Chris Daughtry Biography

Fast Facts

• Tried out for CBS's 2005 music-competition series Rock Star: INXS but wasn't chosen
• Was in a band called Cadence in high school; later was a member of Absent Element, a North Carolina alternative-rock band
• Was working as a service adviser at a car dealership in Greensboro, NC, when he auditioned for American Idol
• Performed the Fuel song "Hemorrhage (In My Hands)" on Idol; later, after being voted off the show, Fuel offered him a job as its lead singer (he turned them down)
• Made his TV acting debut on the 100th episode of CSI: NY in 2008
• Performed an acoustic cover of Lady Gaga's "Poker Face" in 2009 that was posted on YouTube and became extremely popular, getting over four millions views in under a year
• Was the first American Idol alum to have two consecutive number-one albums (2006's Daughtry and 2009's Leave This Town)
• In 2010, his band performed during the Super Bowl Tailgate Party and at the Countdown at the NCAA Final Four Concert
• Does push-ups before performing
• Hobbies include drawing and painting
• Is a huge Spider-Man fan