Chris Blue (born January 15, 1990) is an American soul singer. He is the winner of season 12 of the American talent competition ''

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'' at the age of 27.

Life and career

Early life and career beginnings

Blue was born on January 15, 1990, in Glendale, Arizona to Ernest Blue Jr. and Janice Blue-Williams. He is the youngest of seven children. The family moved to

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, when he was 10 years old. Blue started singing in church at age 3. Blue started preaching at Peace and Goodwill Missionary Baptist Church in Knoxville, Tennessee , and was ordained at the age of 15. He eventually became a

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in the Cokesbury United Methodist Church. Choosing a music career from very early on, he formed the Blue Brothers with his siblings and later they appeared on

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's '' Bobby Jones Gospel'' show. He won the Voice-Off Knoxville competition in 2015. He toured locally as well as in

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and the

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. Blue also attended Tennessee Temple University in Chattanooga, TN, and was actively involved in the campus worship ministry as well as the campus gospel choir.

The Voice (2017)

Blue auditioned in 2017 to compete in season 12 of ''

''. In the blind auditions, broadcast on March 14, 2017, on

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, he sang "

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" from

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and was the last competitor to perform in the Blind Auditions on episode 7 of the auditions.

Alicia Keys Alicia Augello Cook (born January 25, 1981), known professionally as Alicia Keys, is an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. A classically trained pianist, Keys started composing songs when she was 12 and was signed at 15 years old by Col ...

was the only judge left with a place in her team and she chose Blue. Blue became part of Team Alicia by default. He won the title for the season against Blake Shelton's finalist Lauren Duski who finished as runner-up. ''The Voice'' performances : – Studio version of performance reached the top 10 on iTunes

Personal life

Blue met his

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fiancée Stephanie Dunkley in 2014.

Discography

Singles

* 2017: " Money on You" * 2017: "Blue Blood Blues" * 2017: "Humanity" * 2019: "You Are My Heaven" Releases from ''The Voice'' * 2017: "

" * 2017: " Adorn" (with RJ Collins) * 2017: " Superstition" * 2017: " Love on the Brain" * 2017: "

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" * 2017: " When a Man Loves a Woman" * 2017: " 24K Magic" * 2017: "

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" (with Vanessa Ferguson) * 2017: " Take Me to the King" * 2017: "

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" (with

) * 2017: "

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" * 2017: " Money on You"

References

External links

Official website

'Voice' Season 12 Champ Chris Blue on Alicia Keys, Battling Doubt: I Almost Didn't Audition
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