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Listening to: Jesse McCartney's song, "Beautiful Soal"

Bradin Westerly on Summerland Sixteen-year-old Jesse McCartney has already received two Emmy nominations, two Young Artist Awards and a nomination for a Soap Opera Digest Award for his acting. He was also a member of the singing group known as the Sugar Beats prior to being a member of the platinum-selling pop group Dream Street. As a solo recording artist, Jesse's current hit single "Beautiful Soul" is rising up the charts. His recently released album of the same name is establishing him as an accomplished singer-songwriter and rising music star. McCartney grew up in Irvington, New York and is the eldest of three children. His parents - trained actors and singers - would put on a musical stage production in the local community theater each year that included the entire family. That experience led McCartney to pursue a career in entertainment. At only 9 years of age, he was cast as Louis, son of Hayley Mills' Anna, in the Broadway production and the national touring company of The King and I. Two years later, McCartney landed the role of the young Scrooge opposite Roger Daltrey in A Christmas Carol at Madison Square Garden.