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Use mdy dates|date=April 2011pp-move-indefInfobox musical artist| name = Jesse McCartney| image = Paparazzo Photography Jesse McCartney 2009 04-07.jpg| caption = McCartney after performance on the "Regis & Kelly Live" show, April 7, 2009.| background = solo_singer| birth_name =| birth_date = birth date and age|1987|04|09| birth_place = Ardsley, New York , United States| origin =| genre = Pop music|Pop , Contemporary R& B|R& B , pop rock | occupation = Singer-songwriter, actor, voice actor| years_active = 1998present| label = Hollywood Records|Hollywood | associated_acts = Tricky Stewart , The-Dream | website = http://jessemac.com/ Official website Jesse McCartney (born April 9, 1987) is an American singer-songwriter, actor and voice actor. McCartney achieved fame in the late 1990s on the daytime drama All My Children as JR Chandler . He later joined boy band Dream Street , and eventually branched out into a solo musical career. Additionally, McCartney has appeared on shows such as Summerland (TV series)|Summerland and Greek (TV series)|Greek . McCartney also is known for lending his voice as Theodore in Alvin and the Chipmunks and its sequels, as well as voicing the characters Roxas (Kingdom hearts)|Roxas and Ventus (Kingdom Hearts)|Ventus in the video games series Kingdom Hearts developed by Square Enix .
Early life
McCartney was born to Ginger and Scott McCartney in Westchester, New York. He began performing in local community musicals at the age of seven, before joining the national tour of The King and I at age ten along with Phil of the Future star Ricky Ullman . Here he played the character of Louis. In 1998, he sang with the group Sugar Beats and can be heard on their 1998, 1999, and 2000 CD releases.cite web|url= http://jessemccartneyweb.yaia.com/biography.html |title=Biography of Jesse McCartney bio, history, career, evolution, music, Dream Street |publisher=Jessemccartneyweb.yaia.com |date= |accessdate=2011-11-13
In 1999, McCartney joined the American pop boy band Dream Street , and was a member until 2002. Jesse McCartney has described the experience as a good "stepping stone" for his solo career.cite journal|author=Popstar |title=Jesse McCartney: The Pop Prince& #33; |journal=Popstar Special& #33; |date=June 2006 |page=13 The group earned a Music recording sales certification|gold record with their debut CD. At fifteen, he began work on a solo career with a local band, featuring musicians Dillon Kondor (guitar), Peter Chema (bass), Katie Spencer (keyboards), Alex Russeku (drums), Karina LaGravinese (background vocals), Sharisse Francisco (background vocals), and under the management of Ginger McCartney and Sherry Goffin Kondor, who co-produced his first album, Beautiful Soul .
McCartney released his first solo EP in July 2003. The album featured three songs: " Beautiful Soul (song)|Beautiful Soul ", "Don't You", "Why Don't You Kiss her". In 2004, he performed a duet with Anne Hathaway (actress)|Anne Hathaway , "Don't Go Breaking My Heart", which is featured on the Ella Enchanted (film)|Ella Enchanted soundtrack.
20042006: Beautiful Soul and Right Where You Want Me
McCartney's debut solo album, Beautiful Soul , which was two years in the making, was released on September 28, 2004 in the United States and over a year later in Europe.cite news|url= http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1517541/20051206/mccartney jesse.jhtml |title=Jesse McCartney Wants His Next LP To Take After His New Hair Color |last=Tecson |first=Brandee |date=December 6, 2005 |publisher=MTV |accessdate=February 4, 2009 He categorized it as a "pop record" with twists of urban contemporary|urban .cite news|url= http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1498855/20050322/mccartney jesse.jhtml |title=Jesse McCartney Plans Tour, Hints At Juicy Summerland Drama |last=Davis |first=Carolyn |date=March 22, 2005 |publisher=MTV |accessdate=February 4, 2009 The album featured four songs that he co-wrote.cite news|url= http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1536227/20060712/mccartney__jesse.jhtml |title=In September, Get Jesse McCartney Right Where You Want Him |last=Leonard |first=Shana |date=July 13, 2006 |publisher=MTV |accessdate=February 4, 2009 Beautiful Soul reached number 15 on the Billboard 200| Billboard 200 .cite web|url= http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do? model.chartFormatGroupName=Albums& model.vnuArtistId=438594& model.vnuAlbumId=1134730 |title=Artist Chart History Jesse McCartney |work=Billboard |publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc |accessdate=February 3, 2009dead link|date=October 2010 The album has been certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America , denoting over one million units of shipment to US retailers; it is his highest-certified album as of early 2009.cite web|url= http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php? resultpage=1& table=SEARCH_RESULTS& artist=Jesse_Mc_Cartney& startMonth=1& endMonth=1& startYear=1958& endYear=2010& sort=Artist& perPage=25 |title=Gold and Platinum |publisher=Recording Industry Association of America |accessdate=February 3, 2009 As of mid-2006, the album had sold more than 1.5& nbsp;million copies. The album's lead Beautiful Soul (song)|single of the same name reached number 16 on the Billboard Hot 100| Billboard Hot 100 .cite web|url= http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do? model.vnuArtistId=438594& model.vnuAlbumId=1134730 |title=Artist Chart History Jesse McCartney |work=Billboard |publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc |accessdate=February 3, 2009dead link|date=October 2010 McCartney was one of the artist with multiple awards at the 2005 Teen Choice Awards , winning Choice Crossover Artist, Choice Male Artist and Choice Breakout, Male.cite news|url= http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1507574/20050815/clarkson_kelly.jhtml |title= Napoleon Dynamite , Kelly Clarkson Win Big At Teen Choice Awards |last=Corey |first=Moss |date=August 15, 2005 |publisher=MTV |accessdate=February 4, 2009 The following year, he won Favorite Male Singer at the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards .
His first headlining tour, also named Beautiful Soul, 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, 2005 at the Madera District County Fair in Madera, California . In the fall of 2005, McCartney toured Australia, and opened for the Backstreet Boys in Europe in the summer of 2005. His July 9 performance at California's Great America in Santa Clara, California was recorded, released as Live: The Beautiful Soul Tour in November 2005.
After the filming of Keith (film)|Keith wrapped, McCartney began working on his second album, Right Where You Want Me (album)|Right Where You Want Me , co-writing all but one of the songs featured in it.cite news|url= http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1528180/20060407/mccartney jesse.jhtml |title=Jesse McCartney Hopes To Blow Your Minds With Next Single |last=Moss |first=Corey |date=April 10, 2006 |publisher=MTV |accessdate=February 4, 2009 Right Where You Want Me is more mature than his debut, reflecting his musical and personal growth since he recorded his debut album at age 15. Released by Hollywood Records on September 19, 2006, the album reached number 14 on the Billboard & nbsp;200. The lead single of the album, " Right Where You Want Me ", began receiving airplay on July 11, 2006. Although he did not launch a full tour, he did various promotional shows in Italy and the United States.
Relationship with Disney
He has contributed to numerous Disney soundtracks including Disneymania 2 , Radio Disney Jingle Jams , A Cinderella Story , That's So Raven , Stuck in the Suburbs , Lizzie McGuire Total Party! Disneymania 3 , Sydney White , Radio Disney Jams, Vol. 7 , Radio Disney Jams, Vol. 8 , DisneyMania 4 , Hannah Montana , Radio Disney: Party Jams, That's So Raven Too! , Radio Disney Jams, Vol. 9 , Radio Disney Jams, Vol. 11 , and The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement .
McCartney also appeared on the Disney Channel teen sitcoms The Suite Life Of Zack and Cody and Hannah Montana . McCartney is also voice of Terrence in the Tinker Bell franchise.
20072009: Songwriting and Departure
In the fall of 2007, McCartney co-wrote the hit song " Bleeding Love " with Ryan Tedder of OneRepublic , produced by McCartney and Tedder for McCartney's third album, but gave it away to English singer Leona Lewis for her debut album, Spirit (Leona Lewis album)|Spirit . The song was nominated for Grammy Award for Record of the Year|Record of the Year at the 51st Grammy Awards|2009 Grammy Awards .cite news|url= http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1600678/20081204/coldplay.jhtml |title=Lil Wayne, Coldplay Lead Grammy Nominations |last=Harris |first=Chris |date=December 4, 2008 |publisher=MTV |accessdate=February 21, 2009 McCartney recorded his own version, which was released on some editions of his Departure album.
McCartney released his third album, Departure (Jesse McCartney album)|Departure , on May 20, 2008 in the United States and Canada. Musically, it is a departure from his early works, showcasing more mature themes.cite news|url= http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1601238/20081212/mccartney jesse.jhtml |title=Jesse McCartney Follows Justin Timberlake's Example As His Music Matures |last=Vena |first=Jocelyn |date=December 12, 2008 |publisher=MTV |accessdate=February 3, 2009 The album has reached number 14 on the Billboard & nbsp;200.
The album's lead single, " Leavin' ", was released in March 2008, and reached number 10 on the Billboard Hot 100| Billboard Hot 100 , giving McCartney his highest-charting single to date. The single was certified platinum by the RIAA, selling over two million downloads on iTunes, becoming McCartney's highest-certified single as of early 2009. The second single, " It's Over (Jesse McCartney song)|It's Over ", was released on August 26, 2008, and reached #62 on the Hot 100. McCartney promoted Departure on a co-headlining tour with Jordin Sparks , which began in August 2008 and ended in September. He also did solo shows at theaters and small venues to support the album while on tour with Sparks. McCartney's 2008 summer tourmate, American Idol season six winner Jordin Sparks, approached him to write some material for her.cite news|url= http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2008/08/20/jesse-mccartney-plans-idol-tunes-tour-tv-projects/ |title=Jesse McCartney Plans "Idol" Tunes, Tour, TV Projects |last=Zfat |first=Natalie |date=August 20, 2008 |work=Rolling Stone |accessdate=February 4, 2009dead link|date=February 2011
McCartney re-released Departure on April 7, 2009. The re-release, Departure: Recharged , featured four new songs: " Body Language (Jesse McCartney song)|Body Language ", "Oxygen", "Crash & Burn" and "In My Veins". The re-release also features a remix of "How Do You Sleep? " with rapper-actor Ludacris . The third single from the album was released from the re-release and was the remix of "How Do You Sleep? ". It was much more successful than the second single, reaching #26 on the Hot 100, The fourth and final single from the album was also released from the re-release and was a new version of " Body Language (Jesse McCartney song)|Body Language " featuring T-Pain . The single peaked at #10 on the Billboard Dance/Club Songs.
2010present: Have It All
McCartney stated that his fourth album will have a similar sound to Departure but will be more contemporary R& B|R& B and urban music|urban -influenced than his third album. It was confirmed through McCartney's Twitter account that the album finished recording and production on August 13, 2010. He also confirmed August 16, 2010 that the first single is titled " Shake (Jesse McCartney song)|Shake ", which is playable on Tap Tap Revenge for iPhone & iPod Touch since September 6, 2010. The single was released through Digital Download on September 21, 2010 http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/shake-single/id391618025 Shake Jesse McCartney iTunes and peaked at #54 on the Billboard Hot 100 . 'Have It All' was set to be released on December 28, 2010 but McCartney announced through his Facebook account that he pushed back the release date for the album. In 2011, McCartney returned to the studio to work on new material for the album; still it hasn't been released.
Other ventures
Acting career
McCartney appeared with The Who 's Roger Daltrey in A Christmas Carol at Madison Square Garden. From 19982001, McCartney played JR Chandler|Adam Chandler, Jr. in the American Broadcasting Company|ABC soap opera All My Children , a role for which he earned two Young Artist Award s and two Daytime Emmy Award nominations. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0565366/awards Jesse McCartney Awards He also later starred in the short-lived series Summerland (TV series)|Summerland , which aired on The WB Television Network|The WB for two seasons, playing orphaned teenager Bradin Westerly.
In 2005, McCartney appeared as himself in the Disney Channel show, The Suite Life of Zack & Cody . In 2007, he starred as himself in the Disney Channel show, Hannah Montana .In 2008, McCartney was also featured as the voice of Horton Hears a Who& #33; (film)|Horton Hears A Who! 's JoJo McDodd. McCartney also voiced Theodore in the 2007 film Alvin and the Chipmunks (film)|Alvin and the Chipmunks and the 2009 film Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel , in addition to voicing Terence in the 2008 film Tinker Bell (film)|Tinker Bell . He also voices Dick Grayson|Robin in the Young Justice (TV series)|Young Justice series.
In 2008, McCartney co-starred along with Elisabeth Harnois in an independent teenage drama feature film, Keith (film)|Keith , directed by Todd Kessler. It is his movie debut, and features McCartney in the title role. Keith was released on September 19, 2008.
According to Entertainment Weekly in December 2008, McCartney was negotiating to play against type in the role of the Fire Nation's Prince Zuko in M. Night Shyamalan 's feature film adaptation of Avatar: The Last Airbender#Feature film|Avatar: The Last Airbender .cite journal|first=Nicole |last=Sperling |title=Movies |journal=Entertainment Weekly |issue=1026 |date=December 17, 2008 |page=15 In February 2009, British actor Dev Patel replaced McCartney, whose tour dates conflicted with a boot camp scheduled for the cast to train in martial arts.cite news|first=Michael |last=Fleming |title=Shyamalan cast floats on Air |work=Variety |date=February 1, 2009 |url= http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117999413.html? categoryid=13& cs=1& nid=2562 |accessdate=February 1, 2009 McCartney has expressed an interest in directing and producing films and even considered enrolling in a film school.cite web|url= http://www.mtv.com/shared/movies/features/k/keith_set_visit_120805/ |title=Keith ... Set Visit |last=Carroll |first=Larry |publisher=MTV |accessdate=February 4, 2009
McCartney appeared as a recurring character in the ABCFamily series Greek (TV series)|Greek for several episodes playing a star football talent who joins Kappa Tau. His character eventually decides to depledge the fraternity after citing pressures between football and Greek life combined with Rusty stealing his girlfriend Jordan.
McCartney also worked in several installments of the Square Enix video game series Kingdom Hearts . He was featured as Roxas (Kingdom hearts)|Roxas in Kingdom Hearts 2 in 2006, and reprised the role in 2009 in Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days . He also provided the voice work for Ventus, a character in the video game of the same series Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep .
McCartney confirmed in early February 2011 via twitter and on the website Perezhilton.com that he will have a major role on the new Fox pilot "Locke and Key". McCartney is currently in Pittsburgh filming the show.
Fragrance
In June 2011, McCartney introduced a new women's fragrance called Wanted By Jesse.cite web|last=Wanted By Jesse|url= http://www.facebook.com/wantedbyjesse|title=Wanted by Jesse
Philanthropy
In 2005, McCartney participated in " Come Together Now ", a Charity record|charity single to benefit the victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake|2004 Asian Tsunami and the 2005 Hurricane Katrina .
Later in 2005, McCartney signed on as an official supporter of Little Kids Rock ,cite web|title=Little Kids Rock |work=Hang 10 with Jesse McCartney |url= http://www.littlekidsrock.org/friends/ |accessdate=December 8, 2007 |archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20071010092606/ http://www.littlekidsrock.org/friends/ |archivedate = October 10, 2007 a nonprofit organization that provides free musical instruments and instruction to children in underserved public schools throughout the U.S.A. He sits on LKR's Honorary Board of Directors.
He has donated proceeds of his 2005 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 (Memphis, Tennessee)|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. McCartney performed at the Hope Rocks concert in 2005 to benefit the City of Hope Cancer Center.cite news|url= http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1507779/20050817/mccartney jesse.jhtml |title=Jesse McCartney Seeks Help From Insanely Brilliant Neptunes |last=Tecson |first=Brandee |date=August 18, 2005 |publisher=MTV |accessdate=February 4, 2009 He appeared in the Concert for Hope October 25, 2009 with fellow Disney stars Miley Cyrus and Demi Lovato .cite news|url= http://www.cityofhope.org/giving/fundraising-support-groups/music/concert-for-hope/Pages/default.aspx |title=Concert for Hope presented by Staples |date=August 18, 2009 |publisher=City of Hope |accessdate=November 10, 2009
Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a Daytime Series by a Young Actor Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a Daytime Series by a Supporting Young Actor Nominated 17th Soap Opera Digest Awards#Outstanding Child Actor
Have It All (Jesse McCartney album)|Have It All (2012)
Tours
2004/2005: Beautiful Soul Tour
2005: Backstreet Boys: Never Gone Tour
2006/2007: Right Where You Want Me Tour
2008: Departure Mini-Tour
2008: Jesse & Jordin LIVE Tour
2009: Headlining Tour
2009: New Kids on the Block: Live|New Kids on the Block: Full Service Summer Tour
Awards and nominations
1998: Nomination : Grammy Award for Best Children's Album (for How Sweet It Is as part of the Sugar Beats)
2001: Nomination : Soap Opera Digest Award Outstanding Child Actor
2001: Nomination : Daytime Emmy Outstanding Younger Actor in a Drama Series
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
2006: Won : TRL Awards Italy Best "Tear" Award
2007: Nomination : Kids Choice Awards Award Italy Best International Artist
2007: Nomination : TRL Awards Italy Best Male Singer
2007: Nomination : TRL Awards Italy Best Video for "Just So You Know"
2007: Nomination : Kids Choice Awards Award Favorite Male Singer
2007: Won : Radio Disney Music Awards Best Male Singer
2008: Nomination : TRL Awards Italy Man of the Year
2008: Nomination : Teen Choice Awards Choice Male Artist
2008: Nomination : Teen Choice Awards Choice Most Fanatic Fans
2008: Nomination : Teen Choice Awards Choice Summer Song (Leavin')
2009: Won : Starshine Music Awards - Best Male Artist
2009: Won : Kids Choice Awards Best Male Singer
2009: Nomination : Teen Choice Awards Choice Love Song (How Do You Sleep? )
2009: Won : 26th Annual ASCAP Pop Music Award Song of the Year (Songwriter for Leona Lewis' "Bleeding Love")
2010: Won : Kids Choice Awards Best Movie (Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel)
2010: Won : Giffoni Award Giffoni Film Festival
References
reflist|30em
External links
Commons category
Official website| http://jessemac.com
IMDb name|0565366
Allmusic|class=artist|id=p474504
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