Biography
Who is Adam Levine?
Early life and real name
Adam Levine Noah Levine was born on March 18, 1979, in Los Angeles, United States. His parents are Fredric Levine, who founded a retail chain, and Patsy Levine, who worked as an admissions counselor. His parents divorced when he was seven years old, and he spent weekdays living with his mother and weekends living with his father. He grew up alongside a younger brother in a family that he has described as very musical.
For his education, Adam attended Brentwood School in Los Angeles. During his time at school, he met Jesse Carmichael and Mickey Madden, who would later become his bandmates. He later attended Five Towns College in New York for a semester before dropping out to pursue music.
Career highlights
Adam began his professional music career in 1994 as a teenager by forming the garage band Kara's Flowers with his school friends. The group released an album titled The Fourth World through Reprise Records in 1997, but it was a commercial failure and the band disbanded shortly afterward.
In 2001, the members reformed and added guitarist James Valentine, renaming the group Maroon 5. Their debut studio album, Songs About Jane, was released in June 2002 and eventually became a big commercial success, earning the group their first Grammy Award for Best New Artist in 2005. The band followed this with multiple successful albums, including It Won't Be Soon Before Long, Hands All Over, and Overexposed.
Business ventures
In addition to his music career, Adam has pursued various business endeavors. He launched his own eponymous fragrance line in 2013 and partnered with Kmart to develop a menswear collection during the same year.
He established a record label named 222 Records as well as a production company called 222 Productions. Through his production company, he helped produce television shows such as Sugar and Songland.
Family and relationships
Adam married Behati Prinsloo, and together they share three children named Dusty Rose Levine, Gio Levine, and Sumner Levine.
His family background includes several relatives working in media and the arts. He is the nephew of author and journalist Timothy Noah as well as television writer and producer Peter Noah.
Birthday and age
Adam Levine was born on March 18, 1979, which makes Adam 47 years old today. That birthday falls under the Pisces sign. Adam shares the date with 25 other famous people.
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