Adam Noah Levine\u00a0(born March 18, 1979) is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, and actor best known as the lead singer of the\u00a0pop rock\u00a0band\u00a0Maroon 5. Born and raised in\u00a0Los Angeles,\u00a0California, Levine began his musical career in 1994 with the band Kara’s Flowers, of which he was the lead vocalist and guitarist. The band split up in 1997 after the commercial failure of their only album,\u00a0The Fourth World<\/i>. In 2001, the group was reformed as Maroon 5 \u2013 with\u00a0James Valentine\u00a0replacing Levine as guitarist- and released their first album,\u00a0Songs About Jane<\/i>, which went multi-platinum in the US. Since then, they have released five more albums:\u00a0It Won’t Be Soon Before Long<\/i>\u00a0(2007),\u00a0Hands All Over<\/i>\u00a0(2010),\u00a0Overexposed<\/i>\u00a0(2012),\u00a0V<\/i>\u00a0(pronounced: “five”) (2014), and\u00a0Red Pill Blues<\/i>\u00a0(2017). As part of Maroon 5, Levine has received three\u00a0Grammy Awards, three\u00a0American Music Awards, an\u00a0MTV Video Music Award, and a\u00a0World Music Award.<\/p>\n
From 2011 to 2019, Levine served as a coach on\u00a0NBC’s reality talent show\u00a0The Voice<\/i>. The winners of seasons (1,\u00a05, and\u00a09) belonged to his team. In 2012, Levine made his acting debut as recurring character Leo Morrison in the second season of the television series\u00a0American Horror Story<\/i>. Levine also appeared in the films\u00a0Begin Again<\/i>\u00a0(2013),\u00a0Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping<\/i>\u00a0(2016),\u00a0Fun Mom Dinner<\/i>\u00a0and\u00a0The Clapper<\/i>\u00a0(both 2017). Levine launched his eponymous fragrance line in 2013. The same year, he collaborated with\u00a0Kmart\u00a0and ShopYourWay.com to develop his menswear collection. He also owns a record label,\u00a0222 Records, and a production company, 222 Productions, which produced television shows\u00a0Sugar<\/i>\u00a0and\u00a0Songland<\/i>. In 2013,\u00a0The Hollywood Reporter<\/i>\u00a0reported that “sources familiar with his many business dealings” estimated Levine would earn more than $35\u00a0million that year.<\/sup><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Adam Noah Levine\u00a0(born March 18, 1979) is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, and actor best known as the lead singer of the\u00a0pop rock\u00a0band\u00a0Maroon 5. Born and raised in\u00a0Los Angeles,\u00a0California, Levine began his musical career in 1994 with the band Kara’s Flowers, of which he was the lead vocalist and guitarist. The band split up in …<\/p>\n