Elliott Yamin Ringtones

Elliott Yamin Ringtones

As a teaser for his album, Yamin released a song from his album, “Movin’ On”, on AOL’s first listen and iTunes. His first radio single, Wait For You, was released on March 13. A video teaser for Wait for You was available on the KIIS-FM website.

Yamin’s debut album was released on March 20, 2007. To promote his album, Yamin made TV appearances on Live with Regis and Kelly, Ellen, Jimmy Kimmel Live, and TRL, where the video for the song “Wait For You” was premiered. He also stopped by the NY Times Square Virgin Megastore for CD autographs and had a CD release party at Circuit City on the 21st in his hometown, Richmond. The album debuted at #3 on the Billboard 200 chart selling 96,000 copies in its first week. The album is the highest-ever debut for an independent artist in the history of Billboard magazine.

Elliott Yamin Ringtones

Yamin appeared on several talk shows, such as the Tonight Show, Live with Regis and Kelly and the Fox News Channel program, Dayside. On June 11, 2006, Yamin performed the national anthem a cappella at Game 2 of the NBA finals.

Yamin appeared in the annual Pop Tart-sponsored country-wide tour between July and September 2006, singing Nickelback’s “Savin’ Me” (duet with Chris Daughtry), three solos (”Moody’s Mood For Love” (James Moody), “Never Too Much” (Luther Vandross), and “Trouble” (Elvis Presley)), and three group songs.

On October 8, 2006, Yamin performed at the Virginia State Fair as the closing act. He was the first contestant from Season 5 to have his own solo concert. His backup band was the Little Memphis Blues Orchestra. There was no new material featured in the concert. Instead, he sang nine cover songs:

* “Use Me” (Bill Withers)
* “Ready For Love” (Bad Company)
* “Little Ghetto Boy” (Donny Hathaway)
* “I Believe To My Soul” (Donny Hathaway)
* “You’ve Got a Friend” (Carole King)
* “Empty Arms” (Stevie Ray Vaughan)
* “I Love You More Than You’ll Ever Know” (Donny Hathaway)
* “What’s Going On?” (Marvin Gaye)
* “Whipping Post” (The Allman Brothers Band)

On October 22, 2006, Yamin sang the National Anthem at the Dodger Stadium (LA) and cut the ribbon for a diabetes walk during JDRF International Walk to Cure Diabetes.

On December 6, 2006, Yamin released a single, a rendition of “This Christmas,” on AOL Music.

On December 8, 2006, Yamin sang the National Anthem, Marvin Gaye’s “What’s Going On?” and Donny Hathaway’s “This Christmas” as part of the 2006 Genworth Children’s Advantage Classic (sponsored by the Genworth Foundation) at the Alltel Pavilion at the Virginia Commonwealth University’s Stuart C. Siegel Center in Richmond. He sang it at a tennis event featuring James Blake, Andre Agassi, Lindsay Davenport, and Steffi Graf

Entertainment Weekly.com ranked his performance of “A Song For You” as the 3rd greatest “Idol” performance of all time on their top 10 all time best American Idol performances from the first 5 seasons.[3]

In December, he announced a music publishing contract with Sony/ATV Music Publishing.[citation needed] On January 25, 2007, Yamin signed a record deal with Hickory Records and RED Distribution, which will promote the album. Yamin has stated that “Sony invested in [him] as a partner” as part of a 50/50 deal, which means that “they both stand or fall.”[4]. He maintains a close friendship with American Idol winner Taylor Hicks, as well as with fellow contestants Bucky Covington, Ace Young and Chris Daughtry.

Elliott Yamin Ringtones

Yamin stands out in American Idol as a contestant whose exceptional talent propelled him to his respectable finishing place despite personal hardships, lack of star image, little entertaining experience, and nonadherence to the pop genre usually represented on the show. During one weekly rehearsal, Elliott was told by guest coach Stevie Wonder that he should definitely pursue a career in music. Simon Cowell even stated that he thought Yamin was “potentially the best male vocalist” ever on American Idol and later, after Yamin’s A Song for You performance, he declared that it was a “vocal masterclass.” Cowell also said after Yamin’s performance of “Moody’s Mood For Love” that Yamin’s song selection might be “too cool for the room.”

In May 2006, Yamin participated in the celebratory hometown visit that the show annually sponsors for each of its top three contestants. His reception in Richmond was especially enthusiastic, a tribute to his humble, charming persona. Yamin was eliminated from American Idol after the tightest race in the history of the show. Each of the three top contestants received an almost exactly equal portion of the viewer votes necessary for advancement to the remaining two spots.

One week after his elmination, Yamin returned for the season finale, where he performed a duo with Mary J Blige and a rendition of “A House Is Not A Home” which, in words of judge Randy Jackson, “blew away the judges”. His duo with Mary J Blige was also considered one of the highest notes of the night.

Elliott Yamin Ringtones

Yamin was born in Los Angeles, California to an Israeli father of Iraqi Jewish descent, Saul Yamin, and a Jewish American mother, Claudette Goldberg. He relocated to Richmond, Virginia with his family when he was 11 years old. His parents divorced when he was 14 and his father moved back to Los Angeles. Elliott himself has resided in Los Angeles since competing in the fifth season of American Idol.

He started singing in his early childhood where he embraced the genres of R&B and soul. Although he had not been musically trained, he sang in a local jazz band and in amateur performance forums, emulating Stevie Wonder and Donny Hathaway. He dropped out of high school in his sophomore year, but later achieved a high school graduation equivalency certificate while working in one of the many jobs he held before auditioning for American Idol.

He is 90% deaf in his right ear. He was also diagnosed with Type I diabetes when he was 16 years old.

Elliott Yamin Ringtones

Elliott Yamin (born Efraym Elliott Yamin[1] on July 20, 1978) is an American singer who was the third-place finalist on the fifth season of American Idol.

Elliott Yamin Ringtones