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{{Infobox musical artist <!-- For individuals; see Wikipedia:WikiProject_Musicians -->
| name                = Adam Young
| image                 = Owlcity.png
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| background          = solo_singer
| Religion              = Christian
| birth_name          =  Adam Randal Young
| alias               =  Owl City
| Born                = {{Birth date and age|1986|7|5}}
| origin              = [[Owatonna, Minnesota]]
| instrument          = [[Vocals]], [[Programming (music)]], [[piano]], [[keyboards]], [[synthesizer]], [[guitar]], [[banjo]], [[violin]], [[cello]], [[xylophone]], [[accordion]], [[drum kit|drums]], [[Synth]].
| genre               = [[Electropop]]<br>[[Synthpop]]<br>[[Indietronica]]
| occupation          = producer, song writer, vocalist
| years_active        =  2007 - Present
| label               =  Sky Harbor, Universal Records
| associated_acts     = [[Owl City]], [[Sky Sailing]], [[Swimming With Dolphins]], Port Blue, Seagull Orchestra, [[Relient K]], [[Matt Thiessen]], [[Lights Poxleitner]].
| website                 = '''[http://ayoungmusic.com/ Official website]'''
}}
'''Adam Randal Young''' (born July 5, 1986) is an American musician, multi-instrumentalist, producer and the founder of the [[Electronic music|electronic]] project [[Owl City]]. He has also fronted numerous other musical projects, including ''[[Sky Sailing]]'' <ref name="Skysailing">{{cite web| title = Skysailing Music| author = | publisher = Sky Harbor Entertainment| date = 2011-02-15|url =http://www.skysailingmusic.com/default.aspx| accessdate = 2011-02-15}}</ref> and ''Port Blue''.

==Owl City==
{{Main|Owl City}}

===Career beginnings===
Adam Randal Young originally began creating music in his parents' basement while suffering from [[insomnia]]. Working alone, Young posted his fizzy electro-pop songs to MySpace and iTunes, selling about 2,000 tracks a week<ref name="Basement">{{cite web| title = From Mom’s Basement to the Top of the Chart| author =Sisario, Ben| publisher = ''The New York Times''| date = 2009-11-20| url =http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/21/arts/music/21owl.html?_r=1| accessdate = 2011-02-15}}</ref> under the name Owl City. Young quickly developed a MySpace following and self-released an EP and a full-length album. His debut release ''[[Of June]]'' was released in 2007 and despite Owl City not being signed to a record label, still managed to reach #15 on the [[US Dance/Electronic Albums]] chart. His first album ''[[Maybe I'm Dreaming]]'' was released in 2008, and reached #13 on the US Electronic Albums chart, also without the support of a record label.
In 2009, Young signed a deal with the record company [[Universal Republic]] and released his second full-length album ''[[Ocean Eyes]]'' and re-released his two previous works.

===Of June===
{{Main|Of June}}
''Of June'' is Owl City's first musical release. Adam Young self-released it on April 21, 2007 and then later again through [[Universal Republic]]. It has seven tracks, one of which has been re-released in ''Ocean Eyes''.

===Maybe I'm Dreaming===
{{Main|Maybe I'm Dreaming}}
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