Brooke White
Brooke White was born June 2, 1983, in Mesa, Arizona. She currently lives in Van Nuys, California. She was a top ten finalist on the season 7 competition of American Idol, and is currently pursuing her career as a recording artist. Brooke released her single, "Hold Up My Heart" in February of 2009 to rave reviews. It debuted at number 47 on the Billboard Hot 100. Also in February of 2009, Michael Johns, a fellow American Idol contestant, released his single "Life is Okay", which features Brooke White. In 2005, she released one collection of songs called "Songs from the Attic." She released her album Calico in 2019.
White's first post-Idol album, High Hopes & Heartbreak, was released on July 21, 2009. The second single "Radio Radio" was released on June 23, 2009. She is also half of the duo Jack and White with Jack Matranga, and they released Gemini (2011), Winter (2012), Undercover (2012), and Lost (2014).
On the heels of releasing Brooke White Christmas in 2012, she performed on NBC’s Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree Lighting. In 2014, Brooke recorded Never Grow Up: Lullabies and Happy Songs, which featured collaborations of original lullabies and benefited Operation Underground Railroad.
Brooke startled the judges at her original audition by telling them that neither she nor her husband attended rated-R movies, nor has she tasted alcohol. Utah news broadcasters immediately took notice and interviewed Brooke to see whether she was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, sometimes incorrectly called the Mormon Church or the LDS Church. Brooke answered in the affirmative. Members of the Church of Jesus Christ not only live according to a health code, called the Word of Wisdom, which proscribes the use of coffee, tea, alcohol, and tobacco, but members of the Church are counseled to avoid rated-R movies and other questionable forms of entertainment. Brooke's modest dress standards were also noticeable in the competition.
Brooke plays the guitar and piano and began singing at age 15. She claims to be a "beauty school drop-out"—her musical interests took precedence over her cosmetology studies. She has sung as a solo singer with a back-up band. Simon Cowell has compared her to Carly Simon.
Brooke was working as a nanny before the televised competition began. She has two children.
External Links
- An introduction to Mormon beliefs and practices
- Wikipedia article on Brooke White
- Brooke discusses her standards with the press.
- Blogs about Brooke on LDS.net
- Video:Brooke White sings "Here Comes the Sun."
- Brooke White sings "You're So Vain."
- Brooke White sings "Love is a Battlefield."
- Brooke's official website
- Brooke's MySpace page
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