| rdfs:comment | - McCreery was born in 1993 to Judy and Michael McCreery in Garner, North Carolina.His mother works as as a realtor. He is of partial Puerto Rican descent - his father was born in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico to a Puerto Rican mother from San Juan and an American father.
- Back to Main Page The winner of American Idol's tenth season, country crooner Scotty McCreery began singing as a child in Garner, File:Scottymccreery01-430x250.jpgNorth Carolina. School performances eventually gave way to local competitions, and McCreery won a singing contest in the nearby town of Clayton before trying out for American Idol as a 16-year-old. Auditioning with Josh Turner's Your Man, he made good use of his country twang and deep baritone vocals, prompting the judges to compare him to Randy Travis. McCreery passed the audition, became an audience favorite, and eventually won the competition in May 2011. Lauren Alaina, another country-singing teenager and a close friend of McCreery's, took home the second-place title. thumb|300px|right|Scotty McCreery - I Love You This Big
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| abstract | - Back to Main Page The winner of American Idol's tenth season, country crooner Scotty McCreery began singing as a child in Garner, File:Scottymccreery01-430x250.jpgNorth Carolina. School performances eventually gave way to local competitions, and McCreery won a singing contest in the nearby town of Clayton before trying out for American Idol as a 16-year-old. Auditioning with Josh Turner's Your Man, he made good use of his country twang and deep baritone vocals, prompting the judges to compare him to Randy Travis. McCreery passed the audition, became an audience favorite, and eventually won the competition in May 2011. Lauren Alaina, another country-singing teenager and a close friend of McCreery's, took home the second-place title. thumb|300px|right|Scotty McCreery - I Love You This Big McCreery's coronation song was I Love You This Big, a country ballad that sold nearly 175,000 copies during its first week of release. The song also cracked the country charts at number 32, making it the highest-charting debut single in country history, and helped stir up anticipation for his full-length album, which he recorded while preparing for American Idol's summer tour. His debut album, Clear As Day, was released in October 2011. Scotty released a second single from the album, called "The Trouble With Girls".
- McCreery was born in 1993 to Judy and Michael McCreery in Garner, North Carolina.His mother works as as a realtor. He is of partial Puerto Rican descent - his father was born in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico to a Puerto Rican mother from San Juan and an American father. He used to impersonate Elivs as a child, and started learning guitar at age ten. He attended West Lake Middle School and sang at his graduation. He also attended Garner Magnet High School where he joined a vocal ensemble, Die Meistersingers, that performs across the United States. He started out singing tenor but switched to bass when his voice turned lower in his sophomore year.He won a country radio station singing contest called "Clayton Idol",and was one of 36 finalists in a "Rip the Hallways" contest featuring teenage vocalists in North Carolina.He has performed at various local events.
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