Katharine McPhee

She is the daughter of Daniel McPhee, a television producer and Patricia Burch McPhee (stage name Peisha Arten), a vocal coach and accomplished cabaret singer. She started to sing when she was just two years old and her mother saw that she was very skilled and she encouraged her to become a singer. After she graduated from Notre Dame High School she attended the classes of Boston Conservatory. After one semester she decided to make a trip to San Francisco to participate to the big conquest American Idol. There she had a very good performance and the jury was very impressed by her stunning rendition of Billie Holiday's "God Bless the Child". She also made a duet during the final with Meat Loaf and they sang "It's All Coming Back To Me Now". After the American Idol she signed a contract with RCA Records and on the 17th of june 2006 she produced her first single "Somewhere Over the Rainbow/My Destiny" which was very appreciated. In 2007 appeared her debut album and there were sold over 116,000 copies in the first week.