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Diana DeGarmo Information
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'Diana Nicole DeGarmo' (born June 16, 1987, in Birmingham, Alabama) is an American singer and RCA recording artist. She was the second place finalist on the third season of the reality/talent-search television series American Idol, losing by a margin of less than 2% out of 65 million votes. Currently residing in Snellville, Georgia, at 16, DeGarmo was the youngest contestant among the third season's set of finalists; she was a junior at Snellville's Shiloh High School.
Biography
DeGarmo has been singing publicly from a young age, including at the 1997 Georgia Music Hall of Fame Awards, and in stage productions of Annie and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat in Atlanta. As a third grade student, she was a Coca-Cola Kid during the Atlanta Summer Olympics, performing 3 shows a day. The next year, she sang at Opryland USA during the Christmas holiday season. In 2002, she was named Miss Teen Georgia and was a finalist on the NBC talent search program America's Most Talented Kid.
She toured in American Idols Live with the other Idol finalists during the summer of 2004.
Her musical influences include Ella Fitzgerald, Patsy Cline, Cline Dion, and Whitney Houston.
Music
DeGarmo released a single, "Dreams", on June 29th, 2004. It includes 2 other songs: her version of "I Believe" and a remake of Melissa Manchester's "Don't Cry Out Loud".
DeGarmo's debut album, titled Blue Skies, was released on December 7th, 2004, to opening week sales of 47,000. The album came in at #52 in the Billboard chart. As of the first week of July, 2005, sales are at 158,545 copies. Her single "Emotional" peaked at #54 on the Mediabase Pop Chart.
Blue Skies
| Track list and credits: | | 1. Cardboard Castles - Andreas M. Carlsson, Lisa R. Greene, and Savan Harish Kotecha | | 2. Blue Skies - John M. Shanks and Kara Dioguardi | | 3. Emotional - Desmond Child, Andreas M. Carlsson, and Christopher K. Braide. | | 4. Then I Woke Up - John M. Shanks, Samantha Moore and Kara Dioguardi | | 5. All I Never Wanted - John M. Shanks and Shelly Peiken | | 6. Go On And Cry - David Foster and Linda Thompson | | 7. The Difference In Me - John M. Shanks, Samantha Moore and Kara Dioguardi | | 8. Till You Want Me - John M. Shanks, Samantha Moore and Kara Dioguardi | | 9. Dreams - Desmond Child, Andreas Carlsson, Chris Braid | | 10. Boy Like You - John M. Shanks, Samantha Moore and Kara Dioguardi | | 11. Dream, Dream, Dream - John M. Shanks and Kara Dioguardi | | 12. Don't Cry Out Loud - Peter W. Allen, Carole Bayer Sager, new production by Stephen Ferrera |
Dreams
| Track list and credits: | | 1. Dreams | | 2. Don't Cry Out Loud | | 3. I Believe |
Ice Princess Soundtrack
| 5. Reachin' For Heaven - Diana DeGarmo |
Diana recently split from her label, RCA Records, and is currently recording independently.
Awards and Charts
Diana DeGarmo's first single, "Dreams", debuted at #2 in record sales and went #1 on the Billboard US Singles Sales Chart.
On September 17th, 2005, Diana received the Horizon Award at the Georgia Music Hall Of Fame Awards ceremony. The award recognizes Georgia artists on the path to successful and lengthy careers.
Albums
*Blue Skies (2004) #52 US (RCA)
Singles
*Dreams (2004) '#1' (Sales Chart) #14 (Hot 100)
*''Emotional (2004)
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