Adam Lambert (born January 29, 1982 in Indianapolis, Indiana) is an American pop rock singer-songwriter. He moved to San Diego when he was a baby. He is openly gay. He won the Young Hollywood Award for Artist of the Year in 2009. Lambert was runner-up on the eighth season of American Idol and is the first openly gay mainstream pop artist to launch a career on a major label in America. He is most famous for the album For Your Entertainment and the singles "Whataya Want from Me", "No Boundaries", and "If I Had U".
He worked with British band Queen since 2011. He is the lead singer for Queen + Adam Lambert.