55 Facts About Adam Levine

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Adam Noah Levine is an American singer and songwriter.

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Adam Levine serves as the lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist of the pop rock band Maroon 5.

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From 2011 to 2019, Adam Levine was a coach on NBC's reality talent show The Voice.

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In 2012, Adam Levine made his acting debut as the recurring character Leo Morrison in the second season of the television series American Horror Story.

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Adam Levine appeared in the films Begin Again, Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping, Fun Mom Dinner and The Clapper.

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Adam Levine owns a record label, 222 Records, and a production company, 222 Productions, which produced television shows Sugar and Songland.

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Adam Noah Levine was born in Los Angeles to Fredric Levine, the founder of retail chain M Fredric, and Patsy Levine, an admissions counselor.

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Adam Levine's father and maternal grandfather were Jewish, while his maternal grandmother was a Protestant.

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Adam Levine considers himself Jewish; however, according to The Jewish Chronicle, he is spiritual but not religious.

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Adam Levine attended Brentwood School, where he met Jesse Carmichael and Mickey Madden, his future bandmates.

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In 1995, the group played their first gig at the Whisky a Go Go, a nightclub in West Hollywood, California, with Adam Levine performing vocals and guitar.

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Around this time, Adam Levine had been working as a writer's assistant on the CBS television show Judging Amy; the program's producer Barbara Hall was his family friend.

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Adam Levine described the album as "a vast improvement", explaining: "I think this record is a little more self-confident and powerful lyrically".

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Adam Levine said Lange "worked me harder than anyone ever has".

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Adam Levine later credited the song with "totally reviving the band".

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In 2007, Adam Levine had stated that he believed Maroon 5 was reaching its peak and might make one more album before disbanding.

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Adam Levine was quoted explaining: "Eventually I want to focus on being a completely different person because I don't know if I want to do this into my 40s and 50s and beyond".

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On February 10,2017, Adam Levine received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his contributions to the recording industry.

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Adam Levine appeared on Alicia Keys' third album Alicia Keys: MTV Unplugged, as part of the cover of The Rolling Stones song "Wild Horses".

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Adam Levine worked with hip-hop artist 50 Cent on his song "My Life", recording the vocals almost two years before it was released as a single in 2012, which included rapper Eminem.

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In 2013, Adam Levine wrote a song with Swedish composer Ludwig Goransson called "My Most Terrible Secret" performed by the cast of Community, in the episode "Intro to Felt Surrogacy".

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In 2015, Levine was featured on the song "Painkiller" by Rozzi Crane and the duo, R City's single "Locked Away".

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In 2016, Adam Levine collaborated with The Lonely Island for the song "I'm So Humble", on the soundtrack album Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping, which they appeared in the film of the same name.

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In late 2019, Adam Levine collaborated with American actor and musician Joe Pesci, on his third album Pesci.

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In 2020, Adam Levine was featured on two songs "Trust Nobody", with rapper Lil Wayne on his album Funeral and "Same Guy" by Jack Harlow on the album Thats What They All Say.

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Adam Levine is featured as a singer for his band's song "She Will Be Loved" in the music rhythm game, Band Hero.

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Adam Levine has contributed with two songs for the soundtracks of the John Carney films: "Lost Stars" in Begin Again and "Go Now" in Sing Street.

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Adam Levine played himself while singing a humorous bridge to a "love song" for Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

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In May 2019, Adam Levine left the series after sixteen seasons and eight years.

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In 2012, Adam Levine appeared as a recurring character in American Horror Story: Asylum, the second season of the television series American Horror Story.

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Adam Levine plays Leo Morrison, a newly-wed photographer visiting modern-day Briarcliff Manor, an insane asylum, on honeymoon with his wife, played by Jenna Dewan.

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In June 2012, Adam Levine was cast in the musical romance-drama film Begin Again.

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Adam Levine was ranked No 41 on Glamour's "Sexiest Men of 2012" list.

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Adam Levine stripped naked for testicular cancer awareness for a centerfold in Cosmopolitan UK's February 2011 issue.

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In 2013, Adam Levine started a production company 222 Productions and the first project was Sugar, a YouTube Premium web television series which was inspired by the music video for the Maroon 5 song of the same name.

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Adam Levine produced a reality competition series Songland, which premiered on NBC on May 28,2019, where Levine served as executive producer.

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In October 2008, Adam Levine collaborated with First Act to create the First Act 222 Guitar, which was fashioned to his specifications.

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In June 2011, Adam Levine took part in an educational campaign to raise awareness of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.

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Adam Levine founded his own record label, 222 Records in February 2012.

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Adam Levine stated that he was inspired to start the label to sign on Rozzi Crane, an USC music student he discovered through a mutual friend.

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Adam Levine became the first singer signed on to the label, followed by Glee actor Matthew Morrison, Mexican artist Diego Boneta, and The Voice season 2 contestant and part of Team Adam, the singer Tony Lucca.

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In September 2012, Adam Levine was in the Philippines to collaborate with the clothing company Bench; they launched the menswear collection.

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In January 2013, Adam Levine announced he would be enter a partnership with Sears Holdings to launch a multi-department lifestyle brand of apparel and accessories collections.

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Adam Levine owns Kmart and ShopYourWay, a shopping social platform; it includes rapper Nicki Minaj in the same contract.

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Adam Levine collaborated with ID Perfumes to create his debut eponymous scent.

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In January 2020, Adam Levine announced that he is the new Ambassador of the brand Shure for the wireless earphones and headphones, the Aonic 215 and 50, is available on electronic stores on April 2,2020.

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Adam Levine performed his first professional gig at The Troubadour when he was twelve, but he was so nervous that he played with his back to the audience.

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Adam Levine has incorporated elements of The Police and Prince into his music.

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Adam Levine took to changing his musical style, extensively emulating Stevie Wonder.

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Adam Levine refuses to fit his music into a genre, saying: "There's so much variety in music, it's silly to belong to a specific club and try to sound a certain way".

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Adam Levine is a tenor, with a 4 octave vocal range and has been noted for his falsettos.

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In early 2010, while performing at the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue release party in Las Vegas, Adam Levine met Russian Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue model Anne Vyalitsyna and they soon began a relationship.

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In May 2012, Adam Levine began dating Behati Prinsloo, a Namibian Victoria's Secret model.

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Adam Levine, whose brother Michael is gay, is a supporter of same-sex marriage and LGBT rights.

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In 2013, Adam Levine was mentioned in a hostile work environment lawsuit filed in Los Angeles Superior Court by an unnamed security guard who claimed that Universal Music Publishing Group's Santa Monica location was "infiltrated with pervasive drug use where you could smell marijuana seeping from various offices and openly used in common areas, and lounges".