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In June 2008, Archuleta signed with Jive Records. His self-titled album, David Archuleta, was released on November 11 2008. Archuleta's first single "Crush" was released on August 1, 2008 on Z100, a New York radio station.[ publisher=Z100 ][ ] On August 12 "Crush" became available on iTunes. It debuted at number two on the Billboard Hot 100, beaten only by Rihanna's "Disturbia". It was the best chart debut in more than 18 months. According to Nielsen SoundScan, the track sold 166,000 downloads in the first week in the United States. It has sold 1.83 million digital copies in the US.
The three songs he performed in the American Idol finale; "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me", "In This Moment", and "Imagine", debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 chart the week of June 7, 2008. "Imagine" entered at #36 (giving Archuleta his first top forty hit), "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" at #58, and "In This Moment" entered at #60.
Along with American Idol winner David Cook, Archuleta placed second on Forbes list of "Breakout Stars of 2008".
Since the release of his debut album, Archuleta has released three new songs: "Let's Talk About Love (The Build-A-Bear theme song)," "Save the Day," and "Zero Gravity." In February, it was announced that Archuleta will be touring the United Kingdom supporting English band McFly on their upcoming "Up Close...And This Time It's Personal" tour.[ publisher=McFly.com ] The tour begins on April 21, 2009 and will continue throughout April and May.
In April he made his first UK Television appearance, on the ''Paul O'Grady Show'', performing "Crush" and chatting about his album, which was released there in May
. In May Archuleta and fellow American Idol David Cook, visited the Philippines. Two days later he made live appearances on two of GMA-7's shows, Sis and Eat Bulaga. He also confirmed that month that he was working on two new albums, his sophomore pop album and a Christmas album. In August 2009, Archuleta won three Teen Choice Awards for Breakout Artist, Love Song, and the Music Tour category with Demi Lovato. In September he won the Year in Music - Rising Male Star award at the ALMA Awards and performed a cover of Christina Aguilera's Spanish song, "Contigo En La Distancia."
Acting debutArchuleta made an appearance as himself for his acting debut on Nickelodeon's show iCarly titled "iRocked the Vote". The episode aired February 7, 2009.
He had also made a special guest appearance in Season 3 of the Disney Channel show Hannah Montana In the episode "Promma Mia" as himself and he sang a duet: "I Wanna Know You" with Miley Cyrus who plays the title character; the song was featured on the soundtrack, Hannah Montana 3.
Philanthropy Archuleta is teaming up with Do Something.org, along with the Dunkin' Brands Community Foundation, to help willing teenagers make a difference in others' lives with disaster relief. He is also one of several teen celebrities taking part in Do Something.org's Teens for Jeans charity initiative, which donates denim to homeless teenagers nationwide.
Discography - David Archuleta (2008)
- Christmas from the Heart (2009)
- TBA (2010)
Tours- American Idols LIVE! Tour 2008
- David Archuleta Solo Tour 2009
- Demi Lovato Summer Tour 2009
- Demi Lovato Fall Tour 2009
- Christmas from the Heart Tour (2009)
Awards and nominations
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