Elliott Yamin

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Template:Infobox musical artist 2 Elliott Yamin (born Efraym Elliott Yamin[1] on July 20, 1978) is an American singer who was the third-place finalist on the fifth season of American Idol.

Early years

Elliott Yamin was born in Los Angeles, California, and relocated to Richmond, Virginia, with his mother and brother when he was 11 years old. He has resided in Los Angeles since competing in the fifth season of American Idol.

He started singing in his early childhood where he embraced the genres of rhythm, blues, and soul. Although he had not been musically trained, he sang in a local jazz band and in amateur performance forums, emulating Stevie Wonder and Donny Hathaway. He dropped out of high school in his sophomore year, but later achieved a high school graduation equivalency certificate. He worked various jobs before auditioning for American Idol.

He is 90% deaf in his right ear. He was also diagnosed with Type I diabetes when he was 16 years old.

American Idol

Yamin stands out in the annals of American Idol as a contestant whose exceptional talent propelled him to his respectable finishing place despite personal hardships, lack of star image, little entertaining experience, and nonadherence to the pop genre usually represented on the show. During one weekly rehearsal, Elliott was told by guest coach Stevie Wonder that he should definitely pursue a career in music. In May 2006, Yamin participated in the celebratory hometown visit that the show annually sponsors for each of its top three contestants. His reception in Richmond was especially enthusiastic, a tribute to his humble, charming persona. Yamin was eliminated from American Idol after the tightest race in the history of the show. Each of the three top contestants received an almost exactly equal portion of the viewer votes necessary for advancement to the remaining two spots.

American Idol Performances

Semi-finals:

Finals:

  • Finale

Yamin performed a duet with Mary J Blige and participated in the Top 12 Burt Bacharach's medley and the 'guys' medley'.

After Idol

Yamin appeared on the Tonight Show on May 18, 2006. Other post-finale appearances included Live with Regis and Kelly and the Fox News Channel program, Dayside. During this time he met and started dating model/socialite Jaime Paetz.

On June 11, 2006, Yamin performed the national anthem a cappella at Game 2 of the NBA finals.

Yamin appeared in the annual Pop Tart country-wide tour between July and September 2006, singing Nickelback's "Savin' Me" (duet with Chris Daughtry), three solos ("Moody's Mood For Love" (James Moody), "Never Too Much" (Luther Vandross), and "Trouble" (Elvis Presley)), and three group songs.

On October 8, 2006, Yamin performed at the Virginia State Fair as the closing act. His backup band was the Little Memphis Blues Orchestra. There was no new material featured in the concert. He sang nine cover songs:

On October 22, 2006, Yamin sang the National Anthem at the Dodger Stadium (LA) and cut the ribbon for a diabetes walk during JDRF International Walk to Cure Diabetes.

On December 6, 2006, Yamin released a single, a rendition of "This Christmas," on AOL Music.

On December 8, 2006, Yamin sang the National Anthem, Marvin Gaye's "What's Going On?" and Donny Hathaway's "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. He sang it at a tennis event featuring several well-known stars as well.

Entertainment Weekly.com ranked his performance of "A Song For You" as the 3rd greatest "Idol" performance of all time on their top 10 all time best American Idol performances from the first 5 seasons.[2]

In December, he announced a music publishing contract with Sony Records.[citation needed] On January 25, 2007, Yamin signed a record deal with Hickory Records and RED Distribution, which will promote the album.

His first single, "Movin' On", was world premiered February 9 on AOL's first listen; his self-named debut album is due for release on March 20, 2007.

Discography

In 2005, Yamin was featured on three tracks ("Sound Doctrine," "Song of Hope," and "Whatchacomeherefoe?") of local gospel musical artist Big Planz's album Sound Doctrine.[3]

In 2006, Yamin's rendition of "Moody's Mood For Love," originally by James Moody, is featured on the CD American Idol Encores.

In December 2006, Yamin released his rendition of Donny Hathaway's song, This Christmas, online to AOL Music and iTunes.

His debut single, "Movin' On" from his eponymous debut album was released onto Music.AOL.com on February 13, 2007. The single was also made available on iTunes. [1]

Albums

Singles

Year Song Album US US Pop US Digital US iTunes RIAA Certification
2006 "Moody's Mood For Love" American Idol Season 5: Encores 101 73 76 37 -
2006 "This Christmas" This Christmas - Single - - - - -
2007 "Movin' On" Elliott Yamin - - - 20 -
2007 "Wait For You" Elliott Yamin - - - - -
  • Notes:
  1. "Moody's Mood For Love" was not released as a standard single in the United States; no songs from the American Idols Encore CD were made available as singles for radio airplay. The chart position was attained strictly from sales of the individual track from various Internet music download sites. It peaked at #1 on the US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart thus equaling a US chart position of #101.
  2. "Movin' On" wasn't released as a single, but was released as a pre-album track release to US online music retailers.
  3. "Wait For You", the first promotional single, was aired for the first time on March 1st, 2007.

References

  1. ^ Full name/birth place information compiled from State of California. California Birth Index, 1905-1995. Center for Health Statistics, California Department of Health Services, Sacramento, California. At Ancestry.com
  2. ^ http://www.ew.com/ew/gallery/0,,20007164_20008532_20008701_7,00.html
  3. ^ Ruggieri, Melissa (2006-06-22). "Special guest with Big Planz". Retrieved 2006-10-21.

External links

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