Adam Levine
Adam Noah Levine [ ləˈviːn ] (born March 18, 1979 in Los Angeles , California ) is an American singer , guitarist and occasional actor . He is known as the front man in the pop group Maroon 5 .
Life
Adam Levine grew up in a Jewish family and is the nephew of journalist Timothy Noah . He has two siblings and two half-siblings. As a child, he decided against a bar mitzvah . He was diagnosed with attention deficit disorder during his youth .
Levine was dating the Russian model Anne Vyalitsyna from 2010 to 2012 . On July 19, 2014, he married the Namibian model Behati Prinsloo in Mexico. They have two daughters together.
Adam plays the guitar and the drums.
The People magazine has named Levine in November 2013 as the " Sexiest Man Alive ".
On February 10, 2017, he received a star on the famous Walk of Fame in Hollywood.
Career
Kara's Flowers
Levine graduated from Brentwood High School, where he met the first members of the band Kara's Flowers . The band released their first album, The Fourth World , in 1997 . That same year the band appeared in an episode of Beverly Hills, 90210 . Despite all of this, the album never had much success, and even the single, Soap Disco, failed. While Levine was playing with Kara's Flowers , he sang in a deeper, stronger voice.
Maroon 5
When guitarist James Valentine joined the group, the band changed their name to Maroon 5. Levine's high and expressive voice helped the band hit the charts. The debut album Songs About Jane explores Levine's relationship with his ex-girlfriend Jane. Most of the lyrics of the songs were inspired by the torn relationship between the two, which is underlined by Levine's statement that every song contains at least one line that refers to Jane.
Solo career
In 2005 Levine worked with the Ying Yang Twins . In the same year he was on Kanye West's album Late Registration , heard on the third single release Heard 'Em Say . He also sang the Rolling Stones classic Wild Horses with Alicia Keys on their MTV Unplugged . In 2010 he can be heard as a singer on the album Slash by the former Guns-N'-Roses guitarist of the same name in the piece Gotten . In the following year he recorded the song Stereo Hearts with the band Gym Class Heroes , which was able to place well in the international charts, as well as the single My Life , which was released in 2012 . The latter was recorded with 50 cents as well as Eminem .
Acting / TV appearances
He has been a member of The Voice's jury since 2011 . The winner of the first season, Javier Colon , was also on Adam Levine's team.
In March 2012 he got a role in the second season of the horror series American Horror Story . He also starred in 2013 on the side of Keira Knightley and Mark Ruffalo in the movie Can a Song Save Your Life? .
Discography
Singles as guest musicians
| year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | ||||
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| 2005 | Heard 'Em Say Late Registration |
DE95 (1 week) DE |
- | - |
UK22 (14 weeks) UK |
US26th  (16 weeks)US |
First published: November 8, 2005
Kanye West feat. Adam Levine |
| 2011 | Stereo Hearts The Papercut Chronicles II |
- |
AT28 (7 weeks) AT |
CH28 (12 weeks) CH |
UK3  (17 weeks)UK |
US4th × 5
(37 weeks)US |
First published: May 8th 2011
Gym Class Heroes feat. Adam Levine |
| Man in the Mirror | - | - | - | - |
US45 (1 week) US |
First published: July 2011
with Javier Colon |
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| 2012 | Yesterday | - | - | - | - |
US68 (1 week) US |
First published: May 2012
with Tony Lucca |
| My life |
DE52 (2 weeks) DE |
AT55 (1 week) AT |
CH36 (3 weeks) CH |
UK2  (9 weeks)UK |
US27 (3 weeks) US |
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| 2013 | YOLO The Wack Album |
- | - | - |
UK77 (2 weeks) UK |
US60 (1 week) US |
|
| let it be | - | - | - | - |
US76 (1 week) US |
First published: December 2013
with Tessanne Chin |
|
| 2014 | Somebody That I Used to Know | - | - | - | - |
US66 (1 week) US |
First published: May 2014
with Christina Grimmie |
| Lost Without U | - | - | - | - |
US63 (1 week) US |
First published: December 2014
with Chris Jamison |
|
| Lost Stars | - | - | - |
UK93 (1 week) UK |
US83 * (1 week) US |
First published: December 2014
* with Matt McAndrew |
|
| 2015 | Locked Away What Dreams Are Made Of |
DE6th (27 weeks)DE |
AT2 (25 weeks)AT |
CH2 (31 weeks) CH |
UK2 (25 weeks)UK |
US6th (27 weeks)US |
First published: June 29, 2015
R. City feat. Adam Levine |
| God Only Knows | - | - | - | - |
US90 (1 week) US |
First published: December 2015
with Jordan Smith |
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Further guest contributions
- 2008: Bang Bang ( K'naan feat. Adam Levine)
Further guest appearances
| year | title | Interpreter | album |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Wild horses | Alicia Keys | Unplugged |
| Live Again | Ying Yang Twins | U.nited S.tate of A.tlanta | |
| 2007 | Say it again | Natasha Bedingfield | NB / Pocketful of Sunshine |
| 2010 | Gods | Slash | Slash |
| 2011 | Stand up | Javier Colon | Come through for you |
| 2013 | Heavy | PJ Morton | New Orleans |
| 2016 | I'm So Humble | The Lonely Island | Pop star: Never Stop, Never Stopping |
| 2017 | Mic Jack | Big boi | Boomiverse |
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- ^ Paul Lester: "I was much more into the Beatles than barmitzvahs." The Jewish Chronicle online, February 11, 2011, accessed January 20, 2014
- ↑ Adam Levine and Anne V split up. bz-berlin.de, April 2, 2012, accessed on November 21, 2012
- ↑ tz .de: This is the "Sexiest Man Alive" 2013 , accessed on March 27, 2014
- ↑ Kara's Flowers biography. On: allmusic.com (English). Retrieved November 21, 2012
- ↑ The Fourth World on allmusic.com (English). Retrieved November 21, 2012
- ↑ Songs About Jane on allmusic.com (English). Retrieved November 21, 2012
- ↑ Corey Moss: Maroon 5 Aspire To Inspire Sexuality, Crying. In: MTV.com. August 27, 2002, accessed December 10, 2016 .
- ↑ Dani Fromm: You can argue about sexual preferences ... On: laut.de. Retrieved November 21, 2012
- ↑ Natalie Cole "Someone That I Used to Love" sampled in Kanye West feat. Adam Levine "Heard 'Em Say" WhoSampled.com (English)
- Jump up ↑ Musicians involved in Alicia Keys Unplugged album. On: tv.com (English). Retrieved November 21, 2012
- ↑ Watch Slash and Adam Levine Perform 'Gotten' on Ellen's Music Page ( Memento from September 23, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) At: ellentv.com (English), February 7, 2010. Accessed November 21, 2012
- ↑ Gym Class Heroes feat. Adam Levine - Stereo Hearts (Video). ( Memento of December 16, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) On: meinrap.de, August 12, 2011. Retrieved on November 21, 2012
- ^ Adam Levine to Bring More Than Just His Voice to American Horror Story
- ↑ Can A Song Save Your Life? (Begin Again) on: Filmstarts.de
- ↑ Music Sales Awards: DE AT UK US
Web links
- Works by and about Adam Levine in the catalog of the German National Library
- Adam Levine at the Internet Movie Database (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Levine, Adam |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Levine, Adam Noah (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American singer and guitarist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 18, 1979 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Los Angeles , California , USA |