Taylor Hicks

American pop-rock and blues rock singer Taylor Hicks (birth name Taylor Reuben Hicks) was born on October 7, 1976, in Birmingham, Alabama, USA. He rose to fame in 2006, when he won the fifth season of American Idol. In 2006, Taylor Hicks released his self-titled debut album, Taylor Hicks, which you may download in mp3 from our site. It produced two hit singles, "Just to Feel That Way" and "Do I Make You Proud". The album debuted at the number two spot on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart, selling 298,000 copies in its first week. Within one month of its release, Taylor Hicks was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America for shipping over one million copies. However, over a year later it had reached sales of only about 700,000 copies, making it the lowest selling debut album by an American Idol winner.