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Infobox musical artist|name = Phil Stacey|image = Phil Stacey.jpg|caption = Phil Stacey in The American Idol Experience motorcade at Walt Disney World .|background = solo_singer|birth_name = Joel Philip Stacey|birth_date = Birth date and age|1978|1|21|origin = Richmond, Kentucky , United States |occupation = Singing|Singer |genre = Country music|Country , Contemporary Christian music|CCM |years_active = 2007-present|label = Lyric Street Records|Lyric Street , Reunion Records|Reunion |associated_acts = Rascal Flatts Jason Sellers |website = Joel Philip "Phil" Stacey (born January 21, 1978) is an American singer who first gained national attention on American Idol (season 6)|season 6 of the television talent show American Idol . After being eliminated from the competition on May 2, 2007, he was signed to a recording contract with Lyric Street Records . His debut single, "If You Didn't Love Me", was released to radio in early 2008 as the lead-off to his Phil Stacey (album)|self-titled debut album , which was issued April 29, 2008 on Lyric Street. Stacey's second album, Into the Light (Phil Stacey album)|Into the Light , was released on August 25, 2009 via Reunion Records .
Life and career
Stacey was born in Harlan County, Kentucky . http://www.richmondregister.com/localnews/local_story_074084306.html? keyword=secondarystory The Richmond Register - ‘Idol’ singer has local ties His mother, Adrell Horn, was born in Madison County, Kentucky and works as a nurse in Smyrna, Tennessee . http://www.rctimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article? AID=/20070327/ENTERTAINMENT12/703270351/1005/MTCN0303 www.tennessean.com | MTCN03apps | His father, Gary Stacey, is a Church of God (Cleveland) minister who pastor s a church. Both of Stacey's grandfathers, Carlie Horn and E.T. Stacey, were also Church of God pastors. Stacey grew up in Fairfield, Ohio and began singing in Church service|church . In 2006, he served as the music minister for First Coast Christian Center in Jacksonville, Florida . His father in law, Mark McIntosh pastors a church in Shawnee Oklahoma called Evangelistic center church. He currently resides in Hendersonville, Tennessee with his wife Kendra and their two daughters, Chloe and McKayla.
Stacey graduated from Wichita Northwest High School in Wichita, Kansas in 1997. He attended Lee University http://www.leeuniversity.edu Lee University - Cleveland, TN http://www.leeuniversity.edu/events/philstacey/default.asp Lee University - Phil Stacey & American Idol in Cleveland, Tennessee . He holds a degree in vocal performance from Lee, where he was a member of one of its auditioned choirs, Lee Singers, and part of that choir's internally selected traveling ensemble, Second Edition. He was eliminated from American Idol along with Chris Richardson in the top six results episode; no one had been eliminated the week before.
Albums
In late 2007, Stacey signed to a recording contract with Lyric Street Records . His first single "If You Didn't Love Me" was released to country radio on January 7, 2008 and peaked at number 28 on the U.S. Billboard (magazine)|Billboard Hot Country Songs charts. It was written by Jason Sellers , Wendell Mobley, and Rascal Flatts ' lead vocalist Gary LeVox .Cite journal|last=Neal |first=Chris |date=2008-03-10 |title=Who's New: Phil Stacey |journal= Country Weekly |volume=15 |issue=5 |pages=72 |accessdate= 2008-03-11 His self-titled debut album was released in April 2008. Stacey also released a promotional single entitled "Old Glory" in July, and parted ways with Lyric Street soon afterward.
On January 28, 2009, Stacey signed to Reunion Records , a Christian music label.Cite web|url= http://blogs.usatoday.com/idolchatter/2009/01/phil-stacey-sig.html|title=Phil Stacey signed with Provident/Reunion Records|date=2009-01-29|work=USA Today Idol Chatter|accessdate=2009-05-12 His first album for the label, Into the Light , was released on August 25. It has sold 18,000 copies so far. http://content.usatoday.com/communities/idolchatter/post/2010/09/idol-album-sales-fantasia-sells-best-chris-sligh-josiah-leming-debut/1 Idol Chatter 09-22-2010, "'Idol album sales: Fantasia sells best; Chris Sligh, Josiah Leming debut"
http://www.philstacey.com/ Official Phil Stacey Website
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