Kris Allen

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Kristopher Allen (born June 21, 1985) is an American singer, songwriter, and songwriter from Conway, Arkansas, and the winner of the eighth season of American Idol.Prior to Idol. Allen's Idol's Idol.Prior to Idol's "No Boundaries" and his version of "Heartless" are among the Top 20 of the Billboard Hot 100.

Jive Records' Allen's post-Idol self-titled album was released on November 17, 2009.

The album debuted at number eleven on the United States' charts, ranked at number eleven. Billboard 200.

"Live Like We're Dying," the album's lead single, was released on September 21, 2009, and it reached number eighteen in the United States with combined revenues of over 1.7 million.

Thank You Camellia, Allen's second major-label album, was released on May 22, 2012, and "The Vision of Love," the lead single, was released on March 26, 2012. Allen's fifth studio album, Letting You In, was released on March 18, 2016.

Early life

Allen was born in Jacksonville, Arkansas, to Kimberly (née Wood) and Neil Allen. He is the elder of two sons; Daniel, his younger brother, is a college cheerleading coach.

Allen's interest in music began early. He began playing the viola in elementary school and went on to play the instrument in the Mills University Studies High School orchestra, winning a spot in the Arkansas all-state orchestra. In addition, he learned to play the guitar at the age of 13, and he also plays the piano. The Beatles, Jamie Cullum, Jason Mraz, Pat Monahan, John Mayer, and Michael Jackson all had musical influences, as revealed in his Idol confessions. Allen played for many years before going out for Idol, and even opened for former Idol contestant Sean Michel on several occasions. He has referred to his audition for American Idol as a "last hurrah" before deciding against pursuing a music career.

Allen went to Conway, Arkansas, to attend the University of Central Arkansas, where he was a business major and a member of Chi Alpha campus ministries. He participated in Christian missionary work around the world, including in Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, South Africa, Spain, and Thailand during college. Allen also served as a worship leader for New Life Church in Conway and Little Rock, Arkansas, as well as for the Chi Alpha campus ministry. He dropped out of college in the middle of his junior year to pursue music professionally, appearing in local bars, and being a shoe salesman, as a shoe salesman will come to an end. Allen had intended to return to college to finish his degree and "find a real job," but instead, he was invited to audition for American Idol with his brother Daniel and his best friend Cale Mills. "I had not made it through in American Idol, I would have returned to college and earned my business degree," Kris said.

Personal life

On September 26, 2008, Allen married Katy O'Connell, his high school sweetheart. In Allen's junior year of high school, the two began dating. They were born in 2013. They had their second child, a daughter, born in 2016. In 2019, they welcomed their third child, another son.

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Career

Allen discovered during college that he wanted to play music professionally and started writing music. During his sophomore year, he appeared at a local restaurant in downtown Conway, and he went on to graduate from college in the middle of his junior year to pursue his dream of becoming a professional musician. He worked at a sporting products store during the day to make ends meet and resume playing gigs in Little Rock and Fayetteville at night. Allen recorded and self-produced an album titled Brand New Shoes in 2007, alongside college acquaintances and bandmates Michael Holmes (drums) and Chase Erwin (bass). Allen's time as a shoe salesman were referenced on the album's name, and only 600 copies of the album were made, the majority of which were given to family and friends.

Allen and his brother Daniel, who did not make it to Hollywood, auditioned for the eighth season of American Idol in Louisville, Kentucky. He was one of the few finalists (along with Allison Iraheta) that received the least amount of screen time in the early stages of the season. Only several seconds of his first appearance (and none of his Hollywood Week solo performances) were shown, but his group's appearance with White Chocolate (including fellow finalist Matt Giraud) was aired in its entirety. Before allowing him to qualify in the semifinals, the judges requested him to participate in an unaired sing-off with another contestant.

Allen has been lauded for his folk-inspired interpretations of contemporary pop songs throughout the competition. During his appearances, he performed several instruments, including the acoustic guitar, the electric guitar, the keyboard, and the piano. The judges applauded Simon Cowell's appearance on "To Make You Feel Your Love" as part of the Top 11 for the first time, adding, "I am actually beginning to believe you have a chance of doing well in this competition." He performed his own arrangement of "Ain't No Sunshine" on a keyboard, with a few musicians on stage, which earned the judges' praise. Allen's "best show so far" was lauded by Cowell.

Allen performed the Oscar-winning song "Falling Slowly" from the indie film Once on the first top 7 night. Although Randy Jackson called it "pitchy from note one," Kara DioGuardi declared it as "one of your best moments ever." Paula Abdul and Cowell were unable to comment due to time constraints, but Cowell's findings on the night followed, "You were brilliant." Allen was then given a signed record and other gifts from the original artists, Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová. Allen played the guitar for the fourth time on his second top 7 show, as well as a live version of "She Works Hard for the Money," complete with bongo drums and the band on stage. All four judges applauded this, with Abdul saying, "There aren't many men who are able to buy in the women's department." "You searched and found the right size." Allen's second Top-three appearance impressed the judges with an acoustic arrangement of Kanye West's "Heartless," causing Jackson to state that he preferred it to West's original and The Fray's cover version. "I had written you out of the league, but that has changed after that success," Cowell said. Kristina was able to progress to the finals and win.

Allen returned to Arkansas after being voted into the top three for the next two American Idol episodes by filming the hometown footage. A crowd of more than 20,000 attended Allen's homecoming parade. Allen appeared at three concerts in Little Rock and Conway, Arkansas, including "Man in the Mirror," "Ain't No Sunshine," "She Works Hard for the Money" and "She Works Hard for the Money" at the venues, as well as "Come Together" at the local Fox affiliate KLRT-TV studio. With his guitar, he accompanied himself on all of these songs.

Allen performed a reprise of "Ain't No Sunshine," Simon Fuller's "What's Going On" and "No Boundaries" during his final performance display show. During the final results show, he performed a duet with Keith Urban, singing Urban's single "Kiss a Girl," as well as a series of medleys with his fellow Season 8 contestants. Allen performed "We Are the Champions" with eventual runners-up Adam Lambert and Brian May and Roger Taylor of Queen before the results were announced.

Kris Allen was named the winner of the eighth season of American Idol on May 20, 2009, becoming the first married contestant to win the award as well as the sixth winner from the show's inception from the Southern United States. Allen was also the first winner to receive a trophy shaped like a microphone. During the finale, over 100 million votes were cast, breaking a new world record for a televised singing competition. The winning margin was undisclosed relative to the previous season. The margin "wasn't even close," according to a number of outlets, including the Associated Press. Allen has confirmed that the suspected partisanship in votes was a "complete surprise" to him.

Some commentators characterized the win as a "upset" because runner-up Adam Lambert had received a considerable amount of media attention throughout the season and was widely believed to be the show's front-runner. Allen's victory was seen as highly contested as viewers and the public speculated about the result's details. However, host Ryan Seacrest had revealed that Allen and Lambert's margin was less than a million votes during the Top 3 polling results. Fox and AT&T have announced that they "stand by the verdict" and are "fully confident" that "Kris Allen is the American Idol."

Allen made his Billboard Hot 100 debut with five songs debuting within the top 100 after winning Idol. "No Boundaries" was his first on show at number 11, followed by "Heartless" at number 16, "Apologise" at number 37, and "Falling Slowly" at number 94. Following the conclusion of the Idol season finale, "No Boundaries" topped the iTunes singles chart. Allen performed the National Anthem at Game 2 of the 2009 NBA Finals, drawing a packed house including Adam Levine, Jack Nicholson, Rihanna, Paula Abdul, and Leonardo DiCaprio. Allen had signed a historic contract with Jive Records following his success, which was described as "executed to perfection." (along with fellow finalist Allison Iraheta) His first major label debut was scheduled for a September 2009 debut.

Allen collaborated with Claude Kelly, David Hodges, Jonathan Foreman of Switchfoot, Salaam Remi, and Joe King of The Fray on his self-titled debut album. He has worked with Toby Gad, Alex Band of The Calling, Dan Wilson of Semisonic, Chris Daughtry, and Mat Kearney for the album. On September 21, 2009, Allen's debut single, "Live Like We're Dying," was released on Z100 in New York. "Live Like We're Dying" on AOL's PopEater.com premiered on November 6, 2009. With over 1.7 million in combined sales, "Live Like We're Dying" will debut at number 18 on the Billboard Hot 100 and reach platinum status.

Kris Allen was first announced on November 17, 2009. Allen wrote or co-wrote 9 of the album's 12 songs. Allen decided not to include his coronation single "No Boundaries" on his debut album, opting instead to record a new version of "Heartless" as a bonus track. The album debuted at number 11 on the Billboard 200 after only selling just over 80,000 copies in the first week of sales. Allen's first-week album sales were the lowest that had yet been seen by an Idol champion's first show, although observers attributed part to poor album sales in the market at the time. Kris Allen has sold over 329,000 copies as of December 2011.

Allen and the United Nations Foundation traveled to Haiti on February 19, 2010 in order to raise funds for the disaster relief efforts there as the UN and other groups continue to recover after the earthquake. Allen, who made his return to Idol after the February 25 American Idol results, showed a video of his travels in Haiti and his appearance of "Let It Be." Following the performance, this performance was released on iTunes as a charity single.

Pat Monahan, the lead singer of the Grammy award-winning rock band Train, was the second single from the album's second single. Allen performed the song live at the American Idol Season 9 finale on May 26, 2010. Allen performed "Together We Are One" on the evening with Simon Cowell. Allen opened with Green River Ordinance and Justin Gaston in June and July 2010 for his first solo tour. He went on to appear on a few major tours over the summer, beginning with Barenaked Ladies, Maroon 5, and Keith Urban, who appeared between July and September 2010. He began working for Lifehouse between October and November 2010. Allen teased that the third single from his album would be "Alright with Me" on October 6, 2010. On November 18, 2010, he posted an unofficial music video for the song on his official website to thank his followers.

Allen's "Before We Come Undone," a song he co-written for his debut album, was covered by season six South African Idol runner-up Lloyd Cele for his debut album One, which was released on April 24, 2011. Allen co-wrote "Still Got Tonight" with Andrew Frampton and Steve Kipner, which appeared as the second single on Glee's Matthew Morrison's self-titled debut album, which came out on May 10, 2011. In the season 2 finale of Glee sung by Matthew Morrison, "Still Got Tonight" was also included. Kris performed "God Bless the USA" at the National Memorial Day Concert in Washington, D.C., on May 29, 2011. PBS televised it live on PBS.

Allen co-wrote a song called "Blindfolded" with Lindy Robbins and Toby Gad that appeared on the season one South African Idol champion Heinz Winckler's album 24 hours/365. The issue was published on July 8, 2011. The song was released as Winckler's English debut single and performed at the 2011 edition of South African Idol. Allen's later recorded the song, which was also included on his second album. Allen co-wrote "Raise Your Hand," a song with Andrew Frampton and Kevin Hughes that appears on Javier Colon's debut album Come Through For You, which was released on November 21, 2011. Javier performed the song as part of the Walmart Soundcheck performance series.

The Alchemy Songwriting Competition in Conway, Arkansas, featured Allen, Grammy-winning singer/songwriter, and producer David Hodges, as well as Music Empowers Foundation founder Andy Davis. The proceeds from the competition will go to support Blackbird Academy, an arts and music academy in Conway, Arkansas. Allen performed John Lennon's "Imagine" on Trevor Live, a celebrity-studded benefit for The Trevor Project.

RCA Music Group announced on October 7, 2011 that Jive Records, Arista Records, and J Records would be disbanded together. Allen (and all other musicians who have previously signed to these three labels) has released his music on the 19 Recordings and RCA Records labels following the dissolution. Allen debuted several new songs at The Mint in Los Angeles on February 9, 2012. "Monster," "Out Alive," "Better with You," "The Vision of Love," and "Teach Me How Love Goes" were among the new songs performed by the singer. He also performed "Leave You Alone," "You Got a Way," and "Keep the Devil Out," which he had performed at previous concerts.

On March 6, 2012, Allen's second album's lead single "The Vision of Love" was officially announced as the lead single. Allen, Nasri, and Adam Messinger co-wrote the song, and it's also available on iTunes and a special version featuring the remix from the Finnish duo Maison and Dragen on Walmart since March 26, 2012. On January 25, 2012, the remix of the song leaked online.

Allen's second album, Thank You Camellia, was announced on March 29, 2012. Allen auditioned for the lead role in the 2012 film Rock of Ages, but Diego Boneta took the lead role. Despite being considered a more natural actor than anyone else, Allen had never auditioned for a film before and has stated that he did not feel confident in his acting abilities. Allen said in an interview with OK Magazine that he did not believe he would have been a good choice for the job and that he does not have any further plans to pursue acting. Allen revealed on September 4, 2012 that he left 19 Management after his deal came to an end in May 2012 and has signed with new management, Pearl Group Entertainment. He left RCA in the same month as the previous one.

Waiting for Christmas, an EP, was announced on Twitter on November 7, 2012. "Holly Christmas," "White Christmas," "O Holy Night," "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas" is among the five song EP's. The EP was announced on December 10, 2012. Allen debuted "Where Are You Amy," a new song on December 20, 2012. The Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting left him devoted to those who were affected.

Allen toured the United States on his second solo tour Out Alive, from January 8 to May 3, 2013. Cale Mills and Chris Torres, among others' bandmates, as well as newcomer Andrew St. Marie on the piano, were divided into 40 dates. Jillette Johnson was the opening act for the majority of the dates. In Hanover, Maryland, the tour came to a close.

Allen and producer Charlie Peacock joined in Nashville on January 8, 2014 to begin recording his third post-Idol album. On July 7, 2014, Yahoo Music's "Prove It to You" star Lenachka was announced as the lead single and was released on iTunes on July 8, 2014. On Yahoo, he performed several songs from the album live acoustically. Allen introduced Horizons on August 12, 2014. It debuted at #80 on the Billboard 200 and #10 on the Independent Album chart, and at #10 on the Independent Album chart. Allen accompanied Boyce Avenue on a tour of the United States and Canada in the fall of 2014. In the meantime, "Lost," one of his songs off the Horizons, was used on the CW's Arrow ("The Secret Origins of Felicity Smoak") and The Vampire Diaries (episode titled "Alone"). Allen has continued to tour in early 2015, including appearances at US military bases in Italy and Portugal.

He began working on his next studio album in 2015. On February 19, 2016, the lead single, "Waves," was announced to digital stores, as well as pre-orders of the album. Letting You In, his fifth studio album, was released on March 18, 2016. On September 19, 2016, as the second single on American hot adult contemporary radio, "Love Will Find You."

He released Acoustic Tapes, an EP that featured songs from his previous albums, which was released in April. Somethin' About Christmas was first published on November 4, 2016. The single "Mommy, Is There More Than One Santa Clause" was promoted. For which he asked followers for photo shoots for the music video, he asked for fan submissions. He also performed "A Little Bit of Christmas" with Jim Brickman for his album Comfort & Joy, and he joined him for a holiday tour.

In February 2017, he performed an acoustic version of his single "Waves" for Valentine's Day. He also revealed The Dames, a new band formed the month. In lieu of doing a StageIt performance, they premiered "The Death of Mr. Jones." On April 7, 2017, Letting You In acoustic EP a surprise, featuring a brand new song called "Venice." The Dames released their first film, "The Death of Mr. Jones," on May 20, 2017. The album was the first of six songs to be released by the band this year.

Allen revealed on Twitter on May 6, 2018 that he would be joining the American Idol Live! Become a VIP on Tour Dejazz to receive a special visitor. On July 11, the tour began in Redding, California. On June 29, 2018, Allen performed "When All The Stars Have Died." Allen's new album, 10, came as a reworked version of songs from his previous albums on September 20, 2019. Allen had been ten years since his victory over American Idol and began his musical career, according to the album's title.

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