| Name |
Matt White |
| Height |
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| Naionality |
American |
| Date of Birth |
23-September-1980 |
| Place of Birth |
Englewood, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Famous for |
Singing |
Matt White is an American singer-songwriter based in New York City. His full-length debut album, Best Days, released by Geffen Records, reached No. 4 on Billboard's Top Heatseekers chart.
The album Best Days was released on September 18, 2007. Reception to the music was very positive by music critics and mass audiences alike. A highlight of the album was when White was picked by MTV to be featured on 52 artist week series which was a massive promotion that MTV ran at the time. White involved his maternal grandmother Shirley Kessleman, who was also one of the first female orchestral leaders in the country and whose older sister Lillian Hertz was considered to be one of the most revered violinists in the country and was the band leader of the Lillian Hertz Orchestra which made their debut at the Pantages Theater in Los Angeles, in 1936. The music video for Best Days stayed on the VH1 Top 20 countdown for 16 weeks reaching number 6 on the Countdown. White has taken 2009 to write his next record which he says will be "mostly piano, and recorded on analog tape which was the popular way of recording prior to 1995, when digital recordings became the norm.
White made his mark in 2007 with his debut album Best Days, which reached #4 on Billboard’s New Artist chart and earned him high praises from press. Rolling Stone magazine listed him in their "10 Artists to Watch". Details magazine also added Best Days in their "best new music bubbling from the underground," saying White has "a falsetto smooth enough to melt the icy heart of a Brooklyn hipster."
White has toured extensively and has performed with Sheryl Crow, John Mayer, B.B. King, OneRepublic, Third Eye Blind and Counting Crows. White’s songs have garnered national attention, he played an integral role in The Gap's "Vote For" Initiative campaign, which encouraged Americans to express their ideals and become proactive during the 2008 election. His custom track “Songs of Freedom” became the theme song for campaign and aired on a special electoral episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show. His music has also made a splash nationally in movies and TV shows, such as What Happens in Vegas, Shrek the Third, Because I Said So, The Hills, Men in Trees and One Tree Hill.
Recently, Matt White was picked as Facebook's first artist feature with demos from the upcoming album release.
