Adam Barta
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| Background information | |
| Born | September 21st, 1979, Bronx, New York |
| Genres | Pop, R&B, dance-pop |
| Occupations | Singer-songwriter, musician, actor |
| Instruments | Vocals, |
| Website | www.adambarta.com |
Adam Steven Barta (born September 21, 1979), known professionally as Adam Barta, is an actor, musician, and singer-songwriter from Bronx, New York.
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[edit] Acting career
Barta started off his career doing off-Broadway theatre. One of his most noted roles was playing Tash in Befriending Beau, alongside Eric Millegan.[1] He had also appeared in several television shows and films following his success from his role in Befriending Beau. In 1999, Barta appeared in the Comedy Central series, Strangers with Candy.[2] In 2002, Barta took a break from acting to focus on being the lead singer for his very own short-lived boy band, Meant2Be.
In 2011, it was announced that Barta was working on a new reality show with Michael Lohan, Angelina Pivarnik from MTV's Jersey Shore, and Kim G. from Real Housewives of NJ.[3]
[edit] Music career
After Barta's boy band had ended, he started his own solo music career. His solo music career took off in 2005, with his single "Dirty Girls." It debuted on Sirius satellite radio and The Armory Project’s remix was heard at top dance clubs around the country after being featured on Promo Only's dance series CD.[4] He also collaborated with The Verve Pipe’s Brad Vander Ark on unreleased music. In Spring 2006 he recorded a new dance single, "I Wanna Hold You", written and produced by DJ Mike Rizzo (WKTU). Working with top producers such as Rizzo and the Klubjumpers, the song was heard on radio stations such as Sirius and XM. The music video made it on the May 2007 Promo Only club video series [5] and was featured by them at 2007’s Winter Music Conference, where Barta performed.[6]
After receiving a breakout at #5 on the Billboard hot club play charts,[7] peaking at #23 in March 2007’s DJ Times[8] dance charts and being played at Abercrombie & Fitch stores throughout the country, EsNtion Records took notice and signed Adam to a record deal for which his first single was "Standing in the Rain", with DJ Russ Harris. A DJ Times review for May called him "one of the strongest male vocalists in 2007".[9]
His music video hit the #1 spot on Logo's Click List in August,[10] was one of the top 10 videos of 2007,[10] he was named favorite Click List artist of 2007 [10] and made #96 on AfterElton.com’s Hot 100 for 2008.[11] His video was also picked up internationally on Canada’s Only Dance Channel, bpm:tv.[12] Standing in the Rain hit number 2 on Clear Channel's Pride Radio in July 2008.[13] It rose up the charts to #2 on bpm:tv's Top 20 Countdown with La Vella in Canada.[12] The music video for "Standing in the Rain" premiered October 1, 2008 on Logo network's new mainstream dance/pop show "Pop Lab", hosted by Solange and Lady Gaga. Adam hosted the Spring Break episode of Pop Lab, on March 11.[10]
He recorded a new song called "VIP" with Mysto & Pizzi, as well as one called "Q&A" with Mr. Mig, which had its world premiere on 97 BHT (Wilkes Barre, PA) and 92 PRO (Providence, RI) on the Ralphie Aversa radio show. In September 2009, his music video for "Standing in the Rain" was voted in the #1 spot on Logo's Ultimate Sexiest Music Video Countdown, beating out Lady Gaga and Kelly Rowland.[14] In Fall of 2009, he released a new single on EsNtion Records called "VIP", which he wrote with Mysto and Pizzi, the force behind the remake of Rockwell's "Somebody's Watching Me" at the center of Geico's "Kash" ad campaign.[15]
The music video for "VIP" was filmed in December 2009 and contains cameos from The Real World: Hollywood's Nick Brown, Project Runway's Nicholas Putvinski, Michael Musto, Reina, and more. It premiered on Pop Lab on Logo on April 13, 2010,[16] and was in the Top 100 music videos on MTV's official music site for the month of April.[17] It was also added to MTV 2 in Canada the week of April 21.[18] In the Summer of 2010, "Standing in the Rain" was added to the official selection of "fist pumping beats" from the Jersey Shore cast on New York's Z100.[19] "VIP" was featured on the premiere of season 6 episode of The Bad Girls Club and also on The Real World: Las Vegas.[20][21]
His next single was with Kathy Sledge (lead singer of Sister Sledge), a dance song produced by Mike Rizzo and Mr. Mig, called "Give Yourself Up (to the music)". It was released on June 14 on Ingrooves/Universal Dist. and Kathy Sledge made an appearance and performed on Oprah in April to promote it.[22] In September, the song debuted on the Billboard club chart at #45*.[23] The song broke Top 20 the week of October 22. In August, he filmed a music video starring reality celebrities Kim Granatell of the "Real Housewives of New Jersey", Miguel Allure from "Jerseylicious", Tonye 'Tone Tone' Albanese from "Cake Boss", Jack Mackenroth from "Project Runway", and Robin Kassner from "Millionaire Matchmaker". The video featured Kathy Sledge's daughter Kristin, and was so buzzworthy, TMZ broke the video a week before it premiered on Logo.[24]
Throughout 2010 and 2011 his "VIP" music video was heavily featured on HBO's hit music show "Feedback".
[edit] Discography
- Give Yourself Up - Ingrooves/Universal - 2011 (written by Adam Barta, Mr. Mig, Mike Rizzo and Kathy Sledge)
- VIP - EsNtion Silver - 2009 (written by Adam Barta and Mysto and Pizzi)
- Standing in the Rain - EsNtion Silver - 2008 (written by Russ Harris) [25]
- I Wanna Hold You - Aquetra Records - 2006 (written by Mike Rizzo and Mike Guerriero) [26]
- Dirty Girls - Aquetra Records - 2005 (written by Adam Barta) [26]
[edit] Notable Achievements
- Hosted Spring Break week on MTV Logo's hit music show, "Pop Lab", following host Beyonce the week prior [27]
- MTV's hit show "Jersey Shore" named "Standing in the Rain" as one of their official fist pumping beats on New York's hit music station, Z100 (see reference above)
- "Standing in the Rain" was the #1 voted "Ultimate Sexiest Music Video" on LOGO's Click List Countdown in September 2009.* [28]
- Shared a stage with Universal Motown recording artist Shontelle, at the Woodlands in PA, Spring 2009 [29]
- about.com said Adam has a "true authenticity" and "manages to up his game with each successive release" in a review of his VIP single in 2010 [30]
- Headlined in the 2010 Market Days in Chicago, along with Blake Lewis from American Idol, and Joan Jett, and was called "best of" by Time Out Chicago [31]
- New York Times named him a "notable New Yorker" in an October (2008) Travel edition [32]
- Hit the #1 spot on MTV LOGO network’s Click List in August 2007, alongside Justin Timberlake and Hilary Duff for "I Wanna Hold You". "Standing in the Rain" peaked at number 6 on the Click List countdown.[10] He was also voted favorite Click List artist of 2007[10] and named in the Hot 100 celebrities for 2008 on afterelton.com's exclusive list.[11] Hit the #2 spot on bpm:tv's Top 20 Countdown with Louie La Vella in January 2009.[12]
- Had a breakout on the Billboard hot club play charts, peaked at #3 on DJ Times dance chart, and music video is played on BPM TV in Canada,[12] all for I Wanna Hold You.
- I Wanna Hold You has been played in all Abercrombie and Fitch[33] retail stores.
[edit] References
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- ^ a b c d Source: http://www.bpmtv.com
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- ^ Source: http://www.logoonline.com/video/adam-barta/287580/standing-in-the-rain.jhtml?id=1620710
- ^ Source: mystoandpizzi.com
- ^ Source: http://www.logotv.com/video/adam-barta/505341/vip.jhtml?id=1637435>
- ^ Source: www.mtvmusic.com
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- ^ Source: http://www.z100.com/cc-common/news/sections/special/jerseyshore/
- ^ Source: http://www.mtv.com/shows/real_world/lasvegas/episode_music.jhtml?episodeID=176654
- ^ Source: http://features.oxygen.com/outloud/blog/entertainment/bgc-6-soundtrack-episode-1
- ^ Source: http://www.oprah.com/oprahshow/Sister-Sledge-Performs-We-Are-Family-Video/topic/oprahshow
- ^ Source: http://www.billboard.com/column/chartbeat#/column/chartbeat/chart-highlights-rihanna-king-of-dance-club-1005349352.story
- ^ Source: http://www.tmz.com/2011/08/10/dlist-reality-tv-stars-unite-in-music-video-sister-sledge-give-yourself-up/
- ^ Source: www.EsNtion.com
- ^ a b Source: http://www.adambarta.com
- ^ Source: http://www.logoonline.com/video/misc/352004/adam-barta-on-newnownext-poplab.jhtml?id=1606776
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