Owl city Biography

Adam Young (Owl City) was an almost accidental artist, never intending to be as famous as he is. He started writing electro-pop music as a young adult in his parents' basement as a way to fight his insomnia, and uploaded it to MySpace to share with his friends and others. People loved Young's music so much that he decided to release his first album, titled "Of June". This album was later followed by "Maybe I'm Dreaming", and both albums earned the top fifteen in the Billboard Electronic Albums chart. The attention he received for these albums also
attracted the attention of Avery and Monte Lipman, presidents of Universal Republic.
    Young's next album, and probably the most popular, is titled "Ocean Eyes". The most popular song on this album is "Fireflies", which reached number one on various music charts all over the world. 
    Most of Young's music is inspired by whimsical fantasies thought up while laying awake in bed at night, suffering from insomnia. He does have a few songs about entering reality, the most noted being "The Real World". Other songs of his reflect his Christian faith, the most evident being the song "Galaxies" on the album "All Things Bright and Beautiful", Young's most recent album.

Ocean Eyes, his first album for the label, was released in 2009, coinciding with the launch of Owl City's first national tour. While on the road, Young watched as "Fireflies" became one of the year's most popular singles, eventually topping the charts in several countries (including the U.S.) and selling more than three million copies. A deluxe edition of the album appeared in 2010, featuring seven bonus tracks as well as the original track list, and Universal Records capitalized on the buzz by also reissuing Maybe I'm Dreaming and Of June, both of which had been self-released several years earlier. An Airplane Carried Me to Bed, an album of acoustic pop songs that predated the Owl City project, followed in 2010. Technically a side project, the album was released under a different moniker, Sky Sailing. Young returned to Owl City in 2011 with All Things Bright and Beautiful, his first collection of new material in years. The Midsummer Station followed in 2012. A highly collaborative affair, the album featured production assistance from big-budget producers like Stargate and Robopop as well as cameos from Blink 182's Matt Hoppus and mainstream pop radio rising star Carly Rae Jepsen.

Adam Young

Ocean eyes

Albums of OWL CITY               YEAR                                                                                 Album name
2008	Maybe I'm Dreaming
2008	Of June
2009	Ocean Eyes
2011	All Things Bright and Beautiful
2012	The Midsummer Station

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