Ruben Studdard
Ruben Studdard
Christopher Ruben Studdard, best known as Ruben Studdard, is an American R&B, pop and gospel singer. He rose to fame as winner of the second season of American Idol and received a Grammy Award nomination in December 2003 for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance for "Superstar". In the years following Idol, Studdard has released six studio albums, including his platinum-selling debut, Soulful, and the top-selling gospel follow-up, I Need an Angel. He is most well known for his recording career,...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionR&B Singer
Date of Birth12 September 1978
CityFrankfurt, Germany
CountryUnited States of America
I've toured the world with David Foster and all kinds of different people. It's been a great ride, and I don't think it's about to stop any time soon.
Everybody in this competition is a winner, ... I don't think there's too much difference.
I went to public school, and it shaped me as a musician.
I want to make sure I continue to make good music that my mom and everybody around me can be proud of.
I want to be around for a long time. I don't want to be a one-hit wonder.
I am a product of the public school system ... and I had a lot of friends involved in gang activity.
I grew up in the '80s, and there was no bigger group than New Edition in R&B. I broke my piggy bank so me and my mom could go to a New Edition concert together.
Simon is cool. You know, it's different if you ever see him around his mom. He acts totally different.
We've been a family for 10 months, ... It's going to be difficult for us to split apart. But we're all grown people and we have our own responsibilities to take care of.
When one person does something that works, everyone else wants to do it. So it didn't surprise me at all to see people come with different versions of 'American Idol' and a lot of them are exactly the same but with different twists.
Yeah, I'd go sleep and I'd have my headphones on in my sleep. I would just always dream about being on stage and people cheering and screaming.
It has been wonderful, man. I've enjoyed every minute of it, and God has truly blessed me, so I can't do anything but be grateful.
All of them had so much to offer us as far as, you know, knowledge in the music industry, and especially Randy and Paula because, you know, they've been artists.
You know, Simon he's an artist representative, but Randy and Paula actually were in the industry as artists so they had, you know, the information that they offered to us from their aspect.