He was also MC and performer at the Johnston Community College Country Showcase in Smithfield and at the North Carolina Music Connection and Hometown Music Connection shows in Garner, and Benson. After high school, he sang lead with a local band, Just By Chance, co-hosting and performing with the band at "Just by Chance and Friends" shows in Dunn, North Carolina. As a young boy, Aiken sang in the Raleigh Boychoir and, as a teenager, he sang in school choirs, church choir, musicals and local theatre productions.
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He has also had numerous cameo and guest appearances on TV shows. In 2010 he hosted the PBS special Tried & True Live!. During much of 2008 he appeared on Broadway in the musical comedy Spamalot, in the role of Sir Robin. In 2004 he also had a televised Christmas special, A Clay Aiken Christmas.
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Īiken co-wrote a bestselling memoir in 2004, Learning to Sing. In all, he has sold over 5 million albums, and is the fourth-highest-selling American Idol alumnus. Aiken has also had eleven tours in support of his albums. Since then he has released two more albums, both with Decca Records: Tried and True (2010) and Steadfast (2012). He released four more albums on the RCA label, Merry Christmas with Love (2004), A Thousand Different Ways (2006), the Christmas EP All is Well (2006), and On My Way Here (2008). Aiken finished second place on the second season of American Idol in 2003, and his debut album, Measure of a Man, went multi-platinum.
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Clayton Holmes Aiken ( né Grissom born November 30, 1978) is an American singer, television personality, actor, Democratic political candidate and activist.