Alabama's favorite son, Taylor Hicks, became a busy silver fox after winning American Idol Season 5.
The night before Hurricane Katrina, Taylor was in New Orleans. His flight was canceled and the free airplane voucher that the airline gave, Taylor used it to travel to Las Vegas where an American Idol audition took place.
His debut single 'Do I Make You Proud' quickly climbed into the Billboard Hot 100 and reached the no. 1 spot and sold 190,000 copies in its first week of release. His self title album followed and was no 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 albums and sold 298,000 copies. A certified platinum album.
Season 5 finale of American Idol was considered as one of the most watched television show where almost 37 million Americans tuned in and 63 million cast their votes for Taylor.
Taylor is now a singer, record producer, and a Broadway actor when he starred in the musical Grease.
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