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Template:Infobox musical artist 2 Jesse Adam McCartney (born April 9 1987) is an American pop singer and actor. McCartney initially came to fame in the early 2000s as a member of the boy band Dream Street, and subsequently branched out into a solo career, having appeared on the television series Summerland and released a successful music album, Beautiful Soul. His newest album, Right Where You Want Me, was released on September 19, 2006. He's not related to Paul McCartney.

Biography

Early life and career

Jesse McCartney is an American singer who was born in New York City[1]; his maternal grandparents, Dick and Joyce Sarber, are from Ukiah, Mendocino County, California.[2] Jesse McCartney is of Scottish, Irish, and English ancestry and is a born Christian.[3] In 1988 the McCartneys relocated to Ardsley, Westchester County, New York, where he grew up and lived until 2004. He has one brother, Timothy ("Timmy") Glover Mark McCartney (born December 20 1996) and one sister, Lea McCartney (born July 17 1991.

Jesse McCartney began performing in local community musicals at the age of seven, before joining the National Tour of The King and I at the age of ten along with "Phil of the Future" star Ricky Ullman. He later appeared with The Who's Roger Daltrey in A Christmas Carol at Madison Square Garden, before joining the children's group Sugar Beats as a vocalist.

Music career

At the age of 12, Jesse McCartney joined the American pop boy band Dream Street, and was a member from 2000 to 2002. Jesse McCartney has described the experience as a good "stepping stone" for his solo career.[4] The group earned a gold record with their debut CD, and broke up while touring with Aaron Carter. At sixteen, he began work on a solo career with a local band, featuring musicians Dillon Kondor (guitar), Peter Chema (bass), Katie Spencer (keyboards), Alex Russek (drums), Karina LaGravinese (background vocals) and Sharisse Francisco (background vocals), under the management of Ginger McCartney and Sherry Goffin Kondor, who co-produced his first album, "Beautiful Soul".

McCartney's Beautiful Soul album, 2004

Jesse McCartney released his first solo EP, JMac, in July of 2003. The album featured three songs: "Beautiful Soul", "Don't You" and "Why Don't You Kiss Her". In 2004, he performed a duet with Anne Hathaway, "Don't Go Breaking My Heart", which is featured on the Ella Enchanted soundtrack. Jesse McCartney's first full-length solo album, Beautiful Soul, which was two years in the making, was released later that year, on September 28. The album featured four songs co-written by McCartney. The title song reached #2 on AOL Music and the "Beautiful Soul" music video performed well on MTV's Total Request Live, having been voted into the top 10 fifty times, and peaked at #4. The album, having sold over 1.5 million records, has achieved platinum status.[5]

Jesse McCartney's first solo tour, also named "Beautiful Soul" (opened by singer/songwriter and actress Brie Larson) began on May 2, 2005 at the Crest Theatre in Sacramento, California. The United States portion of the tour spanned 56 stops, ending on September 10 at the Madera District County Fair in Madera, California. Jesse McCartney has also performed at many amusement parks, including Six Flags and Paramount Canada's Wonderland, and has performed "Beautiful Soul" while making guest appearances on several late night talk shows, including "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno".

This tour featured a new band, comprising Dory Lobel (guitar), Zane Carney (guitar), Andre De Santanna (bass), Mitchell Yoshida (keyboards), Karen Teperberg (drums), Margeaux "JoJo" Fernandez (background vocals) and Julie Dickens (background vocals). His July 9 appearance at Paramount's Great America, Santa Clara, California was recorded as a live CD and released in November 2005; this was his first concert DVD.[6]

In Fall 2005, Jesse McCartney toured Australia, and opened for the Backstreet Boys in Europe. His latest album, entitled Right Where You Want Me, was released by Hollywood Records on September 19, 2006. The first single from the album, also called "Right Where You Want Me", began receiving radio play on July 11 2006 and was written by jesse McCartney, Adam Watts and Andy Dodd; McCartney, who co-wrote all of the songs on the new album, has said that he believes the single takes him in a "new direction musically". Critics say his album is not up to par due to his lack of true vocal skills and typical pop lyrics.Jesse McCartney will launch a new tour after the album's release. [7] The new album has also been made available for purchase at Yahoo Music in MP3 format.[8] On an episode of TRL McCartney stated one of his favorite songs off the new album is "Just So You Know", and that it might be a future single. On November 2 2006, he confirmed that the song would be the second single during an appearance on the Australian morning show Sunrise. [citation needed]

Jesse's video for his second single Just So You Know is now available to view at http://www.jessemac.com.au/. Click on the link of the song to get more information on this hot new single. Be sure to check out this more mature side of Jesse in his new video.

Acting career

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McCartney with Elizabeth Harnois in Keith, 2006

McCartney has also pursued an acting career, playing J.R. Chandler on the television soap opera All My Children from 1998 to 2001. He was nominated for a Daytime Emmy as an "Outstanding Younger Actor in a Drama Series" for the role, in both 2001 and 2002. In 2004 and 2005, Jesse McCartney played Bradin Westerly on the short-lived WB series Summerland, which was the top summer opener in WB history.

Keith film poster

Jesse McCartney will star in the film Keith, which is currently scheduled for a 2007 release, opposite Margo Harshman and Elisabeth Harnois. He is also the voice actor for Roxas in the US release of the video game Kingdom Hearts II, and the voice of Peter in Disney's direct to DVD "Tinkerbell". He will also be doing the voice of Jojo in the upcoming 2008 movie Horton Hears A Who, confirmed by his official Myspace. Jesse McCartney appeared as himself on the September 12th episode of All My Children, performing his hit single, Right Where You Want Me. On September 18, 2005, he guest starred in The Suite Life of Zack and Cody episode, "Rock Star in the House" as himself.

Personal life

Jesse McCartney enjoys sports, especially baseball and bowling. Jesse's favorite baseball team is the New York Yankees. He also loves the book Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss. He has donated proceeds of his 2005 "Beautiful Soul" tour for disaster relief, recorded radio spots promoting the "Kids For A Drug-Free America" campaign, is a spokesperson for the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, and is involved in the charity SPACE, which was co-founded by a childhood friend of his mother's. He is currently dating aspiring actress Katie Cassidy, daughter of David Cassidy.

Filmography

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McCartney in Summerland

Discography

Albums and singles

Album information
Beautiful Soul
Live: The Beautiful Soul Tour
  • Released: November 15 2005 (U.S.)
  • Chart positions: #153 U.S.
  • RIAA certification: —
Right Where You Want Me

Non-Album tracks

Awards and nominations

  • 1998: Nomination: Grammy Award for Best Children's Album (for How Sweet It Is as part of the Sugar Beats)
  • 2001: Won: Young Artist Award - Best Performance in a Daytime TV Series - Young Actor
  • 2001: Nomination: Soap Opera Digest Award - Outstanding Child Actor
  • 2001: Nomination: Daytime Emmy - Outstanding Younger Actor in a Drama Serie
  • 2002: Won: Young Artist Award - Best Performance in a Daytime TV Series - Young Actor
  • 2002: Nomination: Daytime Emmy - Outstanding Younger Actor in a Drama Series
  • 2005: Won: Teen Choice Awards - Choice Male Artist
  • 2005: Won: Teen Choice Awards - Choice Breakout Artist - Male
  • 2005: Won: Teen Choice Awards - Choice Crossover Artist
  • 2005: Nomination: MTV Video Music Awards - Best Pop Video for "Beautiful Soul"
  • 2005: Won: Radio Disney Music Awards - Best Song to Put on Repeat
  • 2005: Nomination: American Music Awards - Best New Artist
  • 2005: Won: Radio Disney Music Awards - Best Karaoke Song
  • 2005: Won: Radio Disney Music Awards - Best Male Singer
  • 2006: Won: Kids Choice Awards Award - Favorite Male Singer

Music videos

  • "Just So You Know" see it here
  • "Good Life" (Disney Version) - Available on Jesse's Up Close DVD
  • "Good Life" (Disney Version with Stuck in the Suburbs clips) see it here
  • "Beautiful Soul" (Disney Version) see it here
  • "Because You Live" (Disney Version) - Available on Jesse's Up Close DVD
  • "Because You Live" (Disney Version with Princess Diaries 2 clips)
  • "Beautiful Soul" see it here - Available on Jesse's Up Close DVD
  • "She's No You" (WB Special Performance) - Available on Jesse's Up Close DVD
  • "She's No You" see it here - Available on Jesse's Up Close DVD
  • "Get Your Shine On" (Disney Version with Kim Possible movie clips) - Available on Disney Channel Hits: Take 2 CD/DVD
  • "Without U" (Live Version) - taken from Jesse's Stripped Raw and Real concert and available on the Up Close DVD
  • "Get Your Shine On" (Live Version) - taken from Jesse's Live DVD
  • "Because You Live" (Live Version) - taken from Jesse's Live DVD
  • "Because You Live" see it here
  • "Beautiful Soul" (Disney's The Suite Life of Zack & Cody Version)
  • "What's Your Name?" (Live Version) - Available on Radio Disney Jams 8 CD/DVD - taken from Jesse's Live DVD
  • "Right Where You Want Me" see it here
  • "Right Where You Want Me" (Radio Disney Totally 10 Concert Live Version)(altered lyrics) - shown on Disney Channel
  • "Right Where You Want Me" (Disney Version with clips from Return to Halloweentown) (altered lyrics) - shown on Disney Channel

Footnotes

  1. ^ "Teen People". Hang 10 with Jesse McCartney. Retrieved May 8. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ "The Ukiah Daily Journal". Pop star becomes SPACE spirit dancer. Retrieved April 21. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
  3. ^ "CPY". Jesse McCartney: Pre-fab teeny-bop pop prince. Retrieved April 21. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
  4. ^ Popstar (June, 2006). "Jesse McCartney: The Pop Prince!". Popstar Special!. - (-): 13. {{cite journal}}: Check date values in: |year= (help)CS1 maint: year (link)
  5. ^ "Yahoo! Finance". Jesse McCartney Set to Release 'Right Where You Want Me' September 19!!. Retrieved July 13. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
  6. ^ "HMV.com.au". McCartney, Jesse at UMV Australia. Retrieved April 21. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
  7. ^ "StarPulse". Jesse McCartney's New Album Drops Sept. 19. Retrieved July 13. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
  8. ^ "Variety". Yahoo Tests 'Right' to MP3 Downloads. Retrieved September 20. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)


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