Adam Levine

Adam Noah Levine is an American singersongwriter multiinstrumentalist  and actor widely known as the lead vocalist for the Los Angeles pop rock band Maroon 5 Born and raised in Los Angeles California Levine began his musical career in 1994 when he cofounded the alternative rock band Karas Flowers of which he was the lead vocalist and guitarist After the commercial failure of their only album The Fourth World released in 1997 the band split up In 2001 the group was reformed with guitarist James Valentine joining the lineup and began a new musical chapter changing their name to Maroon 5 In 2002 the band released their first album Songs About Jane which went multiplatinum in the US Since then they have released four more albums It Wont Be Soon Before Long 2007 Hands All Over 2010 Overexposed 2012 and V 2014 As part of Maroon 5 Levine has received three Grammy Awards two Billboard Music Awards two American Music Awards an MTV Video Music Award and a World Music Award Since 2011 Levine has served as a coach on NBCs reality talent show The Voice The winners of the first and fifth seasons Javier Colon and Tessanne Chin were on his team In 2012 he made his acting debut as a recurring character in the horror television show American Horror Story Asylum for the series second season He also appeared in the film Begin Again As an entrepreneur Levine launched his own eponymous fragrance line in 2013 The same year he collaborated with Kmart and ShopYourWaycom to develop his menswear collection He also owns a record label 222 Records In 2013 The Hollywood Reporter reported that sources familiar with his many business dealings estimated Levine would earn more than 35 million that year