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Ace Young
Brett Asa "Ace" Young (born November 15, 1980 in Denver, Colorado) is an American singer, songwriter and actor. He came to national recognition upon appearing on the fifth season of the popular reality television talent show, American Idol, although he was eliminated from the competition on April 19, 2006, finishing in seventh place.
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Andrea Bocelli
Andrea Bocelli, (; born 22 September 1958) is an Italian tenor, multi-instrumentalist and classical crossover artist. Born with poor eyesight, he became totally blind at the age of twelve following a soccer accident.
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AOL
AOL Inc. (), formerly known as America Online and logo typeset as "Aol.", is an American global Internet services and media company. AOL is headquartered at 770 Broadway in New York. Founded in 1983 as Control Video Corporation, it has franchised its services to companies in several nations around the world or set up international versions of its services.
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AOL Music
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Barry Manilow
Barry Manilow (born June 17, 1943) is an American singer–songwriter, musician, arranger, producer, conductor, and performer, best known for such recordings as "Could It Be Magic", "Mandy", "Can't Smile Without You", and "Copacabana (At the Copa)."
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Barry Mann
Barry Mann (born Barry Imberman, 9 February 1939, Brooklyn, New York) is an American songwriter, and part of a rock music songwriting partnership.
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Betty Everett
Betty Everett (November 23, 1939, Greenwood, Mississippi – August 19, 2001, Beloit, Wisconsin) was an African-American R&B; singer and pianist. She is known for her biggest hit single "The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)."
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Bill Withers
William Harrison "Bill" Withers, Jr. (born July 4, 1938) is an American singer-songwriter and musician who performed and recorded from 1970 until 1985. Some of his best-known songs are "Lean on Me", "Ain't No Sunshine", "Use Me", "Just the Two of Us", "Lovely Day", and "Grandma's Hands".
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Bobby Womack
Robert Dwayne "Bobby" Womack () (born March 4, 1944) is an American singer-songwriter and musician. An active recording artist since the early 1960s where he started his career as the lead singer of his family musical group The Valentinos and as Sam Cooke's backing guitarist, Womack's career has spanned more than 40 years and has spanned a repertoire in the styles of R&B;, soul, rock and roll, doo-wop, gospel, and country.
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Brian May
Brian Harold May, CBE (born 19 July 1947) is an English musician and astrophysicist most widely known as the guitarist and a songwriter of the rock band Queen. As a guitarist he uses his home-built guitar, "Red Special", and has composed hits such as "Keep Yourself Alive", "Now I'm Here", "Tie Your Mother Down", "We Will Rock You", "Who Wants to Live Forever", "Hammer to Fall", "Save Me", "Fat Bottomed Girls", "I Want It All" and "Too Much Love Will Kill You". May earned a PhD in astrophysics in 2007 and is currently the Chancellor of Liverpool John Moores University. May lives in Surrey.
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Bryan Adams
Bryan Adams, OC, OBC (born Bryan Guy Adams, 5 November 1959) is a Canadian rock singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and photographer.
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Cynthia Weil
Cynthia Weil (born October 18, 1940, New York) is a prominent American songwriter. She is famous for having written many songs together with Barry Mann.
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Dave Koz
Dave Koz (born March 27, 1963) is an American saxophonist. Because they look and sound similar, Koz often draws comparisons to another well-known saxophonist, David Sanborn, and is sometimes billed as "the second coming of Sanborn." He usually plays soprano or alto saxophones, but sometimes plays tenor; he used to occasionally have parts in which a baritone saxophone would have predominance.
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David Foster
David Walter Foster, OC, OBC (born November 1, 1949), is a Canadian musician, record producer, composer, singer, songwriter and arranger, noted for discovering successful singers Celine Dion, Josh Groban, Charice and Michael Bublé and for producing some of the most successful artists in the world.
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Donny Hathaway
Donny Edward Hathaway (October 1, 1945 – January 13, 1979) was an American soul musician.
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Elton John
Sir Elton Hercules John, CBE (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight; 25 March 1947) is an English singer-songwriter, composer and pianist. He has worked with his songwriting partner Bernie Taupin since 1967; they have collaborated on more than 30 albums to date.
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Elvis Presley
Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977) was one of the most popular American singers of the 20th century. A cultural icon, he is widely known by the single name Elvis. He is often referred to as the "King of Rock and Roll" or simply "the King".
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Fantasia Barrino
Fantasia Monique Barrino (born June 30, 1984) commonly known as Fantasia, is an American R&B;/pop singer, Broadway and television actress who rose to fame as the winner of the third season of the television series American Idol in 2004. She has been nominated for eight Grammy Awards. After playing the part of Celie in the Broadway musical The Color Purple, she has been cast to be in the film adaptation of the musical.
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Flo Rida
Tramar Dillard (born on September 17, 1979), better known by his stage name Flo Rida (), is an American rapper and singer. Later, he appeared in numerous popular rap mixtapes and studio albums, most notably in We the Best in 2006. Mail on Sunday was Flo Rida's solo debut album; its first single "Low", featuring T-Pain which was a #1 hit for ten weeks in United States in early 2008. Two other singles resulted from Mail on Sunday: "Elevator" and "In the Ayer". In 2009, his second album R.O.O.T.S. was released; its most successful single "Right Round" was at the top of the Hot 100 for six weeks.
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Frank Sinatra
Francis Albert "Frank" Sinatra (; December 12, 1915 – May 14, 1998) was an American singer and actor.
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Garth Brooks
Troyal Garth Brooks (born February 7, 1962), best known as Garth Brooks, is an American country music artist who helped make country music a worldwide phenomenon.. His eponymous first album was released in 1989 and peaked at #2 in the US country album chart while climbing to #13 on the Billboard 200 pop album chart. Brooks' integration of rock elements into his recordings and live performances has earned him immense popularity. This progressive approach allowed him to dominate the country single and album charts while quickly crossing over into the mainstream pop arena, exposing country music to a larger audience.
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Gavin DeGraw
Gavin Shane DeGraw (born February 4, 1977) is an American singer-songwriter and musician. He is probably most well-known for his songs "Chariot", "I Don't Want to Be" (which is featured as the theme song for the TV drama One Tree Hill), and "In Love with a Girl".
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George Benson
George Benson (born March 22, 1943) is a multi Grammy Award winning American musician, whose recording career began at the age of twenty-one as a jazz guitarist. He is also known as a pop, R&B;, and scat singer. This one-time child prodigy topped the Billboard 200 in 1976 with the triple-platinum album, Breezin'. He was also a major live attraction in the UK during the 1980s. Benson uses a rest-stroke picking technique similar to that of gypsy jazz players such as Django Reinhardt.
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I Believe to My Soul
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Israeli Jew
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James Taylor
James Vernon Taylor (born March 12, 1948) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist born in Boston, Massachusetts, and raised in Carrboro, North Carolina. He owns a house in the Berkshire County town of Washington, Massachusetts. A five-time Grammy Award winner, Taylor was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2000.
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Jason Nevins
Jason Nevins (born 1970) is an American DJ, producer and remixer, who is most widely known for his pop dance productions.
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John D. Loudermilk
John D. Loudermilk (born March 31, 1934) is an American singer and songwriter.
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Johntá Austin
Johntá Austin (born June 28, 1980) is an American singer-songwriter, who is currently signed to Jermaine Dupri's So So Def Recordings. He is commonly known for collaborating with Producers Bryan-Michael Cox, Jermaine Dupri & The Production Team StarGate. Austin was awarded two Grammy Awards for his work on the songs "We Belong Together" by Mariah Carey and "Be Without You" by Mary J. Blige.
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Kara DioGuardi
Kara Elizabeth DioGuardi (; born December 9, 1970) is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, music publisher, A&R; executive, composer and TV personality. She writes music primarily in the light pop-rock, dance, and R&B; genres. DioGuardi has worked with many popular artists and is credited on over 120 album releases.
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Katharine McPhee
Katharine Hope McPhee (born March 25, 1984) is an American pop singer, songwriter, actress, model, and television personality. She gained fame as a contestant on the fifth season of the Fox reality show American Idol in 2006, eventually finishing as the runner-up.
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Kellie Pickler
Kellie Dawn Pickler (born June 28, 1986) is an American country music artist and television personality. She gained fame as a contestant on the fifth season of the Fox reality show American Idol, eventually finishing in sixth place. In 2006, she signed to 19 Recordings and BNA Records as a recording artist, releasing her debut album, Small Town Girl, later that year. To date, it has sold over 800,000 copies. The album, which was certified gold by the RIAA, produced three singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts: "Red High Heels" at #15, "I Wonder" at #14, and "Things That Never Cross a Man's Mind" at #16. She released her self-titled second album in Fall 2008 and has produced the singles "Don't You Know You're Beautiful" at #21, "Best Days of Your Life" at #9 (which she co-wrote with Taylor Swift and her first Top 10 hit), "Didn't You Know How Much I Loved You" at #14, and "Makin' Me Fall In Love Again" at # 30. In 2010, she was ranked as the 7th best American Idol alumnus.
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Kenny Rogers
Kenneth Donald Rogers, better known as Kenny Rogers (born August 21, 1938) is an American country music singer-songwriter, photographer, record producer, actor and entrepreneur. He has charted more than 120 hit singles across various music genres and topping the country and pop album charts for more than 200 individual weeks in the United States alone.
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Lee Ryan
Lee Ryan (born 17 June 1983, Chatham, Kent, England) is an English singer-songwriter, actor and member of the British boy band Blue.
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Leon Russell
Claude Russell Bridges (born April 2, 1942; Lawton, Oklahoma), known professionally as Leon Russell, is an American singer-songwriter, pianist, and guitarist.
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Leona Lewis
Leona Louise Lewis (born 3 April 1985) is a British pop and R&B; singer–songwriter. Lewis rose to fame during the third series of the British television series The X Factor, which she went on to win.
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Liel Kolet
Liel Kolet (, born 11 July 1989 in the Kibbutz Kvutzat Kinneret) is an Israeli singer, of Indian Jewish descent.
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Marvin Gaye
Marvin Pentz Gaye, Jr. (April 2, 1939April 1, 1984), better known by his stage name Marvin Gaye, was an American singer-songwriter and instrumentalist with a three-octave vocal range. Starting as a member of the doo-wop group The Moonglows in the late fifties, he ventured into a solo career after the group disbanded in 1960 signing with the Tamla subsidiary of Motown Records. After starting off as a session drummer, Gaye ranked as the label's top-selling solo artist during the sixties.
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Mary J. Blige
Mary Jane Blige (surname ; born January 11, 1971), also known as Mary J. Blige, is an American singer, producer, songwriter, actress, and rapper. A recipient of nine Grammy Awards and many other honors, Blige has recorded eight multi-platinum albums. Blige has received the World Music Legends Award for combining hip hop and soul in the early 1990s. She was ranked number 100 in the list of 100 greatest singers of all time by Rolling Stone magazine. As of 2010, Blige has sold over 50 million albums and 15 million singles. Blige has cited Anita Baker, Chaka Khan and Aretha Franklin as influences.
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Ne-Yo
Shaffer Chimere Smith (born October 18, 1982), better known by his stage name Ne-Yo, is an American pop and R&B; singer-songwriter, record producer, dancer, actor, and occasional rapper. Since his debut, Ne-Yo has had five top ten songs on the Billboard Hot 100 as a lead artist and two number-one albums on the Billboard 200. Ne-Yo has also amassed a catalog of chart-topping songs that he has written for other artists.
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Paula Abdul
Paula Julie Abdul (; born June 19, 1962) is an American pop singer, record producer, dancer, choreographer, actress and television personality.
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Rachael Ray
Rachael Domenica Ray (born August 25, 1968) is an American television personality, celebrity chef and author. She hosts the syndicated talk and lifestyle program Rachael Ray and three Food Network series, 30 Minute Meals, ''Rachael Ray's Tasty Travels and $40 a Day. Ray wrote cookbooks based on the 30 Minute Meals concept, and launched a magazine, Every Day with Rachael Ray'', in 2006.
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Randy Jackson
Randall Darius "Randy" Jackson (born June 23, 1956) is an American bassist, singer, record producer, music manager, A&R; executive and television personality. He is best known as a judge on American Idol and Executive Producer for MTV's ''America's Best Dance Crew''. Jackson has won a Grammy Award as a producer.
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Ray Charles
Ray Charles Robinson (September 23, 1930June 10, 2004), better known by his shortened stage name Ray Charles, was an American musician. Ray was a pioneer in the genre of soul music during the 1950s by fusing rhythm & blues, gospel, and blues styles into his early recordings with Atlantic Records. He also helped racially integrate country and pop music during the 1960s with his crossover success on ABC Records, most notably with his Modern Sounds albums. While with ABC, Charles became one of the first African-American musicians to be given artistic control by a mainstream record company.
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Rod Stewart
Roderick David "Rod" Stewart, CBE (born 10 January 1945) is a British singer-songwriter born and raised in London, England and currently residing in Epping. He is of Scottish and English lineage.
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Ryan Seacrest
Ryan John Seacrest (born December 24, 1974) is an American radio personality, television host, network producer and voice actor. He is the host of On Air with Ryan Seacrest, a nationally syndicated Top 40 radio show that airs on KIIS-FM in Los Angeles and throughout the United States and Canada on Premiere Radio Networks, and the internationally syndicated chart show American Top 40, also syndicated by Premiere Radio Networks. On television, Seacrest hosts E! News, and ''American Idol.
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Sam Lanin
Sam (C.) Lanin (September 4, 1891 - May 5, 1977) was an American jazz bandleader.
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Simon Cowell
Simon Phillip Cowell (born 7 October 1959) is a British music executive, television producer and entrepreneur. He is known in the United Kingdom and in the United States for his role as a talent judge on TV shows such as Pop Idol, The X Factor, ''Britain's Got Talent, and American Idol''. He is also the owner of the television production and music publishing house Syco.
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Slash (musician)
Saul Hudson (born July 23, 1965), better known by his stage name Slash, is a British-American musician. He is the former lead guitarist of the American hard rock band Guns N' Roses, with whom he performed and recorded between 1985 and 1996. He later formed Slash's Snakepit and co-founded Velvet Revolver with his former bandmates Duff McKagan and Matt Sorum, and his debut solo album, Slash, was released in April 2010.
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Stevie Wonder
Stevland Hardaway Judkins (born May 13, 1950), name later changed to Stevland Hardaway Morris, known by his stage name Stevie Wonder, is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer and activist. Blind from shortly after birth, Wonder signed with Motown Records' Tamla label at the age of eleven, and continues to perform and record for Motown to this day.
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Taylor Hicks
Taylor Reuben Hicks (born October 7, 1976) is an American singer who achieved fame in 2006, when he won the fifth season of American Idol. Hicks got his start as a professional musician in his late teens and performed around the Southeastern United States for well over the span of a decade, during which he also released two independent albums. Upon winning Idol, he was signed to Arista Records, under which his self-titled major label debut was released on December 12, 2006. His energetic stage performances and influences derived from classic rock, blues, and R&B; music had earned him a following of devout fans, who have been dubbed the "Soul Patrol." He is currently on tour in Grease playing Teen Angel, the role originated by Alan Paul. The new CD, The Distance, was released March 10, 2009, with the first single, "What's Right Is Right", going to AC adds January 27, 2009. The second single was confirmed to be "Seven Mile Breakdown" via his Myspace page.
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The DeCastro Sisters
The DeCastro Sisters were a female trio singing group: originally they consisted of Peggy DeCastro (1921-2004), Cherie DeCastro (1922-2010) and Babette DeCastro (1925-1992). When Babette retired in 1958, a cousin, Olgita DeCastro Marino (1931-2000) replaced her and when Peggy later left the group to go solo, Babette re-joined Cherie and Olgita. Peggy eventually returned and Babette once more retired.
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Tim Kaine
Timothy Michael "Tim" Kaine (born February 26, 1958) was the 70th Governor of Virginia from 2006 to 2010, and is the current chairman of the Democratic National Committee. He was elected governor in 2005, after serving as Lieutenant Governor of Virginia and Mayor of Richmond, Virginia.
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Tommy Mottola
Thomas Daniel "Tommy" Mottola is an American music executive, co-owner of Casablanca Records in a joint venture with the Universal Music Group. He was the husband of Mariah Carey, and is married to Mexican singer Thalía. He headed Sony Music Entertainment, parent of the Columbia label, for nearly 15 years.
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Whitney Houston
Whitney Elizabeth Houston (born August 9, 1963) is an American R&B;/Pop singer, actress, and former fashion model. A relative of several soul singers, including her mother Cissy Houston, cousins Dionne Warwick and Dee Dee Warwick, and close family friend Aretha Franklin, Houston began singing at her New Jersey church as a member of a junior gospel choir at age eleven. After she began performing alongside her mother at night clubs in the New York City area, she was discovered by Arista Records label head Clive Davis. Houston has released studio albums and movie soundtrack albums throughout her career, all of which have had diamond, multi-platinum, platinum, or gold certification.
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Accra
Accra ( or ) is the capital and largest city in Ghana with the population of the city proper estimated at 1,963,264 as of 2009. Accra also doubles as the capital of the Greater Accra Region and of the Accra Metropolitan District with which it is coterminous. Accra is also the anchor of a substantially larger metropolitan area called the Greater Accra Metropolitan Area and includes eight districts - Accra Metropolitan, Tema Metropolitan, Ga East Municipal, Ga West Municipal, Ga South Municipal, Ledzokuku-Krowor Municipal, Ashaiman Municipal and Adenta Municipal. It is home to about 4 million people, making it the largest metropolitan conglomeration in the country by population. As a primate city, Accra is the administrative, communications, and economic centre of the country.
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Angola
Angola, officially the Republic of Angola (, ; ), is a country in south-central Africa bordered by Namibia on the south, Democratic Republic of the Congo on the north, and Zambia on the east; its west coast is on the Atlantic Ocean with Luanda as its capital city. The exclave province of Cabinda has a border with the Republic of the Congo and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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Argentina
Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic (, ), is the second largest country in South America, constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires. It is the eighth-largest country in the world by land area and the largest among Spanish-speaking nations, though Mexico, Colombia and Spain are more populous.
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Beverly Hills
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California
California (pronounced ) is the most populous state in the United States and the third-largest by land area, after Alaska and Texas. California is also the most populous sub-national entity in North America. It's on the U.S. West Coast, bordered by the Pacific Ocean to the west and by the states of Oregon to the north, Nevada to the east, Arizona to the southeast, Baja California, Mexico, to the south. Its 5 largest cities are Los Angeles, San Diego, San Jose, San Francisco, and Long Beach, with Los Angeles, San Diego, and San Jose each having at least 1 million residents. Like many populous states, California's capital, Sacramento is smaller than the state's largest city, Los Angeles. The state is home to the nation's 2nd- and 6th-largest census statistical areas and 8 of the nation's 50 most populous cities. California has a varied climate and geography and a multi-cultural population.
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Chile
Chile (, in English often pronounced //,), officially the Republic of Chile ( ), is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far south. With Ecuador, it is one of two countries in South America which do not border Brazil. The Pacific coastline of Chile is 6,435 kilometres (4000 mi). Chilean territory includes the Pacific islands of Juan Fernández, Salas y Gómez, Desventuradas and Easter Island. Chile also claims about of Antarctica, although all claims are suspended under the Antarctic Treaty.
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Cuba
The Republic of Cuba (; , ) is an island country in the Caribbean. The nation of Cuba consists of the main island of Cuba, the Isla de la Juventud, and several archipelagos.
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France
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Germany
Germany (), officially the Federal Republic of Germany (, ), is a country in Western Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands. The territory of Germany covers 357.021 km2 and is influenced by a temperate seasonal climate. With 81.8 million inhabitants, it is the most populous member state of the European Union, and home to the third-largest number of international migrants worldwide.
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Ghana
The Republic of Ghana is a country located in West Africa. It is bordered by Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) to the west, Burkina Faso to the north, Togo to the east, and the Gulf of Guinea to the south. The word Ghana means "Warrior King" and is derived from the ancient
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Glorietta
:For the place in California, see Glorietta, Orinda, California.
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Holland
Holland
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Israel
Israel (, ''Yisrā'el; , Isrā'īl), officially the State of Israel (Hebrew: , Medīnat Yisrā'el; , Dawlat Isrā'īl''), is a parliamentary republic in the Middle East located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan and the West Bank in the east, Egypt and Gaza on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area. Israel is the world's only predominantly Jewish state, and is defined as A Jewish and Democratic State by the Israeli government.
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Italy
Italy (; ), officially the Italian Republic (), is a country located in south-central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and Slovenia along the Alps. To the south it consists of the entirety of the Italian Peninsula, Sicily, Sardinia — the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea — and many other smaller islands. The independent states of San Marino and the Vatican City are enclaves within Italy, whilst Campione d'Italia is an Italian exclave in Switzerland. The territory of Italy covers some and is influenced by a temperate seasonal climate. With 60.4 million inhabitants, it is the sixth most populous country in Europe, and the twenty-third most populous in the world.
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Kodak Theatre
The Kodak Theatre is a live theatre in the Hollywood and Highland retail, dining, and entertainment complex on Hollywood Boulevard and North Highland Avenue in the Hollywood district of Los Angeles. Since its opening on November 9, 2001, the theatre has been the home of the annual Academy Awards Ceremonies (The Oscars), which were first held there in March 2002, and is the first permanent home for the awards. Since 2002, the theater was also the home for American Idol.
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Kuala Lumpur
Kuala Lumpur (translated as: "muddy confluence," "muddy estuary," and "muddy city"; in English; Malay , locally or even , and often abbreviated as K.L.) is the capital and largest city of Malaysia. The city proper, making up an area of , has an estimated population of 1.6 million in 2006. Greater Kuala Lumpur, also known as the Klang Valley, is an urban agglomeration of 7.2 million. It is the fastest growing metropolitan region in the country, in terms of population as well as economy.
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Malaysia
Malaysia (pronounced or ) is a federal constitutional monarchy in Southeast Asia. It consists of thirteen states and three federal territories and has a total landmass of . The country is separated by the South China Sea into two regions, Peninsular Malaysia and Malaysian Borneo (also known as West and East Malaysia respectively). Malaysia shares land borders with Thailand, Indonesia, and Brunei and has maritime boundaries with Singapore, Vietnam, and the Philippines. The capital city is Kuala Lumpur, while Putrajaya is the seat of the federal government. The population as of 2009 stood at over 28 million.
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Mexico
Mexico, (pronounced ; ), officially known as the United Mexican States (), is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of Mexico. Covering almost 2 million square kilometres (over 760,000 sq mi), Mexico is the fifth-largest country in the Americas by total area and the 14th largest independent nation in the world. With an estimated population of 111 million, it is the 11th most populous country and the most populous Hispanophone country on Earth. Mexico is a federation comprising thirty-one states and a Federal District, the capital city.
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Osaka
is a city in the Kansai region of Japan's main island of Honshū, the designated city under the Local Autonomy Law, the capital city of Osaka Prefecture and also the heart of Greater Osaka Area. Located at the mouth of the Yodo River on Osaka Bay,
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Philippines
The Philippines ( ), officially known as the Republic of the Philippines (), is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam. The Sulu Sea to the southwest lies between the country and the island of Borneo, and to the south the Celebes Sea separates it from other islands of Indonesia. It is bounded on the east by the Philippine Sea. Its location on the Pacific Ring of Fire and its tropical climate make the Philippines prone to earthquakes and typhoons but have also endowed the country with natural resources and made it one of the richest areas of biodiversity in the world. An archipelago comprising 7,107 islands, the Philippines is categorized broadly into three main geographical divisions: Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao. Its capital city is Manila.
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Richmond, Virginia
Richmond () is the capital of the Commonwealth of Virginia, in the United States. Like all Virginia municipalities incorporated as cities, it is an independent city and not part of any county. Richmond is the center of the Richmond Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) and the Greater Richmond area. Surrounded by Henrico and Chesterfield counties, the city is located at the intersections of Interstate 95 and Interstate 64, and surrounded by Interstate 295 and Virginia State Route 288 in central Virginia. The population was 200,123 in 2007, with an estimated population of 1,212,977 for the Richmond Metropolitan Area — making it the third largest in Virginia.
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Spain
Spain ( ; , ), officially the Kingdom of Spain (), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Its mainland is bordered to the south and east by the Mediterranean Sea except for a small land boundary with the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar; to the north by France, Andorra, and the Bay of Biscay; and to the northwest and west by the Atlantic Ocean and Portugal.
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Tokyo
, officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. It is located on the eastern side of the main island Honshū and includes the Izu Islands and Ogasawara Islands. Tokyo Metropolis was formed in 1943 from the merger of the former and the .Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family.
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Elliott Yamin - You Say (Official Music Video-HQ)
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- Published: 10 May 2009
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Elliott Yamin - Wait For You Official Video
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- Published: 28 Apr 2008
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A Song For You Elliott Yamin
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- Duration: 7:01
- Published: 06 Sep 2006
- Uploaded: 12 Feb 2012
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Perhaps the best AI performance ever
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Elliott Yamin - Wait for you Lyrics
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- Duration: 4:20
- Published: 13 Sep 2009
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Elliott Yamin - Wait for you Album: Elliott Yamin (2007)
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Elliott Yamin - Walk
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- Duration: 5:00
- Published: 17 Dec 2011
- Uploaded: 12 Feb 2012
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Elliott Yamin - Don't Be Afraid
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- Duration: 4:04
- Published: 03 May 2009
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I Just Texted to Say I Love You
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- Duration: 3:36
- Published: 16 Aug 2011
- Uploaded: 13 Feb 2012
- Author: BreakOriginals
It seems that today's tech-obsessed culture will do anything they can to avoid interacting face-to-face! So singer Elliott Yamin helped us adjust the classic Stevie Wonder love song "I Just Called To Say I Love You" and update it with a more modern twist. We hope it gets on Reddit! And Buzzfeed.com and HuffingtonPost.com, etc. etc. Vocals by Elliott Yamin ("American Idol") Check out his new tracks!!! www.officialelliottyamin.com Starring... Sarah Hyland ("Modern Family") twitter.com Matt Prokop ("High School Musical 3") twitter.com #ILOVEYOU Be sure to tweet it to someone you love ;) Be sure to follow us on Facebook! facebook.com Like the song? Get the mp3 Here: www.gamefront.com LYRICS: Without Your Face, Your Warm Embrace, It's felt as lonely, as a profile on MySpace Thank god for Skype And Our Cell Phones So we can talk, whether we're together or alone I just Texted to say I love you I just tagged us both on our Facebooks I just tweeted, hashtag, I love you Retweet it, then like and share with all your friends. Let's get off line And grab some food I'll yelp the nearest place that has the best reviews This place sounds good UrbanSpoon Agrees And this Groupon gets us an appetizer for free I'll check us in Grab us some chairs Oh look my friend's already mayor on Foursquare ---- Oh man these nachos look so good, I gotta share I just Texted to say I love you I just GooglePlus'd your Mom and Dad, (I circled em!) I just reblogged, that pic for my tumblr And posted it on my <b>...</b>
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Elliott Yamin Opens up About Life in Showbusiness With Diabetes
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- Duration: 26:31
- Published: 31 Jan 2012
- Uploaded: 02 Feb 2012
- Author: DiabetesHealth
Elliott Yamin sits down with Diabetes Health Magazine's Scott King, and opens up about life on the road with diabetes, his musical inspirations, and memories of his dearly departed Mother.
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Elliott Yamin - Still Gonna Try
*I DONT OWN THIS SONG OR THE COPYRIGHTS FOR IT* Elliott Yamin - Still Gonna Try Lyrics: When I can't see I am still gonna find you And when I can't breath You will be my air When there is no more sign And nobofy is listening girl When you cry out I will still be hearing you I will answer you You are all I need You are everything to me It's testing me we supposed to be Chorus We're gonna live everyday together Two hearts as one in love Till this life is done Forever and long enough This will last till the end of time Girl I swear I'll love you till the day I die After that I am gonna still try When we grow old time is not so friendly We still hold on cause we know this life is not ending When the lights go down we will see forever Now till then my heart will be for you Girl for you You are all I need Girl you are everything to me It's testing me we supposed to be Chorus We're gonna live everyday together Two hearts as one in love Till this life is done Forever and long enough This will last till the end of time Girl I swear I'll love you till the day I die After that I am still gonna try If there is another life to chose Then I will stay with you Cause this .. will never break And time could never separate Just as the words I say A life is not enough www.elyricsworld.com Chorus We're gonna live everyday together Two hearts as one in love Till this life Is done Forever and long enough This will last till the end of time Girl I swear I'll love you till the day I die After <b>...</b>
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Elliott Yamin "3 Words" Official Video
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- Duration: 3:55
- Published: 19 Jan 2012
- Uploaded: 14 Feb 2012
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ELLIOTT YAMIN ~ "3 Words" Music Video Concept, Directing, Casting, Edit by: CHÁN ANDRÉ for VPi ~ Voyeur Pictures, Inc. www.twitter.com/voyeurphoto www.facebook.com/voyeurphoto Featuring: KAYLA RADOMSKI (So You Think You Can Dance) PHIL COLLINS of Fanny Pak (America's Best Dance Crew) NAJARRA TOWNSEND (Me, You & Everyone We Know) and Introducing: VICTOR ROSS II Also with: GEORGINA TOLENTINO & LUKE (Attorneys) Choreography by: TUCKER BARKLEY Director of Photography: AARON BILLER Make-up & Hair by: TERRELL MULLIN Styling by: TONI FERRARA Exec. Produced by: Happy Place, Inc. & Divya Productions Produced by: Levon Davis Crew: Stephan Silver - Gaffer Jake Kramer - Key Grip INTERLUDE MUSIC by: The Voyeur Filmed on Location in Beverly Hills, CA.
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Elliott Yamin - Can't Keep On Loving You w/ Lyrics
Lyrics: How do I get close When she looks like an angel A moment of her time just seems impossible to me Its hard to find the words To get to know this stranger Im scared of what shell say If what I say sounds incomplete And it feels like, we belong together Can someone tell me where do I start? Cause I cant keep on, feeling the way I do I cant keep on, Hiding my heart from you I gotta say something before Someone else comes through I cant keep on Loving you, from a distance Shes always on my mind Theres no room left for thinking Im tired of waiting, slowly fading It needs to happen now (right now) Cause Im running out of time And I feel this ship is sinking The doors are closing I am frozen I need her around And it feels like, we belong together Can someone tell me where do I start? Cause I cant keep on, feeling the way I do And I cant keep on, Hiding my heart from you I gotta say something before Someone else comes through I cant keep on Loving you, from a distance From a distance From a distance From a distance I cant hide I cant keep on, feeling the way I do And I cant keep on, Hiding my heart from you I gotta say something before Someone else comes through Cause I cant keep on Loving you, I cant keep on Loving you, From a distance
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Elliot Yamin "3 Words" Acoustic Cover
Here is a cover of Elliot Yamin's hit single "3 Words" released in Japan. Amazing single by this incredible artist. Big shout out to Mr. Yamin and his love for music keep doing your thing because you're paving the way for other great musicians. Be Blessed and hope you enjoy. Also Check out Elliot Yamin's Lastest Album "Gather Round" every track is fire including "Poisin", "Stay Away", "Lets Get to Whats Real" lol For more info check me out at Twitter: @tayveinonline Facebook: www.facebook.com/tayveinonline tayvein.bandcamp.com Thanks everybody
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Elliott Yamin - I Love You More Than You'll Ever Know
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- Published: 10 Jan 2012
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Show at Barre: Artist In Residence 1-9-12 Elliott Yamin singing "I Love You More Than You'll Ever Know" with Jake Simpson on piano. Band: Kyle Bolden (guitar), Brandon Brown (bass), and Stanley Randolph (drums).
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Elliott Yamin - You Are The One (acoustic)
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- Published: 24 Apr 2011
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for Educational , educating you on the best song that ISNT on Itunes... WHY???!!
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♫ How to play "WAIT FOR YOU" (Elliott Yamin) piano tutorial lesson ♫
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- Duration: 8:58
- Published: 17 Jan 2012
- Uploaded: 11 Feb 2012
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www.PianoClubhouse.com This is a tutorial to play "WAIT FOR YOU", by Elliott Yamin. For access to more full-length tutorials, visit PianoClubhouse.com.
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Elliot Yamin Performs "Virginia" Live at Anthology San Diego
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- Duration: 4:13
- Published: 30 Nov 2011
- Uploaded: 07 Feb 2012
- Author: AnthologySanDiego
Elliott Yamin performs his new song, "Virginia" at Anthology in San Diego, CA.
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Elliott Yamin - Believe
I DO NOT OWN THE SONG. ALL COPYRIGHTS GO TO THEIR RESPECTED OWNERS. The song is performed by Elliott Yamin. My Favorite song in the whole wide world (until proven otherwise). Sorry if the lyrics are wrong ):
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Elliott Yamin - Moody's Mood For Love
Semi-Finals Week 2: Elliott performs "Moody's Mood For Love" by James Moody.
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Elliott Yamin
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- Duration: 2:35
- Published: 24 Sep 2011
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- Author: sarahheartsmusic
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Elliot Yamin (Trouble)
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- Duration: 1:49
- Published: 26 May 2006
- Uploaded: 26 Jan 2012
- Author: yourlovemyhome
Dazzling performance on Elvis week!
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Wait for You Elliott Yamin live cover - Austin Mahone
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- Duration: 2:18
- Published: 15 Aug 2011
- Uploaded: 12 Feb 2012
- Author: AustinMahone
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ღ【Deserted - Elliott Yamin】// lyrics.
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- Duration: 3:42
- Published: 25 Jan 2012
- Uploaded: 10 Feb 2012
- Author: ForeverElation1
I know this song is old and I'm late with this song but I think it is a good song. :) Facebook: www.facebook.com Tumblr: foreverelation.tumblr.com Old Channel www.youtube.com www.youtube.com Back Up Account: www.youtube.com No copyright intended. Everything belong to it's rightful owners. Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use. DL: www.mediafire.com Lyrics: Oooohh ouuuh, My heart is a desert land So dry and cold My heart is a desert land Nothing for miles any way you go I feel so different Since you've been gone And now you're looking For another home Since i didnt keep my word didn't do what I promised Guess I wasn't honest, no I said i'll always be true to you But I gave up Tell me can we make up cause My heart is a deserted city Since your love moved out And left me down, no I'm lost and nothings out here with me Move back to town and it change my heart From this deserted city I wish I was a weatherman So I could see the rain Before it ever lands And start my pain I would have done different Would have switched my lane But I went the wrong way down A one way street And now I gotta U-turn to change Since i didnt keep my word didn't do what I promised Guess I <b>...</b>
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Elliott Yamin
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- Published: 26 Sep 2011
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| Coordinates | 33°51′35.9″N151°12′40″N |
|---|---|
| name | Elliott Yamin |
| background | solo_singer |
| birth name | Efraym Elliott Yamin |
| birth date | July 20, 1978 |
| birth place | Los Angeles, California |
| origin | Richmond, Virginia, United States |
| genre | Pop, contemporary R&B; |
| occupation | Singer-songwriter |
| years active | 2006–present |
| label | Sony/ATV Music Publishing, RED Distribution, Hickory, TRP Records, Fontana Distribution, Avex Group (Japan only) |
| website | www.officialelliottyamin.com }} |
Elliott Yamin (; born July 20, 1978), born Efraym Elliott Yamin, is an American singer known for his hit single "Wait for You" and placing third on the fifth season of ''American Idol''.
His self-titled album, released March 20, 2007, debuted at No. 1 on the ''Billboard'' Independent Albums chart and at No. 3 on the Billboard 200. The album was certified gold in the United States in October 2007. Retitled ''Wait for You'', the album was released in Japan in May 2008 and certified gold in that country in September 2008.
Yamin also released two Christmas collections: ''Sounds of the Season: The Elliott Yamin Holiday Collection'' in October 2007 and ''My Kind of Holiday'' in October 2008.
Yamin's second album, titled ''Fight for Love'', was released on May 5, 2009. The album's first single, "Fight for Love", premiered on AOL Music on February 13, 2009.
Biography
Personal life
Yamin was born in Los Angeles, California, to father Shaul Yamin, a Jewish Israeli of Iraqi Jewish descent, and mother Claudette Goldberg Yamin (d. March 31, 2008, age 65), a Jewish American of Ashkenazi descent and former professional singer known for her "fiery spirit" and for receiving the "Golden Idol for Proudest Family Moment Award" from Ryan Seacrest during her son's ''American Idol'' competition. His family relocated to Richmond, Virginia when Yamin was 11, and his parents divorced when he was 14, his father returning to Los Angeles. Yamin has an older half-sister on his mother's side, Jodi Queen, a married mother of two children and a younger brother, Scott Yamin, in pharmacy school at Campbell University in Buies Creek, North Carolina.A history of ear infections as a child and eardrum replacement surgery at 13 left Yamin with 90% hearing loss in his right ear. He was diagnosed with Type I diabetes at the age of 16 and wears an insulin pump to help him manage his diabetes. Yamin is 5'6" tall.
Yamin first discovered his vocal talent while singing karaoke in his late teens. Although he had not been musically trained, he sang in a local jazz band and in amateur performance forums emulating Stevie Wonder, Whitney Houston, and Donny Hathaway. He attended Douglas S. Freeman High School in Richmond, Virginia. Dropping out of high school in his sophomore year, he later achieved a high school GED while working at Foot Locker (in their management program), a pharmacy, and as an on-air disc jockey for local R&B; radio station WCDX/Power 92 FM, using the name E-Dub — before auditioning for American Idol.
Yamin was in Viña Del Mar, Chile, during the 8.8 magnitude 2010 Chile earthquake on February 27, 2010.
''American Idol''
Yamin auditioned in Boston, Massachusetts, singing Leon Russell's "A Song for You", but his audition was not aired (it was later aired on October 24, 2009, as part of the American Idol Rewind - season 5 show). He performed the song again in front of the judges during Hollywood rounds, as well as Rascal Flatts's "Bless the Broken Road". During the group auditions, Yamin and his group performed "It's In Her Kiss" (aka "The Shoop Shoop Song") from Betty Everett; Simon Cowell disliked the group performance, but Randy Jackson said Yamin was the best one in his group, and Paula Abdul said it was a good thing she could look past two left feet, in a way of saying he did not dance well but he could definitely sing. He was sent through by the judges and made it through to the finals of the competition.During one weekly rehearsal, guest coach Stevie Wonder told Yamin that he should definitely pursue a career in music. Simon Cowell stated that he thought Yamin was "potentially the best male vocalist" in five seasons on ''American Idol'' and later, after Yamin's "A Song for You" performance, he declared that it was a "vocal masterclass". His performance of "A Song for You" ranked third on ''Entertainment Weekly'''s countdown of the 16 best American Idol performances in the series history.
On the May 10, 2006, results show Yamin, Taylor Hicks, and Katharine McPhee were announced as the top three finalists. All three returned to their respective hometowns for a day of festivities in their honor. Yamin's homecoming visit included radio and television interviews; performing "Home" for more than 4,000 fans, capped by Mayor Douglas Wilder presenting the key to the city; and meeting Governor Tim Kaine, whom Yamin greeted with a hug. Yamin threw out the first pitch before a sold-out crowd at The Diamond for a Richmond Braves game and sang a verse a cappella of "A Song for You". Video highlights were shown on the top three results show.
Yamin was eliminated from ''American Idol'' on May 17, 2006, after the tightest race; each of the three top contestants received an almost exactly equal percentage of the viewer votes necessary for advancement to the remaining two spots.
Performances and results
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After ''Idol''
Yamin appeared on several talk shows, including the ''Tonight Show'', ''Live with Regis and Kelly'' and the Fox News Channel program, ''Dayside.'' On June 11, 2006, he performed the national anthem ''a cappella'' at Game 2 of the NBA finals.He also appeared in the annual Pop Tart-sponsored national American Idols LIVE! Tour between July and September 2006. The tour included a sold-out show at the Richmond Coliseum in Yamin's hometown.
On October 8, 2006, Yamin performed at the Virginia State Fair as the closing act. He was the first contestant from Season 5 to have his own solo concert. His backup band was the Little Memphis Blues Orchestra. There was no new material featured in the concert; instead, he sang nine cover songs.
On December 8, 2006, Yamin sang the national anthem, Marvin Gaye's "What's Going On?" and his newly-released single, "This Christmas", as part of the 2006 Genworth Children's Advantage Classic (sponsored by the Genworth Foundation) at the Alltel Pavilion at the Virginia Commonwealth University's Stuart C. Siegel Center in Richmond. Proceeds from the tennis event, which featured James Blake, Andre Agassi, Lindsay Davenport, and Steffi Graf, benefited local programs for disadvantaged youth.
Music career
Pre-''Idol'' recordings
In 2005, Yamin was featured on three tracks ("Sound Doctrine", "Song of Hope", and "Whatchacomeherefoe?") of Richmond, Virginia gospel musical artist Big Planz's album ''Sound Doctrine''. Four renditions of another song he recorded with Big Planz, "The Storm", were released on iTunes.
Post-''Idol'' recordings
In December 2006, Yamin announced a music publishing contract with Sony/ATV Music Publishing. On January 25, 2007, Yamin signed a record deal with Hickory Records, a Sony/ATV-owned imprint set up as a "virtual label," and RED Distribution, a leading distributor for independent record labels in the United States. Yamin has stated that "Sony invested in [him] as a partner" as part of a 50/50 deal, which means that "[they] both stand or fall."
2007–2008: ''Elliott Yamin''
As a teaser, Yamin released the song "Movin' On" from his self-titled debut album on AOL's First Listen and iTunes in February 2007. His first radio single, "Wait For You", was released on March 13, 2007.''Elliott Yamin'' was released on March 20, 2007, debuting at #3 on the Billboard 200 chart with sales of 90,000 copies in its first week. The album was the highest new artist debut on an independent label in SoundScan history. The album was certified gold status by the RIAA on October 12, 2007.
To promote his album, Yamin made TV appearances on ''Live with Regis and Kelly'', ''The Ellen DeGeneres Show'', "Rachael Ray", ''Jimmy Kimmel Live'', and ''TRL'', where the video for the song "Wait For You" was premiered on March 20, 2007. He also signed CDs at the New York Times Square Virgin Megastore across from the TRL studio and at Circuit City in his hometown, Richmond, Virginia, where the line went around the building.
During April and May 2007, Yamin embarked on a radio tour which included interviews and acoustic in-studio performances, accompanied by guitarist Russell Ali. Mark Gorlick (VP Artist Development & Marketing, Sony/BMG RED) emphasized the importance of this type of promotion: "We put together a five-week promo tour across the country, and just worked it...When programmers saw that the Elliott in person was consistent with the Elliott they saw on television that was huge."
On May 16, 2007, Yamin performed his hit single, "Wait for You", on the American Idol Season 6 Top 3 results show. The song jumped 60 spots on iTunes in a few hours as well as from 80 to 31 on the Billboard Hot 100. Following the performance, sales of his self-titled album increased, jumping 47 spots on the Billboard 200, from 67 to 20.
Yamin toured North America during May and June 2007, with pop/R&B; singer Josh Hoge opening for him. The tour continued in October and November 2007, again with Hoge opening and adding the rock band The Last Goodnight. Fellow American Idol 5 alumnus José "Sway" Penala was added to Yamin's band to provide backing vocals.
Yamin performed in Washington, DC, at the country's biggest Independence Day celebration, "A Capitol Fourth", televised live on PBS on July 4, 2007, singing "In Love With You Forever" and "America the Beautiful". During August 2007, Yamin visited several local television morning shows for interviews and acoustic performances. He also appeared as himself on the television soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful (aired August 24) and the television drama Lincoln Heights (aired September 20), performing "Wait for You".
Yamin visited the Philippines in September 2007 for a free mall concert tour of the Ayala Malls to promote his self-titled album. During his press conference at the Glorietta Activity Center, Yamin expressed his excitement at being a part of the "warm and friendly...Filipino culture" and his desire to return with his full band for a concert tour. Following his TriNoma show on September 21, members of his fan group Yaminoys presented him with a "mini-me" Elliott doll. During the last concert held at the Alabang Town Center, Yamin accidentally stepped on the cord of his microphone while performing "Wait for You", inadvertently unplugging his microphone from the cord. A video of this can be seen on YouTube.
On December 1, 2007, Yamin performed at the Live & Loud 07 Music Festival in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, where he was the opening act for one of his personal idols, Whitney Houston. However he did not meet Houston.
''Elliott Yamin'' placed on four year-end Billboard charts for 2007, ranking at number 3 on the Independent Albums chart and at number 114 on The Billboard 200 chart, as well as ranking at number 39 on the Independent Albums Decade End Chart (2009). "Wait for You" placed on six year-end Billboard charts for 2007, ranking at number 11 on the Pop 100 Airplay chart and at number 41 on the Billboard Hot 100 Songs chart. "Wait for You" was honored as one of the most performed songs in the ASCAP repertory during 2007; Yamin performed it at the 25th Annual ASCAP Pop Music Awards on April 9, 2008, at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles. The song was certified Platinum in digital sales on October 16, 2008.
Yamin traveled to the United Kingdom, Belgium, Holland and Germany to entertain service members as part of a USO/Armed Forces Entertainment tour from February 12 to February 21, 2008.
On March 2, 2008, accompanied by Fantasia and a film crew, Yamin went on a four-day trip to Angola as a guest of Idol Gives Back sponsor ExxonMobil for the "Idol Gives Back" special. Footage of the pair distributing mosquito nets to villagers as part of the Malaria No More program was shown on the ''American Idol'' Season 7 Top 11 results show (March 19, 2008). Fantasia sang "Amazing Grace" and, following the local custom of naming a newborn after a visitor, a baby boy was named "Elliott", which reduced Yamin to tears. Yamin attended but did not perform on the ''Idol Gives Back'' show, broadcast on April 9, 2008.
On April 16, 2008, Yamin performed on the ''American Idol'' Season 7 Top 7 results show — dedicating the song "Free" to his late mother, Claudette Yamin (See ''Personal Life'').
A Japan edition of Yamin's debut album was released on May 21, 2008, by Avex Trax. Retitled ''Wait for You'', the album included bonus tracks "Believe" and "In Love With You Forever", the latter song featured in a Toyota Vitz commercial airing in Japan. Yamin made several trips to Japan during 2008 for media interviews and appearances to promote the album and performed 10 shows at Billboard Live venues in Tokyo, Osaka, and Fukuoka in August. The album was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ) in September 2008. A Premium Edition was released on October 8, 2008, containing additional bonus tracks: "A Whiter Shade of Pale" and "I'll Make You Dance", plus Yamin's cover version of "Home", originally from Japanese singer Yusaku Kiyama, who recorded a Japanese version of the song "Wait for You" in return. Kiyama and Yamin performed together during Yamin's October visit to promote the release of the ''Wait for You'' Premium Edition. Yamin was named one of the Best 3 New Artists (International) by the 23rd Annual Japan Gold Disc Awards along with Leona Lewis and Flo Rida. A standard edition and a special edition of ''Wait for You'' with different bonus tracks were also released in Taiwan in July and September 2008, respectively.
2009–2010: ''Fight for Love''
"Fight for Love", the title track and lead single from Yamin's second album, premiered on AOL Music on February 13, 2009. The song, co-written and co-produced by Johntá Austin, became available at iTunes and other digital outlets on March 10, 2009; and was officially released for Top 40 and Rhythm radio airplay the same day.''Fight for Love'' was released on May 5, 2009. Yamin recorded 35 songs from which to choose the final track list and worked with various producers, including Jermaine Dupri, Eman, Harvey Mason, Jr., Steve Russell and Stargate. Yamin has described the album as more contemporary R&B; pop than his debut with three or four more "radio-friendly" singles. Yamin co-wrote the majority of songs for the album, including “Someday”, a song about his feelings of loss following the death of his mother. His collaboration with Jermaine Dupri, "When I'm Gone", became a bonus track on the Japanese edition, which was released on May 20, 2009. A Premium Edition of the album was released in Japan on October 21, 2009.
During March through early June 2009, Yamin promoted the new album with acoustic performances on air at radio stations and at radio-sponsored concerts, as well as a few club shows with his full band. Promotion in June 2009 included a 3-week visit to Japan with 14 shows at Billboard Live venues and other appearances.
The second single, "Can't Keep on Loving You (From a Distance)", was released to Adult Contemporary radio on August 10, 2009.
Yamin and his band began their second USO/Armed Forces Entertainment tour on October 7, 2009, performing four concerts for troops and their families over 10 days in Guam and Japan.
On January 2, 2010, Yamin kicked off a month-long ''Fight for Love'' tour, which he described as “acoustic with a cool twist”, in Alexandria, Virginia. The tour schedule included dates in the Northeastern and Southeastern United States, as well as Arizona and California, although the California dates were subsequently cancelled.
In February 2010, Yamin returned to Angola as a representative of ''Idol Gives Back'', this time accompanied by Kara DioGuardi. During his performance at the 1st Annual Washington Ideas Forum on October 2, 2009, Yamin had announced a $100,000 grant to the Saint Isabel Orphanage and School in Luanda, Angola, from ExxonMobil as part of their malaria prevention program. The grant was made to enable the school, which Yamin had visited in 2008 with Fantasia, to improve and expand their facility. Video of Yamin and DioGuardi visiting the ongoing construction of the school dormitory, as well as distributing bed nets, was shown on the ''American Idol'' Season 9 Top 9 (second week) results show (April 14, 2010). Sister Domingas Loureira, director of the orphanage, flew to Los Angeles as a guest of American Idol and ExxonMobil and sat next to Yamin at Idol Gives Back performance on April 21, 2010. Later that week, Yamin performed the National Anthem in honor of World Malaria Day at Washington Nationals and Chicago White Sox baseball games.
From February 22 to February 27, 2010, Yamin represented the U.S.A. in the international competition of the LI Festival Internacional de la Canción de Viña del Mar (LI International Song Festival of Viña del Mar), in Chile, against interpreters from Argentina, Chile, Cuba, France, Italy, Mexico, Peru, Spain and U.K. The competition's theme was "Songs with History", and Yamin performed "Rock Around the Clock". On February 25, he was announced as one of the five semifinalists in the Festival, along with the representative artists of Argentina, Cuba, Italy and Chile. On February 26 the three finalists were announced: Argentina, Cuba and Italy; Chile and the USA were eliminated from the competition that night.
During the early morning hours of February 27, as the festival entered its final day, Chile experienced a magnitude 8.8 earthquake. Yamin was uninjured — relaying his experience via multiple Twitter messages and phone interviews with American media the morning of the 27th.
On March 7, 2010, Yamin performed at the 11th Annual Children Uniting Nations Oscar Celebration, held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California.
In June 2010, Yamin was invited by United Airlines to fly on its inaugural flight from Washington, DC, to Accra, Ghana. While in Ghana, he helped the non-profit organization Malaria No More deliver mosquito nets donated by ExxonMobil to a children's hospital in Accra.
2011: ''Gather 'Round''
On February 2, 2011, Yamin released, exclusively for Japanese market, his third studio album, Gather 'Round, which contains 12 tracks. He travelled to Japan to promote the album.
Holiday collections
''Sounds of the Season: The Elliott Yamin Holiday Collection''
On October 14, 2007, Yamin released ''Sounds Of The Season: The Elliott Yamin Holiday Collection'', a Christmas album with 8 tracks, including two originals recorded specifically for the album. Distributed exclusively through Target stores during the 2007 holiday season, it sold 81,000 copies.
''My Kind of Holiday''
On October 7, 2008, Yamin released another holiday album titled ''My Kind of Holiday''. It includes the 8 tracks from ''Sounds of the Season: The Elliott Yamin Holiday Collection'', plus 2 new tracks: "Back Door Santa" and "Christmas Without Carol", which he co-wrote.# "This Christmas" # "Warm Me Up" # "Jingle Bells" # "A Very Merry Christmas" # "Little Drummer Boy" # "Back Door Santa" # "The Christmas Song" # "Merry Christmas, Baby" # "Let’s Be Naughty (And Save Santa the Trip)" # "Christmas Without Carol"
The Japan Exclusive Edition of the album was released on December 10, 2008, and includes three bonus tracks: "Sharing the Night Together", an acoustic version of "Home", and "Wait for You (The Standard Club Piano Dance Remix)".
Compilation albums
''Randy Jackson's Music Club, Vol. 1''
On March 11, 2008, producer Randy Jackson released his first studio album, in which Yamin features in a duet with American Idol co-contestant Katharine McPhee. The song, "Real Love", is a cover of a Lee Ryan song, using the male/female structure of the Trinity Stone featuring Ne-Yo cover. The song was released as a single for radio airplay on April 22, 2008.
''DisneyMania 6''
Yamin covered Elton John's Academy Award-winning song in 1994, "Can You Feel the Love Tonight" from Disney's ''The Lion King'', for the compilation album ''DisneyMania 6'', released on May 20, 2008.On October 27, 2008, Yamin performed in a concert as part of the celebration of the 10th anniversary of the Peres Center for Peace in Israel. The concert was entitled "Believe: Celebrating a Decade of Peacebuilding Activities" and took place at the Tel Aviv Performing Arts Center. Yamin performed "Can You Feel the Love Tonight", and then closed the concert in a duet with singer Liel Kolet, performing "I Wish That...", a song written by Diane Warren. Other artists that were scheduled to perform include Andrea Bocelli, Slash and Dave Koz.
Collaborations
''Taylor Hicks: The Distance''
Yamin collaborated with fellow ''American Idol'' Taylor Hicks on Hicks' second album, The Distance, released on March 10, 2009. They recorded a duet of a cover of Bobby Womack's "Woman's Gotta Have It".
Advocacy
As a diabetic, Yamin supports and works as a spokesman for various organizations, including the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF). In October 2006, Yamin sang the national anthem at the Dodger Stadium (LA) and cut the ribbon during the JDRF International Walk to Cure Diabetes. In addition, a portion of the proceeds from his Virginia State Fair concert benefitted the JDRF. The Central Virginia Chapter of the JDRF honored Yamin for his commitment to diabetes awareness and research at its 8th Annual Spring Gala on March 1, 2008; more than $400,000 was raised at the event. He returned for the 9th Annual Spring Gala on April 4, 2009.In August 2007, Yamin visited Capitol Hill as International Celebrity Advocate Co-chair of the Promise to Remember Me Campaign to petition Representatives for their support to extend the Special Diabetes Program, which provides federal funding for type 1 diabetes research.
In October 2007, Yamin was named Global Ambassador to promote the Inspired by Diabetes Creative Expression Competition, a global contest in which people with diabetes, as well as their friends and families, can share through art, music, or essay how the disease has impacted their lives.
During his fall 2007 concert tour, Yamin announced that 100% of proceeds from the sale of designated T-shirts and pins would benefit the Life for a Child Program, which provides insulin, as well as diabetes-related care and supplies, for children in developing countries.
On World Diabetes Day, November 14, 2007, Yamin was joined by children with diabetes for a performance of the song "Promise to Remember Me" in the United Nation's Rose Garden. Following the World Diabetes Day ceremonies, Yamin taped a segment of the ''Montel Williams Show'' during which he shared his experiences learning to live with the disease and performed "Wait for You." The 30-minute segment was aired on November 29, 2007.
During October 2009, Yamin was a guest speaker at the World Diabetes Congress in Montreal, Canada, speaking at an open forum on "Living with diabetes and its complications: perspective of someone with diabetes".
On November 3, 2010, Yamin appeared on Don't Forget the Lyrics, contesting for two charities: JDRF and Malaria No More. He won $5,000 for them.
On November 5, 2010, Yamin was a guest performer at the 40th Anniversary of Africare.
Discography
Studio albums
| Year | Album details | Chart positions | ! rowspan="2" | ||||||||
| ! width="45" | ! width="45" | ! width="45" | ! width="45" | USHoliday | |||||||
| align="left" | * Released: March 20, 2007 | * Label: Hickory Records | 3 | 11 | 1 | 3 | — | * US sales: 527,000 | * RIAA certifications: Gold | ||
| * Released: October 14, 2007 | * Label: Hickory Records | 32 | 20 | 4 | — | 1 | * US sales: 81,000 | ||||
| 2008 | * Released: October 7, 2008 | * Label: TRP Records/Fontana | 162 | 19 | 22 | — | 18 | * US sales: 27,000 | |||
| 2009 | align="left" | * Released: May 5, 2009 | * Label: Hickory Records | 26 | — | 4 | 26 | — | * US sales: 49,000 | ||
| 2011 | align="left" | * Released: TBA | * Label: TBD | — | — | — | — | — | |||
Singles
{|class="wikitable" !Year !Song !Album !width="40"|U.S. !width="40"|U.S. Pop !width="40"|U.S. AC !width="40"|CAN !width="40"|JPN !RIAA certification |- |2006 |"This Christmas"[B] |Non-album single |align="center"|- |align="center"|- |align="center"|21 |align="center"|- |align="center"|- |align="center"|- |- |rowspan="2"|2007 |"Wait for You"[C],[D] |rowspan="2"|''Elliott Yamin'' |align="center"|13 |align="center"|5 |align="center"|4 |align="center"|22 |align="center"|3 |align="center"|Platinum |- |"One Word"[E] |align="center"|- |align="center"|- |align="center"|- |align="center"|- |align="center"|- |align="center"|- |- |rowspan="4"|2008 |"Real Love" (with Katharine McPhee) |align="center" rowspan="1"|''Randy Jackson's Music Club, Vol. 1'' |align="center"|- |align="center"|- |align="center"|- |align="center"|- |align="center"|- |align="center"|- |- |"Home" |rowspan="2"|''Wait for You'' Premium Edition (Japan) |align="center"|- |align="center"|- |align="center"|- |align="center"|- |align="center"|91 |align="center"|- |- |"In Love With You Forever" |align="center"|- |align="center"|- |align="center"|- |align="center"|- |align="center"|79 |align="center"| |- |"Warm Me Up" |''My Kind of Holiday'' |align="center"|- |align="center"|- |align="center"|- |align="center"|- |align="center"|- |align="center"|- |- |rowspan="3"|2009 |"Fight for Love" |rowspan="3"|''Fight for Love'' |align="center"|- |align="center"|80 |align="center"|- |align="center"|- |align="center"|- |align="center"|- |- |"You Say" (Japan) |align="center"|- |align="center"|- |align="center"|- |align="center"|- |align="center"|8 |align="center"|- |- |"Can't Keep on Loving You(From A Distance)" |align="center"|- |align="center"|- |align="center"|27 |align="center"|- |align="center"|- |align="center"|- |- |rowspan="1"|2011 |"3 Words" |rowspan="1"|''Gather 'Round'' (Japan) |align="center"|- |align="center"|- |align="center"|- |align="center"|- |align="center"|- |align="center"|- |}
Others
{|class="wikitable" !Year !Song !Album !width="40"|U.S. !width="40"|U.S. Pop !width="40"|Bubbling !RIAA certification |- |2006 |"Moody's Mood for Love"[F] |''American Idol Season 5: Encores'' |align="center"|- |align="center"|73 |align="center"|1 | |- |2007 |"Movin' On"[G] |''Elliott Yamin'' |align="center"|61 |align="center"|49 |align="center"|- | |- |2008 |"Can You Feel the Love Tonight" |''DisneyMania 6'' |align="center"|- |align="center"|- |align="center"|- | |- |};Notes A ^For the issue date of April 7, 2007, ''Billboard'' reported that first week sales placed the album at #3 on the Billboard 200. Selling close to 100,000 copies in its first week is the greatest accomplishment for an indie release thus far, making him the highest new artist debut on an independent label in SoundScan history. The album also debuted at #1 on the Independent Albums chart and at #11 on the Top R&B;/Hip-Hop Albums chart. B ^Yamin's cover of Donny Hathaway's song "This Christmas" was originally released as a single online to AOL Music and iTunes on December 6, 2006. The rendition was later included on ''Sounds of the Season: The Elliott Yamin Holiday Collection'', released in October 2007. Although the song was first released in 2006, it achieved its peak Billboard chart position in January 2008.
Music videos
{|class="wikitable" |- !width="50"|Date !width="100"|Song !width="100"|Director !Notes !style="font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;"|References |- !rowspan=2|2007 |"Wait for You" |Nick Spanos |The video debuted on the VH1 Top 20 Video Countdown on June 16, 2007, at number 1 and spent 17 weeks on the countdown, 8 of those in the top spot. It was number 19 in VH1's Top 40 Videos of 2007 countdown. |align="center"| |- |"One Word" |Shaun Peterson |The video debuted on the VH1 Top 20 Video Countdown on December 8, 2007, at number 20. |align="center"| |- !rowspan=2|2009 |"Fight for Love" |Nick Spanos |The video debuted on the VH1 Top 20 Video Countdown on May 23, 2009, at number 17. |align="center"| |- |"You Say" |Nick Spanos |The video was released in Japan only. |}
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