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Clay Aiken
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American singer-songwriter, actor, and record producer
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Clay Aiken is an American singer, politician, actor, and musician born in Raleigh, North Carolina, on November 30, 1978. A tenor vocalist, he gained recognition as a participant in the second season of American Idol. His musical career, which began in 2003, encompasses pop music and pop rock genres, with recordings released under Decca and RCA Records.
Aiken has served as a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador and is a member of the Democratic Party. He is educated at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and Campbell University. His published works include the inspirational memoir Learning to Sing: Hearing the Music in Your Life and The Underdog's Guide to Life. He speaks English and identifies with Christianity.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 5
Top works
- Learning to Sing
- Learning to sing
- Learning to sing : hearing the music in your life, an inspirational memoir
- The Underdog's Guide to Life
- Learning to Sing
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Acting · Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
Clayton Holmes Aiken is an American singer, television personality, actor and political activist. Aiken finished second place on the second season of American Idol in 2003, and his debut album, Measure of a Man, went multi-platinum.
Known for
- The 92nd Annual Hollywood Christmas Parade2024
- The Wheel — Self - Expert2022
- Sherri — Self - Guest2022
- For Real: The Story of Reality TV — Self2021
- Name That Tune — Self - Contestant2021
- The Kelly Clarkson Show — Self2019
- American Idol — Self - Performer2018
- Sandy Wexler — New Ugly Duckling2017
- Sharknado 5: Global Swarming — Llewelyn2017
- The $100,000 Pyramid — Self2016
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- United States
- Active from
- 1978
Discography
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 138,510
- Total plays
- 1,700,289
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Clay Aiken (born on November 30, 1978) is a popular American singer who rose to fame on the American Idol television program, and who has become the most successful second-place finisher in that show's history, even handily eclipsing that year's "Idol" winner in sales. His first single, "Bridge Over Troubled Water"/ "This Is The Night" debuted at Number One, and became the best-selling single of the year — and he was just getting started. Clay's first CD <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Clay
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- The gut microbiota as an environmental factor that regulates fat storage
· 2004 · cited 5,199x
- Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)
· 2016 · cited 4,417x
- Evaluation of Specific Ultraviolet Absorbance as an Indicator of the Chemical Composition and Reactivity of Dissolved Organic Carbon
· 2003 · cited 4,063x
- Hospital Nurse Staffing and Patient Mortality, Nurse Burnout, and Job Dissatisfaction
· 2002 · cited 3,790x
- Multi-messenger Observations of a Binary Neutron Star Merger<sup>*</sup>
· 2017 · cited 3,665x
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Key facts
- Born
- Clayton Holmes Grissom , ( 1978-11-30 ) November 30, 1978 (age 47) , Raleigh, North Carolina , U.S.
- Education
- University of North Carolina at Charlotte ( BA )
- Occupations
- Singer-songwriter politician actor author
- Years active
- 2002–present
- Political party
- Democratic
- Genres
- Pop soft rock R&B
- Instruments
- Vocals guitar
- Labels
- RCA Decca
- Website
- clayaiken .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
Clay Aiken
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Raleigh
- Occupation
- actor
- Position held
- UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador
- Educated at
- Campbell University
- Employer
- UNICEF
- Political party
- Democratic Party (United States)
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Religion
- Christianity
- Participant in
- American Idol, season 2
- Genre
- pop rock
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- RCA Records
- Official website
- www.clayaiken.com
- Image
- Clay Aiken Merrillville 05-08-23.jpg
- Voice type
- tenor
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- Commons category
- Clay Aiken
- date of birth
- 1978-11-30
- Commons gallery
- Clay Aiken
- start of work period
- 2003-00-00
- social media followers
- 209301
- writing language
- English language
- name in native language
- Clay Aiken
- P10632
- Clay Aiken
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Encyclopedic overview
Clayton Holmes Aiken (né Grissom; born November 30, 1978) is an American singer, television personality, actor and political activist. Aiken finished second place on the second season of American Idol in 2003, and his debut album, Measure of a Man, went multi-platinum. He released four more albums on the RCA label, Merry Christmas with Love (2004), A Thousand Different Ways (2006), the Christmas EP All is Well (2006), and On My Way Here (2008). Since then he has released two more albums, both with Decca Records: Tried and True (2010) and Steadfast (2012). Aiken has also had eleven tours in support of his albums.
Aiken co-wrote a bestselling memoir in 2004, Learning to Sing. In 2004, he also had a televised Christmas special, A Clay Aiken Christmas. During much of 2008 he appeared on Broadway in the musical comedy Spamalot, in the role of Sir Robin. In 2010 he hosted the PBS special Tried & True Live! He has also had numerous cameo and guest appearances on TV shows. In 2012 he competed in the fifth season of The Celebrity Apprentice, coming in second to Arsenio Hall.
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