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{{Infobox musical artist <!-- For individuals; see Wikipedia:WikiProject_Musicians -->
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==Owl City==
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===Career beginnings===
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 news| 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 [[Extended play|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.⏎
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===Of June===
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''Of June'' is Owl City's first musical release. Adam Young, which was self-released it on April 21, 2007 and then later again through the music label [[Universal Republic]]. It has seven tracks, one of which has been re-released in ''Ocean Eyes''.
''Hello Seattle'' was re-released with the album ''Ocean Eyes'' but now has a 2007 version, a remix, and the 'original'.

===Maybe I'm Dreaming===⏎
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''Maybe I'm Dreaming'' was Adam Young's first full-length album. Despite Owl City not being signed to a record label, ''Maybe I'm Dreaming'' reached #13 on the [[Dance/Electronic Albums]] chart. This album earned Adam Young a substantial fanbase which resulted in him touring throughout the [[United States]] with band members Austin Tofte, the frontman of [[Swimming With Dolphins]] on keys and backing vocals, Matthew Decker on drums and occasionally [[Breanne Düren]] also on keys and backing vocals.

===Ocean Eyes===⏎
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Under the label Universal Republic, Young released the album ''[[Ocean Eyes]]''. His hit single "[[Fireflies (song)|Fireflies]]"  sold 650,000 copies in its first week and was the iTunes Single Of The Week. It later went on to reach number one on the [[Billboard Hot 100]]. ''Ocean Eyes'' reached the top ten in the US album charts and topped the US rock and electronic charts.  In February 2010, [[iTunes]] released their list of highest-selling songs since 2003 with "[[Fireflies (Owl City song)|Fireflies]]" listed at #24.<ref name="Mostdownload">{{cite web| title = Factbox: Most-downloaded iTunes songs| author = | publisher = TVNZ| date = 2010-02-26| url =http://tvnz.co.nz/entertainment-news/factbox-most-downloaded-itunes-songs-3383508| accessdate = 2011-02-15}}</ref>  After the success of ''[[Ocean Eyes]]'', Young began touring internationally. The touring band now consists of Adam Young (lead vocals, guitar, keys, drums), [[Breanne Düren]] (backup vocals/keyboard), Matthew Decker (drums), Laura Musten (violin), and Hannah Schroeder (cello). A deluxe version of Ocean Eyes was released on Jan. 26 2010. It contains the bonus tracks, "Rugs From Me To You," "Strawberry Avalanche" and "Hot Air Balloon".

===All Things Bright and Beautiful===⏎
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Owl City released his "sophomore" album, ''All Things Bright and Beautiful'', on June 14, 2011. The album reached #1 on the [[iTunes]] Top 10 Electronic Albums in both the US and Canada and received 4 1/2 stars from customers. The album includes three singles, "Deer in the Headlights," "Alligator Sky," and "Galaxies". The album has <ref>{{cite web| title = Owl City Moves Out Of The Basement On All Things Bright And Beautiful| author = James Montgomery| publisher =  MTV| date = 2011-05-09| url =http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1663518/owl-city-all-things-bright-and-beautiful.jhtml| accessdate = 2011-05-11}}</ref> a track only available in Japan and the UK, Shy Violet.
As of Monday, January 2nd, 2012, Adam announced via his blog [http://owlcityblog.com/2012/01/02/men-with-pointy-teeth/] that he would be releasing a new Owl City album in the summer/fall of 2012.

===The Midsummer Station===⏎
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Adam Young, of Owl City said in his blog in early January that his next album will have artists: JR Rotem, Dr. Luke, Stargate, Brian Kennedy and Emily Wright on board for writing and producing his next album. On May 15, 2012 Owl City came out with a four-song ep entitled Shooting Star, and later announced that his new album will release on August 14th, (which was later changed to August 21). In late May Adam made a four-quadrant revealing cover art event, revealing each of the(contracted; show full)[[fr:Adam Young]]
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