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Jesse McCartney

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Jesse A. McCartney (born April 9, 1987) is an American pop singer and Daytime Emmy-nominated 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 two music albums, Beautiful Soul and Right Where You Want Me.

Jesse McCartney
McCartney performing at Bryant Park, June 24, 2005
Born
Jesse A. McCartney
Height5'9 1/5"
WebsiteJesseMcCartney.com

Early life

Jesse McCartney was born in Westchester, New York, [1] to Scott and Ginger McCartney. His maternal grandparents are Dick and Joyce Sarber, from Mendocino County, California.[2] McCartney is a born-again Christian.[3] In 1988, his family relocated to Ardsley, Westchester County, New York, where he grew up and lived until 2004 when he moved out to Los Angeles .[citation needed] He has one brother, Timothy ("Timmy") Glover Mark McCartney (born December 20 1996) and one sister, Lea Joyce McCartney (born July 7 1991

Music Career

Early Career

In 1999, McCartney joined the American pop boy band Dream Street, and was a member till 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 released his first solo EP 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.

Beautiful Soul (2004–2006)

His 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 , plus songs written by such heavy weights as Desmond Child and Chris Braide. 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.

His 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 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".

 
McCartney at a Bryant Park performance, June 24, 2005

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). In the fall of 2005, Jesse McCartney toured Australia, and opened for the Backstreet Boys in Europe. 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.[5]

Right Where You Want Me (2006–Present)

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". The video for his second single Just So You Know is now available to view at http://www.jessemac.com.au/. The song "Invincible" from Jesse's new album "Right Where You Want Me" was written (by McCartney) in memory of one of his friends who had died a few years ago in a car accident.

Although as stated by his management that he will not be launching a new tour because of lack of support from his record company, McCartney has done various shows in Italy and also in the United States. [6] The new album has also been made available for purchase at Yahoo Music in MP3 format.[7]

The album has failed to reach the success of Beautiful Soul and has sold less than 200,000 copies in the United States. International sales are also very low.

Third Album Information

It has been confirmed by his management that McCartney is in studios again writing and recording for his third album. McCartney was quoted saying about the new album, "I'm going for Prince chord changes, Michael (Jackson) melodies, and the bigness of Madonna - fun '80s stuff. That's the best that I can put it." [8] According to Jesse as he announced during recent concerts, the album is expected to have a 2008 release.

Acting Career

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. From 1998 to 2001, McCartney played JR Chandler on the hit Soap Opera All My Children as Adam Chandler Jr. He also later stared in the short-lived Summerland which aired on the now defunct The WB for two seasons. McCartney also co-starred along with Elisabeth Harnois on an independent film directed by Todd Kessler called Keith. As of now, there are no news on the release date of this film even though Jesse has stated various times it will be released in Spring 2007. He was also the voice actor for Roxas in Kingdom Hearts II. Recently, he appeared in an episode of Hannah Montana titled When You Wish You Were The Star.

Philanthropy

In 2004, Jesse McCartney participated in "Come Together Now" [9], a charity single to benefit the victims of the 2004 Asian Tsunami and the 2005 Hurricane Katrina. In 2005, McCartney signed on as an official supporter of Little Kids Rock [10], a nonprofit organization that provides free musical instruments and free lessons to children in public schools throughout the U.S.A. He sits on its board of directors as an honorary member. 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, and is involved in the charity SPACE, which was co-founded by a childhood friend of his mother's. Jesse performed at the Hope Rocks concert in 2005 to benefit City of Hope Cancer Center.


Personal Life

McCartney recently announced on TRL Italy that he has recently ended his two and a half year relationship with Katie Cassidy. Katie had the following to say:

I wanted to write you to let you know how grateful Jesse and I are for having your support for so long. Unfortunately, we are no longer together as a couple, but we managed to stay close friends :) and still spend time together when we are in the same city! It just got too crazy with our busy careers, always being in different countries for work, but we still love and adore one another, always will. I just wanted to thank you again and who knows what the future holds ;) maybe we'll work it out at some point ... Thank you to all our fans and God bless!
Katie

[11] [12]

Filmography

Discography

Albums and singles

Album Information
Beautiful Soul
Live: The Beautiful Soul Tour
  • Live album
  • Released: November 15 2005 (U.S.)
  • Chart positions: Debut/peak: #153 U.S.
  • RIAA certification: -
Off the Record
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 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 Cry Award
  • 2007: Nomination: Kids Choice Awards Award - Favorite Male Singer
  • 2007: Won: Radio Disney Music Awards - Best Male Singer

Music videos

  • "Just So You Know"
  • "Good Life" (Disney Version) - Available on Jesse's Up Close DVD
  • "Good Life" (Disney Version with Stuck in the Suburbs clips)
  • "Beautiful Soul" (Disney Version)
  • "Because You Live" (Disney Version) - Available on Jesse's Up Close DVD
  • "Because You Live" (Disney Version with Princess Diaries 2 clips)
  • "Beautiful Soul" - 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" - 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
  • "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" (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

References

  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. ^ "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)
  6. ^ "Email from Sherry". Email from Sherry regarding Jesse's tour dates and such. Retrieved February 28. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
  7. ^ "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)
  8. ^ "Third Album Info".
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  11. ^ "Relationship".
  12. ^ "Relationship #2".
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