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: Happy to Be Musically Focused

  
  Celebrity Scandals: The Gossip Girls — Authority: 728
  Easing his way into the weekend, John Mayer was spotted leaving his apartment in New York City on Friday afternoon (November 27). The “Heartbreak Warfare” singer looked his usual cool and collected self, strutting outside in a snazzy black leather jacket, black t-shirt and worn jeans. Meanwhile, John recently ...
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• John Mayer: Happy to Be Musically Focused

  
  CELEBRITY AND ENTERTAINMENT BLOG. — Authority: 163
  Easing his way into the weekend, John Mayer was spotted leaving his apartment in New York City on Friday afternoon (November 27). The “Heartbreak Warfare” singer looked his usual cool and collected self, strutting outside in a snazzy black leather jacket, black t-shirt and worn jeans.
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• A Moroccan Thanksgiving!

  
  TheseBootsAreMadeForStalking.com — Authority: 147
  For this year’s holiday, Jennifer Aniston and Gwyneth Paltrow celebrated turkey day together in Morocco. The two attended a gala to celebrate the reopening of Hotel La Mamounia in Marrakech, reports Usmagazine.com . While the two enjoyed their delicious Thanksgiving dinner, we’re sure they had plenty to ...
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• John Mayer Compares Himself To Gerard Butler

  
  Celebrity News, Celebrity Gossip, Entertainment News - Anything Hollywood — Authority: 641
  John Mayer covered the December issue of Details and compares himself to Gerard Butler. Mayer is the farthest thing from modest — we all know this — and in the article he makes some borderline egotistical comments, that the writer claims sound so much more brag-tastic then they actually are.more John Mayer and ...
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• On Sale: November 28, 2009

  
  Consequence of Sound — Authority: 646
  The following tickets are on sale beginning Saturday, November 28th, 2009: Erykah Badu: What: Tour date for Los Angeles, CA When: 31st December, 2009 Tixs: Price unavailable Buy: Livenation.com at 10:00 AM PST John Mayer (w/ special guest Michael Franti & Spearhead): What: Tour dates for ...
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• John Mayer Passes The Dutchie

  
  Celebrity Blog, Celebrity Pictures and Gossip Blogs — Authority: 439
  Naturally, we wouldn’t promote the use of drugs, but this quote by John Mayer, courtesy of Maxim, was just too good to pass up. And quite compelling as well… “I don’t consider myself a pot smoker. I consider myself someone who occasionally decides to give smoking pot another chance. If theres a single malt ...
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• John Mayer Hits the Stage and Number One

  
  PopSugar — Authority: 719
  John Mayer performed in Toronto on Tuesday night before twittering he was taking a break from the stage for the holiday . He has something big to be thankful for since Battle Studies reached number one on the Billboard 200 . John managed to find new ways to talk about his sex life and dating history while ...
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• Photos of John Mayer in Canada Performing As Battle Studies Reaches Billboard 200 Number One | John Mayer | PopSugar - Celebrity Gossip & News

  
  ShowHype - Top Celebrity Gossip News, Videos, and Blogs — Authority: 171
  John Mayer performed in Toronto on Tuesday night before twittering he was taking a break from the stage for the holiday . He has something big to be thankful for since Battle Studies reached number one on the Billboard 200 . John managed to find new ways to talk about his sex life and dating ... PopSugar found this ...
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• Jon Gosselin Lies To Girlfriend; Leonardo Spotted With Supermodel Ex [Dirt Bag]

  
  Jezebel — Authority: 817
  Jon Gosselin s (possibly ex) girlfriend Hailey Glassman says Jon lied when he said he was spending Thanksgiving at his grandmas, and was really snowboarding. [ ONTD ] Tobey Maguire assured his wife Jennifer Meyer she has nothing to worry about when it comes to his love scenes with Natalie Portman in ...
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• NCAA basketball, John Mayer tickets on sale throughout the weekend

  
  TicketNews — Authority: 542
  Tickets for several upcoming concerts from John Mayer as well as tickets for upcoming NCAA basketball games are on sale throughout the weekend ending November 30 as compiled by TicketNews. This weekends onsales are less busy than past weeks in light of the Thanksgiving holiday, but there are still several ...
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• John Mayer now rumored to be dating Rashida Jones

  
  Cele|bitchy — Authority: 718
  I’ve been hearing rumors about this alleged hookup for about a month now, but never anything solid. Allegedly, John Mayer is only having affairs with Jessica Simpson and Jennifer Aniston in the tabloids - in reality, he might be quietly dating Rashida Jones. Rashida, daughter of Quincy Jones and ex-girlfriend of ...
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• John Mayer: ‘I Don’t Date Celebrities to Help My Career’

  
  ForsakenOrder — Authority: 149
  Yes, John Mayer wants to put the record straight: he’s a romantic! He says his love affairs were not intended to help his career at all. No, dating Jennifer Aniston , Jessica Simpson or Jennifer Love Hewitt did not boost his record sales. Truth is, dear John, that I used to know and like your music before ...
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• Hear The Forest For The Leaves

  
  The Curator — Authority: 125
  I am a musician. I’ve spent most of my life learning to play instruments and studying music – history, theory, composition, performance. A lifetime’s pursuit, the study of music is never complete. Having a deep-rooted musical knowledge opens the door to experience music in a way that is almost ...
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• USHER, Libra Boy Hooks Up With Another Cougar and His Mama is Not Happy!!!

  
  Astrochicks — Authority: 135
  What’s up with Usher? It looks like he LOVES the cougars. According to gossip reports, his new lady love is 45 and competing with his Mama for his affections and wallet.According to Showbiz Spy,  Jonetta Patton has clashed with music executive Grace Miguel — who most recently worked at Island Def Jam Records, a ...
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• Such Great Heights: Did You Know They Were That Tall (or Short)?

  
  Popeater — Authority: 789
  Filed under: Movie News , Music News , TV News Stars heights -- like their ages -- can be deceiving. Here at PopEater we take a look at some celebrities whose heights we would never have guessed. Would you believe that Gael Garcia Bernal is 57, that Rihanna is 58 and Nicole Kidman is ... Read more   ...
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• Mayer Embraces New Media and Sells 300,000 records

  
  The New Rockstar Philosophy — Authority: 118
  So this is somewhat of a follow-up to my last Mayer post regarding his constant communication with fans. He just released Battle Studies last week and so far has sold over 300,000 copies.  Not bad in today’s world of free music. Not bad at all. It helps that he has over 2 and half million twitter followers ...
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• John Mayer Dates For Love Not Fame

  
  Backseat Cuddler — Authority: 589
  John Mayer is “sick” and tired of people thinking he dates famous women just to boost his album sales.He said: “You just never know who’s going to come into your life. To my mind, the only thing sicker than saying, ‘Wow, you’re a famous person and it would do a lot for my career to [...]
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• John Mayer May Not Like X17online, But We Love Him!

  
  X17 Online — Authority: 691
  In case you missed it, John Mayer dissed X17online readers in his Details interview saying he has no reason to "jockey intellectually with people who read X17online.com." Even though he was mean to us, well still give him props for...
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• Happy Thanksgiving Twitter Messages

  
  popdirt.com — Authority: 552
  Several artists are sending out their happy Thanksgiving wishes to their followers on Twitter today. Among them:Colbie Caillat: Happy Thanks Giving everyone!Brooke Hogan: Happy Thanksgiving...
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• John Mayer Covers Details December 2009

  
  Celebrity Dirty Laundry — Authority: 649
  John Mayer covers the December 2009 Details magazine.  The article titled " John Mayer thinks with his pick.  He knows why you don’t like him - and he is okay with that." Below is a snippet of the interview in Details. On creating pop music : I dont know if you know, but Im not exactly Bob Dylan Im already ...
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