Hoodie Allen
Hoodie Allen (born August 19, 1988 ; real name Steven Adam Markowitz ) is an American hip hopper , singer and rapper . Although he is not under contract with any record label and sells his records himself, his two EPs Americoustic and All American made it to number 10 and 29, respectively, in the US album charts , number one in the iTunes charts and various other placements in international charts. On the first day of People Keep Talking's release , the album hit # 4 on the iTunes charts. His stage name comes from his teenage nickname, hoodie , and a play on words with film director Woody Allen .
Career
Steven Markowitz was born to Jewish parents and grew up in Plainview ( Oyster Bay ) on Long Island . He has a brother, Daniel. As a child he started writing lyrics and rapping for his friends at parties. Allen first went to Long Island School for the Gifted in Huntington Station and later to Plainview - Old Bethpage John F. Kennedy High School .
At Wharton School , Allen joined the Alpha Epsilon Pi brotherhood . After completing his bachelor's degree in Marketing and Finance in 2010, he worked at Google as an AdWords Associate. In retrospect, Allen said:
"[...] even when I was on Google there was so much going on and I felt like I was doing two jobs."
After getting opportunities to perform live, he decided to quit Google and devote himself entirely to his music. Since then he has given concerts in the USA, Canada and Europe .
Discography
Studio albums
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | ||
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 CH
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 US
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| 2010 | Pep rally | - | - | - |
First published: 2010
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| 2011 | Leap Year | - | - | - |
First published: 2011
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| 2012 | All American | - | - | - |
First published: 2012
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| 2013 | Crew cuts | - | - | - |
First published: 2013
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| 2014 | People keep talking |
DE65 (1 week) DE |
CH68 (1 week) CH |
US8 (10 weeks) US |
First published: October 14, 2014
Sales: + 30,000 |
| 2016 | Happy campers | - | - |
US28 (1 week) US |
First published: January 22, 2016
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| 2017 | The hype | - | - |
US166 (1 week) US |
First published: September 29, 2017
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| 2019 | Whatever USA | - | - | - |
First published: August 16, 2019
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EPs
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |
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 UK
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US
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| 2012 | All American |
UK64 (1 week) UK |
US10 (2 weeks) US |
First published: April 10, 2012
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| 2013 | Americoustic | - |
US28 (1 week) US |
First published: August 13, 2013
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More EPs
- Bagels and Beats (2009, self-distribution)
- All About It (2014, self-distribution)
Mix tapes
- Making Waves (2008, self-distribution)
- Pep Rally (2011, self-distribution)
- Leap Year (2011, self-distribution)
- Crew Cuts (2013, self-distribution)
- Happy Camper (2016)
Singles
| year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
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CH
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UK
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US
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| 2014 | All About It People Keep Talking |
DE9 (11 weeks) DE |
AT10 (17 weeks) AT |
CH34 (7 weeks) CH |
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US71  (4 weeks)US |
First release: October 13, 2014
feat. Ed Sheeran |
More singles
- Look what we started (2010)
- Tighten Up (2010)
- January Jones (2010)
- Party at the Beach House (2010)
- Dream Catchers (feat. Rocky Business 2010)
- Words of Wisdom (2010)
- CRAVE (2010)
- Joy & Misery (2010)
- Get It Big Time (2010)
- You Are Not a Robot (2011, Warner)
- The Chase Is On (2011)
- Swimming with Shark ( feat.VV Brown , 2011)
- Dreams Up (2012)
- Moon Bounce (2012)
- Eighteen Cool (2012)
- No Interruption (2012)
- No Faith in Brooklyn (2012)
- Cake Boy (2013)
- Fame Is for Assholes ( feat.Chiddy , 2013)
- Make It Home ( feat.Kina Grannis , 2013)
- 100 Percent Of Something (2014)
- People Keep Talking (2014)
- Movie (2014)
- Won't Mind (2014)
- Dumb For You (2014)
- Sirens (feat. Alex Wiley 2014)
- Act My Age (2014)
- Numbers (2014)
- Get It On The Low (2014)
- Show Me What You're Made Of (2014)
- The Real Thing (2014)
- Overtime (2014)
- Against Me ( feat.MAX 2014)
- Marlie's Song (feat. Jared Evan 2014)
- Horoscope (feat. Travis Garland 2014)
- Let It All Work Out (2015)
- The Moment ( feat.Travis Garland 2015)
- Champagne and Pools (feat. Blackbear and Kyle )
- Sushi (2017)
- Know It All (2017)
- Ain't Ready (2017)
- Never Going Back (2019)
- Come Around (2019)
- Hell of a Time (2019)
Web links
- Official website
- Hoodie Allen at Allmusic (English)
- Hoodie Allen on YouTube
Individual evidence
- ↑ Announcement on Billboard , last accessed on April 10, 2014
- ^ "Meet Jewish Rapper Hoodie Allen" ( Memento from September 21, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ Biography on MySpace , last accessed on April 10, 2014
- ↑ Former Googler, Current Rapper: Meet Hoodie Allen from Mashable , last accessed April 10, 2014
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↑ Chart sources:
- Search - Hoodie Allen . (DE)
- Discography - Hoodie Allen . (CH)
- Hoodie Allen . (US)
- ↑ Jay Balfour: Hip Hop Album Sales: Game, Hoodie Allen, Chris Brown . October 22, 2014. Retrieved October 1, 2017.
- ↑ Music Sales Awards: US
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hoodie Allen |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Markowitz, Steven Adam (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American hip hopper, singer, and rapper |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 19th August 1988 |