Singer Adam Levine and actress Lily Collins are celebrating their birthdays today, March 18.
Adam Levine, 36
Singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and actor Adam Levine turns 36 today. Levine started his singing career as part of the garage band Kara's Flowers. They released their first album, The Fourth World in 1997 and appeared on an episode of Beverly Hills, 90210. The group split up after failing to gain an audience.
Levine, along with Jesse Carmichael, Mickey Madden, Ryan Dusick and James Valentine, formed the band Maroon 5. They released their first album, Songs About Jane, in 2002. In 2005, they won their first Grammy Award for Best New Artist. The next year, they won the Grammy for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals for their hit "This Love." Their second album, It Won't Be Soon Before Long, was released in 2007. The band won the Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal for their song "Makes Me Wonder." Maroon 5 earned another Grammy nomination for Best Pop Vocal Album and Best Pop Duo/Group Performance for their hit "Payphone" off of their fourth studio album, Overexposed. The band released their fifth studio album entitled V in 2014.
Levine has also worked with numerous artists for their singles including "Live Again" by the Ying Yang twins, "Heard 'Em Say" by Kanye West, "Wild Horses" by Alicia Keys, "Stereo Hearts" by Gym Class Heroes and "My Life" by 50 Cent. In 2013, Levine hosted an episode of Saturday Night Live.
Levine has served as a coach on the NBC singing competition series, The Voice since 2011. He was the winner of the first season with his artist, Javier Colon. He also won Season 5 with his artist, Tessanne Chin. Levine also jump started his acting career. In 2012, he appeared as a recurring character in American Horror Story: Asylum. The next year, he starred in the film Begin Again with Keira Knightley and Mark Ruffalo. In November 2013, Levine was named People magazine's Sexiest Man Alive.
Levine founded his own record label, 222 Records. He is currently married to Victoria's Secret model Behati Prinsloo.
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Lily Collins, 26
Actress and model Lily Collins turns 26 today. Daughter of music icon Phil Collins, Collins began her acting career at the age of two on the BBC series Growing Pains. As a teenager, she wrote columns for Elle Girl, Seventeen, Teen Vogue and the Los Angeles Times. She later started modeling, appearing in ads for Chanel and Glamour magazine.
In 2008, Collins won a Young Hollywood Award for Newest Red Carpet Correspondent. She returned to acting, starring a couple episodes for 90210. Collins starred the 2009 film The Blind Side. In 2011, she starred in Abduction alongside Taylor Lautner and that next year, she played Snow White in Mirror Mirror alongside Julia Roberts.
In 2012, Collins appeared in Stuck in Love alongside Jennifer Connelly, Logan Lerman and Greg Kinnear. In 2013, she played Clary Fray in the film The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones and appeared in the music video for "City of Angels" by Thirty Seconds to Mars. In 2014, she starred in the romantic comedy-drama Love, Rosie.
Collins will next appear in an untitled Warren Beatty project, a romantic-drama film set in 1950s in Hollywood.
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