James Valentine (musician)

James Valentine (musician): Biography in Details

Who is James Valentine?

James Valentine better known by his full name James Burgon Valentine is an American Musician, Lead Guitarist, and Backing Vocalist of the pop-rock band Maroon 5.

Valentine began playing guitar at the age of 12 and is regarded as one of the most influential guitarists of modern times. He holds American nationality.

James Valentine- Age, Parents, Siblings, Ethnicity, Education

American musician, lead guitarist, and backing vocalist James Valentine was born on 5th October 1978, in Lincoln, Nebraska, United States of America.

The musician was born to his father Robert Valentine and his other Shauna Valentine. He has 4 siblings, three of them named Lisa Clark, Trent David Valentine, and Amanda Valentine.

Furthermore, James Valentine Graduated from the University of Nebraska in Lincoln and after he attended Berklee College.

Similarly, his ethnicity is mixed(Swedish, Danish, English, distant Scottish and Irish) and his religion is Christianity.

James Valentine- Professional Life, Careers

James Valentine worked as a guitar instructor at a music school and also performed in a local band. The guitarist’s big break came in 2001 when he joined Maroon 5.

As lead guitarist, Valentine has been an integral member of the band since their debut album, Songs About Jane (2002). He wrote or co-wrote several tracks on the album, including the worldwide hit single, “This Love.”

Maroon 5 has since released six studio albums, with Valentine writing and co-writing several tracks on each album.

He has also contributed backing vocals to some of the band’s biggest hits, including “Makes Me Wonder,” “Misery,” and “Payphone.”

In addition to his work with Maroon 5, Valentine has also been active in other musical projects. He contributed guitar to the debut album of The Cab, Symphony Soldier (2011), and appeared as a guest guitarist on the album, Brainwashed (2013), by the band, The Dollyrots.

Valentine has also collaborated with other artists, including John Mayer and Jason Mraz.

James Valentine has been featured on numerous television shows, including The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, and Good Morning America.

James Valentine’s Net worth, Salary

As for 2023, The musician, lead guitarist, and backing vocalist James Valentine’s Net Worth income are around $40 million according to some sources.

Whereas musician’s annual yearly salary and salary are unknown to the public and he is professionally earning from his career since 1996 and from his band, he is earning since 2001.

James Valentine- Rumors, Controversy

The musician, lead guitarist and backing vocalist James Valentine are not involved in the controversy.

The singer has been keeping his life private and is staying far from controversy as far as possible. Moreover, he has a well-maintained profile and is still away from any sort of scandal.

Body Features- Height, Weight

The 44-year-old Musician James Valentine’s height is 6 feet 2 inches and weighs around 76 kg. Whereas, his body measurement is unknown and his body type is athletic.

Furthermore, as for the lead guitarist’s body features, he has dark brown colored eye color and blonde colored hair. Similarly, there is no information about his shoe size.

Social Media

The musician and lead guitarist James Valentine are active on his social media account, and Instagram account, and joined on April 2012 under the username, @jamesbvalentine with 199K followers.

As for other social media, James is active on Twitter and joined in June 2009 with 156.9K followers. The musician does not seem to be on other social media platforms like Facebook.

Trivia

• He is a musician, lead guitarist, and backing vocalist.
• James has 199K followers on Instagram.
• He has 156.9K followers on Twitter.
• The musician is an avid collector of vintage guitars and amplifiers

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