Adam Mitchel Lambert (born January 29, 1982) is an American singer, songwriter and stage actor born in Indianapolis but raised in San Diego. He began performing in amateur theatrical productions in childhood, a path he pursued into adulthood, appearing in professional productions in the U.S. and abroad. Lambert became prominent after appearing on the eighth season of American Idol. Although he was runner-up, Lambert launched a music career with the release of the studio album For Your Entertainment (November 2009) after signing with 19 in a joint venture with RCA. The album debuted at number three on the Billboard 200, sold 198,000 copies in the U.S. in its first week, and reached the top 10 in several countries worldwide. Its singles "For Your Entertainment", "Whataya Want from Me" and "If I Had You" also became international successes. Soon after the album release, he headlined a worldwide concert tour, Glam Nation, the first American Idol contestant to do so in the year following his Idol season. The tour was followed by two live releases: an extended play entitled Acoustic Live! (2010), and a live CD/DVD Glam Nation Live (2011), which debuted at number one on the SoundScan Music Video chart. Lambert took executive producer credit and was a principal writer on his second studio album, Trespassing, released in May 2012, to critical acclaim. Trespassing made its debut in the number one spot on the Billboard 200 album chart, also topping the Billboard Digital Albums Chart and Canada's Digital Albums Chart. Lambert made music history as the first openly gay artist to achieve this top charting position. Citing influence from various artists and genres, Lambert has a flamboyant, theatrical and androgynous performance style, and a powerful, technically skilled tenor voice with multi-octave range. He has received numerous awards and nominations, including a Grammy Award nomination for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance in 2011 as well as being named as an Honorary GLAAD Media Award recipient in 2013. By April 2012 his first album had sold nearly two million copies worldwide and 4.2 million singles worldwide as of January 2011. The Times identified Lambert as the first openly gay mainstream pop artist to launch a career on a major label in the U.S. This book is your ultimate resource for Adam Lambert. Here you will find the most up-to-date information, photos, and much more. In easy to read chapters, with extensive references and links to get you to know all there is to know about Adam Lambert's Early life, Career and Personal life right away. A quick look inside: Adam Lambert, 2011 MTV Europe Music Awards, 2012 (film), 21st GLAAD Media Awards, Acoustic Live!, Adam Lambert discography, Aftermath (Adam Lambert song), American Idol, American Idol (season 10), American Idol (season 11), American Idol (season 2), American Idol (season 9), American Idol Extra, American Idol alumni in film, television and theater, American Idol alumni single sales, American Idol compilation series, American Idol contestants discography, American Idols LIVE! Tour 2009, American Music Awards of 2009, Are You Gonna Go My Way (song), Behind the Music, Beth (song), Better Than I Know Myself, Black or White, Born to Be Wild, Claude Kelly, Crazy (Gnarls Barkley song), Danny Gokey, Elton John, Glam Nation Live, Glam Nation Tour, Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance, Hi Fi Recordings, If I Can't Have You...and more pages! Contains selected content from the highest rated entries, typeset, printed and shipped, combining the advantages of up-to-date and in-depth knowledge with the convenience of printed books. A portion of the proceeds of each book will be donated to the Wikimedia Foundation to support their mission.