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Jesse McCartney biography

Jesse McCartney
Jesse Arthur McCartney (born April 9, 1987 in New York City) is an American pop singer and actor of Scottish, Irish, and English ancestry. He has one brother, Timothy ("Timmy") Glover Mark McCartney (born 1996) and one sister, Lea Joyce McCartney (born 1991). McCartney graduated from Ardsley High School June 22, 2005.


Career(karijera)
McCartney began his career at age seven, performing in local community musicals with his best friend Lauren Stanwick. At 10, he made his Broadway debut in "The King and I". He has appeared with The Who's Roger Daltrey in "A Christmas Carol".
He joined the children's group Sugar Beats as a vocalist. Three of the group's albums were nominated for Grammys: How Sweet It Is (1998), Wildthing (1999) and Car Tunes (2000).

At 12, McCartney joined the boy band Dream Street (2000 to 2002), which earned a platinum record with their debut CD. He kept his career life on the side while dating his girlfriend Lauren on the side. They stayed together until the boy band broke up, which was devastating to Jesse. The band broke up while touring with Aaron Carter. At age 16 Jesse began work on a solo career with a local band, featuring 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 his ex-girlfriend, Lauren Stanwick, and Sherry Goffin Kondor, the producer and founder of Sugar Beats.

McCartney's acting career blossomed at the same time as his music. He landed the role of J.R. Chandler on the television soap opera All My Children (1998 to 2001), for which he was nominated in 2001 and 2002 for a Daytime Emmy in the category Outstanding Younger Actor in a Drama Series. In 2004 and 2005, McCartney played Bradin Westerly on the WB series Summerland, which was canceled in the summer of 2005.

McCartney has recorded with Walt Disney Records and Hollywood Records on various projects. He has modeled for Abercrombie & Fitch (2005).



Beautiful Soul

Jesse McCartney released his first solo EP "JMac" in July 2003. The album featured three songs: "Beautiful Soul," "Don't You" and "Why Don't You Kiss Her".

His first full-length solo album, Beautiful Soul, was released Sept 28, 2004. The album was two years in the making, and features four songs co-written by McCartney. The title song reached #2 on AOL Music. The video for "Beautiful Soul" did well on MTV TRL, having been voted into the top 10 fifty times, and peaking at #4. The album achieved platinum status February 2005.

McCartney has also recently performed "Beautiful Soul" numerous times while making guest appearances on late night talk shows such as "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno." While performing live, listeners get a rare opportunity to hear the more raw and unfiltered singing voice of McCartney that is always processed and filtered on studio recordings from his album




Solo Tour

Jesse McCartney's first solo tour after his full-length album was released, the "Beautiful Soul" tour, started on May 2, 2005 at the Crest Theatre in Sacramento, California. This featured a new band, comprised of 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 Great America, Santa Clara, CA was the subject of a live CD (Nov 2005 release) and his first concert DVD (Nov 21, 2005, Australia (1)). The US portion of the tour spanned 56 stops, ending Sept 10 at the Madera District County Fair in Madera, CA.


Future Projects
McCartney is slated to take a break from Beautiful Soul this fall in order to tour in Australia and later open for the Backstreet Boys in Europe. Band personnel has changed slightly. He will star in the movie Keith, scheduled for 2006 release.


Interests
Jesse McCartney enjoys sports, especially baseball and football. He learned how to surf while filming the TV series Summerland. He has donated proceeds of his 2005 "Beautiful Soul" tour for disaster relief. He recorded radio spots promoting the "Kids For A Drug-Free America" campaign and is a spokesperson for the St. Jude's Children's Hospital. He used to date Stephanie Libos. Jesse also enjoyed spending time with his girlfriend Katie Cassidy, daughter of former teen idol David Cassidy, but now, sadly, they have ended their relationship.


Appearance on Punk'd
McCartney became the fifth star ever to be featured on Punk'd more than twice. His first appearance was when he was tricked by Ashton Kutcher on his way to Beverly Hills High School. Jesse was punk'd by Ashton Kutcher making him believe he broke some gang's motorcycles. His second is when he Punk'd Akon while making a commercial, probably for Toshiba, Panasonic, or Sony. (Helping out his close friend Ashton Kutcher) his trick was that he had Akon think he was making a Japanese commercial and made him say pretty ridiculous things in Japanese.


Discography
Albums
Beautiful Soul (2004) #15 US, #1 Australia, TBA Spain (realease February, 20)
RIAA Certification: Platinum
US Sales: 1,213,200
Live: The Beautiful Soul Tour (2005) #153 US
RIAA Certification: Uncertified
US Sales: 58,250
Off The Record (2005)

Singles
2005 "Beautiful Soul" #15 US , #1 Australia , #1 Taiwan, #1 Philippines, #17 UK
2005 "She's No You" #91 US, #10 Australia +, #6 Philippines
2005 "Get Your Shine On" #36 Australia +
2005 "What's Your Name?" (Radio Disney Release)
2005 "Because You Live"


Non-Album Tracks
"Best Day Of My Life" (from A Cinderella Story soundtrack)
"Beautiful Soul" (exclusive remix) (from A Cinderella Story soundtrack)
"Winter Wonderland" (from Radio Disney Jingle Jams)
"One Way Or Another" (from Radio Disney Jingle Jams)
"Don't Go Breakin' My Heart" (with Anne Hathaway) (from Ella Enchanted soundtrack)
"Crushn'" (from Lizzie McGuire: Total Party!)
"The Second Star to the Right" (from Disneymania Vol. 2)
"When You Wish Upon a Star" (from Disneymania Vol. 3)
"Get Your Shine On" (from Summerland soundtrack)
"She's No You (Neptune's Remix)

Filmography

The Beautiful Soul Tour (2005) (DVD, concert recorded July 9, 2005 at Great America, Santa Clara, CA) (released in Australia only)
Up Close (2005) (Video compilation)#3 Australia (DVD available both in the US and Australia)
The Suite Life of Zack and Cody (2005) (Guest Appearance)
Punk'd (2005) (TV)
Summerland (2004) (TV)
Pizza (2004)
The Strange Legacy of Cameron Cruz (2002) (TV)
The Pirates of Central Park (2001)
All My Children (1998-2001) (TV)


Awards, Nominations
American Music Awards - Nomination as Best New Artist (2005)
Soap Opera Digest Award - Nomination as Outstanding Child Actor (2001)
Daytime Emmy - Outstanding Younger Actor in a Drama Series, two-time nominee (2001 and 2002)
Young Artist Award - Best Performance in a Daytime TV Series - Young Actor, two-time winner (2001 and 2002)
Grammy Awards - Nominations for albums by theSugar Beats (1998, 1999, 2000)

Music Videos

"Beautiful Soul"
"She's No You"
"Because You Live"

Did you know



1) When they play "Beautiful Soul" on the radio he sounds 2 times younger? its cute tho!

2) Once wanted to swin in a swimming pool of Peanut Butter?

3) His left eyebrow is scarred?

4) The first time he got stitches he got 8?

5) His pet peeve is girls fileing their nails?

6) His favorite color is orange?

7) He wears size Medium Boxers!!!????

8) He bites his nails?

9) He loves Cheese pizza?

10) His favorite candy is Gummy Bears?

11) The first thing he notices about a girl is her eyes and smile?

12) He likes girls who like to go out dancing and who like to have fun?

13) his favorite holiday is christmas?

14) He has never broken any bones?

15) His favorite # is 7 ( mine is too)

16) His brother is 7 and his sister is 13?

17) he was in a short film called "Pizza"?



*Jesse room rules*



1) No food or drink inside

2) Don't touch whatever it says without permission to

3)Put all borrowed cables, picks, earplugs etc. away!

4) No pips allowed



Write to Jesse

Jesse McCartney
c/o Jump Ahead Productions
923 Saw Mill River Road Box 138
Ardsley, NY 10502

Songs

1) Beautiful Soul

2) Because You Live

3) Come To Me

4) Crushin

5) Don't Go Breakin My Heart

6) Don't You

7) Get Your Shine On

8) Gotta Get The Girl

9) One Way Or Another

10) She Drives Me Crazy

11) She's No You

12) Stupid Things

13) Take Your Sweet Time

14) The Best Day Of My Life

15) The Second Star To The Right

16) That Was Then

17) This Time

18) What's Your Name

19) Why Don't You Kiss Her

20) Why Is Love So Hard To Find

21) Winter Wonderland

22) Without You

23) Yellow

24) You're Taking Me Over

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