Contents
* 1 Early life
* 2 Music career
o 2.1 1999–2002: Musical Beginnings with Dream Street
o 2.2 2004–2006: Beautiful Soul & Right Where You Want Me
o 2.3 2007–2009: Songwriting and Departure
o 2.4 2010–present: Have It All
* 3 Other ventures
o 3.1 Acting career
o 3.2 Philanthropy
* 4 Filmography
o 4.1 Films
o 4.2 Television
o 4.3 Video Games
* 5 Discography
* 6 Tours
* 7 Awards and nominations
* 8 References
* 9 External links
Early life
McCartney was born to Ginger and Scott McCartney in Westchester, New York. He began performing in local community musicals at the age of nine, before joining the national tour of The King and I at age ten along with Phil of the Future star Ricky Ullman.
Music career
1999–2002: Musical Beginnings with Dream Street
In 1999, McCartney joined the American pop boy band Dream Street, and was a member until 2002. Jesse McCartney has described the experience as a good "stepping stone" for his solo career. The group earned a gold record with their debut CD, and broke up while touring with Aaron Carter. At fifteen, he began work on a solo career with a local band, featuring musicians Dillon Kondor (guitar), Peter Chema (bass), Katie Spencer (keyboards), Alex Russeku (drums), Karina LaGravinese (background vocals), Sharisse Francisco (background vocals), and under the management of Ginger McCartney and Sherry Goffin Kondor, who co-produced his first album, Beautiful Soul.
McCartney released his first solo EP in July 2004. The album featured two songs: "Beautiful Soul", "Why Don't You Kiss Her". In 2004, he performed a duet with Anne Hathaway, "Don't Go Breaking My Heart", which is featured on the Ella Enchanted soundtrack.
2004–2006: Beautiful Soul & Right Where You Want Me
McCartney at a Bryant Park performance, June 24, 2005
McCartney's debut solo album, Beautiful Soul, which was two years in the making, was released on September 28, 2004 in the United States and over a year later in Europe. He categorized it as a "pop record" with twists of urban.The album featured four songs that he co-wrote. Beautiful Soul reached number 15 on the Billboard 200. The album has been certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America, denoting over one million units of shipment to US retailers; it is his highest-certified album as of early 2009. As of mid-2006, the album had sold more than 1.5 million copies. The album's lead single of the same name reached number 16 on the Billboard Hot 100. McCartney was one of the artist with multiple awards at the 2005 Teen Choice Awards, winning Choice Crossover Artist, Choice Male Artist and Choice Breakout, Male. The following year, he won Favorite Male Singer at the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards.
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