Blake Lewis

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Blake Lewis (2009)
Blake Lewis (2009)
Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
ADD (Audio Day Dream)
  US 10 12/22/2007 (10 weeks)
Heartbreak on vinyl
  US 135 02/26/2013 (1 week)
Singles
You Give Love a Bad Name
  US 18th 06/09/2007 (6 weeks)
Time of the season
  US 99 06/09/2007 (1 week)
Your touch
  DE 32 03/22/2013 (15 weeks)
  UK 38 03/23/2013 (3 weeks)

Blake Colin Lewis (born July 21, 1981 in Redmond , Washington ) is an American singer-songwriter and beatboxer . In 2007, he participated in the sixth season of American Idol , reaching second place.

Life

Blake Lewis was born on July 21, 1981 in Redmond, Washington to Dallas and Dinah Lewis. He went to Kenmore Junior High and then to Inglemoor High School . He took an early interest in rap and beatboxing . He has mastered the guitar as well as the piano and drums and has performed with bands and as a solo artist.

Career

American Idol

Lewis took part in the sixth season of the American talent show American Idol . He reached the finals, where he lost to Jordin Sparks .

Appearances

show song Original interpreter
Audition Crazy Seal
Hollywood Papa Was a Rollin 'Stone
How Deep Is Your Love (Group)		 The Temptations
Bee Gees
Top 24 Somewhere Only We Know Keane
Top 20 Virtual Insanity Jamiroquai
Top 16 All mixed up 311
Top 12 You keep me hangin 'on The Supremes
Top 11 Time of the season The zombies
Top 10 Love song The Cure
Top 9 Mack the Knife Bobby in it
Top 8 I need to know Marc Anthony
Top 7 When the Stars Go Blue Ryan Adams
Top 6 (1) Imagine John Lennon
Top 6 (2) You Give Love a Bad Name Bon Jovi
Top 4 You Should Be Dancing
This Is Where I Came In 		Bee Gees
Top 3 Roxanne
This Love
When I Get You Alone 		The Police
Maroon 5
Robin Thicke
final You Give Love a Bad Name
She Will Be Loved
This Is My Now 		Bon Jovi
Maroon 5
Jordin Sparks / Blake Lewis

According to American Idol

All of the songs Lewis sang were released as a Blake Lewis EP on iTunes following the show . The songs You Give Love a Bad Name and Time of the Season included were included in the Billboard Hot 100 .

Lewis took part in the 59 concerts American Idols Live! Tour 2007 part.

Lewis' first solo album was released in December 2007, ADD (Audio Day Dream) . It reached number ten on the US album charts . The successor Heartbreak on Vinyl was released in October 2009 and, at chart position 135, could not build on the success of the first album.

Your Touch , the first single of his third album Portrait of a Chameleon , released in March 2013. She gained international notoriety by its use in a commercial for the Internet Explorer 10 from Microsoft .

In 2015 he took over voice and beatboxing in a single from Scott Bradlee's Postmodern Jukebox, which is a cover of the song Radioactive by the music group Imagine Dragons .

Discography

Albums

  • 2007: ADD (Audio Day Dream)
  • 2009: Heartbreak on Vinyl
  • 2014: Portrait of a Chameleon

EPs

  • 2007: Blake Lewis

Singles

  • 2008: Break Anotha
  • 2008: How Many Words
  • 2009: Sad Song
  • 2010: Heartbreak on Vinyl
  • 2010: Till 'We See the Sun
  • 2013: Your Touch
  • 2014: Retro Romance

swell

  1. ↑ Chart sources: US
  2. ↑ Chart sources: US DE UK
  3. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from March 8, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.tvsongs.de
  4. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCWBxxEJiGc&list=PL7A4D9C100657150E&index=10

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SURNAME Lewis, Blake
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lewis, Blake Colin (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American singer-songwriter and beatboxer
DATE OF BIRTH July 21, 1981
PLACE OF BIRTH Redmond , Washington, USA