Dream Street Biography

Dream Street was the name of a teen bubblegum pop group from 2000 - 2002.

The group was put together by producers Louis Baldonieri and Brian Lukow, and featured five boys from New York: Jesse McCartney, Greg Raposo, Matt Ballinger, Frankie Galasso, and Chris Trousdale. Baldonieri and Lukow hoped to make an impact on the pop music industry by introducing a group of teenagers to the scene, all of whom had prior stage singing experience.
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Their first recording was the song "They Don't Understand", featured on the Pokémon: The Movie 2000 soundtrack in 2000. Their self-titled debut album was released in 2001 and was certified Gold in the US by the RIAA. The final Dream Street release was the soundtrack album to the released 2002 film The Biggest Fan starring former Dream Street member Chris Trousdale.

In early 2002, four of the members and their parents (McCartney, Raposo, Ballinger, and Gallasso) filed suit against Louis Baldonieri and Brian Lukow to revoke their prior approval of their initial production agreement. The New York Supreme Court denied the request. The group officially disbanded, with only Chris Trousdale staying with the production team of Baldonieri and Lukow.

Soon after the ending of the group, 4 of the 5 guys began following different entertainment paths. Matt Ballinger joined a band for a short time before disbanding to help form "The Juice", a band based in Massachusetts, where Matt attends college. Chris Trousdale, with the support of Lukow and Baldonieri, finished The Biggest Fan, which would not be released until Summer 2005, after legal preceedings were finished. Soon after finishing his movie Chris began recording and collecting songs for his new album, yet to be named/released. Greg Raposo came out as a force on Radio Disney, a popular tween station. He recorded and released a self-titled album, and released his 1st single "Take Me Back Home", which was soon a staple on Radio Disney. But the biggest breakout of Dream Street was youngest member Jesse McCartney. In 2003 he recorded a 3-track album JMac and soon released the 1st track titled Beautiful Soul, which immediately became a top 20 hit on the tween station Radio Disney. Jesse soon signed with Hollywood Records, owned by Disney, and began recording an album. Jesse soon joined in on the Jingle Jam tour the same year with fellow Dream Street ex-member Raposo and up-and-coming popstar Stevie Brock. In the meantime he landed a starring role on the hit WB teen show Summerland, which soon became one of the most popular shows for people aged 15-24, and shot the stars to fame, including Jesse. When he decided to re-release "Beautiful Soul", it became a large top 40 song, and was a common request for shows such as TRL. He then toured through the United States and Austrailia, making him an even larger star.

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