# Adam Cappa

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{{short description|American songwriter}}

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{{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](/source/Richmond%2C_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](/source/Contemporary_Christian_music), [rock](/source/Christian_rock)
| occupation        = Singer, songwriter
| years_active      = 2006–present
| label             = [BEC](/source/BEC_Recordings)
| associated_acts   = 
| website           = {{URL|http://adamcappa.com/}}
}}
'''Adam Matthew Cappa''' (born October 29, 1985) is an American [contemporary Christian](/source/contemporary_Christian_music) and [rock](/source/Christian_rock) singer-songwriter born and raised in Richmond, Indiana.<ref name=BIO/> Cappa released his first, full-length studio album, ''[The Rescue](/source/The_Rescue_(Adam_Cappa_album))'', in 2012 on [BEC Recordings](/source/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](/source/CCM_Magazine)|accessdate=April 11, 2012|page=12}}</ref> He was afforded the opportunity to pursue singing and songwriting by partnering with [Jeremy Camp](/source/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](/source/Top_Christian_Albums)
! width="40"| [US<br>Heatseakers](/source/Top_Heatseekers)
|-
| 2012
| align="left"| '''''[The Rescue](/source/The_Rescue_(Adam_Cappa_album))'''''
* Released: March 13, 2012
* Label: [BEC](/source/BEC_Recordings)
* 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](/source/Billboard_(magazine))|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](/source/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](/source/The_Rescue_(Adam_Cappa_album))''
|-
| style="text-align:left" |"All I Really Want"
| —
|}

== Personal life ==
Cappa's parents are Jeffrey Frank Cappa of [Wayne County, Indiana](/source/Wayne_County%2C_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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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

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