1 : Clay Aiken
2 : Biography
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Clayton Holmes Grissom Aiken (November 30, 1978) is an American pop music singer who rose to fame on the American Idol television program. He came in close second (after Ruben Studdard), but has largely eclipsed the official contest winner in both popularity and record sales. Aiken is a devout Southern Baptist.
His debut album, Measure of a Man, was released October 14, 2003 and has since gone triple platinum.
Biography
Aiken hails from Raleigh, North Carolina and attended Raleigh's Leesville Road High School before enrolling at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Although his American Idol activities temporarily delayed his academic pursuits, Aiken graduated with a bachelor's degree in special eduation in December of 2003. He found his interest in special education during high school, and became an assistant to a severely autistic boy. It was this child's mother that urged him to audition for American Idol.
In 2004, Aiken embarked on the "Independent Tour" with Kelly Clarkson, winner of the first American Idol contest.
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