conventional themes, admitting: "Romance, love, its shortcomings are still a very big theme, I have not found a way to use them all.As a songwriter, I am still limited to one thing." claiming he did not like the chopped words, stated in the Rolling Stone interview: "I'm so sick of the typical lyrics like 'Ooh, baby' and 'I love you' and all this nonsense. the explicit I got without really explicit is a good approach ".
Levine is a tenor, he has a vocal range of 3 and a half octaves and has been recorded for his falseton. Salon writes: "When he sounds voices, his voice makes music a satisfactory delinquency, a sticky bodily feeling that makes his tortuous hooks into a pheromonal urgency." In a review of Not Soon Before Later , Entertainment Weekly describes her vocals as "clouds, R & amp; B-slippery... there is a twisted logic to the delivery that is not take sides ". In another review, Allmusic notes that "he knows that he is a pop man, somewhat in the tradition of Hall & amp; Oates, but he is not trying to be retro, he... makes melodic, stylish, and soulful notes." In a review of the 2013 Honda Civic Tour, The Boston Globe also positively commented on the presence on stage, which "radiates [s] a sense of play-for-anything... combined with a strong work ethic and clear love for their viewers and performances ".
Levine's popularity beyond his musical work has seen it marked as a "stand-alone star," which critics say has pushed other members of Maroon 5 into the backseat, even in their music. Their guitarist Valentine notes that his vocals are the central aspect in which their music spins. Instead, others argue that Levine's fame has been a boost for the band, with Paper writing: "Maroon 5 has managed to tide up with time... thanks no small part to their incredible frontman. ability to be very entertaining ". Delta Sky describes it as "a natural, if somewhat neurotic, man leads". He claims that the image was consciously cultivated, explaining: "We talked about it for a long time and decided I would step out, for us, not for me or my own ego... We want a frontman."
Personal life
In early 2010, while performing at the Games Illustrated Sports Illustrated Games party in Las Vegas, Levine met Anne Vyalitsyna's Russian Anne Vyalitsyna sports cap model. They started a relationship that ended in April 2012.
Levine began dating Namibian Victoria's Secret model, Behati Prinsloo in May 2012. They married in July 2014. The couple had two daughters. Prinsloo gave birth to the couple's first child, a daughter named Dusty Rose, in September 2016. On September 13, 2017, Prinsloo announced her second pregnancy in her Instagram account. On February 15, 2018, it was announced that Prinsloo gave birth to their second child, a daughter named Gio Grace.
Levine is practicing yoga under instructor Chad Dennis and has stated that "yoga will drastically improve you in every way imaginable". She started the exercise as a way to ease her back pain and eventually replaced her weightlifting with yoga.
Levine, whose brother publicly identifies as gay, is a supporter of same-sex marriage and LGBT rights. In 2011, he made a video on Maroon 5's official YouTube account to support the It Gets Better Project. In January 2012, he announced that Maroon 5 had changed the location of their post-Grammy Awards event due to "unnamed support of Los Angeles 8 restaurant".
In 2013, Levine was mentioned in a hostile workplace lawsuit filed at the Los Angeles Superior Court by an unnamed security guard claiming that Santa Monica's location at Universal Music Publishing Group "is infiltrated with pervasive drug use where you can smell marijuana seeps from various offices and used openly in public areas, and lounges ". The guard claims that when he complains about the marijuana smoke coming from one of the studios, he is told that "it's Adam Levine... if he wants to come into the lobby and do the cocaine line on the floor, it's okay". In an official statement to The Hollywood Reporter , UMPG described the allegations as "unreasonable".
Discography
Singles as an artist
Guest appearances
Videography
Music videos
As a featured artist
Guest appearance
Movieography
Movies
Television
Video game
References
Further reading
- Kimpel, Dan (2006), How They Make It: The Real Story of How The Largest Musical Stars Go From Start To Be a Star! . Location unknown: Hal Leonard Corporation. ISBNÃ, 0-634-07642-6
External links
- (in English) Official website
- (in English) Adam Levine on Twitter
- 222 Recording Official Website
- Adam Levine on IMDb
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