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Carly Smithson (born September 12, 1983 as Carly Hennessy), is a Meteor Award-winning Irish rock/soul singer-songwriter, who was born in Dublin, Ireland but currently lives in San Diego. In 2001 Smithson released her first studio album for MCA Records called Ultimate High. Smithson was dropped from the record label in 2002. Smithson was the sixth place finalist on the seventh season of the television series American Idol and she had finished the American Idols LIVE! Tour 2008 from July 1, 2008 to September 13, 2008. She is now the lead singer of the new rock group, We Are the Fallen.[title=Carly Smithson to join forces with ex-Evanescence musicians to become the Fallen ]
BiographyEarly yearsCarly (Hennessy) Smithson was born on September 12, 1983 in Dublin, Ireland to parents Marie Murray and Luke Hennessy.
CareerBefore her marriage to Todd Smithson, Carly Smithson (as Carly Hennessy) released an album for MCA Records called Ultimate High in 2001. Smithson has stated that the album did not have the opportunity to find an audience, due to the record company's merger with a parent company. Though some established artists like Sheryl Crow survived the merger, yet-to-be-released artists did not; Smithson's album was released, but with limited promotion [
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