Transcript Adam Levine Early Years Born in Los Angeles March 18, 1979

Adam Levine
Early Years
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Born in Los Angeles March 18, 1979
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Parents divorced when he was seven
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Started playing the guitar when he was ten
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His mother encouraged him to pursue music
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Formed a band in High school called “Kara's
Flowers”
Attended Brentwood High School where he met
his band mates
“Kara's Flowers”
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Alternative Rock Band formed in 1994
Members: Adam Levine, Jesse Carmichael,
Mickey Madden, Ryan Dusick
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Signed with Reprise Records
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Released Album “Fourth World” which flopped.
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The band was dropped in 1998 by the record
company.
They later regrouped to form “Maroon Five” with
the addition of James Valentine.
Albums
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“Songs about Jane” (2002)
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“Overexposed” (2012)
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“Hands all Over” (2010)
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“It won't be soon before long” (2007)
Big Hits
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“This Love”
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“Makes Me Wonder”
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“If I Never See Your Face Again”
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“Payphone”
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“Moves Like Jagger”
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“Daylight”
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One More Night”
“This Love”
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From their first album “Songs about Jane”
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Written by Adam Levine and Jesse Carmichael.
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Released January 2004
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Was the third most played song of 2004
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Awarded Grammy of Best pop performance by
a duo or group with vocals in 2006
Written in Eb minor and C harmonic minor
“If I Never See Your Face Again”
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Released May 2008
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Features Rhianna
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Originally meant to be a duet with Janet
Jackson.
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Written by Adam Levine and James Valentine
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It is a pop and R&B song
“Moves Like Jagger”
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Features Christina Aguilera
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Released June 2011
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Dance Pop / Electro Pop Style
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One of the best selling singles of all time
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Sold over 14 million copies to date
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It spent ten weeks in the top three songs list
“Makes Me Wonder”
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Won the Grammy award for “Best Pop
Performance by a duo or a group with Vocals”.
Written as both a song about failed love and
about failed trust in the leadership of America
with regards to the war in Iraq.
One of the most successful songs of 2007
“Payphone”
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Features rapper Wiz Khalifa
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Is a pop ballad
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9.5 million copies sold
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World's fifth best selling single of 2012
Adam Markovitz from Entertainment Weekly concluded:
"Payphone is an alchemy of elemental pop-rock building blocks that conjures
virile longing in the same corny-graceful way as past M5 hits like She Will Be
Loved. Levine's voice soars, the piano and guitar hit notes of bitter nostalgia,
and for once the words' hurt feels real. And whether by Pro-Tooled magic or oldfashioned sweat, the song also sounds remarkably like it was recorded in a
studio by musicians who actually came together to play as a band — even if one
of them was only dropping by on his way to the soundstage.
“Daylight”
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Soft rock ballad
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Premiered November 2012 on “The Voice”
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Received mixed reviews from fans and critics
alike. Many claimed the song was similar to a
style often used by the band “Coldplay”. Others
however believed it was a nice blend of old and
new “Maroon Five” sounds.
“One More Night”
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Released June 2012
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Pop with influence of reggae
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Spent nine consecutive weeks as the number
one single.
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The band's most successful song to date.
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The song is in the key of F minor and 4/4 time.
Music Videos
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Awards
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Best New Artist Grammy Award (2004)
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Best Pop Performance (2005)
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Best Pop Performance (2007)
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People Magazine's Sexiest Man Alive (2013)
Biography
Adam Noah Levine was born in Los Angeles, California on March 18,
1979. His parents are Fred and Patsy Levine and he has two brothers
names Michael and Sam. His family has been described as very musical
and it was at home with his mother that he first discovered his love of
music. Adam attended Brentwood High and formed a garage band with
some of his classmates called Kara's flowers. They were discovered
performing at a beach party in Malibu. Tommy Allen with his partner
recorded the band on an eleven track album. They released their first
album in 1997 called The Fourth World. The album flopped. It only sold
about five thousand copies. Their single 'Soap Disco' failed commercially
as well. As a result Reprise decided to drop the band. The band broke
up as a result of this. Following the break up of Kara's Flowers Levine
decided to go to New York to study music at Five Towns College. He
ended up dropping out and reunited his former band mates and Maroon
Five was born
They decided to make groove based music their genre. They signed
with Octone Records and added another guitarist to the band to free up
Adam to sing and be the star of the band. They released their debut
album called Songs About Jane in June 2002. It sold about 10 million
copies and became the tenth best selling album of 2004 two years after it
was released. In 2005 the band won it's first Grammy for best new artist.
The following year they won another Grammy for Best Pop Performance
by a Duo or Group with Vocals for the single called 'This Love'. In 2007
they released their second album called 'It won't be soon before Long'.
They released a couple more albums and secured several Grammy
awards. The band is still going and working on new songs and albums.
Adam Levine has developed a clothing line, a perfume, and has made
many tv appearances. He has also founded his own record label, 222
Records. He serves as a judge on the popular tv show 'The Voice'. He
now earns around 35 million a year.
Bibliography
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http://www.maroon5.com/
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http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1747013/
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http://www.people.com/people/adam_levine/
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www.youtube.com