Efraym Elliott Yamin is an American singer known for his hit single "Wait for You" and for placing third on the fifth season of American Idol.
49 Facts About Elliott Yamin
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Elliott Yamin's self-titled album, released March 20,2007, debuted at number one on the Billboard Independent Albums chart and at number three on the Billboard 200.
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Elliott Yamin's family relocated to Richmond, Virginia when Yamin was 11, and his parents divorced when he was 14, his father returning to Los Angeles.
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Elliott Yamin was diagnosed with Type I diabetes at the age of 16 and wears an insulin pump to help him manage his diabetes.
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Elliott Yamin first discovered his vocal talent while singing karaoke in his late teens.
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Elliott Yamin auditioned in Boston, Massachusetts, singing Leon Russell's "A Song for You", but his audition was not aired.
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Elliott Yamin performed the song again in front of the judges during Hollywood rounds, as well as Rascal Flatts's "Bless the Broken Road".
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Elliott Yamin was sent through by the judges and made it through to the finals of the competition.
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Elliott Yamin threw out the first pitch before a sold-out crowd at The Diamond for a Richmond Braves game and sang a verse a cappella of "A Song for You".
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Elliott Yamin was eliminated from American Idol on May 17,2006, after the tightest race; each of the three top contestants received an almost exactly equal percentage of the viewer votes necessary for advancement to the remaining two spots.
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Finale: Yamin performed a duet with Mary J Blige and participated in the Top 12 Burt Bacharach's medley and the "guys' medley".
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Elliott Yamin appeared on several talk shows, including The Tonight Show, Live with Regis and Kelly and the Fox News Channel program, Dayside.
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On October 8,2006, Elliott Yamin performed at the Virginia State Fair as the closing act.
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Elliott Yamin was the first contestant from Season 5 to have his own solo concert.
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In 2005, Elliott Yamin was featured on three tracks of Richmond, Virginia gospel musical artist Big Planz's album Sound Doctrine.
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Elliott Yamin was released on March 20,2007, debuting at number three on the Billboard 200 chart with sales of 90,000 copies in its first week.
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Elliott Yamin signed CDs at the New York Times Square Virgin Megastore across from the TRL studio and at Circuit City in his hometown, Richmond, Virginia, where the line went around the building.
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On May 16,2007, Elliott Yamin performed his hit single, "Wait for You", on the American Idol Season 6 Top 3 results show.
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Elliott Yamin appeared as himself on the television soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful and the television drama Lincoln Heights, performing "Wait for You".
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Elliott Yamin visited the Philippines in September 2007 for a free mall concert tour of the Ayala Malls to promote his self-titled album.
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Elliott Yamin placed on four-year-end Billboard charts for 2007, ranking at number 3 on the Independent Albums chart and at number 114 on The Billboard 200 chart, as well as ranking at number 39 on the Independent Albums decade-end chart.
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On March 2,2008, accompanied by Fantasia and a film crew, Elliott Yamin went on a four-day trip to Angola as a guest of Idol Gives Back sponsor ExxonMobil for the "Idol Gives Back" special.
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Elliott Yamin attended but did not perform on the Idol Gives Back show, broadcast on April 9,2008.
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Elliott Yamin made several trips to Japan during 2008 for media interviews and appearances to promote the album and performed 10 shows at Billboard Live venues in Tokyo, Osaka, and Fukuoka in August.
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Elliott Yamin was named one of the Best 3 New Artists by the 23rd Annual Japan Gold Disc Awards along with Leona Lewis and Flo Rida.
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Elliott Yamin recorded 35 songs from which to choose the final track list and worked with various producers, including Jermaine Dupri, Eman, Harvey Mason, Jr.
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Elliott Yamin co-wrote the majority of songs for the album, including "Someday", a song about his feelings of loss following the death of his mother.
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On January 2,2010, Elliott Yamin kicked off a month-long Fight for Love tour, which he described as "acoustic with a cool twist", in Alexandria, Virginia.
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In February 2010, Elliott Yamin returned to Angola as a representative of Idol Gives Back, this time accompanied by Kara DioGuardi.
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The grant was made to enable the school, which Elliott Yamin had visited in 2008 with Fantasia, to improve and expand their facility.
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Later that week, Elliott Yamin performed the National Anthem in honor of World Malaria Day at Washington Nationals and Chicago White Sox baseball games.
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From February 22 to 27,2010, Elliott Yamin represented the US in the international competition of the LI Festival Internacional de la Cancion de Vina del Mar, in Chile, against interpreters from Argentina, Chile, Cuba, France, Italy, Mexico, Peru, Spain and UK The competition's theme was "Songs with History", and Elliott Yamin performed "Rock Around the Clock".
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On March 7,2010, Elliott Yamin performed at the 11th Annual Children Uniting Nations Oscar Celebration, held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California.
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In June 2010, Elliott Yamin was invited by United Airlines to fly on its inaugural flight from Washington, DC, to Accra, Ghana.
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On February 2,2011, Elliott Yamin released, exclusively for the Japanese market, his third studio album, Gather 'Round, which contains 12 tracks.
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On November 5,2015, Elliott Yamin released, again exclusively for the Japanese market, his fourth studio album, As Time Goes By, which contains 12 tracks.
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On October 7,2008, Elliott Yamin released another holiday album titled My Kind of Holiday.
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Elliott Yamin covered Elton John's Academy Award-winning song in 1994, "Can You Feel the Love Tonight" from Disney's The Lion King, for the compilation album DisneyMania 6, released on May 20,2008.
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On October 27,2008, Elliott Yamin performed in a concert as part of the celebration of the 10th anniversary of the Peres Center for Peace in Israel.
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Elliott Yamin collaborated with fellow American Idol Taylor Hicks on Hicks' second album, The Distance, released on March 10,2009.
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Elliott Yamin collaborated with Bangladeshi American DJ Sanjoy in the fast-paced pop EDM "OBVI," released on January 13,2017.
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Elliott Yamin was selected as the singer after "OBVI" brought Sanjoy back memories of his first kiss in high school to Elliott Yamin's song "Wait for You".
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Elliott Yamin collaborated with jazz musician Phil Lassiter in his second album Party Crashers, released digitally on July 6,2018.
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In October 2006, Elliott Yamin sang the national anthem at the Dodger Stadium and cut the ribbon during the JDRF International Walk to Cure Diabetes.
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Elliott Yamin returned for the 9th Annual Spring Gala on April 4,2009.
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In October 2007, Elliott Yamin was named Global Ambassador to promote the Inspired by Diabetes Creative Expression Competition, a global contest in which people with diabetes, as well as their friends and families, can share through art, music, or essay how the disease has impacted their lives.
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On World Diabetes Day, November 14,2007, Elliott Yamin was joined by children with diabetes for a performance of the song "Promise to Remember Me" in the United Nation's Rose Garden.
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On November 3,2010, Elliott Yamin appeared on Don't Forget the Lyrics, contesting for two charities: JDRF and Malaria No More.
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On November 5,2010, Elliott Yamin was a guest performer at the 40th Anniversary of Africare.