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Adam Young

American musician and singer-songwriter
Person human Q2072790

Facts

23 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[21]
Date of birth
July 5, 1986
Place of birth
Ottumwa
Country of citizenship
United States[8]
Occupation
singer-songwriter, singer, record producer, guitarist, songwriter, pop singer, writer, drummer, musician, composer[9][10][11][12][13]
Field of work
pop music, popular music[14][15]
Award received
Annie Award[16]
Genre
synth-pop[22]
Official website
ayoungmusic.com[27]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[31]
Birth name
Adam Randal Young[32]
Copyright representative
American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers[35]
Different from
Adam Young[33]
Family name
Young[24]
Given name
Adam, Randal[25][26]
Instrument
keyboard instrument, voice[29][30]
Medical condition
Asperger syndrome[28]
Member of
Owl City, Sky Sailing, Swimming with Dolphins, Adam Young Scores[17][18][19][20]
P14750
CDB4-BAC7-DDD7-2883-C93D
Record label
Republic Records[23]
Social media followers
990k (990k–1.1M, n=4)
Start of work period
2006[34]
🏷️ Also known as
en Adam Randal Young en Adam Young en Adam R. Young ar آدم يونغ cs Owl City cs Adam Randal Young da Adam Randal Young el Άνταμ Ράνταλ Γιανγκ el Άνταμ Γιανγκ fa آدام یانگ fi Adam Randal Young fr Port Blue fr Adam Randal Young he אדם יאנג ja アダム・ヤング ko 애덤 영 pl Adam Randal Young ru Adam Young ru Port Blue ru Адам Янг
🔖 Identifiers · 46
ISNI
0000000078548456
VIAF cluster ID
24145971480732331854, 83558970
Library of Congress authority ID
no2009033440
GND ID
1074023544, 140464247
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Owlcity.png ↗
Acharts.co artist ID
adam_young
AllMusic artist ID
mn0002045216
BIBSYS ID
13005111
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
16192370h
Billboard artist ID
adam-young
Canadiana Name Authority ID
ncf11627550
CineMagia person ID
890799
Show all 46 identifiers +34
DR music artist ID
10422732
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
1074023544, 140464247
Discogs artist ID
1618691
Douban movie celebrity ID
1333870
Douban personage ID
27557535
Europeana entity
agent/base/116687
Famous Birthdays ID
people/adam-young
Freebase ID
/m/0cmb4nz
Genius artist ID
Adam-young
Genius artist numeric ID
39521
Google Knowledge Graph ID
/g/11y2n9j0m3
Google Play Music artist ID (former scheme)
Awddcjjxp4wxubfhzbh3scbbeta
IMDb ID
nm1247637
IPI name number
00568609407
Jaxsta profile ID
37c9423f-614c-4968-847c-01e694a92bf6
Last.fm ID
Port+Blue, Adam+Young
LyricsTranslate ID
adam-young-lyrics.html
MusicBrainz artist ID
ad89407a-319f-48e1-852c-5e689230ce43
Muziekweb performer ID
M00000367377
Myspace ID
portblue, adamyoung_13
NL CR AUT ID
pna2010584241
National Library of Lithuania ID
LNB:CwNU;=Bz
Obálky knih ID
pna2010584241
Personality Database profile ID
565
Reddit topic ID
adam_young
SVKKL authority ID
0301089-Owl-City-1986
Songkick artist ID
6146814
SoundCloud ID
adamyoungmusic
Spotify artist ID
2Dr744zaEbNqmW9jxw4gfq
TMDB person ID
1096656
Tidal artist ID
4245485
Universal Music France artist ID
30240214891
X (Twitter) username
owlcity
Yandex Music artist ID
41813

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🔗 Connections
← Producer 14
Fireflies, Ocean Eyes, Maybe I'm Dreaming, All Things Bright and Beautiful, The Midsummer Station, Of June, Vanilla Twilight, When Can I See You Again? +6 more
Occupation 9
writer, singer, musician, record producer, songwriter, singer-songwriter, guitarist, drummer +1 more
Mb:composer 8
Fireflies, Fireflies, Good Time, Good Time, Vanilla Twilight, Vanilla Twilight, Shooting Star, Shooting Star
Mb:lyricist 8
Fireflies, Fireflies, Good Time, Good Time, Vanilla Twilight, Vanilla Twilight, Shooting Star, Shooting Star
← Lyricist 6
Fireflies, Good Time, Vanilla Twilight, When Can I See You Again?, Alligator Sky, Galaxies
Compositions 2
Good Time, When Can I See You Again?
Field of work 2
pop music, popular music
Instrument 2
keyboard instrument, voice
Mb:is person 2
Owl City, Sky Sailing
Mb:member of band 2
Swimming with Dolphins, Windsor Airlift
Mb:performer of 2
Middledistancerunner, Ready to Fly
Member of 2
Owl City, Swimming with Dolphins
Award received 1
Annie Award
Belongs to 1
Owl City
Copyright representative 1
American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Family name 1
Young
Genre 1
synth-pop
Given name 1
Adam
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Medical condition 1
Asperger syndrome
Place of birth 1
Ottumwa
Record label 1
Republic Records
Sex or gender 1
male
← Performer 1
The Airship
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Summary

Adam Young was born on July 5, 1986[1], in Ottumwa[2]. He has worked as a singer-songwriter[3], singer[4], record producer[5], guitarist[6], and songwriter[7].

FAQs

Where was Adam Young born?

Adam Young was born in Ottumwa[2].

What did Adam Young do for work?

Adam Young worked as a singer-songwriter[3], singer[4], record producer[5], guitarist[6], and songwriter[7].

What awards did Adam Young receive?

Honors received include Annie Award[16].

Related Entities

American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers Owl City Republic Records United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [21] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [14] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [15] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  8. [5] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  14. [12] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  32. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [35] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

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  1. 1d ago · Nicereddy · 2026-11-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Tidal artist ID → 4245485
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/63221|batch #63221]]: Import Tidal artist ID from MusicBrainz, also matching on name. Part2.: import Tidal artist ID (P4576) f"
  2. 23d ago · Printstream · 2026-10-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 28
    Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID → 1074023544, 140464247
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'bjn', 'commons', 'cs', 'da', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'et', 'fa', 'fi',
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  3. 8w ago · TapuriaBot · 2026-09-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    DR music artist ID → 10422732
    Last.fm ID → Port+Blue, Adam+Young
    Myspace ID → portblue, adamyoung_13
    AllMusic artist ID → mn0002045216
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ Added [[wikipedia:mzn:آدام یانگ]]"
  4. 12w ago · Yirba · 2026-08-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14750 → CDB4-BAC7-DDD7-2883-C93D
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/46230|batch #46230]]: HAND ID (0)"
  5. 20w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    SVKKL authority ID → 0301089-Owl-City-1986
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ SVKKL authority ID: 0301089-Owl-City-1986, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259494|batch #259494]]"
  6. 24w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Place of birth → Ottumwa
    Work period start → —
    Aliases → —
    Family name → Young
    + 27 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/32080|batch #32080]]: import P21 and P106 from GND (22)"
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