Clay Aiken : iSOUND.COM™

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Born: 1978 11 30

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Dance-Pop

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Biography

Clay Aiken was born on November 30, 1978 in Raleigh, North Carolina. From an early age, Aiken’s family new he had a special gift and talent. At the early age of five, Aiken performed the Dolly Parton/ Kenny Rogers classic hit, “Islands In the Stream,” to a crowd at a local high school dance. At the age of seven, he was purchasing his own albums through a mail-order catalog. As a teenager, Aiken was a member of the Raleigh Boys Choir. He also acted in various musicals: The Music man, Oklahoma, and countless stage plays. Aiken dropped his music career, however, in college. He opted to be a Special education major at the University of North Carolina in charlotte. He had hopes of eventually attending the prestigious William & Mary College in Virginia in order to attain a Master’s degree in Administration. This all changed, however, during 2003 when Aiken was selected from 7,000 contestants as a runner-up in the Fox Television Show: American Idol: The Search for a Super Star. Aiken’s rendition of the Simon and Garfunkel classic, ‘Bridge Over Troubled waters,” wowed both audience and judges. Although he came in second to winner Ruben Studdard, Aiken’s career has taken off. Shortly after the show, he was offered a record deal with RCA.

During the summer of 2003, Aiken appeared on the cover of Rolling Stones Magazine. As a contestant on American Idol, Aiken tried not to discuss his personal life. In Rolling Stones, however, he gave an in-depth interview concerning his childhood, life now, and ambitions. In the article, Aiken discussed life at the University of North Carolina in Charlotte, talked about the Buben-Aiken Foundation. Aiken co-founded the Buben/Aiken Foundation as a means to provide help to individuals with Autism of other physical and mental disabilities. Aiken confessed, in the article, that he is scared of water, loves instant grits, and bites his toenails. More personally, he talked about his childhood. Aiken comes from a broken home. His biological father, Vernon Grissom, was an alcoholic who was physically and verbally abusive to Aiken and his mother. Grissom left Aiken and his mother when he was one years old. In the late 1990s, Aiken decided to get his last name legally changed to that of his mother’s middle name. Clay admitted in his interview that he thinks of his mother’s second husband, Ray Parker, as his true biological father. Sadly, Parker died in July 2002.

Aiken wowed people when he released his debut single, “This Is The Night.” The song was number one on the Billboard hot 100. It sold over 392,000 copies in the first week. The single beat Elton John’s record of sales for his 1997 single dedicated to Princess Diana entitled “Candle in the Wind 1997.”

In October 2003, Aiken released his debut album entitled The Measure of a Man. The album, which sold 613,000 copies in the first week, went to number one on the Billboard Chart Top 2000. The album’s first single, “Invisible,” has been a top request on the trendy MTV show, TRL. The Measure of a Man was co-produced by Simon Fuller and Clive Davis. The album features the songwriting talents of artists such as : Steve Mac, Cliff Magress, Desmond Child, Steve Morales, and Rick Nowels.

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Artist Forum


Discussion Topic	Creator
Clay is Gay I think Clay is GAY!	invisiblepunk92

Replys	Listener
How would you like someone to say that to you. Remember if you can't say something nice don't say anything at all	Claymates
No, I dont really like Clay, but Im not goin to be rude and say he's gay.	Caramel_Honey
i hate clay, he may be and he may not by gay. i personally do not care if he is gay, i like gays. I Loath (meaning hate for you dumb ones) Clay!!!	alexhasagun
Clay is not gay.	ClayKrispy78
clay aiken sucks, he always sings that stupid song invisible, and my friend agrees with me, CLAY AIKEN SUCKS	obsessedgcfreak_2004
Clay gay. WOW, good rhyming skills. Man..doesn't get better than that. Clay..gay..grey..day..	Shoebox
rag...fag..may..	Shoebox
shoebox i agree with you he is gay and if he were INVISIBLE then no 1 would have to hear that song or see is gay ugly face	spandgcroxmysox2004
uhh hes an ugly kid	JUKEBOXXXGIRL
I said he was gay? I didn't notice..well yeah, I'm glad you agree with me. ...	Shoebox
who agrees with what?	JUKEBOXXXGIRL
HAHA. I get it. Invisible..yeah...ok.	Shoebox
yea thats cool youget it but it is the truth and everybody noz it HAHAHA	spandgcroxmysox2004
im...confused...	JUKEBOXXXGIRL
Clay isnt gay hes just differnt.. jk To most ppl out there in america think He's invinsable!!!!!!! lol	Eamonhunny13
clay is not the american idol why is everyone acting like he is I relly wish he was invisble	inevergetit
Fun ~	Eamonhunny13
gay, different, same thing XDD	JUKEBOXXXGIRL
i don't get why on american idol Ruben won but clay is more popular??	LovetoDance
Yall stop watsin your time on chat room just to make the ppl who actually enjoy clays music p.od. Go waste your time on sutmhin else!	Nicolio713
I just hate Clay. I'm not gonna be stupid and say that he is gay. But, he can't sing at all. I know rock stars who can sing better than him. Anyway, i hope that he stops making music. He is a f****in loser.	riff_master
i agree^.	XXmusicgurlXX
Since you 'Clay bashers' are acting like you are on the play ground, don't you remember the saying, takes one to know one. Here's another one for you also...me thinks he protests too much. If you aren't smart enough to figure that out...let me explain...when ppl are out there so obsessed with saying some one is, hmmm, say GAY...they must have the same tendancies. So, why don't you 'bashers' go stick your thumb up your ass...you'll get more out of it than you will here!	URSOSAD
Clay admitted beeing confused on his sexuality recently. He doesn't have any girlfriend or boyfriend, and he doesn't know if he's gay, bi or straight. Haw, poor guy! I despise him. Not because he's unsure but because his music is likely to put me to sleep.	love_flag
lolol omfg are you serious.	XXmusicgurlXX
No!! lol I'm kidding... Lol he DOES put me to sleep but I invented the whole "sexually unsure" thing. It's quite a possibility tho. Lol... Don't believe silly gossips kids! (Xcept with Paris Hilton... She can do anything. lol.)	love_flag
RUBEN STUDDARD IS THE BEST MALE SINGER I HAD EVER HEARD IN THE LONGEST TIME SO FUCK CLAY AIKEN HE CAME IN NUMBER 2. AND YEAH .......HE'S GAY	luv18elyn8ive
love_flag i know that's why i aked if u were serious!!!!! but it still was funny.	XXmusicgurlXX
By the way, Ruben Studdard has a very serious weight problem and this is NOT a joke. I know you guys will say : "How can we expect him to tell the truth if he just said Clay was gay in a joke...?" But this is serious. More and more americans are getting fat and Ruben says he has trouble figuring out who he is. Look at this picture (copy it in your address browser) : http://img68.exs.cx/img68/5512/studdard.jpg	love_flag
whats the problem with ruben being big? maybe he'll be like missy elliot and go on serous dieting and stuff like that but clay aiken is a dumb loser with all of his little fag songs	luv18elyn8ive
yeah i actually agree with you.	XXmusicgurlXX
Gee you ppl always judge other ppl on thier outside! i'm not a huge fan of Clay but I think he has a great voice and personality and i'm sure he's not gay!	Loretta
clays probley not gay but not my kinda guy really!	sex_adict
actually deres 2 diff types of gay. dere's gay as in gay like if u'r a boy nd u hav it wit a boy nd dere's gay as in happy. nd i personally think dat clay iz gay as in da second definition which iz happy cuz i think he's alwayz happy.	fuckhilarydufffans
clay is damn sexy and he has an awesome voice	blackrain13
eww!!!!!!!!!!!!	fuckhilarydufffans
i feel bad for the girls who like clay. hes not interested! clay = gay	doodoodoo
Don't you guys have anything better to do than to make up lies about such a talented and sweet singer? Most of the people who add negative comments like this are just jealous or threatened by Clay and his success. He is one of the few celebrities that actually cares more about others than himself. He is doing so much charity work and has always had a positive outlook, even with negative people like most of you making fun of him - why don't you give him a break and grow up? You could learn a lot from Clay about what a "real" man is!	holaitsme
Oh My God. Won't that fit into your heads? Clay has no talent. He doesn't write his songs neither his music. His voice is truly modulated. (I heard his live severeal times and he may have a better voice than a lot of pop stars, but it's less than what's on his record) He doesn't play guitar, piano, bass, drums or anything. What can he do? Show his sweetheart side with his cute eyes and geeky look. Is that talent? No. Not at all.	love_flag
y do u peeps make fun of him. HE AINT GAY!!!!!!!!!!! HE'S JUST HAPPY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! he only looks like he's gay but inside he's really just a normal dude!!!!!!!!!!!!!	fuckhilarydufffans