- Born
- Birth nameMichael James Whalen
- Nickname
- m-Dub
- Height5′ 8½″ (1.74 m)
- Michael Whalen is a two-time Emmy® Award-winning composer, music supervisor, and recording artist with a staggering impact on film, TV, and advertising. With over 850 TV and film scores, iconic themes for HBO, Netflix, ABC's "Good Morning America", PBS, and more, plus ads for Apple, Mercedes-Benz, Diet Pepsi and Coca-Cola, his music has reached billions of people worldwide. As a solo artist, his 53 albums have amassed over 1.5 billion streams, including "I Have Loved You for a Thousand Lifetimes" (39M+ Spotify streams). Michael has worked with Universal, Sony, and Warner and recently partnered with AWAL (Sony) for his label imprint distribution. He was the Head of A&R and the General Manager for Real Music in Los Angeles and has consulted with several music technology companies. Currently, Michael is the coach and creative director for Artist Expansion, a boutique artist development company, and has been an adjunct professor at Berklee, NYU, and The City College of New York. He is also the host of the Artist Expansion Podcast and has over 60,000 subscribers to his YouTube channel. When time allows, he performs in the NYC metro area.
- IMDb mini biography by: Michael Whalen Music, LTD.
- SpousesRuth Whalen(December 31, 2010 - present)Linda Zimmerman(February 18, 2006 - July 2, 2008) (divorced)Carla A. Mariano(November 29, 2003 - June 6, 2004) (divorced)Whitney Connaughton(September 15, 1990 - March 18, 2001) (divorced, 2 children)
- Gender / Gender identityMale
- Pronounshe/him
- Sexual orientationStraight
- Race / EthnicityWhite
- Nationality / Religious or Ethnic identityIrish, Italian
- Soaring romantic melodies... likes piano, orchestra and percussion
- Completing work on soundtrack to the feature film "Veronika Decides to Die" (starring Sarah Michelle Gellar).
- An adjunct professor at the Clive Davis school of recording at NYU.
- Michael is an associate professor at the Berklee College of Music in Boston and lives in New York City.
- Appointed (part-time) adjunct lecturer at City College of New York in New York City.
- Released his first EP featuring him as a vocalist. The recording is entitled "The Road of Ghosts".
- The path to uniqueness is the loneliest road of all
- Everybody - just calm down
- Slavery and the Making of America (2005) - $85,000
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