Owl City is a pop project of Adam Young. Formed early 2007 in Owatonna, Minnesota, United States. Owl City has reached the “Top Unsigned Artist” position on Myspace, having over 10 million total plays. Owl City has since been signed by Universal Republic, releasing Ocean Eyes on iTunes July 14, 2009, with the physical release following on July 28, 2009. His best known track is 2009’s “Fireflies” from the album “Ocean Eyes”, which in October 2009 hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #1 in the UK Top 40 on January 24th 2010. The second single from “Ocean Eyes”, “Vanilla Twilight” was released in January 2010, and has since peaked at 72 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Owl City has released the EP “Of June” in 2007; the album “Maybe I’m Dreaming” 2008; and in 2009, the album “Ocean Eyes” was released. Young maintains two side projects, Swimming With Dolphins, and Port Blue.
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