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SINGAPORE: It really doesn't matter that Chris Daughtry never made it to the final showdown in season five of American Idol. Not when his band's debut album outsold Idol winner Taylor Hick's.
The 27-year-old singer-songwriter fronts his namesake band, Daughtry, as lead vocalist, with Brian Craddock and Josh Steely on guitar, Josh Paul on bass and Joey Barnes on drums.
The band's debut self-titled album, featuring favourites "Home" and "It's Not Over", is the fastest-selling rock debut album in Soundscan history. "Daughtry" was the top-selling album in the United States not once, but twice after its release in November 2006, and has since sold more than three million copies.
The former Idol contestant and his band members have performed with their own bands since a young age, but their talents have only recently been recognised. "This is stuff we've always wanted to do and I guess we just didn't have the access to the people who can get us there," said Daughtry.
"So, doing that for so long and not making any progress, I decided to go on a TV show and see if I could get any body's attention."
Attention is not the only thing that Daughtry and his band have achieved, but fame and fortune too, and as guitarist Brian Craddock put it, a dream job come true. "When I wake up in the morning I don't have to go to my day job like I always go to before."
"It's exciting, we get to go places we never thought we'd ever go in our life, so it's awesome for us as much as it is for the fans," continued Daughtry.
The rock band has been on tour since January 2007, and is now in Singapore, their only stop in Asia. The group touched down on Tuesday, and has since been to local shops and eateries. They claim to have gotten more recognition here in the island city-state then in their native homeland.
"It's funny because we went to London and Canada, and I get recognised more here in Singapore than I did in Canada or London," said the lead vocalist. "It was really cool. I went to Starbucks and everybody wanted pictures.
"(It's great) to go all the way across to the other side of the world and (find out that our music) has the same impact here, it's pretty phenomenal to us because I guess it's not normal for every band to make it."
The band is all set to rock Powerhouse in St. James Power Station on Thursday evening, and entry is by invitation only. – CNA/yb
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