Max Schneider

This is an accepted version of this page Maxwell George Schneider (born June 21, 1992), also known by his mononym Max (stylized in all caps), is an American singer and actor.

He is best known for his 2016 single "Lights Down Low" (featuring gnash), which peaked within the top 20 of the Billboard Hot 100 and received triple platinum certification by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).

[1][2][3] A sleeper hit, the song emerged from his second album, Hell's Kitchen Angel (2016), which was released by DCD2 Records and narrowly entered the Billboard 200.

[4] Schneider was a swing understudy in the Broadway musical 13 covering 4 roles in 2008 and 2009, and modeled with Madonna for an international Dolce & Gabbana campaign.

It featured the singles "Lights Down Low" and a "Young Pop-God" by GQ[12]—the former later earned double platinum certifications in the United States and Canada.

[13] Max became the lead singer of a new soul group called Witchita, formed with Tim Armstrong, that same month.

In June, he was picked as Elvis Duran's Artist of the Month and appeared on NBC's Today show, hosted by Kathie Lee Gifford and Hoda Kotb, where he performed the single "Gibberish".

[25] Max married Emily Cannon at a courthouse on April 1, 2016,[26] and welcomed their child, a daughter named Edie Celine, in December 2020.