Adam Noah Levine (born March 18, 1979) is an American singer-songwriter and musician, best known as the front man and guitarist for the pop rock band Maroon 5. He is also a coach on the American talent show The Voice. Levine was born in Los Angeles to Fred and Patsy (née Noah) Levine. His uncle is journalist and author Timothy Noah. He has a brother, Michael, and a sister, Julia. When he was six years old, he made the winning shot of his local YMCA championship basketball game (on a team his father coached) with no time left on the clock. He has said that the incident changed his life and gave him the confidence to be successful. Levine attended French Woods Festival of the Performing Arts Camp (Hancock, NY) with best friend Jesse Carmichael, guitar player of the band known at that time as Kara's Flowers. He graduated from Brentwood School in 1997. Levine has Jewish ancestry on both sides of his family (his father and maternal grandfather were Jewish), and considers himself Jewish, though according to The Jewish Chronicle, who interviewed Levine, he "has rejected formal religious practice for a more generalized, spiritual way of life". He chose not to have a Bar Mitzvah as a
Just like Amanda Knox last week, Adam Levine is guilty ... of rockin' a matching monochromatic denim-on-denim suit.Even attractive people can have bad jeans. READ MORE >
Maroon 5 frontman Adam Levine showed off his lean smooth tatted up torso while shooting the video for his new song "Moves Like Jagger" in L.A. this weekend.Forget "The Voice" ... because it's all… READ MORE >
Minutes after being crowned champion of "The Voice," Javier Colon was already talking about his next career move ... claiming TWO of the judges are already planning to get a piece of him. READ MORE >
David Beckham and Adam Levine have both been spotted recently wearing sweaters fashioned out of those Southwestern blankets sold in college student unions everywhere.Futon and Monet poster sold… READ MORE >
Adam Levine was in the middle of another situation with the LAPD last night -- and it was all over the same Aston Martin that got him in trouble last time. The Maroon 5 singer was sitting in his… READ MORE >
Maroon 5 stud Adam Levine says he wouldn't mind getting a helping of ass to the face, depending on whose derriere it was -- and judging by the hot chick who rode on his hog, we doubt he wants… READ MORE >
If you ever wanted to get in Adam Levine's bed, here's your chance. The Maroon 5 singer is going all Craigslist with his Hollywood Hills home -- trying to find a high-end renter for the place.The… READ MORE >
Adam Levine doesn't suffer fools well -- as in our tone deaf papper who serenaded him outside the Renaissance in D.C. last night. See More Adam Levine Adam Levine Maroons Friend in Hollywood READ MORE >
Former stripper David Hernandez can now say it -- "Yes I Can!"We found out the "American Idol" wannabe will be performing in the Grand Ballroom at the Renaissance Washington Hotel for the… READ MORE >
For reasons unexplained, the adorable Amanda Bynes was once again swarmed by the paparazzi -- and gave her parents their very first photo shoot. // Also in L.A.: Jessica Alba shopped with a… READ MORE >
