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Jason Mraz
Jason Thomas Mraz (;〔See (inogolo:pronunciation of Jason Mraz ).〕 born June 23, 1977) is an American singer-songwriter who first came to prominence in the San Diego coffeehouse scene in 2000. In 2002, he released his debut studio album, ''Waiting for My Rocket to Come'', which contained the hit single "The Remedy (I Won't Worry)". With the release of his second album, ''Mr. A-Z'', in 2005, Mraz achieved major commercial success. The album peaked at number 5 on the ''Billboard'' 200 and sold over 100,000 copies in the US. In 2008, Mraz released his third studio album, ''We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things.'' It debuted at number 3 on the ''Billboard'' 200 and was an international commercial success primarily due to the hit "I'm Yours". The song peaked at number 6 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, giving him his first top ten single, and spent a then-record 76 weeks on the Hot 100. His fourth album, ''Love Is a Four Letter Word'', peaked at number 2 on the ''Billboard'' 200, his highest-charting album to date.
Mraz has won two Grammy Awards and received two additional nominations, and has also won two Teen Choice Awards, a People's Choice Award and the Hal David Songwriters Hall of Fame Award. He has earned Platinum and multi-Platinum certifications in over 20 countries, and has toured in North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Australia, the Middle East and parts of Africa. As of July 2014, Mraz has sold over seven million albums,〔("Jason Mraz: My music says 'Everything will be OK'," ) CBS News, July 13, 2014.〕 and over 11.5 millions digital singles.〔("Top Artists (Digital Singles)," ) RIAA. Accessed July 15, 2014.〕 His musical style, from rhythmic feeling to his use of nylon string guitars, has been heavily influenced by Brazilian music.〔Rodgers, Jeffrey Pepper. ("JASON MRAZ." ) Acoustic Guitar 10 2010: 48-53.〕〔("Upbeat: Jason Mraz Believes in Magic." ) International Musician 10 2006: 25.〕
==Early life==
Mraz was born and raised in Mechanicsville, Virginia.〔Keith Bellows, ("Traveling Troubadour," ) ''National Geographic Traveler'', March 2011.〕 He is of Czech descent through his grandfather, who moved to the United States from Austria-Hungary in 1915. His surname is Czech for "frost".〔 ((チェコ語:mráz)) His parents, Tom (Tomáš) Mraz and June, divorced when he was five years old, but he maintains that he had an idyllic childhood, saying, "My hometown of Mechanicsville was very American. There were white picket fences, a church on every street corner, low crime and virtually no drug use. It was a good place to grow up." After graduating from Lee-Davis High School, where he was a member of the cheerleading squad, Mraz attended the American Musical and Dramatic Academy in New York for about a year and a half, before returning to Mechanicsville and taking on a series of odd jobs.〔Joan Tupponce, (“Jason Mraz,” ) ''Richmond Magazine'', March 24, 2010.〕 He then enrolled at Longwood University in Farmville, Virginia, but instead of attending classes, headed west on a road trip that ultimately brought him to San Diego, where he decided to stay.〔〔
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