Jesse McCartney

McCartney was born on 9 April 1987 to Ginger and Scott McCartney in Westchester, New York. He was introduced to acting at an early age. He was only seven years old when he was introduced to the local community theatre production.

At the young age of 10 he got his big chance to play the lead role on the Broadway play called ‘The King and I’. He acted in the play along with another famous child artist called Ricky Ullman from ‘Phil of the Future’ fame. He was very well noticed in the production and from there onwards he was offered much bigger and lucrative opportunities in the field of entertainment.

In 1999, McCartney became a part of the American pop boy band called the Dream Street. He remained in the group until 2002. This worked as a stepping stone for his solo career later on. The band did very well in its days and earned a gold record with the release of their debut CD.

By 2002, at the age of fifteen, he started concentrating on his solo singing career and formed a local band with musicians like: Dillion Kondor on the guitar, Peter Chema on bass, Katie Spencer on the keyboards, Alex Russeku on drums, Karina LaGravinese and Sharisse Francisco as background vocals. This local band was managed by McCartney’s mother Ginger McCartney and Sherry Goffin Kondor, who also later co-produced his debut album ‘Beautiful Soul’.

In 2003, McCartney released his first solo EP featuring three hit songs: ‘Beautiful Soul’, ‘Don’t You’ and ‘Why Don’t You Kiss Her’. Around this time, he also got a chance to perform a duet with the famous Hollywood actress Anne Hathaway. The song was called ‘Don’t Go Breaking My Heart’ for the movie ‘Ella Enchanted’s’ original soundtrack.

In 2004, McCartney’s first solo album was released. It was called ‘Beautiful Soul’ and featured the hit of the same title. The album took two years in the making and finally got released on September. It was released in Europe in 2005. This album was his first formal solo work, internationally released. He classed it as an urban pop record.

‘Beautiful Soul’ has four tracks that were co-written by McCartney himself. The album, soon after its release, reached at number 15 on the Billboard 200. It was his highest certified album as of 2009. The album sold more than 1.5 million copies by the mid of 2006.

McCartney won multiple awards in 2005 at the Teen Choice Awards. He was awarded for his debut album ‘Beautiful Souls’ under the categories of: Choice Crossover Artist, Choice Male Artist and Choice Breakout – Male. In the same year, he also bagged the Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards for the Favorite Male Singer of the year.