ADAM DAVENPORT Adam Davenport New York City Davenport made his debut in electronic dance music with "My Return Address Is You," (featuring Shanica Knowles) which made him the first African-American artist/producer to eponymously chart on Billboard for EDM after the song dominated the Billboard Dance Club Chart for 10 weeks. The record, also remixed by Grammy-nominated StoneBridge, peaked at #23 where it surpassed tracks from the likes of Zedd, Jax Jones, Demi Lovato and Selena Gomez. Davenport graduated from Yale University and lives in New York. He is a member of the Recording Academy and won an Independent Music Award at Lincoln Center in 2018. As an actor, he has performed on such internationally-renowned stages as Theatre Row, Carnegie Hall and The Metropolitan Opera. In a November 2018 article, Chill Magazine wrote: "Multi-hyphenated Adam Davenport is bringing black visibility into some of the most whitewashed worlds, including opera and EDM."
