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Owl City is an American electronic/synthpop musical project by singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Adam Young formedin 2007 inOwatonna,
Minnesota. Young created the project while experimenting with music in his parents' basement. Like manymusicians that achievedsuccess in the era
between 2005 and 2009, Owl City developed a following on the music and socialnetworking site Myspace in the late 2000sbefore signing with
Universal Republic in 2008.
After two independent albums, Owl City gained mainstream popularity with the 2009 major label debut album Ocean Eyes, whichspawned
the ...read more
Owl City is an American electronic/synthpop musical project by singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Adam Young formedin 2007 inOwatonna,
Minnesota. Young created the project while experimenting with music in his parents' basement. Like manymusicians that achievedsuccess in the era
between 2005 and 2009, Owl City developed a following on the music and socialnetworking site Myspace in the late 2000sbefore signing with
Universal Republic in 2008.
After two independent albums, Owl City gained mainstream popularity with the 2009 major label debut album Ocean Eyes, whichspawned
thequadruple-platinum hit single "Fireflies". The album was certified Platinum in the United States in April 2010.
Owl City, along with La Roux, Lights, and several other artists, are credited with helping to revive synthpop, a genre which hadbeen in severedecline
since the early 1990s.
Adam Young has also written and performed original songs for movies such as Legends of the Guardians: the Owls of Ga'Hoole and Wreck-It Ralph. « hide |
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