Chris Daughtry
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| Birth name | Christopher Adam Daughtry[1] |
| Also known as | Chris Daughtry |
| Born | [[:Template:Birth date and age]] |
| Origin | Roanoke Rapids, NC, U.S. |
| Genre(s) | Alternative rock Post-grunge Hard rock Southern Rock |
| Instrument(s) | Vocals, Guitar |
| Label(s) | RCA/19 |
| Associated acts | Daughtry, Absent Element |
Christopher Adam Daughtry (IPA: /ˈkrɪstʌfɜr ˈdoʊtriː/[2]) (born December 26, 1979 in Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States) is a Grammy nominated American rock guitarist, singer and songwriter who is the lead vocalist of Daughtry, a band he formed in 2006. He was the fourth-place finalist on the highly publicized fifth season of American Idol, eliminated from the competition on May 10, 2006.
After his fallout from Idol, he was given a record deal by RCA Records, along with 19 Entertainment. His band's self-titled debut album sold more than 1 million copies after just 5 weeks of release, becoming the fastest selling debut rock album in Soundscan history.[3] In its ninth week of release, the album reached number one on the Billboard charts. Daughtry is the fourth most successful American Idol contestant in the history of the show, behind Kelly Clarkson, Carrie Underwood, and Clay Aiken, as well as the most successful person who did not finish in the top two.
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[edit] Early life
Christopher Adam Daughtry was born in Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina. He was raised in Lasker, North Carolina until he was 14. His parents, Pete and Sandra Daughtry, reside in Palmyra, Virginia, where Daughtry grew up before he relocated to McLeansville outside of Greensboro, North Carolina. His brother, Kenneth, resides in Charlottesville, Virginia.[4]
At age 16, Daughtry started taking singing seriously as a professional musician. He performed with rock bands during his time in high school. Musical influences include bands like Bush, Live, Pearl Jam, Alice in Chains, Soundgarden, Stone Temple Pilots, Bon Jovi, and Fuel.[5][6][7] During high school he appeared in two stage productions: The Wiz and Peter Pan. For his first official performance he sang "Achy Breaky Heart" at his grandfather's bar. Daughtry graduated from Fluvanna High School in 1998. His first job was a service advisor at a car dealership at Crown Honda, in Greensboro, North Carolina.
[edit] Career
[edit] Cadence
Daughtry's high school band went by the name of Cadence. He sang lead vocals and played rhythm guitar. They produced one album, a very rare piece that can sometimes be found on eBay.[citation needed]
[edit] Absent Element
Daughtry sang lead vocals and played rhythm guitar for rock bands in Burlington.a[›] The band Absent Element consisted of Daughtry on lead vocals and guitar, Mark Perry on lead guitar, Scott Crawford on drums and Ryan Andrews on bass. Absent Element released Uprooted in 2005. This CD contains the songs "Conviction" and "Breakdown", which Daughtry combined and re-recorded as the song "Breakdown" for the Daughtry CD.
In 2005, Daughtry auditioned for the CBS singing contest, Rock Star: INXS. He did not make the cut for the actual filming of the show.[5] Current drummer Joey Barnes was at the same audition and made the cut only to drop out of the running due to disagreements regarding the contract.
[edit] American Idol
Daughtry auditioned for American Idol in Denver, Colorado with The Boxtops' "The Letter"; he was portrayed as a young rocker with Southern and hard rock influences. He passed the audition by a split decision: approved by Paula Abdul and Randy Jackson, disapproved by Simon Cowell. Simon felt that Chris at that time was too robotic. After being given a Golden Ticket to Hollywood, he performed "The First Cut Is the Deepest", and sang "Emotion" during his trio performance with Ace Young and Bobby Bullard. The song for Daughtry's a cappella performance remains unknown.
Daughtry eventually made it out of the Hollywood Round and into the Top 24. On March 1, 2006, Daughtry's "raw" performance of Fuel's "Hemorrhage (In My Hands)" received critical acclaim by all three judges. On March 3, 2006, Jackson stated in an interview that Daughtry had been offered the opportunity to become Fuel's new lead singer, as the band was at the time without a lead singer. At a welcome home party Chris Daughtry said he had declined the offer,[8] but, he said, "he'd still like to work with them somewhere down the road."[9] Daughtry's March 21 performance caused controversy when the apparently original rendition of Johnny Cash's "I Walk the Line" garnered much praise from the judges. However, viewers noted that the rendition was very similar to a version by Live; however, there was no mention of that in Daughtry's pre-performance interview. In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Daughtry defended himself, saying "It wasn't my doing. You say a lot of things in the [pretaped] interview, and when editing gets involved, things get cut out for time constraints. I did mention in my interview that I'm doing a different version from a band I totally respect. The lead singer of Live, Ed Kowalczyk, called me to say, 'Man, don't listen to that.'...It was really cool to get that kind of respect."[10]
Daughtry was in the final four on May 10, 2006, and found himself in the bottom two with Katharine McPhee. When asked by Seacrest who would be leaving, Cowell expressed that he believed that Katharine would be eliminated. Ryan Seacrest then announced that Daughtry was eliminated. Seacrest asked Daughtry if he was surprised. An obviously stunned Daughtry could only utter, "A little, yeah". The media grabbed hold of the surprise elimination and (practically an Idol tradition at this point) there was some controversy regarding the accuracy of the vote count on the night Daughtry was eliminated. The vote-tallying website DialIdol, however, predicted that Daughtry was the lowest vote-getter for the week.[11] In an interview after his elimination, Daughtry said that he thought he got voted off because his fans were "overconfident" that he would be safe, so they did not call and vote.
During the Season Five finale on May 24, 2006 at the Kodak Theater in Hollywood, Daughtry performed the song "Mystery" with the band Live. After the show, "Mystery" suddenly went as high as #80 on the iTunes top 100 songs. Live's version of the song was later available for download on the bands MySpace.com profile with Daughtry as backup vocals.
Performance review
| Week | Theme | Song | Commentary | Result |
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| February 22, 2006 | Singer's choice | "Wanted Dead or Alive" by Bon Jovi |
Randy Jackson praised his choice of song. Paula Abdul stated that he would "go all the way". Simon Cowell said that "for the first time tonight, now I'm hearing somebody with potential." | Safe |
| March 1, 2006 | Singer's choice | "Hemorrhage (In My Hands)" by Fuel |
The judges loved this performance. Cowell thought it was the best performance of the night, stating it was "in a different class". Jackson said that Daughtry could be on top of the charts right now. Abdul said Daughtry was amazing. | Safe |
| March 8, 2006 | Singer's choice | "Broken" by Seether |
Jackson and Abdul liked this performance, but Cowell found it boring, chiding Chris for his song choice. He advised Chris not to be too "insular" — an idea he would reiterate in following weeks. | Safe |
| March 14, 2006 | Stevie Wonder | "Higher Ground" | Roundly praised by all three judges. Cowell opened his comments with, "Thank God for Chris". He said he could imagine Chris having a hit with his rendition of the song, and that Daughtry's blend of Stevie Wonder and the Red Hot Chili Peppers was the only "real world" performance making it the "best tonight, by a mile". | Safe |
| March 21, 2006 | 1950s | "I Walk the Line" by Johnny Cash (as performed by Live) |
The judges strongly praised Daughtry's originality in presenting a version very different from Cash's original, leading to the above-mentioned controversy. | Safe |
| March 28, 2006 | Songs of the 21st Century | "What If" by Creed |
Jackson liked the song choice, but thought the singing was sharp and it was not his best performance. Abdul loved it, and said "What if...what if...what if...I am your biggest fan?!". Cowell thought Daughtry went too rock with the song (calling the performance "indulgent") and said "Creed wouldn't be caught dead on this show." Cowell called for Daughtry to switch up from the strictly rock archetype in future performances. | Safe |
| April 4, 2006 | Country | "Making Memories of Us" by Keith Urban |
Jackson and Abdul liked Daughtry's austere performance and that he showed another musical side of himself. Cowell thought it was a boring song choice, though he liked Daughtry showing another musical side. | Safe |
| April 11, 2006 | Queen | "Innuendo" | Jackson and Abdul both said the performance was great. Cowell did not like the song, and wished that Daughtry had chosen "One of the great Queen songs", but said that the performance was done well. He said it was, again, a bit indulgent. | Safe |
| April 18, 2006 | Great American Songbook | "What a Wonderful World" by Louis Armstrong |
All of the judges gave Daughtry's performance rave reviews; Cowell called it "great." | Bottom 2 |
| April 25, 2006 | Greatest Love Songs | "Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?" by Bryan Adams |
All three judges loved the performance. | Safe |
| May 2, 2006 | Songs from the contestant's birth year (1979) | "Renegade" by Styx |
All three judges gave this performance rave reviews. Cowell said it was a million times better than the first two performances of the night. | Safe |
| Billboard Top 10 | "I Dare You" by Shinedown |
The judges thought Daughtry's performance was "okay", but it was obvious to them after multiple practice sessions his voice was starting to give out. | ||
| May 9, 2006 | Elvis Presley | "Suspicious Minds" |
Abdul "You forget how good that song is, until you hear Chris Daughtry sing it. See you in the finals." Cowell gave positive feedback. |
Eliminated |
| "A Little Less Conversation" | Jackson and Abdul loved the performance, though Cowell found it "flat" until the end. In an interview with TV Week, Nigel Lythgoe commented, "Jon Peter Lewis did it on the series a while ago, and I thought JPL actually did it better, and I'm a Chris fan. But somehow, again, when it got to the end of the song, I thought, "we're getting into Chris' register." Before that I thought it was... average."[12] |
[edit] Post-Idol
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After leaving American Idol, Daughtry traveled the talk show circuit, which has become commonplace for non-winners as American Idol progressed through the years. He made appearances on The Tonight Show, Total Request Live, and The Today Show. He also appeared on Live with Regis and Kelly and The Ellen DeGeneres Show, in which he performed "Wanted Dead or Alive". In a later episode of the show in which Ellen interviewed former presidents Bill Clinton and George H. W. Bush, who were collaborating on the Bush-Clinton Katrina fund, she even jokingly asked if anything could be done about Daughtry's elimination.
For the week of June 10, 2006, Daughtry's cover of "Wanted Dead or Alive" charted at #43 on the Billboard Hot 100, being named the Hot Shot Debut of the week.[citation needed]
On June 7, 2006, a duet version of "Mystery", the song Daughtry performed with Live on the American Idol finale, was released via Live's official website. Daughtry is featured on vocals.
On June 8, 2006, Daughtry made an appearance on the 2006 MTV Movie Awards, where he performed a parody of Daniel Powter's "Bad Day" with comedian Jimmy Fallon.
On June 16, 2006, Daughtry made an appearance on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno in the "Father's Day Gift Ideas" segment. In this segment, he played a father who took out the trash to a talking garbage can.
TMZ.com featured a video of Daughtry singing Stone Temple Pilots' "Plush" with a busker on the night of the American Idol finale.
On July 10, 2006, it was announced that Daughtry had signed with 19 Entertainment and RCA Records, and began working on an album that was to be released in November. It was also announced that, like season 4 rocker Constantine Maroulis, he would be forming his own band. His band was formed under the name Daughtry, after the singer's last name.[13]
Daughtry's debut album was released on November 21, 2006. He reportedly told US Weekly that his album "would not be... pop." The first single off Daughtry, "It's Not Over", was released November 21, 2006. One of his songs "over you" was also in this debut album. He felt that he needed to write this because it means no matter what you do to me I'll get over it. He's had people hurt him in the past and he's interested in getting over it.
Chris Daughtry reached number one in Billboard Charts with his debut album. He joins Carrie Underwood, Kelly Clarkson, Clay Aiken, and Ruben Studdard as the only contestants to reach number one in Billboard 200.
On January 21, 2007, he performed The Star-Spangled Banner at the NFL's NFC Conference Championship game in Chicago, Illinois.
Beginning on March 14, 2007, on every episode of American Idol's sixth season's results show, Daughtry's song Home, is played every time a participant is knocked out of the competition, as each of the losing contestants are asked to look at their own journeys. Additionally, on the final competition on May 22, 2007, he and his band performed the song live at the end of the show. It also became the song for the eliminating home team for the 2007 NBA Playoffs.
The song "Crashed" was featured in a Bionicle short movie by Lego to promote their 2007 Bionicle summer sets, however the band was not credited for the music for some time. It was only later that Lego released two versions, with the United States version being Crashed.
On September 19, 2007 on ABC, Viva Las Vegas premiered, which was a tribute to Elvis Presley's career in Las Vegas. Chris performed an acoustic version of Suspicious Minds.
On November 18, 2007, Daughtry was the winner of multiple awards at the "2007 American Music Awards" (ABC Television). The winning categories were: 1) Pop or Rock: Favorite Album - Daughtry; 2) Adult Contemporary Music: Favorite Artist; 3) Favorite Breakthrough Artist.
On December 6, 2007, Daughtry was nominated for four 50th Annual Grammy Awards: Best Rock Album for Daughtry, Best Rock Song for "It's Not Over", Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocal for "Home", and Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals for "It's Not Over".
On February 9, 2008, Chris made an appearance at the Key Club in West Hollywood, California, where he discussed how he wrote his song "Home" and co-wrote another song.
On February 25, 2008, Daughtry's song "Home" was used as soundtrack to a montage for the Carling Cup Final (Tottenham v Chelsea) on Sky Sports.
Chris provided vocals on a Sevendust track entitled The Past on their album Chapter VII: Hope and Sorrow. Chris had previously stated he had become friends with the members of the band.
Chris also provides vocals on the Theory of a Deadman song "By The Way", which is featured on their third album Scars & Souvenirs. The song is expected to be released as the second single from the album.
On April 8, 2008, Chris appeared on the Ellen DeGeneres Show and sang his song "Home" with an African kid choir.
On April 9, 2008, a video of Chris and his bandmates helping and singing with the people of Uganda was shown on the American Idol special " Idol Gives Back." Chris sang his song "What About Now", and the people of Uganda sang along with him.
Chris will appear on the song "Slow Down" on the upcoming album "Revelation" by Christian rock band Third Day. The album will be released July 29th, 2008.
[edit] Personal life
In a segment on the 2006 season of American Idol (Before singing Broken by Seether), Daughtry revealed that he is balding and made the decision to shave his head completely in order to retain an aesthetically pleasing appearance.[citation needed] He has been married to Deanna Robertson since 2000. Chris has two children: a step-daughter, Hannah Price b. July 1998, from his wife's previous marriage, and an adopted son, Griffin Daughtry b. January 2000.[14] In a December 2007 interview with Gibson Lifestyle. Daughtry said, "I used to call [my wife] and just quickly throw in the towel. But I’ve found that the less I say and the more I actually listen to her, and just be there without actually being there, is the best thing I can do. As a man, I always feel like I need to say something. Sometimes I have to stop myself because all I want to do is call and tell her about how much awesome stuff is going on in my life, and, you know, her day is sucking hard. I could write a book on it, I’m serious.” [15]
Daughtry and fellow Idol contestant Ace Young have been friends since they met at the show's Denver auditions, and even periodically shared an apartment as finalists. Young said they clicked because they shared similar upbringings and were both "big on family."[16] Ryan Seacrest had also dubbed them "the Ben Affleck and Matt Damon of the season" when the two were placed in the "bottom 2" together upon Young's elimination. In the final episode of the season, a clip of them in a "Best Male Bonding" segment was also shown. Devoted fan alliances of the friendship between Daughtry and Young, referred to as "Chrisace" or "Chrace," have materialized on the Internet. Additionally, on a December 2007 interview on "Nokia's Football Crazy", Chris Daughtry revealed he is an English Premier League fan. His favorite team is Arsenal and has admitted that his favorite player is the midfielder Cesc Fabregas.
Daughtry's album single 'Home' was released to Christian radio, and he has written songs with the Christian band Day of Fire, as was stated on D.O.F.'s myspace.
[edit] Discography
- For album and singles information, see Daughtry (band).
[edit] Notes
^ a: The CD of Daughtry's ex-band, Absent Element, began to float around the internet during the 2006 season of "American Idol."
This cd is available at absentelement.com.
[edit] References
- ^ Macias, Chris. "Rock on!; A guide to the rest of the music-packed week", Sacramento Bee (California), 19 August 2007, pp. TK22. Retrieved on 2008-05-19. (English)
- ^ See inogolo:pronunciation of Christopher Daughtry.
- ^ Whose album is the fastest selling debut rock album in Soundscan history?
- ^ http://online.tvguide.com/newsearch/detail.abspx?id=280407&sourcetype=C&tvobjectid=280407 Online.tvguide.com
- ^ a b Scaggs, Austin (April 5, 2007), "Chris Daughtry". Rolling Stone. (1023):30
- ^ Daughtry Biography AMG
- ^ Daughtry at Rolling Stone
- ^ http://msnbc.msn.com/id/13124105/ MSNBC.msn.com
- ^ http://www.accesshollywood.com/news/7659307/detail.html Accesshollywood.com
- ^ http://www.wesh.com/entertainment/8297496/detail.html http://www.wesh.com/entertainment/8297496/detail.html Wesh.com
- ^ DialIdol predictions page http://www.dialidol.com/asp/predictions/Predictions.asp?week=4&sort=TD&type=score&season=5 DialIdol predictions page Dialidol.com
- ^ http://www.tvweek.com/ TVweek.com
- ^ http://www.usatoday.com/life/music/news/2006-07-10-daughtry_x.htm USAtoday.com
- ^ [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0202322/bio www.imdb.com
- ^ http://www.gibson.com/en-us/Lifestyle/Features/Backstage%20with%20Chris%20Daughtry/ http://www.gibson.com/en-us/Lifestyle/
- ^ http://realitytv.about.com/b/a/257673.htm Realitytv.about.com
[edit] External links
- Offical website
- Daughtry live set at Spanking New Sessions
- Chris Daughtry at the Internet Movie Database
- Ultimate Daughtry (Daughtry fansite)
- Home Performance Good Morning America Performance
- Over You Performance on GMA
- Daughtry Interview with Gibson Guitar
- The Chris Daughtry Fanlisting
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