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DAVID ARCHULETA

David Archuleta
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David Archuleta

Archuleta in the American Idol Experience motorcade at Walt Disney World (February 2009)
Background information
Birth name David James Archuleta
Born December 28, 1990 (1990-12-28) (age 19)[1]
Miami, Florida
Origin Murray, Utah, US
Genres Pop[2]
Occupations Singer-songwriter, student
Instruments Vocals, piano, keyboards, guitar
Years active 2003–present
Labels Jive[3]
Website www.DavidArchuleta.com

David James Archuleta (born December 28, 1990) is an American pop singer-songwriter.

At ten years old he won the children's division of the Utah Talent Competition leading to other television singing appearances.[4] When he was twelve years old, Archuleta became the Junior Vocal Champion on Star Search 2.[4] In 2007, at sixteen years old, he became one of the youngest contestants on the seventh season of American Idol.[5] In May 2008 he finished as the runner-up, receiving 44 percent of over 97 million votes.

In August 2008 Archuleta released "Crush," the first single from his self-titled debut album.[4][6][7][8] The album, released two months later, debuted at number two on the Billboard 200 chart; it has sold over 750,000 copies in the U.S. and over 900,000 Worldwide.[9][10][11] In October 2010 he released a second album, The Other Side of Down featuring lead single Something 'Bout Love.
Contents
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* 1 Early life
* 2 Music career
o 2.1 2003–06: Star Search and musical beginnings
o 2.2 2007–08: American Idol and David Archuleta
o 2.3 2009-present: Christmas from the Heart and The Other Side of Down
* 3 Philanthropy
* 4 Musical influences
* 5 Discography
* 6 Tours
* 7 Awards and nominations
* 8 Notes
* 9 References
* 10 External links

[edit] Early life

Archuleta was born in Miami, Florida, to Jeff Archuleta and Lupe Marie Mayorga, a salsa singer and dancer, however, he speaks very little Spanish.[12] Archuleta has four siblings.[13] His family moved to the Salt Lake City suburb of Sandy when he was six. He now lives in Murray where he attended Murray High School[14] and is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and the Boy Scouts of America.[15][16][17]

Archuleta started singing at the age of six, inspired by a Les Misérables video. "That musical is what started all of this", he said.[18] He started performing publicly at age ten when he participated in the Utah Talent Competition, singing "I Will Always Love You" by Dolly Parton; he received a standing ovation and won the Child Division.[19]
[edit] Music career
[edit] 2003–06: Star Search and musical beginnings

In 2003, when he was twelve years old, Archuleta sang on several episodes of the television show Star Search.[20][21][22] He ended up as the Junior Vocal Champion on Star Search 2, Losing the Junior Grand Champion title to Tiffany Evans.[23] On one episode, he sang against then-11-year-old Alexandréa Lushington, who became a "top 20" semi-finalist on American Idol alongside Archuleta.[21] Around the second year of being on Star Search he started focusing on the lyrics, "I didn't even pay attention to the lyrics when I was 12, 13".[24]

Archuleta's competing on Star Search was preceded by an appearance on The Jenny Jones Show, meeting the finalists from American Idol's first season, for whom he performed a spontaneous a cappella rendition of "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" from Dreamgirls, and received praise from Season 1 winner Kelly Clarkson.,[24][25] and led to appearances on CBS' The Early Show, The year after Star Search he found out he had partial vocal paralysis but declined risky surgery and has said he feels he is almost fully recovered.[18][24] He limited his singing for specific occasions like Stadium of Fire, the Independence Day celebration at Brigham Young University Stadium.[24]

Archuleta made initial attempts at songwriting and arranging music after his Star Search experience and has written at least three songs.[24] His first singles in 2002 included "Dream Sky High" and "Don't Tell Me".[26]
[edit] 2007–08: American Idol and David Archuleta

Archuleta received his ticket to the Hollywood final auditions at the San Diego tryouts – held at Qualcomm Stadium at the end of July 2007 – with a performance of John Mayer's "Waiting on the World to Change" with judge Randy Jackson spontaneously joining in to sing the background "waiting" in the song.[19][27] He was sixteen during the Hollywood auditions and attended school while a part of American Idol's seventh season.[5] His parents were there because he was a minor.[5] Archuleta also took advantage of the decision to allow contestants to play musical instruments when he accompanied himself on piano for his performances of "Crazy", "Another Day in Paradise", and "Angels".

During the 1970s themed week Archuleta sang the John Lennon song "Imagine", omitting the earlier verses in favor of the last one. Los Angeles Times columnist Ann Powers speculated that he wanted to avoid singing "no religion too" because of his faith. "As a Mormon, he's unlikely to espouse the song's agnostic ideal," she wrote.[28] However, he did sing the entire song on Good Things Utah when he was thirteen. When asked by judge Randy Jackson why he didn't sing the first verse, Archuleta said the third verse was his favorite because it has "a great message."[29]

After his performance of "We Can Work It Out", which judge Simon Cowell called "a mess", Entertainment Tonight reported that Archuleta was feeling pressure from his father, Jeff Archuleta, who "reportedly yelled at" his son after a recording session the previous night.[30] Jeff Archuleta, in an interview with Us Weekly, denied the claim.[31][32] A May 2008 Associated Press article reported that Jeff Archuleta had his son add a lyric from the Sean Kingston song "Beautiful Girls" into an interpretation of "Stand by Me" (from which "Beautiful Girls" samples its bass line), increasing the costs for licensing, and that this had resulted in Jeff Archuleta being banned from American Idol backstage rehearsals.[33] Archuleta defended his father calling him "a great guy" who keeps him grounded.[34]

During the Top 7 results show, the contestants were split into two groups. In one group was Syesha Mercado, Brooke White, and Kristy Lee Cook. In the other group was David Cook, Carly Smithson, and Jason Castro. Archuleta was the only one not sorted into a group. He was declared safe after the groups were formed, then was asked to choose the group he thought was safe. He refused, and sat down on the floor of the stage, much like Melinda Doolittle had done the previous season.

In the finale he sang "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me", "In This Moment" and "Imagine". Judge Simon Cowell declared that Archuleta won the evening and even David Cook, who ultimately won, thought Archuleta would win: "I have to concede it, the kid came out all three songs and nailed it", said Cook.[35] In the final tally, Archuleta received 44 percent of the votes.[36][37] During the finale show, identical commercials featuring Archuleta and fellow finalist Cook mimicked the Tom Cruise scene from Risky Business where he dances in his underwear playing an air guitar; they were promoting the game franchise Guitar Hero.[38]
Performances: Week↓ Theme↓ Song(s)↓ Original artist↓
Auditions N/A "Waiting on the World to Change" John Mayer
Hollywood N/A "Crazy"[note 1][5] Gnarls Barkley
Top 50 N/A "Heaven" Bryan Adams
Top 24 1960s "Shop Around" The Miracles
Top 20 1970s "Imagine" John Lennon
Top 16 1980s "Another Day in Paradise" Phil Collins
Top 12 Lennon/McCartney Archuleta's first appearances on music ranking charts were with the three songs he performed in the American Idol finale; "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me", "In This Moment", and "Imagine", debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 chart the week of June 7, 2008. "Imagine" entered at #36 (giving Archuleta his first top forty hit), "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" at #58, and "In This Moment" entered at #60.[40] That same week he had three songs on Billboard's Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart as well, where his versions of "Longer", "Think of Me", and "Angels" debuted at #15, #19, and #24 respectively.[41] In July 2008 So You Think You Can Dance, a dance competition reality show, Archuleta's cover of "Imagine" by John Lennon was the featured music for contestants Katee Shean and William Wingfield with their pas de deux performance.[42]

Archuleta signed with Jive Records in June 2008. His self-titled album, David Archuleta, was released in November 2008. His first single "Crush" was released in August 2008 on Z100, a New York radio station.[6][43] On August 12 "Crush" became available on iTunes.[44] It debuted at number two on the Billboard Hot 100, beaten only by Rihanna's "Disturbia".[45] It was the best chart debut in more than 18 months.[46] According to Nielsen SoundScan, the track sold 166,000 downloads in the first week in the United States.[47] It has sold 1.92 million digital copies in the US.[48]
Archuleta signs autographs while serving as Grand Marshal at the Krewe of Caesar Mardi Gras parade in Metairie, Louisiana on Valentines Day, 2009.

Along with American Idol winner David Cook, Archuleta placed second on Forbes' list of "Breakout Stars of 2008".[49] The two co-presented an award at the 2008 Teen Choice Awards in August 2008.[50] Archuleta also received the Teen Choice Award surfboard for "Most Fanatic Fans".[50]
[edit] 2009-present: Christmas from the Heart and The Other Side of Down

Since the release of his debut album, Archuleta has released three new songs: "Let's Talk About Love (The Build-A-Bear theme song)," "Save the Day (released only in Japan as a bonus track in his album)," and "Zero Gravity." In February, it was announced that Archuleta will be touring the United Kingdom supporting British band McFly on their "Up Close...And This Time It's Personal" tour.[51] The tour began on April 21, 2009 and continued until May.[51] Archuleta became the opening act for Demi Lovato's tour which began June 21, 2009.[52]

On April 22, 2009, Archuleta returned to the American Idol stage in its eighth season and performed the third single from his debut album, "Touch My Hand".[53] On April 30, 2009 he made his first UK television appearance, on the Paul O'Grady Show, performing "Crush" and chatting about his album, which was released there in May. In May, Archuleta and fellow American Idol David Cook, visited the Philippines.[54] Two days later he made live appearances on two of GMA-7's shows, Sis and Eat Bulaga. He also confirmed that month that he was working on two new albums, his sophomore pop album and a Christmas album.[55] In August 2009, Archuleta won three Teen Choice Awards for Breakout Artist, Love Song, and the Music Tour category with Demi Lovato.[56] In September he won the Year in Music – Rising Male Star award at the ALMA Awards and performed a cover of the standard "Contigo En La Distancia."

Archuleta's acting debut was when he appeared as himself for his acting debut on Nickelodeon's show iCarly titled "iRocked the Vote". The episode aired February 7, 2009. He had also made a special guest appearance in Season 3 of the Disney Channel show Hannah Montana[57] In the episode "Promma Mia" as himself and he sang a duet: "I Wanna Know You" with Miley Cyrus who plays the title character; the song was featured on the soundtrack, Hannah Montana 3.

On May 16, 2009, Archuleta and David Cook performed in the Mall of Asia: Concert Grounds for their Back-to-Back Concert in Manila, Philippines. On June 1, 2010, Archuleta released Chords of Strength: A Memoir of Soul, Song, and the Power of Perseverance, a memoir which refers to "the partial vocal paralysis he suffered in 2004 but has now fully recovered from". He went on a book signing tour beginning in Ridgewood, New Jersey.[58] The book was a bestseller.[59]

Archuleta came back to the American Idol stage on April 7, 2010 on the show's ninth season and performed John Lennon's "Imagine", which David had performed previously when he was a contestant on the show. After his performance, he mentioned that he was working on his third studio album.

Archuleta sang "The Star-Spangled Banner" and "Stand by Me" at the 30th anniversary of the annual A Capitol Fourth concert in Washington, D.C. on the Fourth of July. The show was aired on PBS at 8pm EST live and tape delay PT.[60]

Archuleta sang live at the Tejano Music Awards covering one of Selena's songs, Como La Flor at the event as a tribute on July 11, 2010.[61]

In an interview with AOL's Something Pitchy, Archuleta revealed that the release of his next album is planned for Fall 2010 (he did mention a late September release, but then went back to the Fall). On June 24, 2010 Jive Records announced that his new single would be released on DavidArchuleta.com on July 13, and iTunes on July 20. However, on June 30, 2010 the full version of "Something 'Bout Love" became available to play on his website. His album The Other Side of Down was released on October 5, 2010.[62]
[edit] Philanthropy

Along with Do Something and the Dunkin' Brands Community Foundation Archuleta is involved with helping willing teenagers make a difference in others' lives with disaster relief.[63] He is also one of several teen celebrities taking part in Do Something.org's Teens for Jeans charity initiative, which donates denim to homeless teenagers nationwide.[64] In January 2010, Haiti was hit with a major earthquake. On Jan 22, 2010 Archuleta joined other celebrities for a 2-hour fundraising telethon where he answered phones, and even stayed after longer to keep answering the phones.[65]

Archuleta was one of the many Latino singers who participated in Somos El Mundo, the Spanish version of We Are The World 25 for Haiti.[66] The song and video premiered on the Cristina Show in March 2010, funds raised benefit Haiti relief.
[edit] Musical influences

Archuleta's mother is from Honduras, and much of the music he listened to as a child was Latin-influenced including watching his mom sing at events with her sisters.[24][67] She also "was big on dancing" according to Archuleta, and would "make" him dance to traditional music with his older sister.[68] He also listened to jazz music, he said, from his father's collection as well as gospel, pop, rock and "soulful music."[18] In a later interview, he revealed that his father was a jazz musician. Archuleta also said he enjoys Broadway musicals.[69]

On his American Idol "Fast Facts" page, Archuleta cited his musical influences as Natalie Cole, Stevie Wonder, Kirk Franklin and Bryan Adams.[19] Like Elliott Yamin and another singer he admires, John Mayer, Archuleta tries to infuse his pop selections with a soulful vibe.[18] In a Seventeen interview he cites Sara Bareilles as a clever singer-songwriter whom he looks up to.[70]
[edit] Discography
Main article: David Archuleta discography

* David Archuleta (2008)
* Christmas from the Heart (2009)
* The Other Side of Down (2010)

[edit] Tours

As main act

* American Idols LIVE! Tour 2008 (2008)
* David Archuleta Live In Concert (2009)
* Christmas from the Heart Tour (2009)
* The Other Side of Down Tour (2010)

As supporting act

* Demi Lovato Summer Tour 2009 (2009)

[edit] Awards and nominations
Year Presenter Award Result
2008 Teen Choice Awards Most Fanatic Fans Won[71]
Best Smile (Post Show) Won[72]
2009 Teen Choice Awards Breakout Artist Won[73]
Music: Love Song (for "Crush") Won[73]
Music Tour Won (with Demi Lovato)[73]
Alma Awards Music Rising Star Won[74]
2010 Teen Choice Awards Fanatic Fans Nominated[75]
American Idol Alum Won[76]
[edit] Notes

1. ^ The performance of Gnarls Barkley's "Crazy" wasn't aired due to licensing issues with American Idol and the original artist(s).
2. ^ John Farnham released "You're the Voice" in 1985; it was re-arranged and released as a cover version by David Foster with vocalist Jeff Pescetto in 1990. Archuleta was born that same year so was able to use it for the week's theme – "Songs from birth year of contestants".

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David Archuleta

Archuleta in the American Idol Experience motorcade at Walt Disney World (February 2009)
Background information
Birth name David James Archuleta
Born December 28, 1990 (1990-12-28) (age 19)
Miami, Florida
Origin Murray, Utah, US
Genres Pop
Occupations Singer-songwriter, student
Instruments Vocals, piano, keyboards, guitar
Years active 2003–present
Labels Jive
Website www.DavidArchuleta.com

David James Archuleta (born December 28, 1990) is an American pop singer-songwriter.

At ten years old he won the children's division of the Utah Talent Competition leading to other television singing appearances.When he was twelve years old, Archuleta became the Junior Vocal Champion on Star Search 2. In 2007, at sixteen years old, he became one of the youngest contestants on the seventh season of American Idol. In May 2008 he finished as the runner-up, receiving 44 percent of over 97 million votes.

In August 2008 Archuleta released "Crush," the first single from his self-titled debut album.The album, released two months later, debuted at number two on the Billboard 200 chart; it has sold over 750,000 copies in the U.S. and over 900,000 Worldwide In October 2010 he released a second album, The Other Side of Down featuring lead single Something 'Bout Love.



* 1 Early life
* 2 Music career
o 2.1 2003–06: Star Search and musical beginnings
o 2.2 2007–08: American Idol and David Archuleta
o 2.3 2009-present: Christmas from the Heart and The Other Side of Down
* 3 Philanthropy
* 4 Musical influences
* 5 Discography
* 6 Tours
* 7 Awards and nominations
* 8 Notes
* 9 References
* 10 External links



Archuleta was born in Miami, Florida, to Jeff Archuleta and Lupe Marie Mayorga, a salsa singer and dancer, however, he speaks very little Spanish. Archuleta has four siblings. His family moved to the Salt Lake City suburb of Sandy when he was six. He now lives in Murray where he attended Murray High School and is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and the Boy Scouts of America.

Archuleta started singing at the age of six, inspired by a Les Misérables video. "That musical is what started all of this", he said. He started performing publicly at age ten when he participated in the Utah Talent Competition, singing "I Will Always Love You" by Dolly Parton; he received a standing ovation and won the Child Division.
[edit] Music career
[edit] 2003–06: Star Search and musical beginnings

In 2003, when he was twelve years old, Archuleta sang on several episodes of the television show Star Search. He ended up as the Junior Vocal Champion on Star Search 2, Losing the Junior Grand Champion title to Tiffany Evans.[23] On one episode, he sang against then-11-year-old Alexandréa Lushington, who became a "top 20" semi-finalist on American Idol alongside Archuleta. Around the second year of being on Star Search he started focusing on the lyrics, "I didn't even pay attention to the lyrics when I was 12, 13".

Archuleta's competing on Star Search was preceded by an appearance on The Jenny Jones Show, meeting the finalists from American Idol's first season, for whom he performed a spontaneous a cappella rendition of "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" from Dreamgirls, and received praise from Season 1 winner Kelly Clarkson., and led to appearances on CBS' The Early Show, The year after Star Search he found out he had partial vocal paralysis but declined risky surgery and has said he feels he is almost fully recovered. He limited his singing for specific occasions like Stadium of Fire, the Independence Day celebration at Brigham Young University Stadium.

Archuleta made initial attempts at songwriting and arranging music after his Star Search experience and has written at least three songs.His first singles in 2002 included "Dream Sky High" and "Don't Tell Me".
[edit] 2007–08: American Idol and David Archuleta

Archuleta received his ticket to the Hollywood final auditions at the San Diego tryouts – held at Qualcomm Stadium at the end of July 2007 – with a performance of John Mayer's "Waiting on the World to Change" with judge Randy Jackson spontaneously joining in to sing the background "waiting" in the song. He was sixteen during the Hollywood auditions and attended school while a part of American Idol's seventh season. His parents were there because he was a minor. Archuleta also took advantage of the decision to allow contestants to play musical instruments when he accompanied himself on piano for his performances of "Crazy", "Another Day in Paradise", and "Angels".

During the 1970s themed week Archuleta sang the John Lennon song "Imagine", omitting the earlier verses in favor of the last one. Los Angeles Times columnist Ann Powers speculated that he wanted to avoid singing "no religion too" because of his faith. "As a Mormon, he's unlikely to espouse the song's agnostic ideal," she wrote. However, he did sing the entire song on Good Things Utah when he was thirteen. When asked by judge Randy Jackson why he didn't sing the first verse, Archuleta said the third verse was his favorite because it has "a great message."

After his performance of "We Can Work It Out", which judge Simon Cowell called "a mess", Entertainment Tonight reported that Archuleta was feeling pressure from his father, Jeff Archuleta, who "reportedly yelled at" his son after a recording session the previous night. Jeff Archuleta, in an interview with Us Weekly, denied the claim. A May 2008 Associated Press article reported that Jeff Archuleta had his son add a lyric from the Sean Kingston song "Beautiful Girls" into an interpretation of "Stand by Me" (from which "Beautiful Girls" samples its bass line), increasing the costs for licensing, and that this had resulted in Jeff Archuleta being banned from American Idol backstage rehearsals. Archuleta defended his father calling him "a great guy" who keeps him grounded.

During the Top 7 results show, the contestants were split into two groups. In one group was Syesha Mercado, Brooke White, and Kristy Lee Cook. In the other group was David Cook, Carly Smithson, and Jason Castro. Archuleta was the only one not sorted into a group. He was declared safe after the groups were formed, then was asked to choose the group he thought was safe. He refused, and sat down on the floor of the stage, much like Melinda Doolittle had done the previous season.

In the finale he sang "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me", "In This Moment" and "Imagine". Judge Simon Cowell declared that Archuleta won the evening and even David Cook, who ultimately won, thought Archuleta would win: "I have to concede it, the kid came out all three songs and nailed it", said Cook. In the final tally, Archuleta received 44 percent of the votes.] During the finale show, identical commercials featuring Archuleta and fellow finalist Cook mimicked the Tom Cruise scene from Risky Business where he dances in his underwear playing an air guitar; they were promoting the game franchise Guitar Hero.
Performances: Week↓ Theme↓ Song(s)↓ Original artist↓
Auditions N/A "Waiting on the World to Change" John Mayer
Hollywood N/A "Crazy"[note 1][5] Gnarls Barkley
Top 50 N/A "Heaven" Bryan Adams
Top 24 1960s "Shop Around" The Miracles
Top 20 1970s "Imagine" John Lennon
Top 16 1980s "Another Day in Paradise" Phil Collins
Top 12 Lennon/McCartney

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