1977-10-16 -
John Clayton Mayer was born October 16, 1977 in Fairfield, Connecticut where he grew up. He started playing guitar as a teenager and was in a band called Villanova Junction.
Mayer had a short stint at the Berklee College of Music in Boston before moving to Atlanta and focus on his music career. He played in a two-man band called the LoFi Masters with friend Clay Cook. In 1999 John Mayer recorded an EP called "Inside Wants Out" - which helped him to get signed by Columbia Records.
His first major label album "Room For Squares" was a commercial and critical success. Mayer's follow-up "Heavier Things" had similar success. Success continued with 2006's "Continuum".
Awards and Accomplishments
| Year | Award | For |
| 2009 | Billboard #1 Album - 2009/12/05 | Battle Studies |
| 2009 | 51st Annual Grammys: Pop Male Vocal | Say |
| 2009 | 51st Annual Grammys: Rock Solo Performance | Gravity |
| 2007 | 49th Annual Grammys: Pop Male Vocal | Waiting On the World To Change |
| 2007 | 49th Annual Grammys: Pop Vocal Album | Continuum |
| 2005 | 47th Annual Grammys: Pop Male Vocal | Daughters |
| 2005 | 47th Annual Grammys: Song of the Year | Daughters |
| 2003 | Billboard #1 Album - 2003/09/27 | Heavier Things |
| 2003 | 45th Annual Grammys: Pop Male Vocal | Your Body Is A Wonderland |
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