Rock On The Net: John Mayer (original) (raw)

John Mayer grew up in Connecticut and as a teen became a fan of blues music after hearing a Stevie Ray Vaughan recording. Within a few years, Mayer started playing guitar and performing in blues bars. By age 19, Mayer had temporarily studied at Berklee College Of Music, headed for Atlanta, Georgia to refine his songwriting skills, and released his first LP - Inside Wants Out. His success in Atlanta led to a performance at the South By Southwest Music Conference in Texas in 2000, which then led to a major recording deal with Columbia Records.

Mayer released his debut LP - Room For Squares.

# 16 Singles Artist of the Year

Room For Squareswas certified gold.

Mayer hit the Top 40 with "No Such Thing."

Room For Squareswas certified platinum.
Mayer hit the Top 10 with "No Such Thing."

Mayer was nominated for a MTV Video Music AwardFor Best New Artist.

Mayer's first EP, Inside Wants Out was re-released. The EP was recorded in 1999 and includes many acoustic versions and unreleased tracks.
Mayer hit the Top 40 with "Your Body Is A Wonderland."

Mayer topped the Billboard Top Internet Albums chart with Inside Wants Out.

Mayer hit the Top 10 with "Your Body Is A Wonderland."
Room For Squareswas certified 2x platinum.

# 33 Singles Artist of the Year

Mayer released Any Given Thursday.
Mayer won a Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance ("Your Body Is A Wonderland") and was nominated for Best New Artist. Mayer also performed at the ceremony.

Room For Squareswas certified 3x platinum.

Mayer co-headlined a tour with the Counting Crows.

Mayer's video for "Your Body Is A Wonderland" was nominated for a MTV Video Music Awardfor Best Male Video.
Mayer hit the Top 40 with "Bigger Than My Body."
Mayer topped the Billboard Hot Digital Tracks chart for 2 weeks with "Bigger Than My Body."
Any Given Thursday was certified platinum.

September 9: Mayer released his next LP Heavier Things.

Mayer topped the Billboard 200 Albums chart for a week and Internet Albums chart for a week with Heavier Things selling over 316,000 copies in its first week of release in the US.

Mayer won a Radio Music Awards for Artist of the Year - Adult Contemporary Radio.
Mayer performed on Saturday Night Live.
Heavier Things was certified platinum.

Mayer was nominated for an American Music Award for Favorite Pop/Rock Male Artist.

# 57 Singles Artist of the Year

Mayer hit the Top 40 with "Clarity."

Mayer hit the Top 40 with "Daughters."
Heavier Things was certified 2x platinum.

Room For Squares was certified 4x platinum.

Mayer hit the Top 10 with "Daughters."
Mayer topped the Billboard Adult Top 40 chart with "Daughters."

# 217 on the Top Pop Artists of the Past 25 Years chart.

# 90 Singles Artist of the Year

Mayer performed as part of the benefit show Tsunami Aid: A Concert Of Hope on NBC.

Mayer won 2 Grammy Awards for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance and Song of the Year (awarded to the songwriter) ("Daughters"). Mayer also performed at the ceremony. Mayer later said the he felt the award for Song of the Year should have gone to Alicia Keys - so when the two collaborated years later, he broke his Grammy and gave her the top part.

The single "Daughters" was certified gold.

Mayer could be heard on B.B. King's LP 80 with the track "Hummingbird."
Mayer performed on ReAct Now: Music & Relief - a benefit program shown on music video channels to raise money for those affected by Hurricane Katrina.
Mayer performed as part of Farm Aid 20 in Illinois.

The single "Your Body Is A Wonderland" was certified gold.

November 22: Mayer released Try! John Mayer Trio Live In Concert. The trio is made up of Mayer, Steve Jordan and Pino Palladino.
Mayer could be heard on the Hurricane Relief: Come Together Nowcompilation with "Heart So Heavy" with Aaron Neville.
Mayer was nominated for an American Music Awardfor Favorite Adult Contemporary Artist.

# 55 Singles Artist of the Year

Mayer could be heard on the Cars soundtrack with "Route 66."

Mayer hit the Top 40 with "Waiting On The World To Change."

September 12: Mayer's next LP Continuumwas released.

Mayer topped the Top Internet Albums chart, Top Rock chart, and Top Digital Albums chart with Continuum.

Mayer performed at the American Music Awards.
Continuumwas certified platinum.

# 97 Singles Artist of the Year

Mayer won 2 Grammy Awardsfor Best Pop Vocal Performance - Male ("Waiting On The World To Change") and Best Pop Vocal Album (Continuum), and was nominated for Album of the Year (Continuum), Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance ("Route 66"), and Best Rock Album (Try! John Mayer Trio Live In Concert). Mayer performed at the ceremony.
Mayer topped the Billboard Adult Contemporary Tracks chart with "Waiting On The World To Change."
Mayer appeared on the cover of Rolling Stone.
The single "Waiting On The World To Change" was certified platinum.

Mayer released The Village SessionsEP overseas and as a digital release.

On July 7th, Mayer performed at the Live Earth concert in the US. The 7-continent concert organized by Al Gore brought together over 100 artists to perform and raise the world's awareness about the climate crisis and how to make a difference to help the environment and the world.

Mayer could be heard on the Alicia Keys LP As I Am on the track "Lesson Learned."
Mayer was nominated for an American Music Awardfor Favorite Adult Contemporary Artist.

Mayer topped the Billboard Year-End Charts as the Top Hot Adult Contemporary Artist and with the Top Hot Adult Contemporary Song ("Waiting On The World To Change").
Continuum was certified 2x platinum.

# 52 Singles Artist of the Year

Mayer was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Performance - Male ("Belief"). Mayer performed at the ceremony.

Mayer hit the Top 40 with helping out Fall Out Boywith "Beat It." Mayer hit the Top 40 with "Say" (from the film The Bucket List).

July 1: Mayer released Where The Light Is: John Mayer Live In Los Angeles.

Mayer could be heard on the compilation Songs For Tibet - The Art Of Peace with the track "Belief."

Where The Light Is: John Mayer Live In Los Angeles was certified gold.

Mayer won 2 Grammy Awardsfor Best Pop Vocal Performance - Male ("Say") and Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance ("Gravity"), and was nominated for Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Visual Media (awarded to the songwriter) ("Say"), Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals ("Lesson Learned" with Alicia Keys), and Best Music Video, Long Form (Where The Light Is - Live In Los Angeles). Mayer performed at the ceremony.

Mayer released Battle Studies.
Mayer topped the Billboard 200 LP chart, Top Digital Albums chart, and Top Rock Albums chart with Battle Studies. The LP sold over 286,000 copies its first week of release in the US.

Battle Studies was certified gold.

# 36 Singles Artist of the Year

Mayer hit the Top 40 with "Heartbreak Warfare."

Mayer hit the Top 40 with "Half Of My Heart."
Battle Studies was certified platinum.

Mayer was nominated for 3 Grammy Awards including Best Pop Vocal Performance - Male ("Half Of My Heart"), Best Pop Vocal Album (Battle Studies), and Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance ("Crossroads").

Mayer could be heard on the Tony Bennett LP Duets IIon the track "One For My Baby."

Mayer released his next LP Born And Raised.

Mayer topped the Billboard 200 LP chart for 2 weeks, Rock Albums chart, and Digital Albums chart with Born And Raised. The LP sold over 289,000 copies its first week of release in the US.

Born And Raised was certified gold.

Mayer released Paradise Valley.

Mayer topped the Billboard Digital Albums chart, Folk Albums chart, and Rock Albums chart with Paradise Valley.

• September 16: Mayer could be heard on the Barbra StreisandLPPartners on the track "Come Rain Or Come Shine."

• July 1: Mayer could be heard on the live compilation Crossroads Revisted - Selections From The Crossroads Festivals.

• January 20: Mayer released the EP The Search For Everything- Wave One.
• February 11: Mayer topped the Billboard Top Album Sales chart, Digital Albums chart, and Rock Albums chart with The Search For Everything- Wave One.
• February 24: Mayer released the EP The Search For Everything- Wave Two.
• April 14: Mayer released The Search For Everything
• May 6: Mayer topped the Billboard Rock Album chart with The Search For Everything

• August 8: Heavier Things was certified 3x platnum, Where The Light Is: John Mayer Live In Los Angeles was certified platinum, and Paradise Valley and Try! John Mayer Trio Live In Concert were certified gold.

• April 5: John could be heard on the KhalidLP released Amidst The Chaos on the track "Outta My Head."
• June 28: The Search For Everything was certified gold.

• February 25: Room For Squares was certified 5x platinum and Battle Studies was certified 2x platinum.
• July 16: Mayer released Sob Rock.
• July 31: Mayer topped the Billboard Album Sales chart and Rock Albums chart with Sob Rock.
• August 21: Mayer topped the Billboard Adult Alternative Airplay chart with "Last Train Home."
• September 12: The video for "Last Train Home" won a MTV Video Music AwardforBest Rock Video.

• February 12: Mayer topped the Billboard Adult Alternative Airplay chart with "Wild Blue."

iTunes Amazon.mp3	Room For SquaresReleased: September, 2001 US: 5x Platinum Billboard peak: # 8 Rolling Stone review: Tracks: "No Such Thing" - "Why Georgia" - "My Stupid Mouth" - "Your Body Is A Wonderland" - "Neon" - "City Love" - "83" - "3x5" - "Love Song For No One" - "Back To You" - "Great Indoors" - "Not Myself" - "Unknown" - "St. Patrick's Day"
	Inside Wants OutReleased: September, 2002 Billboard peak: # 22 Tracks: "Back To You" - "No Such Thing" (acoustic) - "My Stupid Mouth" (acoustic) - "Neon" (acoustic) - "Victoria" - "Love Soon" - "Comfortable" - "Quiet"
	Any Given ThursdayReleased: February, 2003 US: Platinum Billboard peak: # 17 Entertainment Weekly: B- Live Tracks: "3x5" - "No Such Thing" - "Back To You" - "City Love" - "Something Missing" - "Lenny / Man On The Side" - "Message In A Bottle" - "Love Song For No One" - "Why Georgia" - "Your Body Is A Wonderland" - "My Stupid Mouth" - "Covered In Rain" - "83 Medley" - "Comfortable" - "Neon"
iTunes Amazon.mp3	Heavier Things Released: September 9, 2003 US: 3x Platinum Billboard peak: # 1 (for 1 week) Rolling Stone review: - Entertainment Weekly: C+ Tracks: "Clarity" - "Bigger Than My Body" - "Something's Missing" - "New Deep" - "Come Back To Bed" - "Homelife" - "Split Screen Sadness" - "Daughters" - "Only Heart" - "Wheel"
	Try! John Mayer Trio Live In Concert Released: November 22, 2005 US: Gold Billboard peak: # 34 Rolling Stone: Live Tracks: "Who Do You Think I Was" - "Good Love Is On The Way" - "Wait Until Tomorrow" - "Gravity" - "Vultures" - "Out Of My Mind" - "Another Kind Of Green" - "I Got A Woman" - "Something's Missing" - "Daughters" - "Try"
iTunes Amazon.mp3	Continuum Released: September 12, 2006 US: 4x Platinum Billboard peak: # 2 Rolling Stone: - Entertainment Weekly: B- Tracks: "Waiting On The World To Change" - "I Don't Trust Myself (With Loving You)" - "Belief" - "Gravity" - "The Heart Of Life" - "Vultures" - "Stop This Train" - "Slow Dancing In A Burning Room" - "Bold As Love" - "Dreaming With A Broken Heart" - "In Repair" - "I'm Gonna Find Another You"
	Where The Light Is: John Mayer Live In Los AngelesReleased: July 1, 2008 US: Platinum Billboard peak: # 5 Rolling Stone: Live Tracks: "Neon" - "Stop This Train" - "In Your Atmosphere" - "Daughters" - "Free Fallin'" - "Everyday I Have The Blues" - "Wait Until Tomorrow" - "Who Did You Think I Was" - "Come When I Call" - "Good Love Is On The Way" - "Out Of My Mind" - "Vultures" - "Bold As Love" - "Waiting On The World To Change" - "Slow Dancing In A Burning Room" - "Why Georgia" - "The Heart Of Life" - "I Don't Need No Doctor" - "Gravity" - "I Don't Trust Myself (With Loving You)" - "Belief" - "I'm Gonna Find Another You"
	Battle StudiesReleased: November, 2009 US: 2x Platinum Billboard peak: # 1 Rolling Stone: - Entertainment Weekly: B- Tracks: "Heartbreak Warfare" - "All We Ever Do Is Say Goodbye" - "Half Of My Heart" (with Taylor Swift) - "Who Says" - "Perfect Lonely" - "Assassin" - "Crossroads" - "War Of My Life" - "Edge Of Desire" - "Do You Know Me" - "Friends, Lovers Or Nothing"
Amazon.mp3	Born And RaisedReleased: May, 2012 US: Gold Billboard peak: # 1 (for 2 weeks) Tracks: "Queen Of California" - "The Age Of Worry" - "Shadow Days" - "Speak For Me" - "Something Like Olivia" - "Born And Raised" - "If I Ever Get Around To Living" - "Love Is A Verb" - "Walt Grace's Submarine Test, January 1967" - "Whiskey, Whiskey, Whiskey" - "A Face To Call Home" - "Born And Raised" (Reprise)
iTunes Amazon.mp3	Paradise ValleyReleased: August 20, 2013 US: Platinum Billboard peak: # 2 Tracks: "Wildfire" - "Dear Marie" - "Waitin' On The Day" - "Paper Doll" - "Call Me The Breeze" - "Who You Love" (featuring Katy Perry) - "I Will Be Found (Lost At Sea)" - "Wildfire" (featuring Frank Ocean) - "You're No One 'Til Someone Lets You Down" - "Badge And Gun" - "On The Way Home"
iTunes Amazon.mp3	The Search For Everything- Wave One (EP)Released: January 20, 2017 Billboard peak: # 2 Tracks: "Moving On And Getting Over" - "Changing" - "Love On The Weekend" - "You're Gonna Live Forever In Me"
iTunes Amazon.mp3	The Search For Everything- Wave Two (EP)Released: February 24, 2017 Billboard peak: # 13 Tracks: "Still Feel Like Your Man" - "Emoji Of A Wave" - "Helpless" - "Roll It On Home"
iTunes Amazon.mp3 vinyl	The Search For EverythingReleased: April 14, 2017 US: Gold Billboard peak: # 2 Tracks: "Still Feel Like Your Man" - "Emoji Of A Wave" - "Helpless" - "Love On The Weekend" - "In The Blood" - "Changing" - "Theme From 'The Search For Everything'" - "Moving On And Getting Over" - "Never On The Day You Leave" - "Rosie" - "Roll It On Home" - "You're Gonna Live Forever In Me"
iTunes Amazon.mp3 vinyl	Sob RockReleased: July 16, 2021 Billboard Top 200 LPs peak: # 2 Tracks: "Last Train Home" - "Shouldn't Matter But It Does" - "New Light" - "Why You No Love Me" - "Wild Blue" - "Shot In The Dark" - "I Guess I Just Fee Like" - "Til The Right One Comes" - "Carry Me Away" - "All I Want Is To Be With You"