David Archuleta
David James Archuleta (born December 28, 1990 in Miami, Florida) is an Ame… Read Full Bio ↴David James Archuleta (born December 28, 1990 in Miami, Florida) is an American pop/R&B singer. On May 21, 2008, he became the runner-up on the seventh season of American Idol receiving 44 percent of over 97 million votes. Archuleta's first single "Crush" was released on August 1 2008, which debuted on Billboard in the No. 2 spot and stayed strong on the iTunes charts for both the song and music video as No. 1.
Early life
David Archuleta was born to Jeff Archuleta and Lupe Marie, a salsa singer and dancer from Honduras. Archuleta has four siblings. Archuleta's family moved to the Salt Lake Valley, to the city of Sandy, Utah, when Archuleta was six. He was raised in Murray, Utah after moving there when he was 6 years old.
Archuleta started singing at age six, inspired by a Les Misérables video. "That musical is what started all of this," he said. He started performing publicly at age 10 when he participated in the Utah Talent Competition singing "I Will Always Love You" by Dolly Parton; he received a standing ovation and won the Child Division.
Archuleta was inspired by watching both Tamyra Gray and Kelly Clarkson to "see what performing and really getting into a song was like" during the beginning weeks of the premiere season of American Idol. He later made his television debut, at eleven years old, singing "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" on a Jenny Jones show for future Latino stars alongside season one finalist A.J. Gil. Through A.J. Gil he was able to meet and sing for Gray who had sung the song on American Idol as well as Clarkson (that year's winner) and Justin Guarini (the runner up).
Musical influences
Archuleta's mother is from Honduras, and much of the music he listened to as a child was Latin-influenced including watching his mom sing at events with her sisters. She also "was big on dancing" according to Archuleta, and would "make" him dance to traditional music with his older sister. He also listened to jazz music, he said, from his father's collection as well as gospel, pop, rock and "soulful music." In a later interview, he revealed that his father was a jazz musician. Archuleta also said he enjoys Broadway musicals.
On his American Idol "Fast Facts" page, Archuleta cites his musical influences as Natalie Cole, Stevie Wonder, Kirk Franklin and Bryan Adams. When asked to list his top pop artists, he cited Natasha Bedingfield, Natalie Cole, Celine Dion, Mariah Carey, Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder, Bryan Adams, Kirk Franklin, and Robbie Williams. Like Elliot Yamin and another singer he admires, John Mayer, Archuleta tries to infuse his pop selections with a soulful vibe.
Star Search
In 2003, at age 12, Archuleta sang on several episodes of the television show Star Search. He ended up as the Junior Vocal Champion on Star Search 2. On one episode, he sang against then-11-year-old Alexandréa Lushington, who also became a "top 20" semi-finalist on American Idol alongside Archuleta. Around the second year of being on Star Search he started focusing on the lyrics, "I didn't even pay attention to the lyrics when I was 12, 13".
Archuleta's competing on Star Search led to appearances on The Jenny Jones Show and CBS' The Early Show, and meeting the finalists from American Idol's first season, for whom he performed a spontaneous a cappella rendition of "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" from Dreamgirls, and received enthusiastic praise from Season 1 winner Kelly Clarkson. The year after Star Search he found out he had partial vocal paralysis but declined risky surgery and has said he feels he is almost fully recovered. He limited his singing for specific occasions like Stadium of Fire, the Independence Day celebration at Brigham Young University Stadium.
American Idol
Archuleta won his ticket to the Hollywood final auditions (with a performance of John Mayer's "Waiting on the World to Change") with the help of idol judge, Randy Jackson, who sang the background "waiting" in the song. (at the San Diego tryouts held at Qualcomm Stadium July 30 and July 31, 2007) He was 16 during the Hollywood auditions (where he sang Bryan Adams' "Heaven" and Gnarls Barkley's "Crazy" to unanimous praise) and because he was not yet 18, had to attend school while a part of American Idol's seventh season. His parents were there because he was a minor. Archuleta also took advantage of the decision to allow contestants to play musical instruments when he accompanied himself on piano for his performances of "Another Day in Paradise" and "Angels."
A Los Angeles Times article speculated why Archuleta avoided singing the first verse of "Imagine": because "of his religion (Mormonism), he's unlikely to espouse the song's agnostic ideal . . . with the line about 'no religion too.'" Archuleta did, however, sing the entire song on Good Things Utah when he was 13. During his first performance of Imagine on American Idol, when asked by judge Randy Jackson why he didn't sing the first verse, Archuleta said the third verse was his favorite because it has "a great message."
In the finale he sang "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me," "In This Moment" and "Imagine." Judge Simon Cowell declared that Archuleta won the evening and even David Cook, who ultimately won, thought Archuleta would win: "I have to concede it, the kid came out all three songs and nailed it," said Cook. In the final tally, Archuleta received 44 percent of the votes. During the finale show, both Archuleta and fellow finalist Cook appeared in separate but nearly identical commercials for the game franchise Guitar Hero, mimicking a Tom Cruise scene from Risky Business.
Early life
David Archuleta was born to Jeff Archuleta and Lupe Marie, a salsa singer and dancer from Honduras. Archuleta has four siblings. Archuleta's family moved to the Salt Lake Valley, to the city of Sandy, Utah, when Archuleta was six. He was raised in Murray, Utah after moving there when he was 6 years old.
Archuleta started singing at age six, inspired by a Les Misérables video. "That musical is what started all of this," he said. He started performing publicly at age 10 when he participated in the Utah Talent Competition singing "I Will Always Love You" by Dolly Parton; he received a standing ovation and won the Child Division.
Archuleta was inspired by watching both Tamyra Gray and Kelly Clarkson to "see what performing and really getting into a song was like" during the beginning weeks of the premiere season of American Idol. He later made his television debut, at eleven years old, singing "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" on a Jenny Jones show for future Latino stars alongside season one finalist A.J. Gil. Through A.J. Gil he was able to meet and sing for Gray who had sung the song on American Idol as well as Clarkson (that year's winner) and Justin Guarini (the runner up).
Musical influences
Archuleta's mother is from Honduras, and much of the music he listened to as a child was Latin-influenced including watching his mom sing at events with her sisters. She also "was big on dancing" according to Archuleta, and would "make" him dance to traditional music with his older sister. He also listened to jazz music, he said, from his father's collection as well as gospel, pop, rock and "soulful music." In a later interview, he revealed that his father was a jazz musician. Archuleta also said he enjoys Broadway musicals.
On his American Idol "Fast Facts" page, Archuleta cites his musical influences as Natalie Cole, Stevie Wonder, Kirk Franklin and Bryan Adams. When asked to list his top pop artists, he cited Natasha Bedingfield, Natalie Cole, Celine Dion, Mariah Carey, Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder, Bryan Adams, Kirk Franklin, and Robbie Williams. Like Elliot Yamin and another singer he admires, John Mayer, Archuleta tries to infuse his pop selections with a soulful vibe.
Star Search
In 2003, at age 12, Archuleta sang on several episodes of the television show Star Search. He ended up as the Junior Vocal Champion on Star Search 2. On one episode, he sang against then-11-year-old Alexandréa Lushington, who also became a "top 20" semi-finalist on American Idol alongside Archuleta. Around the second year of being on Star Search he started focusing on the lyrics, "I didn't even pay attention to the lyrics when I was 12, 13".
Archuleta's competing on Star Search led to appearances on The Jenny Jones Show and CBS' The Early Show, and meeting the finalists from American Idol's first season, for whom he performed a spontaneous a cappella rendition of "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" from Dreamgirls, and received enthusiastic praise from Season 1 winner Kelly Clarkson. The year after Star Search he found out he had partial vocal paralysis but declined risky surgery and has said he feels he is almost fully recovered. He limited his singing for specific occasions like Stadium of Fire, the Independence Day celebration at Brigham Young University Stadium.
American Idol
Archuleta won his ticket to the Hollywood final auditions (with a performance of John Mayer's "Waiting on the World to Change") with the help of idol judge, Randy Jackson, who sang the background "waiting" in the song. (at the San Diego tryouts held at Qualcomm Stadium July 30 and July 31, 2007) He was 16 during the Hollywood auditions (where he sang Bryan Adams' "Heaven" and Gnarls Barkley's "Crazy" to unanimous praise) and because he was not yet 18, had to attend school while a part of American Idol's seventh season. His parents were there because he was a minor. Archuleta also took advantage of the decision to allow contestants to play musical instruments when he accompanied himself on piano for his performances of "Another Day in Paradise" and "Angels."
A Los Angeles Times article speculated why Archuleta avoided singing the first verse of "Imagine": because "of his religion (Mormonism), he's unlikely to espouse the song's agnostic ideal . . . with the line about 'no religion too.'" Archuleta did, however, sing the entire song on Good Things Utah when he was 13. During his first performance of Imagine on American Idol, when asked by judge Randy Jackson why he didn't sing the first verse, Archuleta said the third verse was his favorite because it has "a great message."
In the finale he sang "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me," "In This Moment" and "Imagine." Judge Simon Cowell declared that Archuleta won the evening and even David Cook, who ultimately won, thought Archuleta would win: "I have to concede it, the kid came out all three songs and nailed it," said Cook. In the final tally, Archuleta received 44 percent of the votes. During the finale show, both Archuleta and fellow finalist Cook appeared in separate but nearly identical commercials for the game franchise Guitar Hero, mimicking a Tom Cruise scene from Risky Business.
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David Archuleta Lyrics
A Little to Not Over You Oh oh, oh.. It never crossed my mind at all. It's what…
A little too hot over you Oohhhh oh, oh It never crossed my mind at all It's what…
A Thousand Miles Making my way downtown Walking fast, faces pass and I'm hom…
America (by Neil Diamond) Far We've been traveling far Without …
And So It Goes In every heart There is a room A sanctuary safe and strong T…
Angel I sit and wait, does an angel contemplate my fate And…
Àngels I sit and wait Does an angel contemplate my fate And do…
Angels We Have Heard On High Angels we have heard on high Sweetly singing o'er the plains…
Another Day in Paradise (by Phil Collins) She calls out to the man on the…
Apologize (by One Republic) I'm holding On a rope Got me 10 feet …
Ave Maria Ave Maria Gratia plena Maria Gratia plena Maria Gratia plena…
Barriers Hey, Mmmm Well I don't know how to say this right And…
Be Still My Soul Be still, my soul: the Lord is on thy side. Bear…
Beautiful It's like the most amazing sunset you've ever seen There's n…
Bridge Over Troubled Water When you're weary, feeling small, When tears are in your eye…
Broken I know you don't wanna say goodbye yet, But she can't…
Christmas Every Day Sidewalks covered up in snow Lights up everywhere we go Sant…
Complain Yeah, yeah How many times have you said If I just had…
Contigo en la Distancia No existe un momento del dia En que pueda apartarme de…
Crazy I remember when I remember, I remember when I lost my…
Crush I hung up the phone tonight Something happened for the first…
David Archuleta I hung up the phone tonight Something happened for the firs…
Desperate Desperate...desperate... You're reachin' out And no one hea…
Don You always ask me Those words I say And tellin' me what…
Don't Give Up In this proud land we grew up strong We were wanted…
Don't Let Go I know that look in your eyes I don't wanna say…
Don't Let the Sun Go Down Down On Me I can't light no more of your darkness All my pictures…
Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me (by Elton John) I can't light no more of your darkness A…
Don't Run Away When something's wrong And too much to handle Try to find so…
Don't Tell Me I can't light no more of your darkness All my pictures…
Don’t Give Up In this proud land we grew up strong We were wanted…
Dream Sky High So much of life's mystery to me Yet, somehow so clear Ques…
Elevator Whoa oh oh oh I had a dream last night I didn't…
Everybody Hurts When your day is long And the night, the night is…
Everything And More You see a storm heading our way You know the cold…
Falling When you forget me When you don't remember my name Not even…
Forevermore There are times When I just want to look at your…
Future Self I write a happy song but it won't come out Good thinking…
Glorious There are times when You might feel aimless And can't see th…
Good in the Bad Some days you can wonder what this life's all about Get…
Good Place I don't know what I'm doing here How I landed in…
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas Have yourself a merry little Christmas Let your heart be li…
He is Born The journey cross the desert land Nothing sure and nothing p…
Heart Falls Out Oooh ooh noo I’m still here but I don’t feel the…
Heaven Ohh, thinkin about our younger years. There was only you an…
Hold On Hey, baby, how's life been movin' on I can't deny it,…
I Been two hours in a taxi cab I'm just driving around…
I'll Be I'll be home for Christmas You can count on me Please have…
I'll Be Home For Christmas I'll be home for Christmas You can count on me Please have…
I'll Never Go You always ask me Those words I say And tellin' me what…
I'm Ready I'm ready I'm ready for a change I'm not afra…
Imagine Imagine no possessions I wonder if you can No need for gre…
In the Bleak Midwinter In the bleak midwinter Frosty wind may moan Earth stood har…
In This Moment Driving through the city for the first time, you and…
Joy To The World Joy to the World, the Lord is come! Let earth receive…
Just Breathe Stand at the edge of the water, Still and at peace…
Let Me Go I know that look in your eyes I don't wanna say…
Let's Talk About Love Sometimes I wondered what Id be when I grew up…
Lets Talk About Love Mhhm-mhhm Sometimes I wondered what I'd be when I grew up A…
Longer (by Dan Fogelberg) Longer than there've been fishes in th…
Look Around Keep on running And you'll never get to feel the…
Love Don't Hate You always ask me Those words I say And tellin' me what…
Love Me Tender (by Elvis Presley) Love me tender, Love me sweet, Never…
Mary Did You Know? Mary, did you know That your baby boy will one day…
Maybe There I was waiting for a chance Hoping that you'll underst…
Melodies Of Christmas There's something in the melodies That the Christmas season…
Merry Christmas Happy Holidays Merry Christmas Merry Christmas Merry Christmas Happy Holida…
My Hands Saw you from the distance Saw you from the stage Something '…
My Kind of Perfect I was thinking about ya I drew a little picture But some…
My Little Prayer Heavenly Father, I am grateful For Your eternal presence I a…
Nandito Ako Mayroon akong nais malaman Maaari bang magtanong? Alam mo …
Need I ask myself what takes so long Then I start thinking…
Nothing Else Better To Do When something's wrong And too much to handle Try to find so…
Notice Me I try to find the words when you walk by…
O Come All Ye Faithful O come all ye faithful Joyful and triumphant O come ye o…
O Holy Night Oh, Holy Night The stars Are brightly shining It is the n…
Oh Holy Night Oh, Holy Night The stars Are brightly shining It is the nigh…
OK All Right Sometimes I wake up in The wrong side of my head The…
Parachutes & Airplanes There's something crazy about this day Like I'm walking on …
Paralyzed Oh, oh I hold on and I should let go I wait…
Pat-A-Pan Guillo, prends ton tambourin, Toi, prends ta flute, Robin Au…
Patient Jump the gun Tend to run Off at the mouth I see that…
Postcards in the Sky Your heart is like a map of scars But it still…
Pride One man come in the name of love One man come…
Rainbow Fallin' out, fallin' in Nothing's sure in this world no, no…
Reaching Out What must I do to make you understand You mean everything…
Riu Riu Chiu Riu, riu, chiu La guarda ribera Dios guarda el lobo De nu…
Running Words keep fallin' out of my pocket Runnin' late, missed the…
Save the Day Tied to the tracks and I hear you call Your voice…
Senseless You?re telling me it?s over now It?s like you turned the…
Shop Around (by Smokey Robinson) My mama told me She said, Just b…
Silent Night Silent night, holy night All is calm, all is bright 'Round y…
Smoky Mountain You ought to go north somebody told us Cause the air…
Some Children See Him Some children see Him lily white, The baby Jesus born this…
Somebody Out There Sitting all alone in your room Thinking that the world’s le…
Something Every night, it's all the same You're frozen by the phone …
Something 'Bout Love Every night, it's all the same You're frozen by the phone Yo…
Something Bout Love Every night it's all the same You're frozen by the phone You…
Somewhere Only We Know I walked across an empty land I knew the pathway like…
Stand By Me (by Ben-E King) When the night has come And the land is…
Still Still Still Still, still, still, One can hear the falling snow. For all …
Stomping the Roses Wasting time, just going mindless Watching your charades Whe…
Sweet Caroline (by Neil Diamond) Where it began, I can't begin to know…
Switch This is good, this is great, its okay Yeah I'm in…
Tell Me There are nights when I can't help but cry And I…
The Christmas Song Chestnuts roasting on an open fire Jack Frost nipping at you…
The First Noel Oh, The First Noel, the Angels did say Was to certain poor…
The Other Side of Down Down, down Down, down Down, down Down, down Here I am with …
Therapy White lies on the tip of my tongue In case I…
Things Are Gonna Get Better Yeah, yeah. Mm hm. Everybody's got a time in their life Whe…
Think of Me (from The Phantom Of The Opera) CHRISTINE: Think of me, …
To Be With You I've been alone so many nights now And I've been waitin'…
Touch My Hand Saw you from the distance Saw you from the stage Something '…
True Colors You with the sad eyes Don't be discouraged Oh I realize It's…
Video: Touch My Hand Saw you from the distance Saw you from the stage Something '…
Wait I can't sleep, I'm feeling wide awake Tonight is taking it's…
Waiting for Yesterday You and me all alone girl What's going on? Would you…
Waiting on the World to Change Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Me and all my friends We're all misu…
We Can Work It Out (by The Beatles) Try to see it my way, Do I…
What Child Is This What Child is this who, laid to rest On Mary's lap…
When You Believe (by Mariah Carey) Many nights we've prayed With no proof…
Wherever You Are I love to see the ocean's beauty And the moon that…
Who I Am Been two hours in a taxi cab I'm just driving around…
With You I've been alone so many nights now And I've been waitin'…
Works for Me Yeah, yeah, mmmmm No I won't make up my mind I'm too…
You Mmmmm Take me where I've never been Help me on my feet…
You Are My Song You are the song Playing so softly in my heart I reach…
You Can Mmmmm Take me where I've never been Help me on my feet…
You're the Voice (by Johnny Farnham) We have The chance to turn pages ove…
Your Eyes Don I saw you yesterday It's been a while You tried, but failed …
Zero Gravity Tell me what you did to me Just there beneath my…