14 Facts About Cameron Whitcomb

Cameron Whitcomb, is a Canadian singer and songwriter from Nanaimo, British Columbia.

Cameron Whitcomb competed on season 20 of reality television show American Idol.

Cameron Whitcomb was born in Peace River, Alberta, but raised in Nanaimo, British Columbia.

Around the age of seventeen, Cameron Whitcomb left home and moved to Kamloops, where he began working on the Trans Mountain Pipeline.

Around the same time, his brother introduced him to Johnny Cash, and Cameron Whitcomb subsequently began singing after becoming a fan of Tyler Childers.

At nineteen, while continuing to work on the pipeline, Cameron Whitcomb began to post karaoke videos of himself singing on Reddit.

In 2022, an American Idol executive found a video of Cameron Whitcomb singing on Reddit and reached out to him.

Cameron Whitcomb subsequently competed on season 20 of the show, and reached the top 20 of the competition before being eliminated.

Cameron Whitcomb decided to seriously pursue a career in music after exiting the show.

Cameron Whitcomb then signed a record deal with Atlantic Records and released the song "Rocking Chair" in May 2024.

Cameron Whitcomb released his debut extended play, titled Quitter on September 27,2024.

Cameron Whitcomb embarked on his headlining "Quitter Tour" throughout late 2024 and early 2025 in the United States and Canada.

Cameron Whitcomb released the song "Hundred Mile High" in January 2025, and he is set to return to the US on his "Hundred Mile High Tour" in March and April of 2025.

Cameron Whitcomb admitted in an interview that he has struggled with addiction since he was twelve years old.