Jordin’s secondrelease, 2009’s BATTLFIELD, debuted on the Billboard Album chart at numberseven, with the first single, also called "Battlefield," reaching thetop ten on the Billboard Singles Chart and second single, "S.O.S. Her self-titled debut went platinum,selling over 2 million copies worldwide, with the first three singles going top5 and the album’s second single, “No Air” selling 4 million digital downloads.“No Air” also is the highest selling single by any American Idol contestant andis listed #27 in Billboard’s Top 40 Biggest Duets of All Time. In the four years that have followed, Jordin has releasedtwo albums on 19 Recordings/Jive Records. I won the show I wasa fan of, what could be better?” Thrown right in to the spotlight, and in tothe recording studio, Jordin passed GO and never looked back. Beingon Idol was exciting, exhilarating and slightly traumatic. “I didn’t know it when we were doing the show,but all the interviews and behind-the-scenes stuff prepared me for now. In reflection, it was the best trainingground she could have ever had. Sparks spent the next five years concentrating on television work, film music, and appearing on compilations, but in 2015 she ended the hiatus on her solo career with a new studio LP, Right Here Right Now, which was issued via her new joint label deal with Louder Than Life/RAL.It has been nothing short of a whirlwind: The thenyoungest-ever winner of American Idol, Jordin Sparks was just seventeen yearsold when she won the coveted title. Sparks returned in summer 2009 with Battlefield, which was heralded by its namesake single and helped provide the "spark" for her first headlining tour of the U.S. It also spawned the 2008 hit "No Air," which featured Chris Brown and peaked at number three on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The single "Tattoo" preceded her self-titled debut album, which arrived in time for the 2007 holiday season. She also began working on material for her album, reteaming with Leach on songs that were previewed on her website. Her debut single, "This Is My Now," was released soon after the show's May finale, and Sparks spent that summer appearing on the American Idol tour. Ultimately, Sparks beat out Blake Lewis and Melinda Doolittle to become the sixth American Idol on May 23, 2007. Like fellow American Idols Kelly Clarkson, Carrie Underwood, and Taylor Hicks, Sparks was never in the bottom two or three performers throughout the entire competition. Her performances of songs such as "I (Who Have Nothing)" and "Hey Baby" showed her charm and versatility, and soon made her a fan favorite. She made it through to Hollywood on the strength of her rendition of Celine Dion's "Because You Loved Me" and found a place among the 12 American Idol finalists early in 2007. That year, Sparks also auditioned for American Idol, performing in the Los Angeles tryouts while she didn't make the cut, she later won the American Idol-affiliated contest Arizona Idol, which allowed her to audition again for the show in Seattle. In 2006, she won a plus-size model search held by the Torrid clothing line and appeared in an ad for Torrid in the December issue of Seventeen magazine.
The following year, she won two awards at the 2004 Gospel Music Association Academy, placed second overall in that year's Music in the Rockies competition, and appeared on America's Most Talented Kids twice. Smith, she was Coca-Cola's Rising Star in 2002 and made her recording debut with 2003's For Now EP with CCM artist Matthew Ward and engineer Gary Leach. Along with performing with Alice Cooper and Michael W. By her early teens, Sparks was singing, acting in plays and modeling, and already winning acclaim for her talents. The daughter of Phillippi Sparks, former left cornerback for the Dallas Cowboys and former defensive back for the New York Giants, Sparks had no formal vocal training, but showed a flair for singing while still a toddler and was drawn to performing of all kinds at an early age. Jordin Sparks may have been the youngest American Idol when she won the title on the reality show's sixth season, but the Glendale, Arizona resident had already packed plenty of accomplishments into 17 years.
0 kommentar(er)
