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Katharine McPhee
Sign in to saveAlso known as Katharine Foster, Katharine Hope McPhee Foster, Katharine Hope McPhee-Foster, Katherine Foster, Katherine Hope McPhee Foster, Katherine Hope McPhee-Foster, Catherine Foster, Catherine Hope McPhee Foster
American recording artist, singer and songwriter
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Katharine McPhee is an American singer, actor, composer, and singer-songwriter born in Los Angeles in 1984. She is educated at the Boston Conservatory at Berklee and has worked in music composing and acting. Her career began in 2005, and she is associated with the pop music genre as well as American Idol and R&B styles.
McPhee performs using her voice and releases music through Columbia Records. She speaks and writes in English. She is married to David Foster. Her given names are Hope and Katherine, and her family name is Foster.
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Film & TV
Los Angeles, California, USA
Katharine Hope McPhee Foster (born March 25, 1984) is an American pop singer, songwriter and actress. She gained fame as the runner-up on the fifth season of American Idol in May 2006. Her eponymous debut album was released on RCA Records on January 30, 2007, and debuted at number two on the Billboard 200, selling 381,000 copies (as of December 2010). The album's first single, "Over It", was a…
Known for
- Andrea Bocelli - The Celebration：30th Anniversary2025
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- The Tiger Rising — Caroline Horton2022
- The Wonderful World of Disney: Magical Holiday Celebration — Self2022
- The Jennifer Hudson Show — Self2022
- Sherri — Self - Guest2022
- Country Comfort — Bailey2021
- Celebrity Wheel of Fortune — Self - Contestant2021
- Intensive Care — Kate Richards2020
- Bombshell in Concert — Self2020
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1984
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 419,317
- Total plays
- 5,358,467
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Katharine Hope McPhee (born March 25, 1984) is a pop singer, songwriter, actress, model, and television personality from Los Angeles. She gained fame as a contestant on American Idol in 2006, finishing as the runner-up. Her Idol single, Somewhere Over The Rainbow / My Destiny, was released June 27, 2006 through RCA Records. "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" peaked at #12 on the Billboard Hot 100 and "My Destiny" peaked at #60. 32 weeks following its release, the single had climbed to #4 on the Bi
Key facts
- Born
- Katharine Hope McPhee , ( 1984-03-25 ) March 25, 1984 (age 42) , Los Angeles, California , U.S.
- Other name
- Katharine Foster
- Education
- Boston Conservatory
- Occupations
- Actress singer
- Years active
- 2005–present
- Spouses
- Nick Cokas ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2008 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 2016 ) David Foster ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. June 28, 2019</span>"}]]}'>2019 )
- Genres
- Country Pop R&B
- Labels
- Melody Place 19 RCA Verve Forecast Columbia BMG
- Website
- katharinemcphee .net
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Katherine
- Family name
- Foster
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Los Angeles
- Spouse
- David Foster
- Occupation
- recording artist
- Educated at
- Boston Conservatory at Berklee
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Field of work
- music composing
- Hair colour
- brown hair
- Genre
- pop music
- Instrument
- voice
- Official website
- katharinemcphee.net
- Image
- Katharine McPhee at Camp Conival 2016.jpg
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- Katharine McPhee
- date of birth
- 1984-03-25
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- Katharine McPhee
- start of work period
- 2005-00-00
- social media followers
- 259861
- writing language
- English language
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Encyclopedic overview
Katharine Hope McPhee (born March 25, 1984) is an American actress and singer. In May 2006, she was the runner-up on the fifth season of American Idol.
Her eponymous debut album was released on RCA Records in January 2007, and debuted at number two on the Billboard 200, selling 381,000 copies (as of December 2010). The album's first single, "Over It", was a Billboard Top 30 hit and was certified gold in 2008. Her second album, Unbroken, was released on Verve Forecast Records on January 5, 2010, and debuted at No. 27 on the Billboard 200. The album featured the single "Had It All", which peaked at number 22 on the AC chart. It has sold 45,000 copies as of January 2011.
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