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ANDY GRAMMER In 2012, ANDY GRAMMER emerged as one of the biggest
and then getting to go to the moon. This year I’ve been to the moon,
success stories in the music business. He performed on
and it’s awesome.”
Jimmy Kimmel Live, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (twice), and Good Morning America. He shared the stage with Taylor
While much of his music is upbeat, Grammer is quick to add that he’s
Swift, Train, and Colbie Caillat, and he is the first male pop star,
hardly “pink and fluffy.” I’m not intentionally trying to be positive; I’m
since John Mayer in 2002, to reach the Top 10 at Adult Pop
just trying to be real.” In fact, Grammer wrote “Keep Your Head Up” as
Radio on his first 2 singles, “Keep Your Head Up” and “Fine By
a letter of encouragement to himself after he’d spent an exhausting
Me”. “Keep Your Head Up” is certified Gold (quickly approach-
day street performing and had little money to show for it.
ing Platinum) and received the BMI award as one of 2012’s Top 50 most performed songs across all formats. “Fine By
Another album standout track is “Fine By Me,” with its intimate lyrics,
Me” is also certified Gold.
sparkling pop melody and funky undertow. “‘Fine By Me” is about having my heart stolen,” says Grammer. “It’s a story about a girl who
Known for his vibrant pop/rock/soul mix and free-flowing
came into my life and just robbed it right from under me. In my experi-
vocal delivery, the acclaimed singer, songwriter, and musician
ence love is an all-or-nothing emotion. We are all really protective of
– who began as a street performer in Santa Monica, CA - is
ourselves because we know that if we fall in love we’ll fall hard. So
now poised to make 2013 another big year. Just finishing
we kind of dance around the edges with our tippy toes in the water
up a national tour with Train, and he is gearing up for a major
playing it cool. I went from playing it SO cool to falling SO hard in
headline tour in 2013.
about four days.”
From the buoyant “Keep Your Head Up” to the breezy “Fine By
Grammer has toured with Train, Gavin DeGraw, Colbie Caillat, Mat
Me,” to the jubilant horn-laced “The Pocket,” and emotionally-
Kearney, the Plain White T’s, Parachute, and Natasha Bedingfield
charged “Miss Me,” his irresistible pop songs blend heartfelt,
- among others. “As an artist, you have an opportunity to get in and
compelling lyrics with instantly unforgettable melodies.
move things around in people. It’s one of the only times during the day where they say, ‘I’m going to open up to some other stuff here,’ and
The success of Grammer’s album would exceed even his
you have that hour to get in and move stuff around and put it all back
expectations. “That I even get to play a sold-out show where
together. Those are the best gigs, where you can see that the whole
people know the words, and I’m singing about things I’m con-
room has moved somewhere together.”
nected to is such a blessing,” he says. “It’s the equivalent of a
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nine-year-old saying ‘I want to be an astronaut when I grow up’