Clay Aiken (born Clayton Holmes Grissom on November 30, 1978) is an American pop Clay Aiken Tickets singer who rose to fame on the second season of the television program American Idol in 2003. RCA Records offered him a recording contract and his debut album Measure of a Man was Clay Aiken Tickets released in October 2003. Based on album sales, he has become the most successful second-place finisher in that show's history.
Clay Aiken was born and raised in Raleigh, North Carolina. As a young boy, Aiken sang in the Raleigh Boychoir and as a young adult with a local band, Just By Chance. Clay Aiken Tickets He attended Raleigh's Leesville Road High School before enrolling at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Although his American Idol activities temporarily delayed Clay Aiken Tickets his academic pursuits, Aiken graduated with a bachelor's degree in special education in December of 2003.
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Clive Davis is credited with the cover concept. Promotion for the album was focused on daytime and late night television appearances. Aiken's fourth Clay Aiken Tickets album, All is Well (an EP of four Christmas songs), was released exclusively to Walmart on November 28, 2006. In December 2006, Aiken mounted his third Christmas tour, comprising performances in 18 Midwest and East Coast cities. The tour Clay Aiken Tickets opened in Waukegan, Illinois on December 1 and ended in Greensboro, North Carolina on December 23. Aiken was supported by local orchestras, which also opened the concerts with a program of seasonal music.
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