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Clay Aiken

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Clayton Holmes Aiken (né Grissom; born November 30, 1978) is an American singer, television personality, actor and political activist. Aiken finished second place on the second season of American Idol in 2003, and his debut album, Measure of a Man, went multi-platinum. 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). Since then he has released two more albums, both with Decca Records: Tried and True (2010) and Steadfast (2012). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2024). Clay Aiken is the 4,291st most popular singer (down from 3,944th in 2024), the 19,076th most popular biography from United States (down from 18,290th in 2019) and the 1,073rd most popular American Singer.

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Clay Aiken ranks 4,291 out of 4,381Before him are Remo Forrer, Tusse, Anna Abreu, Park Jeong-hwa, Tyla, and Nadav Guedj. After him are Vanessa Mai, Amanda Tenfjord, Sandhja, Vernon, Ghali, and Sarah Bonnici.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1978, Clay Aiken ranks 1,254Before him are Antje Buschschulte, Andrea Bocskor, Tetsuya Yamazaki, Masakazu Washida, Andreas Johansson, and Tomonori Hirayama. After him are Masashi Miyazawa, Timothy Simons, Sébastien Roth, Song Aimin, Silvija Talaja, and Bruce Straley.

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Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, Clay Aiken ranks 1,073Before him are Mark McGrath (1968), Sturgill Simpson (1978), Sara Evans (1971), Sisqó (1978), Dev (1989), and Dev Hynes (1985). After him are Vernon (1998), Bones (1994), Chris Tomlin (1972), MC Lyte (1970), Five for Fighting (1965), and Andy McKee (1979).