David Archuletta

David James Archuleta (born December 28, 1990) is a Honduran-American singer-songwriter. At ten years old he won the children's division of the Utah Talent Competition leading to other television singing appearances.[4] At twelve, he became the Junior Vocal Champion on Star Search 2.[4] In 2007, at sixteen years old, he became one of the youngest finalists on the seventh season of American Idol.[5] He rose up through the competition, and in May 2008, finished as the seventh season's runner-up, receiving 44 percent of over 97 million votes.

In August 2008 Archuleta released "Crush", the first single from his self-titled debut album.[4][6][7][8] The album, released in November 2008, debuted at number two on the Billboard 200 chart; as of January 2009 it had sold over 600,000 copies in the United States.[7][9][10]