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07-07-07, 07:47 PM
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Yamin was born in Los Angeles, California to an Iraqi father of Jewish descent, Shaul Yamin, and a Jewish American mother, Claudette Goldberg.[2] He relocated to Richmond, Virginia with his family when he was 11 years old. His parents divorced when he was 14 and his father moved back to Los Angeles. Elliott himself has resided in Los Angeles since competing in the fifth season of American Idol.
Yamin auditioned in Boston, Massachusetts singing Leon Russell's "A Song for You".[4] He was sent through by the judges and made it through to the finals of the competition.
During one weekly rehearsal, Elliott was told by guest coach Stevie Wonder that he should definitely pursue a career in music. Simon Cowell even stated that he thought Yamin was "potentially the best male vocalist" ever on American Idol and later, after Yamin's "A Song for You" performance, he declared that it was a "vocal masterclass." Cowell also said after Yamin's performance of "Moody's Mood For Love" that Yamin's song selection might be "too cool for the room."
Yamin was eliminated from American Idol after the tightest race; each of the three top contestants received an almost exactly equal percentage of the viewer votes necessary for advancement to the remaining two spots.
As a teaser for his album, Yamin released a song from his album, "Movin' On", on AOL's first listen and iTunes. His first radio single, "Wait For You", was released on March 13.
Yamin's debut album was released on March 20, 2007. To promote his album, Yamin made TV appearances on Live with Regis and Kelly, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Jimmy Kimmel Live, and TRL, where the video for the song "Wait For You" was premiered. He also stopped by the NY Times Square Virgin Megastore for CD autographs and had a CD release party at Circuit City on the 21st in his hometown, Richmond. The album debuted at #3 on the Billboard 200 chart selling 96,000 copies in its first week. The album is the highest-ever debut for an independent artist in the history of Billboard magazine. Yamin is currently performing in his first solo national tour, with pop/R&B singer Josh Hoge opening for him.
On May 16, 2007, Yamin performed his hit single, "Wait for You", on the American Idol Season 6 Top 3 results show, which caused the song to jump 60 spots on iTunes in a few hours as well as from 80 to 31 on the Billboard Hot 100. Also, the performance saw an increase in sales for his self titled album, Elliott Yamin, jumping 47 spots on the Billboard 200, from 67 to 20.
Elliott Yamin - Wait For You
isn't she cute? :cute:
here is a download link for the song :cute: : Wait For You (http://www.sendspace.com/file/lr8xqp)
i have a few other songs for him, if anyone is interested i'll upload them later.
i love this song! a friend sent it to me last night, and i've been listening to it since then. :love:
Yamin was born in Los Angeles, California to an Iraqi father of Jewish descent, Shaul Yamin, and a Jewish American mother, Claudette Goldberg.[2] He relocated to Richmond, Virginia with his family when he was 11 years old. His parents divorced when he was 14 and his father moved back to Los Angeles. Elliott himself has resided in Los Angeles since competing in the fifth season of American Idol.
Yamin auditioned in Boston, Massachusetts singing Leon Russell's "A Song for You".[4] He was sent through by the judges and made it through to the finals of the competition.
During one weekly rehearsal, Elliott was told by guest coach Stevie Wonder that he should definitely pursue a career in music. Simon Cowell even stated that he thought Yamin was "potentially the best male vocalist" ever on American Idol and later, after Yamin's "A Song for You" performance, he declared that it was a "vocal masterclass." Cowell also said after Yamin's performance of "Moody's Mood For Love" that Yamin's song selection might be "too cool for the room."
Yamin was eliminated from American Idol after the tightest race; each of the three top contestants received an almost exactly equal percentage of the viewer votes necessary for advancement to the remaining two spots.
As a teaser for his album, Yamin released a song from his album, "Movin' On", on AOL's first listen and iTunes. His first radio single, "Wait For You", was released on March 13.
Yamin's debut album was released on March 20, 2007. To promote his album, Yamin made TV appearances on Live with Regis and Kelly, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Jimmy Kimmel Live, and TRL, where the video for the song "Wait For You" was premiered. He also stopped by the NY Times Square Virgin Megastore for CD autographs and had a CD release party at Circuit City on the 21st in his hometown, Richmond. The album debuted at #3 on the Billboard 200 chart selling 96,000 copies in its first week. The album is the highest-ever debut for an independent artist in the history of Billboard magazine. Yamin is currently performing in his first solo national tour, with pop/R&B singer Josh Hoge opening for him.
On May 16, 2007, Yamin performed his hit single, "Wait for You", on the American Idol Season 6 Top 3 results show, which caused the song to jump 60 spots on iTunes in a few hours as well as from 80 to 31 on the Billboard Hot 100. Also, the performance saw an increase in sales for his self titled album, Elliott Yamin, jumping 47 spots on the Billboard 200, from 67 to 20.
Elliott Yamin - Wait For You
isn't she cute? :cute:
here is a download link for the song :cute: : Wait For You (http://www.sendspace.com/file/lr8xqp)
i have a few other songs for him, if anyone is interested i'll upload them later.
i love this song! a friend sent it to me last night, and i've been listening to it since then. :love: