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• BIRTHDAY: December 26, 1979
• BIGGEST POP SINGLE: "It's Not Over" (2007)
• BIGGEST LP: Daughtry (2006)
• GRAMMY AWARDS: 0

• Chris Daughtry was born December 26, 1979 and hails from North Carolina. In 2005, Daughtry tried out for the CBS competition Rock Star: INXS but failed to make the cut and continued to perform with his rock band 'Absent Element.' Daughtry rose to fame with the help of the 5th season of American Idol. Although Daughtry didn't win the tile and came in 4th, his exposure on the show led him to a recording contract, the ability to form his own band, a #1 debut LP and single, and the bragging rights of gaining more success than those who did better on American Idol.

• March: Daughtry made it into the Top 12 finalists of the 5th season of American Idol.
• March: Daughtry turned down an offer from Fuel to be their new lead singer. He later got his own record deal.

• May 10: Daughtry was voted off American Idol after making it into the final 4.
• May 23: American Idol Season 5 Encores was released with Daughtry's remake of "Wanted Dead Or Alive."

• November 21: Daughtry released his debut LP Daughtry. The LP was recorded with various musicians before the group 'Daughtry' was formed.

• December 9: Daughtry topped the Billboard Top Rock Albums chart for 14 weeks with Daughtry.
• December 14: Daughtry was certified platinum.
• December 16: Daughtry hit the ARC Weekly Top 40 with "It's Not Over."
• December 16: Daughtry topped the Billboard Digital Albums chart for 2 weeks with Daughtry.

# 5 Singles Artist of the Year / # 1 Group/Duo of the Year

• February 3: Daughtry topped the Billboard 200 LP chart for 2 weeks with Daughtry.
• February 3: Daughtry hit the Top 10 with "It's Not Over."

• March: As the 6th season's contenders of American Idol were voted off, Daughtry's song "Home" was used as the 'let's remember your journey as you leave the show' song.
• March 1: Daughtry was certified 2x platinum.
• March 3: Daughtry topped the Billboard Adult Top 40 Tracks chart for 8 weeks with "It's Not Over."
• March 24: Daughtry hit #1 for 2 weeks on the ARC Weekly Top 40 with "It's Not Over."
• March 31: Daughtry topped the Billboard Top 40 Mainstream chart for 2 weeks with "It's Not Over."

• April 7: Daughtry hit the ARC Weekly Top 40 with "Home."

• May 25: Daughtry hit the Top 10 with "Home."

• June 15: Daughtry was certified 3x platinum.
• June 16: Daughtry topped the Billboard Adult Top 40 Tracks chart for 10 weeks with "Home."

• August 11: Daughtry hit the ARC Weekly Top 40 with "Over You."
• August 18: Daughtry topped the Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks chart for 11 weeks with "Home."

• September 9: Daughtry was nominated for a MTV Video Music Award for Monster Single of the Year ("Home").

• October 6: Daughtry hit the Top 10 with "Over You."

• November 18: Daughtry won 3 American Music Awards for Favorite Breakthrough Artist, Favorite Adult Contemporary Artist, and Favorite Pop/Rock Album (Daughtry), and was nominated for Artist of the Year. Daughtry also performed at the ceremony.

• December 31: Daughtry topped the Billboard Year-End Charts as the Top Pop Artist - Duo/Group (singles & albums), Top New Pop Artist, Top Billboard 200 Album Artist, Top Billboard 200 Album Artist - Duo/Group, Top Hot 100 Singles - Duo/Group, Top Rock Album Artist, Top Hot Adult Top 40 Artist, and with the Top Billboard 200 Album and Top Rock Album (Daughtry).
• December 31: Daughtry had the #5 selling LP of 2007 with Daughtry selling over 2.4 million copies in the US.

# 27 Singles Artist of the Year

• January 2: Daughtry could be heard on the Elvis: Viva Las Vegas soundtrack on the track "Suspicious Minds."
• January 26: Daughtry hit the ARC Weekly Top 40 with "Feels Like Tonight."
• January 26: Daughtry topped the Billboard Hard Rock Albums chart for 14 weeks with Daughtry.

• February 10: Daughtry was nominated for 3 Grammy Awards including Best Pop Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group ("Home"), Best Rock Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group ("It's Not Over"), and Best Rock Album (Daughtry), and Chris Daughtry was nominated for Best Rock Song (awarded to the songwriter) ("It's Not Over" with Gregg Wattenberg, Mark Wilkerson and Brett Young).

• April 24: Daughtry was certified 4x platinum.

• May 17: Daughtry topped the Billboard Adult Top 40 Tracks chart for 3 weeks with "Feels Like Tonight."

• August 23: Daughtry hit the ARC Weekly Top 40 with "What About Now."

• September 9: Daughtry released the CD/DVD Daughtry: Deluxe Edition.

• November 23: Daughtry won an American Music Award for Favorite Pop/Rock Band/Duo/Group and was nominated for Favorite Adult Contemporary Artist.

• December 31: Daughtry topped the Billboard Year-End Charts as the Top Hot Adult Top 40 Artist.

# 34 Singles Artist of the Year

• May 23: Daughtry hit the ARC Weekly Top 40 with "No Surprise."

• July 14: Daughtry released Leave This Town.

• August 1: Daughtry topped the Billboard 200 LP chart for 1 week, Top Rock Albums chart for 3 weeks, and Top Digital Albums chart for 1 week with Leave This Town. The LP sold over 269,000 copies its first week of release in the US.

• September 5: Daughtry topped the Billboard Adult Top 40 for 2 weeks with "No Surprise."

• November 22: Daughtry was nominated for an American Music Award for Favorite Adult Contemporary Artist.

• December 5: Daughtry hit the ARC Weekly Top 40 with "Life After You."

# 30 Singles Artist of the Year

• February 18: Leave This Town was certified platinum.

• September 11: Daughtry hit the ARC Weekly Top 40 with "September."

• November 21: Daughtry released Break The Spell.

• December 15: Break The Spell was certified gold.

• November 19: Daughtry released Baptized.

• December 7: Daughtry topped the Billboard Internet Albums chart for 1 week with Baptized.

• February 12: Daughtry released the hits collection It's Not Over.... The Hits So Far.

• July 27: Daughtry released Cage To Rattle.

• September 17: Daughtry was certified 6x platinum and Baptized was certified gold.

• September 17: Daughtry released Dearly Beloved.

• February 17: Daughtry topped the Mainstream Rock Airplay chart with "Artificial."

iTunes Amazon.mp3	Daughtry / Daughtry: Deluxe Edition (CD/DVD) Released: November 21, 2006 US: 6x Platinum Billboard Top 200 LPs peak: # 1 (for 2 weeks) Billboard #1: Rock Albums, Digital Albums, Hard Rock Albums Grammy Nominee: Best Rock Album Rolling Stone: - Entertainment Weekly: B Tracks: "It's Not Over" - "Used To" - "Home" - "Over You" - "Crashed" - "Feels Like Tonight" - "What I Want" - "Breakdown" - "Gone" - "There And Back Again" - "All These Lives" - "What About Now"
iTunes Amazon.mp3	Leave This Town Released: July 14, 2009 US: Platinum Billboard Top 200 LPs peak: # 1 (for 1 week) Billboard #1: Rock Albums, Digital Albums, Rolling Stone: - Entertainment Weekly: B Tracks: "You Don't Belong" - "No Surprise" - "Every Time You Turn Around" - "Life After You" - "What I Meant To Say" - "Open Up Your Eyes" - "September" - "Ghost Of Me" - "Learn My Lesson" - "Supernatural" - "Tennessee Line" - "Call Your Name"
iTunes Amazon.mp3	Break The Spell Released: November 21, 2011 US: Gold Billboard Top 200 LPs peak: # 8 Tracks: "Renegade" - "Crawling Back To You" - "Outta My Head" - "Start Of Something Good" - "Crazy" - "Break The Spell" - "We're Not Gonna Fall" - "Gone Too Soon" - "Losing My Mind" - "Rescue Me" - "Louder Than Ever" - "Spaceship"
iTunes Amazon.mp3	Baptized Released: November 19, 2013 US: Gold Billboard Top 200 LPs peak: # 6 Billboard #1: Internet Albums, Tracks: "Baptized" - "Waiting For Superman" - "Battleships" - "I'll Fight" - "Wild Heart" - "Long Live Rock & Roll" - "The World We Knew" - "High Above Ground" - "Broken Arrows" - "Witness" - "Traitor" - "18 Years" - "Undefeated" - "Cinderalla" - "Battleships" (Acoustic)
iTunes Amazon.mp3	It's Not Over.... The Hits So Far Released: February 12, 2015 Billboard Top 200 LPs peak: # 43 Tracks: "It's Not Over" - "Home" - "Over You" - "What About Now" - "Feels Like Tonight" - "No Surprise" - "September" - "Life After You" - "Crawling Back To You" - "Waiting For Superman" - "Long Live Rock & Roll" - "Torches" - "Go Down"
iTunes Amazon.mp3 vinyl	Cage To Rattle Released: July 27, 2018 Tracks: "Just Found Heaven" - "Backbone" - "Deep End" - "As You Are" - "Death Of Me" - "Bad Habits" - "Back In Time" - "Gravity" - "Stuff Of Legends" - "White Flag"
iTunes Amazon.mp3	Dearly Beloved Released: September 17, 2021 Tracks: "Desperation" - "World On Fire" - "Heavy Is The Crown" - "Changes Are Coming" - "Dearly Beloved" - "Cry For Help" - "Asylum" - "Evil" - "The Victim" - "Somebody" - "Call You Mine" - "Lioness" - "Break Into My Heart"

1	It's Not Over from the LP Daughtry ARC chart run: 37 - 31 - 28 - 23 - 20 - 16 - 11 - 7 - 4 - 3 - 3 - 3 - 3 - 2 - 1 - 1 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 8 - 9 - 15 - 17 - 20 - 27 - off Year-End Chart Position: # 11 RIAA Certification: 2x Platinum Billboard # 1: Adult Top 40, Top 40 Mainstream Grammy Nominee: Best Rock Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group, Best Rock Song	1(2)	25	2007	Amazon.mp3
2	Home from the LP Daughtry ARC chart run: 38 - 32 - 25 - 19 - 18 - 14 - 12 - 8 - 7 - 5 - 5 - 4 - 6 - 9 - 12 - 13 - 14 - 17 - 21 - 27 - 33 - off Year-End Chart Position: # 27 RIAA Certification: 3x Platinum Billboard # 1: Adult Contemporary, Adult Top 40 Grammy Nominee: Best Pop Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group MTV VMA Nominee: Monster Single of the Year	4	21	2007	Amazon.mp3
3	Over You from the LP Daughtry ARC chart run: 39 - 33 - 28 - 27 - 21 - 19 - 15 - 12 - 10 - 9 - 8 - 10 - 9 - 7 - 6 - 10 - 11 - 11 - 12 - 14 - 18 - 22 - 26 - off Year-End Chart Position: # 31 RIAA Certification: 2x Platinum	6	23	2007	Amazon.mp3
4	No Surprise from the LP Leave This Town ARC chart run: 34 - 30 - 28 - 27 - 26 - 23 - 21 - 21 - 20 - 20 - 18 - 15 - 12 - 15 - 14 - 14 - 14 - 15 - 15 - 17 - 25 - off Year-End Chart Position: # 54 RIAA Certification: Gold Billboard # 1: Adult Pop Songs	12	21	2009	iTunes Amazon.mp3
5	Feels Like Tonight from the LP Daughtry ARC chart run: 40 - 34 - 31 - 30 - 29 - 23 - 20 - 19 - 17 - 15 - 15 - 15 - 14 - 12 - 16 - 25 - 30 - 32 - off Year-End Chart Position: # 63 RIAA Certification: Platinum Billboard # 1: Adult Top 40	12	18	2008	iTunes Amazon.mp3
6	Life After You from the LP Leave This Town ARC chart run: 38 - 36 - 31 - 29 - 28 - 27 - 27 - 26 - 25 - 24 - 23 - 25 - 26 - 26 - 26 - 25 - 25 - 23 - 25 - 27 - off Year-End Chart Position: # 60 RIAA Certification: Gold	23	20	2010
7	September from the LP Leave This Town ARC chart run: 38 - 34 - 32 - 29 - 25 - 24 - 24 - 22 - 22 - 21 - 20 - 19 - 21 - 29 - 34 - off Year-End Chart Position: # 72 RIAA Certification: Gold	19	15	2010
8	What About Now from the LP Daughtry ARC chart run: 39 - 35 - 29 - 28 - 27 - 22 - 18 - 17 - 25 - 29 - 31 - off Year-End Chart Position: # 94	17	11	2008	iTunes Amazon.mp3
	What I Want from the LP Daughtry	**	**	2007	iTunes Amazon.mp3
	Crashed from the LP Daughtry	**	**	2007	iTunes Amazon.mp3
	Renegade from the LP Break The Spell	**	**	2011	iTunes Amazon.mp3
	Crawling Back To You from the LP Break The Spell RIAA Certification: Platinum	**	**	2011	iTunes Amazon.mp3
	Outta My Head from the LP Break The Spell	**	**	2012	iTunes Amazon.mp3
	Waiting For Superman from the Baptized Year-End Chart Position: # 153 RIAA Certification: Platinum	**	**	2014	iTunes Amazon.mp3
	Battleships from the Baptized	**	**	2014	iTunes Amazon.mp3
Note: Song title and position links lead you to the song's ARC Weekly Top 40 chart run, LP links take you to Amazon.com for that LP's info (often including track listings and track samples), and single cover art takes you to Amazon.com for that CD single (if available). Songs charting prior to 1980 have information from Billboard magazine.