Blake Lewis

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Blake Lewis

Background information
Also known as BShorty[1]
Born July 21, 1981 (1981-07-21) (age 26)
Redmond, Washington, U.S.
Origin Bothell, Washington, U.S.
Genre(s) Pop, hip pop, pop rock, blue-eyed soul
Occupation(s) Singer-songwriter, producer, beatboxer
Instrument(s) Vocals, guitar, keyboard, drums, loop pedals
Years active 1998–present
Label(s) Arista Records/19 Recordings (2007–present)
Associated acts Kickshaw (1998–2002)
Cupcake
Ryan Tedder
Chris Richardson
Website www.blakelewisofficial.com

Blake Colin Lewis (born July 21, 1981) is an American singer-songwriter and beatboxer who was the runner-up on the sixth season of American Idol.

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[edit] Biography

[edit] Early years

Lewis was born in Redmond, Washington to Dallas and Dinah Lewis.[2][3] Dinah is a former rocker who still sings and plays guitar.[4] He is an only child and is of Welsh, German, Swiss, and Irish descent.[5] He attended Kenmore Junior High and later Inglemoor High School in Kenmore, Washington. Blake Lewis worked at the Old Spaghetti Factory of Lynnwood. Under managment of Joni, Kelli Holderson, Brad, and Trish Artt.[6][7] In high school, Lewis participated in many high school state competitions. He also took part in numerous musicals, as well as comedy and rap videos with his friends.[2][8][9][10] In many of these videos, he portrayed his alter ego, Jimmie Walker Blue, the character he introduced during the semi-final round of American Idol.

Lewis started beatboxing at seventeen. He picked up this talent purely by ear, listening to CDs of beatboxing, after he was inspired by Matthew Selby, a former member of the Los Angeles-based a cappella group M-Pact, of which fellow American Idol semi-finalist Rudy Cárdenas was a member.[5][11][12] Aside from singing and beatboxing, Lewis plays the guitar, keyboard, drums and has written many songs such as "She Loves the Way", "Emotional Waterfalls", "Dumpty Humpty" and "Jealousy".[13][14][15] He describes himself as an improv musician and often uses devices such as loop pedals and the Kaoss Pad to layer beatboxing, instruments, vocals and effects to create a song live on stage.[16]

Being a member of the a cappella group Kickshaw for four years after graduating from high school in 1999, Lewis worked with the group on a 10-track album titled Put It In the Microphone but he quit the group in 2002 to become a solo musician going by the stage name Bshorty, which was basically inspired by the nicknames of the members of 311 and "aggressive inline-skate videos during the 1990s", "doing drum and bass shows, and conscious hip hop shows, singer-songwriter stuff, and electronica and hip hop".[11][9][17][18][19][20][21] He made connections with various musicians by performing regularly in many venues in Seattle such as Nectar Lounge in Fremont, SeaMonster Lounge, Lo-Fi Performance Gallery, Jet Deck in Everett (now in Mill Creek) and hosted shows like The Digital Lounge shows at ToST.[22][5][23][16] Before Idol, he was working on a solo album with a number of tracks finished.[24]

[edit] American Idol

See also: American Idol (Season 6)

Though he initially found American Idol unappealing, Lewis auditioned for it in Seattle with "Crazy" by Seal and an off-screen rendition of "Sunday Morning" by Maroon 5.[25][26][27] Introducing himself as the local beatboxing champion in the audition, Lewis beatboxed along with his teammates, including Chris Sligh, Rudy Cárdenas and Tom Lowe, to "How Deep Is Your Love" by Bee Gees in the Hollywood's Week. The memorable performance received a standing ovation from the audience and Paula Abdul, who commented "that brought down the house". In an early episode of the United Kingdom edition of American Idol, Lewis recalled his first solo performance in the Hollywood's Week was "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone" by The Temptations. When later he sang it in front of the other finalists, Phil Stacey felt that it was the best performance he has seen from Lewis.[28]

[edit] List of Blake Lewis' week-by-week performances on American Idol

Week Theme Song Choice Artist Order # Result
Top 24 (12 Men) N/A "Somewhere Only We Know" Keane 7 Safe
Top 20 (10 Men) N/A "Virtual Insanity" Jamiroquai 7 Safe
Top 16 (8 Men) N/A "All Mixed Up" 311 1 Safe
Top 12 Diana Ross "You Keep Me Hangin' On" The Supremes 9 Safe
Top 11 British Invasion "Time of the Season" The Zombies 4 Safe
Top 10 No Doubt/Artists who inspire Gwen Stefani "Lovesong" The Cure 8 Safe
Top 9 American Classics "Mack the Knife" Bobby Darin 1 Safe
Top 8 Latin "I Need to Know" Marc Anthony 7 Safe
Top 7 Country "When the Stars Go Blue" Ryan Adams 7 Bottom 3
Top 6 Inspirational "Imagine" John Lennon 3 Safe
(Non-Elimination Week)
Top 6 Bon Jovi "You Give Love a Bad Name" Bon Jovi 4 Safe
Top 4 Barry Gibb "You Should Be Dancing"
"This Is Where I Came In"		 Bee Gees 2
6		 Safe
Top 3 Judge's Choice (Paula Abdul)
Producers' Choice
Contestant's Choice		 "Roxanne"
"When I Get You Alone"
"This Love"		 The Police
Robin Thicke
Maroon 5		 2
5
8		 Safe
Finale Previous Song
New Song
Coronation Song		 "You Give Love a Bad Name"
"She Will Be Loved"
"This Is My Now"		 Bon Jovi
Maroon 5
Jordin Sparks		 1
3
5		 Runner-up


Lewis ended up the last male contestant standing; the judges had predicted Lewis' "front runner" status early in the competition. In an exclusive interview with X17Online on March 4, 2007, Simon Cowell foresaw Lewis' chance to take the crown.[29] After Lewis' performance of "Lovesong" by The Cure/311 on March 27, Paula Abdul said that she would love to see him in the finale. Cowell further confirmed that Lewis was the front runner of male contestants on American Idol. Lewis, upon entering the top 2 on May 16, 2007, he thus became the first ever contestant from the Northwestern United States (specifically, Washington) to compete in the finale.

I've tried to stay true to myself this whole entire time, and I think I've represented myself as creatively as I could with what I got on the show.
Blake Lewis, interview with MTV.com[13]

Lewis' beatboxing and scat singing skills had been featured occasionally throughout the competition, notably in the performances such as "Virtual Insanity", "All Mixed Up", "Time of the Season", "You Give Love a Bad Name", "You Should Be Dancing", "This Is Where I Came In" and "This Love". He had also rearranged songs including "You Keep Me Hangin' On" and "You Give Love a Bad Name". Although Lewis' first performance in the semi-final weeks, "Somewhere Only We Know", was pure singing and inspired judges to make comments about his contemporary vibe, his signature performance on the show was probably "You Give Love a Bad Name" by Bon Jovi. Lewis incorporated a substantial beatboxing component, making the song sound significantly different from its original version. Jon Bon Jovi, the lead singer of the band who also coached the contestants that week, noted that Lewis' rendition was "rolling the dice". All three judges acknowledged the huge risk of Lewis' arrangement, but also praised him for his originality including beatboxing. Randy Jackson believed that it was the most original performance ever on the show. Cowell even predicted that 50% of the audience "would absolutely hate it" but another half would love it. The groundbreaking performance was later ranked #6 in top 20 all-time greatest American Idol performances on AOL.com.[30]

Several original versions of songs Lewis performed re-entered Billboard Hot Digital Songs chart shortly after the show. Lewis' first performance on-stage, "Somewhere Only We Know" by Keane, re-entered the chart at #26 (#19 on Hot Digital Tracks chart);[31] "Time of the Season", a The Zombies' hit in 1968, reached #67;[32] Ryan Adams’s “When the Stars Go Blue” hit #39 (#37 on Hot Digital Tracks chart);[33] Bon Jovi's "You Give Love a Bad Name" shot up to #29;[34] "This Love" and "She Will Be Loved" by Maroon 5 jumped to #41 and #45 respectively.[35][36] Maroon 5’s album Songs About Jane had re-entered the Top Pop Catalog Albums chart at #5 on June 2, 2007 as well.[37]

On May 11, 2007, Lewis visited his hometown, Seattle, Washington for the traditional Idol Top 3 hometown visits. He made numerous appearances at radio stations and then played a concert in Seattle at Westlake Center, including a performance of "Baby Got Back" with Sir Mix-a-Lot. He also visited the top of the Space Needle. Fans followed him to Bothell for a parade and concert at the Sammamish River Park. Afterwards, he proceeded to Safeco Field to sing the national anthem, "The Star-Spangled Banner", for the Seattle Mariners's Game.

Lewis claimed 311 as his all-time favorite band after his performance of "All Mixed Up".[38] Responding to a viewer question on March 13, 2007, he had also confessed his love of "underground hip hop, electronic music" such as Common Market and Panda Conspiracy, with an addition of The Mob Law, which in Lewis' opinion, "should be signed to a major label".[39]

While being the last two contestants waiting for the results on May 2, Lewis and Chris Richardson answered Ryan Seacrest's question about their close relationship, saying that they are best friends.[40] Interestingly, Lewis has "Chris Sligh, Rudy Cárdenas", contestants from the sixth season of American Idol, listed as his own "American idols" on his profile on American Idol official website, while Sligh and Cárdenas also have Lewis on their lists.[41][42][43] Furthermore, Lewis claimed in an interview with The Blaker Girls that besides Richardson, Cárdenas and Sligh, his best friends on the show were Brandon Rogers, Jordin Sparks and Gina Glocksen.[15] In the episode of The View on June 14, 2007, Lewis said that there were "a lot of writers on the show", including Richardson, Sligh and himself.[44]

[edit] Post-Idol

Lewis' songs from the American Idol have been on sale at the iTunes Store and the American Idol official website as Blake Lewis - EP (called a "bundle" on Idol official website) shortly after the finale of Idol, along with other songs that did not make the EP's cut that are being sold as individual singles. Figures from SoundScan which were posted on USA Today indicated that Lewis' "You Give Love a Bad Name" was "the biggest-selling download of the season", with 192,000 copies sold.[45]

After the finale of Idol, Blake Lewis has made several appearances on television shows. He performed Maroon 5's "She Will Be Loved" on The Morning Show with Mike and Juliet (combined with a snippet of U2's "With or Without You"), The Today Show, Live with Regis and Kelly and The Early Show.[46][47] In the episode of The View on June 14, 2007, he sang "Somewhere Only We Know" by Keane.[44] Lewis had also appeared on Total Request Live, The Morning Show with Mike and Juliet with the winner of Idol, Jordin Sparks and Larry King Live with contestants who made into the top ten of American Idol.[48][49][50] On July 4, 2007, Lewis performed "God Bless America" and "America the Beautiful" on Macy's Fourth of July Fireworks Spectacular with Sparks and Melinda Doolittle.[51][52]

Lewis took part in the "American Idols Live! Tour 2007" from July 6 - September 23, 2007, along with other contestants in the top ten. He revealed on The View on June 14, 2007 that all the male contestants on the show would be playing musical instruments on the tour (for the first time ever), "doing like a folk band," and that he would bring along his loop pedals for his beatboxing.[44] Before several shows, Lewis improvised, got dressed up as a janitor character named Bob Bobberson and sometimes as a Pop-Tart.[53] He performed "She Loves the Way" on the last show, becoming the first Idol who sang their pre-Idol original materials on the tour. He and Chris Richardson have "started working on a little documentary" on the tour and it will be published at their MySpace profiles.[53][54]

Lewis was named #5 in the list of the 10 sexiest Idol contestants ever on the website during the running of the sixth season of American Idol and was ranked #21 in the list of music's 21 sexiest single men on June 11, 2007 on AOL.com.[55][56] Later in the issue of People magazine on June 15, 2007, the brand-new runner-up of Idol appeared on its list of "Hottest Bachelors of 2007".[57][58][59] He has also made a cut on the list of 50 hottest guys on Elle Girl.[60]

On March 6, 2008, he performed "How Many Words", from his album A.D.D. (Audio Day Dream), on the American Idol result show.

Blake Lewis has recently been spending much of his time promoting his new single "How Many Words" at various radio stations and hopes to be touring in September.

When Jordin Sparks performed "One Step At A Time" on the American Idol Season 7: Final Results Night, he is seen on the audience at the end of Jordin's performance.

[edit] 2007: A.D.D. (Audio Day Dream)

Upon his record deal with Arista Records/19 Recordings which was announced officially on August 24, 2007, A.D.D. (Audio Day Dream), Lewis' "electro-funk-soul-pop" first studio album, was released on December 4, 2007.[61][62][63] In fact, the singer has been recording his album in the studio "for all night long" since June 18.[64][65] "Break Anotha", the first single from A.D.D., was released to radio on October 30, 2007 and on iTunes Music Store on November 13.[66][67]

Blake's second single, "How Many Words" was released on March 10, 2008. A.D.D. has been made available at iTunes and includes his music video for his first single "Break Anotha!".

A third single from the album is expected to be released this 2008, "Know My Name/Hyper Psyche" which features Lupe Fiasco. The blog site, Rickey.org confirms this.

[edit] Philanthropy

Lewis has been supporting cancer research at Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center in Seattle by donating 50% of the proceeds from the merchandise of The Blaker Girls.[68] He chose to put his support behind this organization after one of his best friends and his friend's girlfriend were diagnosed with lymphoma.[8][69]

[edit] Discography

[edit] Studio albums

Album Information
A.D.D. (Audio Day Dream)

[edit] EPs

Album Information
Blake Lewis 1
  • Released: May 22, 2007 (U.S.)
  • U.S. Sales: 41,000(as of July 2007)[45]
  • Chart performance: #3 (Billboard Top Digital Albums chart)

Notes:

[edit] Singles

Year Title Chart positions Album
U.S.
Hot 100		 U.S.
Pop 100
2008 "Break Anotha" 110 85 A.D.D. (Audio Day Dream)
2008 "How Many Words" - -
2008 "Know My Name/Hyper Psyche (feat. Lupe Fiasco)"[71] - -

Notes:

  • 1 While Jordin Sparks, the winner of the sixth season of American Idol, had "This Is My Now" as her official single, Lewis did not announce his choice of single officially, despite the fact that "You Give Love a Bad Name" was the highest-charting track among his "bundle" of songs available for downloading. "You Give Love a Bad Name" entered a number of charts.
  • ² Unlike the debut songs of previous winners and runner-ups of American Idol, all five songs appeared on Blake Lewis (EP) were released digitally only, not physically.[70]
  • ³ While not being announced as a single, "Time of the Season", the song Lewis performed in the British Invasion week on American Idol, has debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 chart at #99, the Pop 100 chart at #74 and the Hot Digital Songs chart at #70 in the issue of the charts on June 9, 2007.[70] Several tracks by Lewis have made appearances that week on the Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart and the Pop 100 chart as well, including "This Love" (#2; #80), "When the Stars Go Blue" (#10; #92) and "I Need to Know" (#19 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart).

[edit] Unreleased original works

  • "Closer to Reason"
  • "Dumpty Humpty"
  • "Emotional Waterfalls"[72]
  • "Four Letter Word"
  • "Give It to Me" (duet with Laura Blue)[73]
  • "Jealousy"
  • "My MySpace" (featuring The Sampler)[53]
  • "She Loves the Way" -- he performed the song on American Idols LIVE! Tour 2007[74]
  • "Transmission"

[edit] Guest vocals

  • 2003: Unexpected Arrival, "Julie" (featuring Blake Lewis); "Take Control" (featuring Blake Lewis)
  • 2007: Caleb Cunningham/K-Tone, "My Eyes" (featuring Blake Lewis)[75]
  • 2007: KJ Sawka, "Brotherhood of the Drum" (featuring Blake Lewis); "Move On" (featuring Blake Lewis); "WTO" (featuring Blake Lewis) (from the album Cyclonic Steel)[76]

[edit] Cameos

[edit] Footnotes

  1. ^ Chinen, Nate (2007-12-03), New CDs, New York Times, <http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/03/arts/music/03choi.html?_r=1&ref=arts&oref=slogin>. Retrieved on 6 March 2008 
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  6. ^ Davila, Florangela; Edwards, Haley (April 3, 2007). "Family and Friends Rally Behind Blake Lewis". The Seattle Times. Retrieved on 2007-04-09.
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  13. ^ a b Byrne, Katie; Cantiello, Jim (May 24, 2007). "Blake Lewis Reaches Out to Gnarls, will.i.am After 'Idol' Finale: 'Call Me!'". MTV.com. Retrieved on 2007-05-25.
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  20. ^ Davila, Florangela (February 17, 2007). "Save Your Seattle Snark, Simon". The Seattle Times. Retrieved on 2007-04-09.
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  28. ^ Bull, Roger (July 6, 2007). "Phil Stacey Comes Home - and Brings a Few Friends, Too". The Florida Times-Union. Retrieved on 2007-07-09.
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  40. ^ "Chris Richardson: I Knew I Was Going Home". People (May 3, 2007). Retrieved on 2007-05-12.
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  43. ^ Rudy Cárdenas' profile. American Idol official website. Retrieved on 2007-05-12.
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  51. ^ Weinstein, Farrah (July 5, 2007). "Starry, Starry Night". New York Post. Retrieved on 2007-07-05.
  52. ^ "TV's Top 5! Macy's Fireworks Spectacular - 'Idol' Top 3 Perform" (video). AOL.com (July 4, 2007). Retrieved on 2007-07-06.
  53. ^ a b c Blake Lewis' profile. MySpace. Retrieved on 2007-06-22.
  54. ^ Chris Richardson's profile. MySpace. Retrieved on 2007-08-05.
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  61. ^ "Blake Lewis Sixth Season Runner-Up on 'American Idol,' Signs to 19 Recordings/Arista Records". PR Newswire (August 24, 2007). Retrieved on 2007-08-24.
  62. ^ J Records: List of Upcoming Releases. J Records official website. Retrieved on 2007-09-13.
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  66. ^ Barnes, Ken (October 29, 2007). [1]\ "Blake sets album date, readies first single"]. USA Today. Retrieved on 2007-10-29.
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  68. ^ Watson, Billy (March 7, 2007). "Blake Lewis Merchandise Benefits Children's Hospital". About.com. Retrieved on 2007-06-29.
  69. ^ Corneau, Allison. "Idol's Blake Turns Fan Craze Into Charitable Contributions". US Magazine. Retrieved on 2007-06-29.
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  71. ^ JC (May 29, 2008). "Blake Lewis' third single from A.D.D.". Rickey.org. Retrieved on 2008-05-28.
  72. ^ =unknown (June 2, 2008). "Emotional Waterfalls" by Blake Lewis on YouTube (Acoustic). YouTuber. Retrieved on 2008-06-02.
  73. ^ Desroques, Remi (a.k.a. JointSmith) (June 9, 2007). "Give It To Me" by Blake Lewis & Laura Blue. TradeBit. Retrieved on 2007-07-24.
  74. ^ =WikiPedia (June 2, 2008). "She Loves The Way Live Info". WikiPedia. Retrieved on 2008-06-02.
  75. ^ Caleb Cunningham/K-Tone's profile. MySpace. Retrieved on 2007-06-21.
  76. ^ "Blake Lewis, as Bshorty, Featured on Three Tracks on KJ Sawka's New Dualdisc Cyclonic Steel!!". KJ Sawka official website (June 6, 2007). Retrieved on 2007-06-08.

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