Tuesday, July 1, 2008

Jesse McCartney

Little bits on him:

Jesse A. McCartney was born April 9, 1987 to Scot and Ginger McCartney. He has two younger siblings Lea Joyce McCartney and Timothy (Timmy) Glover Mark McCartney. Jesse lives in Ardsley, New York where he attends the public school systems. He graduated from Ardsley High School on June 22, 2005.

At a young age he used to be a part of singing group Sugar Beats. Then, he auditioned for a boy band and managed to be among the five who get picked out of 500 that showed up and established the group Dream Street, who was signed to Edel Entertainment. Their first album was released July 10, 2001. The band lasted May 1999 until August 2002. The album went gold, but in 2002 they split due to a lawsuit concerning the producers. Jesse then decided to go solo.

Sugar Beats producers Sherry Kondor and Bonnie Gallanter, along with Andrew Gold and Ginger McCartney then started JumpAhead Productions and signed him. Jesse then made an EP Called JMac which contained the songs "Beautiful Soul," "Don't You," and "Why Don't You Kiss Her." The EP was released July 22, 2003. He toured for a while and ffter touring he started his full album which was released September 28, 2004. His song, "Beautiful Soul", was an instant hit. The album went Platinum on Febuary 24, 2005.

Albums:
Beautiful Soul" 28/9/2004
"Live: The Beautiful Soul Tour" 15/11/2005
"Right Where You Want Me" 19/9/2006
"Departure" 20/5/2008


Know wut?
He co-written Leona Lewis No. 1 hit single "Bleeding Love" (2007), together with Ryan Tedder of One Republic and Vivian Hawke.

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