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Madeline
Biography
When music historians look back on the artists who adolescent females were listening to in the late '90s and early 2000s, they often point to teen popsters like Christina Aguilera, Britney Spears, Jessica Simpson, and Mandy Moore as some of the major Top 40 stars of that era. But not every American female who was growing up during that period and pursued a career in popular music chose Aguilera, Spears, Moore, or Hilary Duff as her musical role models; there were also plenty of Generation Y/Echo Boomer girls whose musical inspirations came not from teen pop, but from the folk-rock, adult alternative, and singer/songwriter worlds. One of them was Madeline Adams, who was in her mid-teens when she started singing and writing songs in the early 2000s. Stylistically, Adams' material has never inspired comparisons to Aguilera, Spears, Moore, Duff, or any other teen popsters. The Georgia native (who plays guitar and piano in addition to singing) was obviously raised on singer/songwriters, folk-rockers, and adult alternative artists, and her direct or indirect influences have ranged from Sarah McLachlan, Jenny Lewis, and Natalie Merchant to Joni Mitchell and Janis Ian. The fact that Mitchell and Ian have greatly affected Adams' work underscores their longevity and staying power; Mitchell and Ian recorded their first albums in the '60s, and Adams wasn't even old enough to vote until the 2000s.
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