{{short description|American songwriter}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2020}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Adam Cappa | image = Adam Cappa (cropped).jpg | caption = Cappa in concert in 2009 | image_size = | birth_name = Adam Matthew Cappa<ref name=FAMILYMAKER>{{cite web|url=http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/p/a/t/Danelle-Paternite/ODT5-0002.html|title=Descendants of Mary ?|first=Danelle|last=Paternite|year=2009|publisher=FamilyTree Maker Online|accessdate=April 17, 2012}}</ref> | alias = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1985|10|29}}<ref name=BEC>{{cite web|url=http://www.becrecordings.com/news/3692/Please_Welcome_Adam_Cappa_To_The_BEC_Family/|title=Please Welcome Adam Cappa To The BEC Family!|author=BEC Recordings|date=August 9, 2011|publisher=BEC Recordings|accessdate=September 7, 2012}}</ref><ref name=TWONE>{{cite web|url=https://www.twitter.com/AdamCappa/status/130419905265795072|title=Thank you all for all the B-Day Love!|author=Adam Cappa|date=October 29, 2011|publisher=Twitter|accessdate=September 7, 2012}}</ref><ref name=TWTWO>{{cite web|url=https://www.twitter.com/AdamCappa/status/29127702516|title=Another birthday on the road wish I was home on days like these|author=Adam Cappa|date=October 29, 2010|publisher=Twitter|accessdate=September 7, 2012}}</ref> | birth_place = Richmond, Indiana, U.S.<ref name=BIO>{{cite web|url=http://adamcappa.com/bio/|title=BIO|last=Cappa|first=Adam|date=April 2, 2012|publisher=adamcappa.com|accessdate=April 2, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111107233232/http://adamcappa.com/bio/|archive-date=November 7, 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> | instrument = Singing, guitar | genre = Contemporary Christian, rock | occupation = Singer, songwriter | years_active = 2006–present | label = BEC | associated_acts = | website = {{URL|http://adamcappa.com/}} }} '''Adam Matthew Cappa''' (born October 29, 1985) is an American contemporary Christian and rock singer-songwriter born and raised in Richmond, Indiana.<ref name=BIO/> Cappa released his first, full-length studio album, ''The Rescue'', in 2012 on BEC Recordings.
== Background == Cappa ministered at Young Life meetings to high school and middle school students as well as leading youth group worship at his church.<ref name=CCMWITH>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.ccmmagazine.com/magazine/2011/nov/12.htm|title='''''WITH...''''' Adam Cappa|last=Argyrakis|first=Andy|date=November 1, 2011|magazine=CCM Magazine|accessdate=April 11, 2012|page=12}}</ref> He was afforded the opportunity to pursue singing and songwriting by partnering with Jeremy Camp five years prior to the release of ''The Rescue''.<ref name=CCMWITH/> Camp secured Cappa's record deal with his (Camp's) label BEC Recordings.<ref name=CCMWITH/><ref name=CCMCAMP>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.ccmmagazine.com/magazine/2012/mar/30.htm|title=It's a Guy Thing|last=Camp|first=Jeremy|date=March 1, 2012|magazine=CCM Magazine|accessdate=April 11, 2012|pages=30–31}}</ref> The first album Cappa ever made was ''Carry Me'' and the first demo song he played for Camp was "Trusting You".<ref name=CCMCAMP/> Cappa's second indie album is titled ''Love Driven''.{{citation needed|date=May 2015}} He's now working on a new EP, raising funds on Kickstarter.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/adam-cappa/adam-cappas-new-album|title=Adam Cappa's New Album!|work=Kickstarter|accessdate=April 10, 2015}}</ref>{{better source needed|date=April 2015|reason=This is a primary source. We need a secondary source to indicate that it's in some way important.}}
== Discography ==
=== Albums === {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |- ! rowspan="2"| Year ! rowspan="2"| Album details ! colspan="4"| Peak chart positions |- style="font-size:smaller;" ! width="40"| US<br>Christian ! width="40"| US<br>Heatseakers |- | 2012 | align="left"| '''''The Rescue''''' * Released: March 13, 2012 * Label: BEC * Format: CD, digital download | 22<ref name=ALBUM>{{cite magazine|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=adam cappa|chart=all}}|title=The Rescue (album) – Adam Cappa|last=Cappa|first=Adam|date=March 31, 2012|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=April 2, 2012}}</ref> | 7<ref name=ALBUM/> |}
=== Singles === {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |rowspan="2"| '''Year''' |rowspan="2"| '''Title''' |colspan="1"| '''Peak Chart Positions''' |rowspan="2"| '''Album''' |- | <small>US Billboard Hot Christian Songs</small> |- | rowspan="2" style="text-align:left" |2012 | style="text-align:left" |"The Rescue" | 36<ref>{{cite magazine|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=adam cappa|chart=all}}|title=The Rescue (song) – Adam Cappa|last=Cappa|first=Adam|date=April 2, 2012|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=April 2, 2012}}</ref> | rowspan="2" style="text-align:left" |''The Rescue'' |- | style="text-align:left" |"All I Really Want" | — |}
== Personal life == Cappa's parents are Jeffrey Frank Cappa of Wayne County, Indiana<ref>{{cite web|url=http://indianasheriffs.org/ns/counties/Wayne.php|title=Wayne County Sheriff|author=Indiana Sheriffs' Association|publisher=Indiana Sheriffs' Association|accessdate=April 2, 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120712183419/http://indianasheriffs.org/ns/counties/Wayne.php|archive-date=July 12, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> and Susan Elizabeth Cappa née Boggs a bank vice-president. He has one older brother named Brandon Martin Cappa and a younger sister named Courtney Elizabeth Cappa.<ref name=FAMILYMAKER/><ref name=BIO/><ref name=PUBLIC>{{cite web|url=http://www.publicrecords.com/people-search-records/adam-m-cappa-in-indiana|title=Adam Cappa in Indiana|author=PublicRecords|date=April 2, 2012|publisher=PublicRecords|accessdate=April 2, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131103234919/http://www.publicrecords.com/people-search-records/adam-m-cappa-in-indiana|archive-date=November 3, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == * {{Official website|1=http://adamcappa.com/}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Cappa, Adam}} Category:1985 births Category:American performers of Christian music Category:Songwriters from Indiana Category:BEC Recordings artists Category:Living people Category:Musicians from Richmond, Indiana Category:21st-century American singers Category:21st-century American male singers Category:American male songwriters