Matt McAndrew

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Matt McAndrew
Birth name Matthew Brendan McAndrew[1]
Born (1990-09-06) September 6, 1990 (age 34)
Barnegat Light, New Jersey, U.S.
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Occupation(s) Singer–songwriter
Instruments
Years active 2010–present
Labels Republic Records
Associated acts Adam Levine • Fall Out Boy
Website mattmcandrewmusic.com

Matthew Brendan "Matt" McAndrew (born September 6, 1990) is an American singer-songwriter best known for his appearance in Season 7 of NBC's reality TV singing competition The Voice where he finished as the runner-up as part of team Adam.[2]

Early life

McAndrew was born to Brenda (née Gordon) and Patrick McAndrews. He grew up in the small town of Barnegat Light, New Jersey, and has been writing songs and performing in bands since he was a young child.[3] During his senior year at the Southern Regional High School in Manahawkin, New Jersey, he decided to pursue a music career.[4][5] He attended the University of the Arts, Philadelphia, graduating in 2013.[6]

Career

Early days

In 2010, McAndrew started writing solo acoustic material and playing his songs at open mic nights, ice cream parlors, and bars.[3] He worked at Bach To Rock, a national music school franchise with a location in suburban Philadelphia, teaching voice, guitar and ukulele.[5] He self-released an album called View of The Pines on March 1, 2014.[7]

Amongst other projects including Other People, and Hollow Shoulder, McAndrew gained notoriety in High School for recording and performing a Christmas themed tribute album dedicated to classmate Dwight Wagaman. [8]

2014: The Voice

On September 4, 2014, it was announced that McAndrew would compete in season 7 of The Voice. During his Blind Audition, he covered Christina Perri's A Thousand Years. Three coaches (Adam Levine, Blake Shelton and Pharrell Williams) turned around. He chose Adam Levine as his coach.[9]

At the Battle rounds, McAndrew faced Ethan Butler where they sang "Yellow". McAndrew was chosen over Butler, and advanced to the Knockout rounds. During the Knockouts, McAndrew covered "Drops of Jupiter", defeated Rebekah Samarin, and advanced to the Live Playoffs. During the Playoffs, he covered The Beach Boys' "God Only Knows" on that night and advanced through the Live shows saved by "America's Vote". The following week, he sang Hozier's "Take Me to Church" and was saved by public voting that night, he received the first "iTunes bonus multiplier" of the season, with his studio recording of "Take Me to Church" reaching the fifth position on the iTunes Top 200 Singles chart at the close of the voting window. The song also charted at number 92 on the Billboard Hot 100.[10]

In top 10 he performed "Fix You" by Coldplay and was saved by America's voting. In Top 8 he covered Damien Rice's "The Blower's Daughter", which peaked at 40 on the Billboard Hot 100 and had opening sales of 92,000 downloads.[11]

In the top 5 Live shows, McAndrew covered "Make it Rain" by Foy Vance and "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" by U2 and was voted through the finale. During the finale the top four were given three songs to perform. Matt covered "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" and "Lost Stars" a duet with his coach Adam Levine. His third performance was the original song "Wasted Love", which was his first single to break the top 10 singles of the iTunes top 200 charts. A music video for "Wasted Love" was also released on The Voice's YouTube channel. On December 16, 2014, he was announced as the runner up of season 7 of The Voice behind Craig Wayne Boyd.[citation needed]

On December 25, 2014, after the result of the show was announced, Billboard showed McAndrew's "Wasted Love" at 14th on the Hot 100 with opening sales of 209,000 units sold.[12] This is the highest mark ever achieved by a The Voice recording artist to date.[13]

     ? Studio version of performance reached the top 10 on iTunes
Stage Song Original Artist Date Order Result
Blind Audition "A Thousand Years" Christina Perri October 6, 2014 N/A Three chairs turned

Joined Team Adam
Battle Rounds (Top 48) "Yellow" (vs. Ethan Butler) Coldplay October 20, 2014 N/A Saved by Coach
Knockout Rounds (Top 32) "Drops of Jupiter" (vs. Rebekah Samarin) Train November 3, 2014 N/A Saved by Coach
Live Playoffs (Top 20) "God Only Knows" The Beach Boys November 10, 2014 5 Saved by Public Vote
Live Top 12 "Take Me to Church" Hozier November 17, 2014 9 Saved by Public Vote
Live Top 10 "Fix You" Coldplay November 24, 2014 1 Saved by Public Vote
Live Top 8 "The Blower's Daughter" Damien Rice December 1, 2014 8 Saved by Public Vote
Live Top 5 (Semi-Finals) "Make It Rain" Foy Vance December 8, 2014 4 Saved by Public Vote
"I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" U2 7
Live Finale "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" Harold Arlen December 15, 2014 12 Runner up
"Lost Stars" (with Adam Levine) Adam Levine 8
"Wasted Love" (Original song) Matt McAndrew 4

2015: Republic Records

On February 13, 2015, Republic Records officially announced that McAndrew was part of their Class of 2015 lineup of artists. On the same day, The Voice (U.S. TV series) released a YouTube video of Adam Levine drawing a checkmark on McAndew's wrist which was then made permanent by Studio City Tattoo signifying that he had a record contract.[14]

Discography

Studio albums

Title Album details
View of the Pines[7]

Singles

Title Year Peak chart positions
US CAN
"Wasted Love" 2014 14 17
"Counting on Love" 2015

Releases from The Voice

Albums

Title Album details Peak chart
positions
US
The Voice: The Complete Season 7 Collection
  • Release date: December 16, 2014
  • Label: Republic Records
  • Formats: Digital download
 26

Singles

Title Year Peak chart positions Album
US CAN
"A Thousand Years" 2014 — — The Voice:
The Complete
Season 7
Collection
"Yellow"
(with Ethan Butler)		 — — non-album single
"Drops of Jupiter" — — The Voice:
The Complete
Season 7
Collection
"God Only Knows" — —
"Take Me to Church" 92 —
"Fix You" — —
"The Blower's Daughter" 40 30
"Make It Rain" 81 95
"I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" — —
"Somewhere Over the Rainbow" — —
"Lost Stars"
(with Adam Levine)		 83 86
"—" denotes single that did not chart or was not released

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