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Infobox musical artist| name = Brooke White| caption = White in the American Idol Experience motorcade at Walt Disney World .| background = solo_singer| birth_name = Brooke Elizabeth White| birth_date = Birth date and age|mf=yes|1983|6|2 http://tv.yahoo.com/brooke-white/contributor/2364815/bio Yahoo& #33; TV Brooke White Biography| birth_place = Phoenix, Arizona | origin = Mesa, Arizona , United States | genre = Indie pop , Folk music|folk-pop | occupation = Singer-songwriter , actress | instrument = Singing|Vocals , guitar , piano , Keyboard instrument|keyboards | years_active = 2005–present| label = June Baby Records (2009-present)| associated_acts = Michael Johns (singer)|Michael Johns Jack and White | website = http://www.realbrookewhite.com/ www.RealBrookeWhite.com/ http://jackandwhite.com/ Jack and White Brooke Elizabeth White (born June 2, 1983) is an United States|American indie pop / Folk music|folk-pop singer-songwriter and actress from Mesa, Arizona who was the fifth place finalist on the American Idol (season 7)|seventh season of American Idol . In 2005, White released her first studio album, called Songs from the Attic . White's first post- Idol album High Hopes & Heartbreak was released on July 21, 2009.Cite news| url= http://blogs.usatoday.com/idolchatter/ | work=USA Today | date=September 24, 2010 http://miamiherald.typepad.com/idol_watch/2008/05/brooke-white-al.html The first single " Hold Up My Heart " was released on February 25, 2009, and the song debuted at number 47 on the Billboard Hot 100 . http://news-briefs.ew.com/2009/05/american-idol-f.html The second single "Radio Radio" was released on June 23, 2009.
Biography
Early life
Brooke Elizabeth White was born in Phoenix, Arizona , and raised in nearby Mesa, Arizona|Mesa , with three younger siblings (Katie, Tyler, and Quinn) and her parents, Brad and Kaylene, and is of English people|English descent.Citation needed|date=May 2009 She also has family members in Nova Scotia, Canada .Cite news| title = 'Idol' finalist White a beauty school dropout | url = http://edition.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/TV/03/19/idol.white.ap/ | publisher = CNN | date = 2008-03-19Dead link|date=September 2010|bot=RjwilmsiBot
Personal life
White started singing at 16, when she tried out for the high school musical, Meet Me in St. Louis , and earned the lead role. White was graduated from Heritage Academy high school in 2001. She, at one time, attended beauty school, and described herself as a "beauty school dropout," and shared on Idol that she started doing hair when she was eleven years old. White moved to Los Angeles, California when she was nineteen year old where she attended the Musicians Institute for three months and then spent the next four years honing her craft as a singer-songwriter recording in the studio and performing in the clubs of Hollywood, California under the guidance of Tim Simms. White also spent a year as a nanny for twin baby girls. During her elimination video on American Idol , White stated "It's probably not a secret that I struggled with my own confidence but I'm stronger than I thought I was and that's a great thing to get out of this." White currently resides in Van Nuys, California , with her husband.Cite web| title = 'American Idol' eliminates Brooke White, determines Top 4 finalists | url = http://www.realitytvworld.com/news/american-idol-eliminates-brooke-white-determines-top-4-finalists-7033.php | publisher = Reality TV world | date = 2008-05-01 White is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints . White announced on December 16, 2011 on her blog that she is pregnant with a baby girl to be born in May 2012.Citation needed|date=January 2012
White auditioned for American Idol , in Philadelphia , where she sang " Like a Star " and received positive reviews from all of the judges. During her audition, she admitted to never having seen an R-rated movie, which prompted Cowell to state that he could "bring her over to the dark side." During Hollywood week, White performed "Beautiful", by Carole King , and accompanied herself on piano. After that performance, judges commented that White reminded them of a young Carly Simon or Carole King.
In the live rounds of the competition, White accompanied herself on guitar for her performances of " You're So Vain ", " Jolene (song)|Jolene ", and " I'm a Believer " and on piano for " Let It Be (song)|Let It Be ", " Every Breath You Take ", " Hero (Mariah Carey song)|Hero " and " I Am...I Said ". Judge Simon Cowell chose White early as one of his four favorites in the competition when he appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show on March 17, 2008. http://www.brookeinsider.com/videos.html? id=61 Video clip of Simon Cowell with Oprah
During the 1970s theme week, while White performed " You're So Vain ", by Carly Simon , she stared at Simon Cowell. It caught the judges' attention and received good reviews from them. White performed an Acoustic music|acoustic version of " Love Is a Battlefield " by Pat Benatar , in the next week to good reviews, as well. During the Lennon–McCartney week, she performed " Let It Be ", a classic song by The Beatles . Randy Jackson said it was a very heartfelt performance and Simon Cowell said that it was believable and one of the best of the night and that he thought that Brooke had picked good song choices in the past three weeks.
Andrew Lloyd Webber , who served as guest mentor for a show, based on his own music, was particularly impressed by White and predicted a big night for her. http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/showtracker/2008/04/american-idol-4.html American Idol Tracker: Andrew Lloyd Webber sic|forsees big night for Brooke White However, three lines into her performance of "You Must Love Me", White apologized, stopped the band and re-started the song from the beginning. She later explained, "I lost the lyric." Simon Cowell stated that he would have done the same thing, had he been in her situation. It was the first time in the show's history that a contestant restarted a performance from a point so far into the song. (White had previously restarted " Every Breath You Take ", after a single odd note.) Despite this, she was the third contestant to be named safe on the subsequent results show, while Carly Smithson went home.
When White performed " I'm a Believer " and " I Am...I Said ", during Neil Diamond week, she personalized the latter, at Diamond's own suggestion, by changing the lyrics from "I'm New York City born and raised" to "I'm Arizona born and raised."
White was in the bottom three three times, once on April 2 after performing Dolly Parton 's song " Jolene ", again on April 16 after performing Mariah Carey 's " Hero (Mariah Carey song)|Hero ", and when she was eliminated on April 30, 2008 after performing " I'm a Believer " and " I Am...I Said ".
note|2|2 When Ryan Seacrest announced the results for this particular night, White was among the Bottom 3 but declared safe second, as the remaining contestant was eliminated.
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Post- Idol
In an interview with Entertainment Weekly , White stated that she will continue to focus on recording and that she received a call from Carly Simon. When asked about returning as a nanny of the twins, White said that the family joked that they would give her a raise, if she went back, and she said that she did not mind babysitting every once in a while.Cite web| title = 'American Idol' Exit Q& A: Brooke White | url = http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20007164_20171835_20196971_2,00.html | publisher = Entertainment Weekly | date = 2008-05-01 After White's elimination, she made appearances on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992 TV series)|The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on May 1, 2008,Video of Brooke White on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992 TV series)|The Tonight Show with Jay Leno http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=AbK9lZ8Aadg Live with Regis and Kelly and The Ellen DeGeneres Show on May 5, 2008,Video of Brooke White Live with Regis and Kelly http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=Algxkz7b-po http://ellen.warnerbros.com/2008/05/idols_on_ellen_brooke_white_ex.php Idols on Ellen -- Brooke White Exits Gracefully The Ellen DeGeneres Show . 2008-05-05. Retrieved 2008-05-05. The Morning Show with Mike & Juliet on May 6, 2008,Video of Brooke White on The Morning Show with Mike & Juliet http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=kue0AszNXiQ Good Day L.A. and Access Hollywood .Brooke White performs on the Access Hollywood stage http://video.accesshollywood.com/player/? id=248193 Booted 'Idol' Brooke White Performs On The Access Stage She also filmed an appearance on MTV 's Total Request Live on May 6, 2008. http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/slideshow/photo//080506/482/178f3f367cbe4a6f824a59a8b02cfba0/ American Idol - Yahoo& #33; News Photos While on The Ellen DeGeneres Show , Ellen DeGeneres cut White's husband David's hair, since he had vowed not to cut it until Brooke was eliminated from Idol .Cite web| title = Brooke White: Surviving Idol | url = http://www.seattlepi.com/tvguide/361422_idolblog1.html? source=rss | publisher = TV GUIDE | date = 2008-05-01 She performed "You're So Vain" on The Ellen DeGeneres Show , Live with Regis and Kelly , The Morning Show with Mike & Juliet and Access Hollywood . White shot a video for the VH1 TV show Best Week Ever , called " http://www.bestweekever.tv/2008/05/09/exclusive-brooke-white-starts-and-stops-the-classics/ Brooke White Starts And Stops The Classics". In the video, White mocks herself and starts and stops while singing some classic songs. White returned to the Idol stage for the season finale and performed, along with the other Top 12 contestants. She also sang " Teach Your Children ", with Graham Nash . White filmed a commercial with fellow finalists, Syesha Mercado and Carly Smithson , she has become the spokeswoman for “Save The World Summer”, a campaign launched by Malaria No More and Idol Gives Back . White stated in an interview that she would not sign a record deal until the tour finished. "There are definitely certain things that I have to abide with in my American Idol contract. I won't sign anything, until three months after the show is over. That doesn't mean that I'm not looking ahead and preparing for the future. The point of doing the show was not just to be on TV but to launch into a real career." http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/arizonaliving/articles/0626brooke0626.html Valley Idol looks forward to performing for fun, not votes White completed the American Idols LIVE& #33; Tour 2008 , which ran from July 1, 2008, to September 13, 2008. She performed "Let It Be" by the Beatles, " 1234 (song)|1234 " by Feist (singer)|Feist and " http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum? i=216754266%26id=216753439%26s=143441/ Yellow" by Coldplay (which is also included on White's debut album http://www.SongsFromTheAttic/ Songs From the Attic. White was on the Fall 2008 cover of Eliza magazine . The cover was accompanied by an eight page fashion story and article. On September 27, 2008 (proclaimed by the mayor of Mesa to be "Brooke White Day"), Brooke White visited her hometown of Mesa, AZ, and signed autographs at Milano Music Center and performed at the Mesa Amphitheater. The performance was free to the public; however, donations to Malaria No More were accepted. The event was sponsored by the Mesa Convention Center, Milano Music Center, and Malaria No More. White also appeared at NAMM Show|NAMM and did an impromptu performance of "You're So Vain" at the Gibson booth. She launched BrookeWhiteMusic.net as her official website, but later announced on her Twitter that the new official site was RealBrookeWhite.com She sang "Dancing a Catchy Rhythm" with Jennifer Hudson for the Walt Disney World Paris parade. White also collaborated with Michael Johns (singer)|Michael Johns for a song called, Life is Okay . White performed the song with Johns. http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=YycEuQahXCY NARM 2009 Performance Highlights She and fellow Idol alumn Michael Johns performed joint concerts, in September, 2009. She will appear solo at a concert in Washington, DC, on October 10, 2009. On November 10, 2009, an exclusive holiday EP by White was released on iTunes and contained the songs " Away in a Manger ", " Blue Christmas " and " California Christmas ".
Career
Songs from the Attic (2005)
Main|Songs from the AtticWhite's debut album, Songs from the Attic , was released nationwide in the US by the independent record label New Millennium Records Group, in 2005,Cite web|url= http://www.songsfromtheattic.com|title=Brooke White's first CD Songs from the Attic and was produced and co-written by Tim Simms. http://www.latimesblogs.latimes.com/showtracker/2008/05/american-idol-b.html ‘American Idol’: Brooke White’s debut album returns to the Internet (May 1, 2008). Songs from the Attic is a full length 11 song album which contains some of White's first songs that she ever wrote and recorded. The album also contains cover versions of Aerosmith's "Dream On" and Coldplay's "Yellow". White's first music video was from a song off Songs from the Attic , entitled, "Free", which was directed by Braden Barty http://www.wirewerks.net/brookewhite.html Several Brooke White videos from WireWerks and produced by Tim Simms. In the video, she acts out her story as a beauty school dropout who moves to Hollywood to pursue a singing career. Songs from the Attic was re-released, after White was eliminated from American Idol.
High Hopes & Heartbreak (2009-2011)
Main|High Hopes & HeartbreakOn January 31, White announced that she signed with Sanctuary Artist Management, instead of earlier reported Sanctuary Records . http://mjsbigblog.com/brooke-white-clears-the-air-album-high-hopes-and-heart-break-to-be-released-june-2.htm Brooke White Clears the Air: Album High Hopes & Heartbreak To Be Released June 2 She also announced that the title of her new album would be called High Hopes & Heartbreak .'' http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm? fuseaction=blog.view& friendID=8985501& blogID=467470184 I'm back...For the Record... On February 25, 2009, White released her first single, " Hold Up My Heart ," written entirely by White. The song featured a piano riff that repeated throughout with a mid-tempo beat. White returned to American Idol to perform her debut single, on the February 26 results show and played the keyboard to accompany the song. White announced, on May, 2009, that she started her own record label "June Baby Records", with Randy Jackson, and her first post-Idol album, High Hopes & Heartbreak , would be available July 21, 2009. The second single off the album " Radio Radio " was available on iTunes on June 23. The album was originally supposed to be dropped on June 2, 2009, but was postponed to release a little more than two months later, as said in White's blog entry for the 15th of May. http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm? fuseaction=blog.ListAll& friendId=8985501 White held a live webcast at 5PM PST , on the 9th of July, 2009, and announced that she had teamed up with iTunes and her album High Hopes & Heartbreak was to be exclusively digitally released from the iTunes Store on the July 14, as well as the music video of her second single Radio Radio to be available for downloads free on the same date. http://www.myspace.com/brookewhite During the webcast, she performed 3 songs on her album, including her single " Radio Radio ", her cover of Use Somebody originally by the Kings of Leon and the title track off her album, " High Hopes & Heartbreak ", all performed with her on the keyboard. A 'backstage pass' was also released in connection with The Republic Project , which allows purchasers to receive and view behind-the-scenes videos of the making of High Hopes & Heartbreak . http://www.republicproject.com/Home/ArtistPreview/Brooke%20White 10 lucky purchasers of the backstage pass were chosen to attend the live webcast, in Los Angelos , which streamed live on July 9 on Facebook and uStream . A Live Session Extended play|EP was released on the October 13, 2009, exclusively on the iTunes Store . It consisted of five songs recorded live during her summer tour with fellow 'Idol' mate Michael Johns (singer)|Michael Johns and Benton Paul. The five songs included three Acoustic music|acoustic and piano versions from " High Hopes & Heartbreak ", a cover of Fleetwood Mac 's " Rhiannon (song)|Rhiannon " and a personal song that White wrote, "Take it Away." http://mjsbigblog.com/brooke-white-itunes-exclusive-live-sessions-available-for-download.htm
Jack and White - Gemini (2011)
Brooke White partnered up with singer-songwriter Jack Matranga to form a duo Jack and White. They released a six-song EP entitled Gemini . http://content.usatoday.com/communities/idolchatter/post/2009/07/68495191/1 Brooke White's duo EP coming Aug. 30 They got together initially to write songs for her new solo album but ended up releasing an EP together. http://brookiebabble.blogspot.com/2011/06/milo-greene-1957-jack-and-white-goodbye.html MILO GREENE 1957. JACK AND WHITE. GOODBYE VAN NUYS...
Jack and White Winter-EP(2012)
White and Jack Matranga teamed up for the second time on a new EP titled "Winter", released on January 24, 2012. https://twitter.com/#!/brookewhite The EP's first single was "Night After Night", and icluded 3 other new original tracks and a live acoustic version of "Telephone Games", a stand-out from their first EP, Gemini. The EP peaked at number 39 on the iTunes top downloads charts in January of 2012./feed
Musical influences
White cites her musical influences as the "soulful sounds of the 70s", such as the Carpenters , Carole King , Fleetwood Mac , James Taylor , Elton John , Stevie Wonder , the Eagles (band)|Eagles , America (band)|America , Carly Simon , the Bee Gees , Hall & Oates , Joni Mitchell , Bonnie Raitt and Phil Collins . When asked on American Idol with whom she would like to do a duet, she named John Mayer as her choice for a modern artist. She also says that, if she could choose a partner for a "dream duet", she would choose Carole King , whom she cites as one of her main influences. She also cites Kelly Clarkson and Carrie Underwood as her favorite former American Idol winners. http://www.americanidol.com/contestants/season7/brooke_white/ Brooke White Top 24 Season 7 American Idol page Carly Simon , one of the singers who inspired White, said publicly that her favorite contestant on Idol was Brooke. She was impressed with White's performance of " You're So Vain " and said that she thought, "Oh my God, this girl is so talented and she sings the song so much better than I ever did or ever could." http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24377077/wid/7468326/6.a10984/6.b10984/5? ? cm=WaterCooler-SC "Carly Simon is a fan of ‘Idol’s’ Brooke White" Associated Press article on msnbc.com, April 29, 2008.
Acting
White starred in a Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox TV movie titled " Change of Plans ", which aired on January 8, 2011. http://www.fancast.com/blogs/2010/tv-news/idol-alum-brooke-white-to-star-in-tv-movie/ "‘Idol’ Alum Brooke White To Star In TV Movie" She wrote and performed three songs for the movie, "Something Beautiful", "Let Us Live As One", and "Love Lovin' You".
Discography
Studio albums
Year
Album details
Peak positions
Sales
US
US Indie
2005
Songs from the Attic
Released: October 18, 2005
Label: New Millennium Records Group
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US sales: 55,000
2009
High Hopes & Heartbreak
Released: July 21, 2009
Label: June Baby Records
50
7
US sales: 50,000
"—" denotes releases that did not chart
EP
Year
EP details
Peak positions
Sales
Top Current Albums
US Indie
2009
Live Session EP (iTunes Exclusive)http:/ / itunes.apple.com/ us/ album/ live-session-itunes-exclusive/ id334297613 Live Session (iTunes Exclusive) - EP
Released: October 13, 2009
Label: June Baby
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Holiday EP (iTunes exclusive)http:/ / itunes.apple.com/ us/ album/ itunes-exclusive-holiday-ep/ id337572147 iTunes Exclusive Holiday EP
Released: November 10, 2009
Label: June Baby
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2011
Gemini (as part of Jack and White)
Released: August 30, 2011
Label: June Baby Records
192
36
US sales: 2,000cite web|title=Four Season 10 Idols stay in the top 200 |url= http://content.usatoday.com/communities/idolchatter/post/2011/08/four-season-10-idols-stay-in-the-top-200/1 |last=Mansfield |first=Brian |work=Idol Chatter |publisher=USA Today |date=2011-08-31 |accessdate=August 31, 2011
"Life Is Okay" ( Michael Johns (singer)|Michael Johns featuring Brooke White)
Other releases
iTunes Exclusive "American Idol Live Performances" # " Happy Together (song)|Happy Together " # " You're So Vain " # " Love Is a Battlefield " iTunes Exclusive "American Idol Studio Performances"1 # " Let It Be (song)|Let It Be " - 3:30 # " Here Comes the Sun " - 2:51 # " Every Breath You Take " - 3:54 # " Jolene (song)|Jolene " - 2:39 # " You've Got a Friend " - 5:08 # " Hero (Mariah Carey song)|Hero " - 3:54 # " You Must Love Me " - 2:40 # " I Am...I Said " - 3:31 Live Session (iTunes Exclusive) - EP # " Rhiannon (song)|Rhiannon " - 3:13 # " Hold Up My Heart " - 3:21 # "Radio Radio" - 3:23 # "High Hopes & Heartbreak" - 3:42 # "Take It Away" - 2:58
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External links
Commons category|Brooke White
AI contestant|7|brooke_white|Brooke White
http://www.SongsFromTheAttic.com Brooke White's pre-Idol CD
http://www.realbrookewhite.com Brooke White's official site
http://twitter.com/realbrookewhite Brooke White's official Twitter
http://afewmomentswith.com Brooke White Interview with FOX News Radio
http://www.myspace.com/brookewhite Brooke White's Official Myspace
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