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Caleb Lee Hutchinson (born March 2, 1999) is an American singer-songwriter, and runner-up on the sixteenth season of American Idol.[1]

Caleb Lee Hutchinson
Caleb Lee Hutchinson performing in 2019
Background information
Born	(1999-03-02) March 2, 1999 (age 23) Dallas, Georgia, United States
Genres	Country
Occupation(s)	Singer
Years active	2016–present
Website	calebleehutchinsonmusic.com

Early life

Caleb Lee Hutchinson was born in Dallas, Georgia,[2] to William and Piper Hutchinson. He has a brother Tyler.[3][4] He started playing guitar when he was 12, attended South Paulding High School, and graduated in 2017.[5] In 2015, at age 16, Hutchinson appeared on The Voice on the contest's 9th season auditioning with "The Dance", but none of the presiding judges Adam Levine, Gwen Stefani, Pharrell Williams and Blake Shelton turned their chair, and Hutchinson was eliminated from the show.

American Idol

In 2018, he auditioned to season 16 of American Idol with the song "If It Hadn't Been for Love" from The SteelDrivers. All three judges Lionel Richie, Katy Perry and Luke Bryan voted "yes" for him to continue. During the season, he sang "Die a Happy Man" (Top 24), "Midnight Train to Memphis" (Top 14), "You've Got a Friend in Me" (Top 10), "When Doves Cry and "Amazed" (Top 7), "So Small" and "Stars in Alabama" (Top 5) qualifying for the shows' finale. On May 20, 2018, he performed "Don't Close Your Eyes", "Folsom Prison Blues" and his single was "Johnny Cash Heart" finishing runner-up to winner Maddie Poppe.

From the time he first appeared on the show until the end of the season he lost about 70 pounds.[6] During the final, Caleb declared that he and winner Maddie Poppe were dating.[7]

Episode	Theme	Song Choice	Original Artist	Order #	Result
Audition	Auditioner's Choice	If It Hadn't Been for Love	The Steeldrivers	N/A	Advanced
Top 24 Solo/Duet	Contestant's Choice	Die a Happy Man Meant to Be (with Bebe Rexha)	Thomas Rhett Bebe Rexha	1	Advanced
Top 14	Contestant's Choice Victory Song	Midnight Train to Memphis Gettin' You Home	Chris Stapleton Chris Young	1 9	Safe
Top 10	Disney	You've Got a Friend in Me	Randy Newman and Lyle Lovett	8	Safe
Top 7	Prince Year You Were Born	When Doves Cry Amazed	Prince Lonestar	14 6	Safe
Top 5	Carrie Underwood Mother's Day	So Small Stars in Alabama	Carrie Underwood Jamey Johnson	4 9	Safe
Finale	Winner's Single Reprise Song Hometown Decision	Johnny Cash Heart Don't Close Your Eyes Folsom Prison Blues	Caleb Lee Hutchinson Keith Whitley Johnny Cash	1 4 7	Runner-up

Music career

Hutchinson's song on American Idol, "Johnny Cash Heart", was released after his performance on the show. The song charted at No. 16 on the Country Digital Song Sales chart on its first week of release.[8]

On 28 June 2019, Hutchinson released a self-titled EP, produced by Kristian Bush of Sugarland.[9] Two songs from the EP, "Left of Me" and a cover of Post Malone's song "Better Now" were first released in January 2019.[10]

Discography

Extended plays

Title	EP details
Caleb Lee Hutchinson	Release date: June 28, 2019 Label: Caleb Lee Hutchinson Formats: Digital download

Singles

Year	Title	Sales	Album
2018	"Johnny Cash Heart"	US: 9,000[11]	Non-album single
2019	"Better Now"		Non-album single
2019	"Left of Me"		Non-album single
2021	"Who I Am"		Non-album single
2021	"Slot Machine Syndrome"		Non-album single

References

External links

• Hutchinson Caleb Lee Hutchinson on American Idol
• Caleb Lee Hutchinson at IMDb

Preceded by La'Porsha Renae

American Idol runner-up 2018

Succeeded by Alejandro Aranda

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