Clay Aiken
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 Clay Aiken facts

• Aiken was the 2014 Democratic nominee in the North Carolina 2nd congressional district election
• Aiken began his rise to fame placing second on the second season of the television program American Idol in 2003
• He and the 2003 Winner Ruben Studdard were both offered recording contracts by RCA Records, and his multi-platinum debut album Measure of a Man was released in October 2003
• He released four more albums on the RCA label: Merry Christmas with Love (2004), A Thousand Different Ways (2006), and the Christmas EP, All is Well (2006)
• His fourth studio album (the first album of original material since 2003's Measure of a Man), On My Way Here, was released on May 6, 2008
• After the release of On My Way Here, Aiken left RCA and later signed with Decca Records
• His first album with Decca, Tried and True, was released June 1, 2010, and his second, Steadfast, was released March 26, 2012
• In the years following his American Idol appearance, Aiken has launched eleven tours, authored a New York Times best-selling book Learning to Sing: Hearing the Music in Your Life with Allison Glock, and was the executive producer for a 2004 televised Christmas special, A Clay Aiken Christmas and his televised live concert special in 2010 on PBS Tried & True Live!
• He has been a frequent talk show guest, particularly on The Tonight Show and Jimmy Kimmel Live!
• He appeared as a guest star on Scrubs, Drop Dead Diva, and 30 Rock, and he participated in comedy skits on numerous other shows