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Today is Adam Levine’s 44th birthday, and to commemorate the Maroon 5 vocalist’s special day, we compiled a list of lesser-known facts about Levine you may not know about. 10…

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Adam Levine attends the 2020 Vanity Fair Oscar Party hosted by Radhika Jones at Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts on February 09, 2020 in Beverly Hills, California.

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Today is Adam Levine's 44th birthday, and to commemorate the Maroon 5 vocalist's special day, we compiled a list of lesser-known facts about Levine you may not know about.

10 Facts About Adam Levine You Did Not Know

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Levine began his musical career in 1994 with the band Kara's Flowers; he was the lead vocalist and guitarist.


10 Facts About Adam Levine You Did Not Know

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In 2001, the group was reformed as Maroon 5, and released their first album, 'Songs About Jane,' which went multi-platinum in the US.


10 Facts You Didn't Know About Adam Levine

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As part of Maroon 5, Levine has received three Grammy Awards, three American Music Awards, an MTV Video Music Award, and a World Music Award.


10 Facts You Didn't Know About Adam Levine

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In 2012, Levine made his acting debut as recurring character Leo Morrison in the second season of 'American Horror Story: Asylum.'


10 Facts You Didn't Know About Adam Levine

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He owns a record label, 222 Records, and a production company, 222 Productions, which produced television shows 'Sugar' and 'Songland.'


10 Facts You Didn't Know About Adam Levine

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Adam Levine married Behati Prinsloo in 2014, after two years of dating. They have two daughters, 4-year-old Dusty Rose and 3-year-old Gio Grace


10 Facts You Didn't Know About Adam Levine

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Levine comes from a musical family, attributing his mother's idols – Simon & Garfunkel, Fleetwood Mac, and The Beatles – to shaping his musical style, calling them 'a huge part of my upbringing.'


10 Facts You Didn't Know About Adam Levine

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Levine studied at Five Towns College in New York after the break up of Kara's Flowers, where he was a writer's assistant on the CBS show, 'Judging Amy.'


10 Facts You Didn't Know About Adam Levine

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In 2013, Levine was named People magazine's 'Sexiest Man Alive,' becoming the first singer and the second non-actor (after John F. Kennedy, Jr.) to claim the title.


10 Facts You Didn't Know About Adam Levine

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Levine is a supporter of same-sex marriage and LGBTQ+ rights. (his brother Michael is gay) In 2011, he made a video on Maroon 5's official YouTube account in support of the It Gets Better Project. The next year, he announced that Maroon 5 had changed the location of their post-Grammy Awards show because of the 'unnamed Los Angeles restaurant's backing of Proposition 8.'

Laila Abuelhawa is the Top 40 and Hip-Hop pop culture writer for Beasley Media Group. Being with the company for over three years, Laila's fierce and fabulous red-carpet rankings have earned her a feature on 'The Late Show with Stephen Colbert!' Her favorite stories are those surrounding the latest in celebrity fashion, television and film rankings, and how the world reacts to major celebrity news. With a background in journalism, Laila's stories ensure accuracy and offer background information on stars that you wouldn't have otherwise known. She prides herself in covering stories that inform the public about what is currently happening and what is to come in the ever-changing, ever-evolving media landscape.