John Mayer

Seven-time Grammy award winning singer/songwriter John Mayer has carved a niche for himself crafting earnest ballads in both the rock and pop genres. Mayer grew up in Connecticut but began his music career while living in Georgia and often references blues artists like B.B. King and Eric Clapton as influences on his evolving sound.

Mayer's second album, 2002's Room For Squares, helped establish him as a popular performer with several tracks becoming major radio hits: "Your Body Is A Wonderland," "Why Georgia Why," and the geek-anthem "No Such Thing." Mayer won a Grammy for Best Male Pop Vocal from that album and went on to win again in the same category for "Daughters" in 2004 from the Heavier Things album.

Mayer — seemingly having mastered the world of music, including a cover shot for Rolling Stone's The Top 20 New Guitar Gods — has branched out into all realms of media. In 2004 he began writing a regular column for Esquire magazine titled "Music Lessons With John Mayer," where he fused his penchant for clever witicisms with pop culture observations.

Mayer was one of the first celebrities to maintain a regularly updated blog, ahead of the current trend of celeb blogging. Mayer, having embraced this new media, has been a tabloid staple ever since. This transition from serious musician to tabloid fodder was helped in part by his habit of dating high-profile celebrity women (Jessica Simpson, Jennifer Love Hewitt and Jennifer Aniston to name a few) and then writing about it.

Mayer is also a prolific Twitterer and seems to enjoy making regular off-the-cuff updates, often landing himself in hot water.

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• John Mayer – Half of my Heart ft. Taylor Swift

  
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• John Mayer – Battle Studies

  
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• 1 Liner: John Mayer – Battle Studies

  
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• John Mayer takes Britney Spears’ side:

  
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  It seems the singer who is also in Australia promoting his new material has criticized those who have asked for a refund for Britney Spears’ concert in Perth. John Mayer wrote the following on his twitter: “If you’re shocked that Britney was lip-syncing at her concert and want your money back, life may continue ...
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• Britney Spears Upset After Australian Fans Walk Out on Show

  
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• Britney Spears lip-synching! What’s new?

  
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• John Mayer returns with Battle Studies, massive tour

  
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  Forget all the drama regarding John Mayer . It’s back to business for the virtuoso guitarist who has spent much of the last few years focusing less on being a musician and more about hitching his wagon to a bunch of B-list celebrity chicks. And the man has a plan to get back to the music with his fourth album ...
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