Adam Levine is an American singer-songwriter and popularly known as the lead singer and guitarist of the band Maroon 5. He was born on March 18, 1979 in Los Angeles. His parents were Patsy Noah and Fred Levine. He had two siblings namely Michael and Julia Milne. Levine has Jewish ancestors from both sides of his parents. He graduated in Brentwood School in year 1997. Levine was diagnosed of having Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder. In 2006, an accident had happened to the front man of Maroon 5 when he accidentally broke his sternum while lifting weights. His band Maroon 5 was formerly known as Kara’s Flowers. Their inspirations were groups like Nirvana and Pearl Jam.
Levine’s former girlfriend named Jane became his inspiration in one of his album entitled “Songs about Jane” He revealed that the girl did not contacted him despite of the success of the album. In September 2010 interview, Levine told Howard Stern in his show that he had been dating Victoria’s Secret model and Russian Sports swimsuit model Anne Vyalitsyna.
They released their first album when they were high school seniors in 1997 entitled “The Fourth World”. The album was not successful; however, they still got the chance to appear in one of the episodes of American drama series Beverly Hills 90210. Because of the failure of the album, Levine and his band mates decided to part ways. Levine and his best friend Jesse Carmichael tried their luck in New York. They were able to discover various genres in the music industry.
In year 2001, Levine and Carmichael reunited with his band mates Mickey Madden and Ryan Dusick. They added James Valentine in the band by year 2001. They compiled their different musical influences and come up in the album “Songs about Jane”. Levine gets his inspiration from his ex-girlfriend named Jane. The album released various hit singles like “This Love”, “She Will Be Loved”, ”Harder to Breathe”, and “Sunday Morning”. The video of the song “This Love” got a little controversy because Levine and his current girlfriend that time engaged in replicated sex. However, the tracks in the album still managed to hit the charts.
In 2005, the band won a Grammy Award for Best New Artist. They released their second album which was entitled “It Won’t Be Soon before Long” which was released in year 2007. Hit singles include “Makes me Wonder”, “Won’t go home without you”, and “Wake up Call”.
Levine has been collaborating to several artists like Alicia Keys, Natasha Bedingfield and Kanye West. He also had several television appearances in “Iran so Far” as well as in “Night of Too Many Stars”.
Aside from his singing career, Levine has also been doing various activities outside music industry. He posed naked in Cosmopolitan UK’s February 2011 issue for testicular cancer awareness.
On April 26, 2011, the American Reality talent show “The Voice” was premiered wherein Levine is one of the coach and judge on the show. Other judges were Christina Aguilera, Cee Lo Green, and Blake Shelton. Early of November 2011, Levine said in CNN that their show is not competing with other reality shows such as American Idol and The X Factor. He clearly explained that the other reality shows have their own thing and they are doing their best to make their show standout.
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