Jesse McCartney
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Jesse McCartney is an American pop singer and actor whose claim to fame was on the early 2000's as a member of the boy band Dream Street. Currently he went on to pursue his solo career.
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[edit] About
Jesse McCartney was born with Scottish, Irish, and English decent on April 9, 1987 in New York City. He has been performing in local community shows at the young age of seven before joining the children's group Sugar Beats as a vocalist.
At the age of twelve, he joined the American pop boy band Dream Street from 2000 to 2002 where he described the experience as a good stepping stone for his solo career in the future. On the year 2004 at 16 years old, he then decided to pursue with his solo career working on with a local band featuring musicians Dillon Kondor, Peter Chema, Katie Spencer, Alex Russek, Karina LaGravinese, and Sharisse Francisco. All these who helped him produced his first debut album Beautiful Soul released on 2004 which was under the management of Ginger McCartney and Sherry Kondor both co-produced the album.
The album gave McCartney a taste of success when it was certified platinum in the United States. The first single "Beautiful Soul" was voted top ten fifty times by MTV's Total Request Live on 2004.
[edit] Awards & Certifications
Awards
| Year | Award | Category |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Blimp Award | Favorite Male Singer |
| 2005 | Fake ID Award | Best Guest Under 21 |
| 2005 | Teen Choice Award | Choice Music Breakout, Male |
| 2005 | Teen Choice Award | Choice Music, Male Artist |
| 2005 | Teen Choice Award | Choice Crossover Artist |
| 2002 | Young Artist Award | Best Performance in a TV Drama Series |
| 2001 | Young Artist Award | Best Performance in a Daytime TV Series |
Certifications
| Year | Album | Certification | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Beautiful Song | Certified Platinum | RIAA |
| 2006 | Right Where You Want Me | Certified Gold | Taiwan |
[edit] Chart Toppers
| Year | Title | Pop 100 | AC | Hot 100 | Album |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Right Where You Want Me | 26 | - | 33 | Right Where You Want Me |
| 2005 | Beautiful Soul | - | 23 | 16 | Beautiful Soul |
| 2005 | She's No You | 41 | - | 91 | Beautiful Soul |
[edit] News
[edit] Tours & Concerts
December 3, 2006 Orleans Arena, Las Vegas, NV
[edit] Announcements
- Second studio album, Right Where You Want Me released on September 2006 now available!
- Watch Jesse McCartney Music Video
[edit] Discography
Comprehensive list of the recordings made.
[edit] Albums
 September 28, 2004 Hollywood Records |
 September 19, 2006 Hollywood Records |
[edit] Singles
| Date | Title | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Beautiful Soul | Beautiful Soul | Hollywood |
| 2005 | She's No You | Beautiful Soul | Hollywood |
| 2005 | Get Your Shine On | Beautiful Soul | Hollywood |
| 2005 | Because You Live | Beautiful Soul | Hollywood |
| 2006 | Right Where You Want Me | Right Where You Want Me | Hollywood |
| 2006 | Just So You Know | Right Where You Want Me | Hollywood |
[edit] Live Releases
 November 15, 2005 Hollywood Records |
[edit] Other artists
[edit] Similar artists
[edit] Influences
[edit] Contemporaries
[edit] Trivia
- Jesse joined and played JV Baseball on his High School Baseball team.
- He auditioned for the "Six Sense" lead role.
- He was a spokesperson for the "Kids For A Drug-Free America" campaign.
- He loves waterskiing and can play the piano and saxophone too.
- Nicknamed Jmac, Jester, and Orange Boy.
- His father is the president of an insurance company and is a volunteer fire-fighter.
