Pop singer and actor Jesse McCartney was a child performer dynamo, singing on Broadway and landing an acting gig on All My Children before even joining his first boy band, a feat that came at the age of 12. Teen poppers Dream Street scored a platinum album with their self-titled debut before spinning off the careers of Chris Trousdale and McCartney himself, who started contributing music to c
hildren\'s films like Cinderella Story (\"The Best Day of My Life\"), Stuck in the Suburbs (\"Good Life\"), and Ella Enchanted, for which he performed a version of Elton John\'s \"Don\'t Go Breaking My Heart\" with star Anne Hathaway. McCartney returned to acting in 2004 with a role on the WB teen drama Summerland. He also finished up work on his first solo full-length. \"Beautiful Soul\" was the album\'s title track and lead single, and its smooth blend of pop/rock sensibilities punched up with R&B inflections and danceable beats proved to be a template for the record itself. Beautiful Soul was issued in September 2004 and eventually peaked at number 15 on the Billboard 200. McCartney returned in 2005 with a live album documenting his Soul tour. Right Where You Want Me, McCartney\'s proper sophomore effort, arrived in fall 2006....read more