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词条 Michael Johns (singer)
释义

  1. Early life

  2. Career

      Early career   American Idol   Overview   Performances 

  3. Post-Idol

  4. Personal life

  5. Death

  6. Discography

     Albums  Downtown Records  Singles 

  7. References

  8. External links

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2018}}{{Use Australian English|date=October 2011}}{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Michael Johns
| image = Michael Johns 2.jpg
| caption = Michael Johns at the American Idol, Season 7, Top 12 party on 6 March 2008.
| birth_name = Michael John Lee
| background = solo_singer
| birth_date = 20 October 1978
| birth_place = Perth, Australia
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2014|08|01|1978|10|20}}
| death_place = Tustin, California, U.S.
| genre = Pop, pop rock, soul, soft rock, rock
| occupation = Singer, songwriter
| Instruments = Vocals, guitar
| years_active = 2000–2014
| label = Beverly Martel Music
Maverick Records
TRP records
Downtown Records
| associated_acts = Brooke White, The Rising
|website =
}}

Michael Johns (born Michael John Lee; 20 October 1978 – 1 August 2014) was an Australian singer who finished in eighth place on the seventh season of American Idol, in 2008. In 2009, he released a music album, Hold Back My Heart, which sold 20,000 copies. Johns died on 1 August 2014, at the age of 35 of dilated cardiomyopathy.

Early life

John Lee was born in Perth, Western Australia on 20 October 1978.[1] As a teenager, he appeared as The Coachman in Pinocchio at the Regal Theatre and was a choir singer in Anything Goes at His Majesty's Theatre.[2] He attended Newman College in Perth.[3] In 1997, John Lee moved to the United States on a tennis scholarship and majored in drama at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College in Tifton, Georgia, before dropping out after two quarters.[1][4] He also briefly played Australian rules football for the United States Australian Football League (USAFL) club Atlanta Kookaburras from 2001 to 2002.[5][6]

Career

Early career

John Lee moved from Tifton to Atlanta to pursue a music career, playing cover engagements.[1] He then joined a band called Film for 18 months.[7][8] After traveling to Los Angeles to showcase for a number of labels, he was signed to Maverick Records in 2002 as a solo artist under his birth name Michael Lee.[7][9] He recorded an album, and then formed a rock band called The Rising.[7] A song from the album "Cradle" received some airplay,[9] and the album titled Future Unknown was released in 2003.[10] It was also released on iTunes in 2008 after he appeared on American Idol. After Maverick, he was signed to Columbia, but was later dropped.[7] He started using the name Michael Johns in 2006 as an homage to his stepfather whose name, like his middle name, is John, hence "Johns" because there are two of them in the family.[11]

American Idol

Overview

He auditioned for the seventh season of American Idol at San Diego's Qualcomm Stadium in July 2007. He finished in eighth place in the competition.[12][13]

Performances

Week #ThemeSong choiceOriginal artistOrder #Result
Top 24 (12 Men)1960s"Light My Fire"The Doors12Safe
Top 20 (10 Men)1970s"Go Your Own Way"Fleetwood Mac1Safe
Top 16 (8 Men)1980s"Don't You (Forget About Me)"Simple Minds5Safe
Top 12Lennon–McCartney"Across the Universe"The Beatles10Safe
Top 11The Beatles"A Day in the Life"The Beatles4Safe
Top 10Year They Were Born"We Will Rock You"/"We Are the Champions"Queen6Safe
Top 9Dolly Parton"It's All Wrong, But It's All Right"Dolly Parton9Safe
Top 8Inspirational Music"Dream On"Aerosmith1Eliminated
{{Clear}}

Post-Idol

As one of the seventh season finalists, Johns joined the 2008 American Idol Live! tour after the show.[14] While he was on the Idol tour, he worked on a soundtrack for Olympic snowboarder Shaun White's documentary DVD Don't Look Down.[15][16] The soundtrack was released by Three Rings Projects on 20 January 2009. Johns sang on all but one of the vocal tracks.[17] In December 2008, he released a song he wrote in 2006, "Another Christmas."[18] Half the proceeds from the song were advertised as being donated to the Red Cross and half to fight amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.[19]

In April 2009, he released "Heart on My Sleeve," the lead single from Hold Back My Heart.[20] The song debuted on Billboard's Adult Contemporary chart at number 27.[21] The album was released on 23 June 2009, and debuted at number 97 on the Billboard 200 with 5,000 copies sold.[22][23] It sold 20,000 copies as of January 2010.[24] In 2012, he released Love and Sex, a three-song EP.[18][25] He also appeared briefly in a 2012 episode of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills.[20]

Personal life

John Lee married his wife, Stacey Vuduris, in 2007.[26]

Death

Johns died in Tustin, California on 1 August 2014.[18][27] On 18 November 2014, the coroner reported that Johns had died of dilated cardiomyopathy, which inhibited the flow of blood to his body and also caused his heart to enlarge.[28] A fatty liver also contributed to his death.[29]

Discography

Albums

Release date Artist Album Label Number of tracks
2001 Film Rolling[30] Projector Records 6 tracks
16 September 2003The Rising Future Unknown[31]Maverick 11 tracks
26 August 2003 Live at the Apple Store[32] 5 tracks (EP)
2007Michael Johns Michael Johns[33] - 12 tracks
2008 Another Christmas[19]TRP records 1 track
2009 Don't Look Down – The Height of Competition[15] 17 tracks

Downtown Records

YearAlbum detailsPeakSales
US[34]US
Indie[34]
2009Hold Back My Heart
  • Release date: 23 June 2009
  • Label: Downtown Records
  • Format: CD
 97 12
  • US: 20,000[24]
2012Love & Sex (EP)[25]
  • Release date: 11 June 2012
  • Label: BUTR Records
  • Format: Digital Download
 — —

Singles

YearTitle Chart PositionsAlbum
US AC
2009 "Heart on My Sleeve"22[35] Hold Back My Heart

References

1. ^1 2 {{Cite news|title=Michael Johns interview (updated) |first=Rodney |last=Ho |work=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution |publisher=Access Atlanta |date=15 February 2008 |url=http://alt.coxnewsweb.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/accessatlanta/idol/entries/2008/02/15/215_talking_wit_1.html }}
2. ^{{Cite news |title=American Idol contestant Michael Johns dreamed of fame |work=www.news.com.au, PerthNow |date=8 October 2008 |url=http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/johns-knew-he-would-be-famous/story-e6frg12c-1111115771339 |archive-url=https://archive.is/20130620195326/http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/johns-knew-he-would-be-famous/story-e6frg12c-1111115771339 |dead-url=yes |archive-date=20 June 2013 }}
3. ^{{cite news |url=http://www.watoday.com.au/entertainment/idol-comes-back-to-earth-in-perth-20081003-4t4v.html |title=Idol comes back to earth in Perth |author= Daile Pepper |date=3 October 2008 |work=WA Today }}
4. ^{{Cite news|title="Idol" Johns Ditched College, Last Name|work=TMZ|date=8 October 2008 |url=http://www.tmz.com/2008/03/07/idol-johns-ditched-college-last-name/}}
5. ^{{Cite news|title=Could a former USAFL player be the next American Idol? |date=18 February 2008 |url=http://www.worldfootynews.com/article.php/20080218195156977 }}
6. ^{{Cite news|title=Mike goes his own way |work=Atlanta Kookaburras Australian Rules Football Club |date=27 February 2008 |url=http://www.atlantafooty.com/content/view/168/1/ |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080304103926/http://www.atlantafooty.com/content/view/168/1/ |archivedate=4 March 2008 }}
7. ^1 2 3 {{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1045380/the-billboard-qa-michael-johns-from-american-idol |title=The Billboard Q&A: Michael Johns From 'American Idol' |work=Billboard |author=Fred Bronson |date= 15 May 2008 }}
8. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.melodic.net/newsOne.asp?newsId=1905|title=melodic.net: The Film|publisher=www.melodic.net|accessdate=13 January 2008}}
9. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://www.serge.org/musicmorsels/2003_10/musicmorsels1003.htm|title=Music Morsels: Crossroads: Michael Lee Of The Rising|publisher=www.serge.org|accessdate=13 January 2008|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080408070847/http://www.serge.org/musicmorsels/2003_10/musicmorsels1003.htm|archivedate=8 April 2008}}
10. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/michael-johns-mn0000732551/biography |title=Michael John: Artist Biography |author=Andrew Leahey |work=AllMusic}}
11. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20424208,00.html |title= Idol‘s Michael Johns Explains His Personal Name Change |work= People |date= 25 February 2008 }}
12. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24054892/ |title=Shocking elimination leaves 'Idol' crowd booing - today > entertainment - Reality TV - TODAY.com |publisher=MSNBC |date= |accessdate=2 August 2014}}
13. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1585223/20080411/jordin_sparks.jhtml |title=‘American Idol’ Elimination Shocker: Michael Johns’ Dreams Dashed, As Carly Smithson And Syesha Mercado Squeak By |publisher=MTV |date=4 November 2008 |accessdate=2 August 2014}}
14. ^{{cite web |url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/showtracker/2008/07/idol-tracker-li.html |title='Idol' Tracker: Live from Arizona, the tour begins |work=Los Angeles Times}}
15. ^1 {{cite web |url=http://westlifebunny.newsvine.com/_news/2009/01/21/2339298-album-review-dont-look-down-the-height-of-competition-michael-johns |author=Tania Hussain|title=Album Review: Don't Look Down –The Height of Competition |date=21 January 2009 }}
16. ^{{cite web |url=http://radaronline.com/exclusives/2014/08/american-idol-michael-johns-dies/ |title=‘American Idol’ Tragedy: Season 7 Finalist Michael Johns Dies At 35 |date=2 August 2014 |work=RadarOnline}}
17. ^{{cite web |url=http://blogcritics.org/interview-rye-randa-discusses-shaun-whites/ |title=Interview: Rye Randa Discusses Shaun White's Don't Look Down |work=Blogcritics |date=6 January 2009 |access-date=6 June 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714112518/http://blogcritics.org/interview-rye-randa-discusses-shaun-whites/ |archive-date=14 July 2014 |dead-url=yes }}
18. ^1 2 {{Cite web|url = http://www.people.com/article/michael-johns-american-idol-finalist-dies|title = American Idol Finalist Michael Johns Dies at 35 |date = 2 August 2014|accessdate = 3 August 2014|website = people.com|publisher = People|last = Blumm|first = K.C.}}
19. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://www.accesshollywood.com/_article_12434 |title=Michael Johns To Release Christmas Song In Aid of ALS & Red Cross |publisher=Access Hollywood |date=3 December 2008 |accessdate=2 August 2014}}
20. ^1 {{cite news |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6206141/american-idol-alum-michael-johns-dies-at-35 |title=American Idol' Alum Michael Johns Dies at 35 |author= Shirley Halperin and Fred Bronson |date =2 August 2014 |publisher=Billboard }}
21. ^{{cite web |url= http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/268627/chart-beat-paula-abdul-epiphany-frank-sinatra-and-more |title=Chart Beat: Paula Abdul, 'Epiphany', Frank Sinatra and more!|author= Gary Trust |date= 14 May 2009|work=Billboard }}
22. ^{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=T0sB47TxoCwC&pg=PT37&lpg=PT37#v=onepage&q&f=false |title=The Billboard 200 |date=11 July 2009 |publisher=Billboard }}
23. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1615095/black-eyed-peas-top-non-jackson-album-sales-on-billboard/ |title=Black Eyed Peas Top Non-Jackson Album Sales On Billboard |author=Gil Kaufman |date=1 July 2009 |work=MTV }}
24. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://content.usatoday.com/communities/idolchatter/post/2010/01/the-best-selling-idol-albums-from-2009/1 |title=The best-selling Idol albums from 2009 |publisher=Content.usatoday.com |date=17 January 2010 |accessdate=2 August 2014}}
25. ^1 {{cite web |url=http://westlifebunny.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/20/12246338-love-and-sex-according-to-michael-johns-follow-your-heart-and-try-and-be-the-best-person-you-can |title=Love and Sex According to Michael Johns: "Follow your heart and try and be the best person you can" |author=Tania Hussain |date= 20 June 2012 |work=Newsvine }}
26. ^{{cite web |url= http://www.okmagazine.com/blogs/michael-johns-appreciates-wife%E2%80%99s-humor |archive-url= https://archive.is/20130620195322/http://www.okmagazine.com/blogs/michael-johns-appreciates-wife%E2%80%99s-humor |dead-url= yes |archive-date= 20 June 2013 |title= Michael Johns Appreciates Wife’s Humor |work= OK |date= 2 June 2009 }}
27. ^{{cite web|url=http://ws.ocsd.org/EServices/PressReleases_Default.aspx |title=Coroner Press Releases |publisher=Orange County Sheriff's Department |date=4 August 2014 |accessdate=4 August 2014}}
28. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6320022/american-idol-michael-johns-cause-of-death |date=18 November 2014 |title='American Idol' Alum Michael Johns' Cause of Death Revealed |work=Billboard}}
29. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.people.com/article/michael-johns-american-idol-cause-of-death-enlarged-heart |date= 19 November 2014 |title=American Idol Finalist Michael Johns's Cause of Death Revealed |work=People Magazine |author=Patrick Gomez}}
30. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/film |title=Rolling by Film |work=CDbaby}}
31. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/future-unknown-mw0001000682 |title=The Rising: Future Unknown |work=AllMusic}}
32. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/live-at-the-apple-store-mw0001517345/similar |title=The Rising: Live at the Apple Store |work=AllMusic}}
33. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/michael-johns-mw0001082701 |title=Michael Johns - Michael Johns | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards |publisher=AllMusic |date= |accessdate=2 August 2014}}
34. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/310783/michael+johns/chart |title=Michael Johns - Chart history |publisher=Billboard |date= |accessdate=2 August 2014}}
35. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/biz/charts/2009-08-15/hot-adult-contemporary-tracks |title=Adult Contemporary - August 15, 2009 |work=Billboard }} Log in required

External links

  • {{IMDb name|2924903}}
  • {{AI contestant|7|michael_johns|Michael Johns}}
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