"This Is My Now" is a song written by Jeff Peabody and Scott Krippayne. It is

Jordin Sparks Jordin Sparks (born December 22, 1989) is an American singer and actress. She rose to fame in 2007 after winning the American Idol (season 6), sixth season of ''American Idol'' at age 17, becoming the youngest winner in the series' history. He ...

's first single. The top two finalists of the season 6 finale of

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, (

Blake Lewis Blake Colin Lewis (born July 21, 1981) is an American musician, singer and actor who was the runner-up on the American Idol (season 6), sixth season of ''American Idol''. His major label debut album ''A.D.D. (Audio Day Dream)'' was released on D ...

and

), sang it during the May 22 and May 23, 2007 finale shows. It was chosen over thousands of other entries in a songwriting contest for fan-written songs to be sung on the show. The song was later included as a bonus track on her debut album, ''

'' (2007). Lewis sang it first during the May 22 show and received poor reviews from the judges, because the song was not Lewis' style of music. He later revealed in an interview that the producers of the show did not allow him to rearrange the song because "it was the song that won the contest". Sparks received better feedback and

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stated that she "wiped the floor" with Lewis' rendition. Sparks sang a reprise of "This Is My Now" after winning the competition on the May 23 show.

Commercial performance

"This Is My Now" is the first of nine ''American Idol'' coronation songs not to reach the top ten on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart; the others are Kris Allen's " No Boundaries" (No. 11),

Lee DeWyze Leon James "Lee" DeWyze Jr. (born April 2, 1986) is an American singer-songwriter and the winner of the ninth season of ''American Idol''. Prior to ''Idol'', DeWyze had a solo career and formed the ''Lee DeWyze Band''. He had also released two ...

's " Beautiful Day" (No. 24),

Scotty McCreery Scott Cooke McCreery (born October 9, 1993) is an American country singer. He rose to fame after winning the tenth season of ''American Idol'' in May 2011. His debut studio album, '' Clear as Day'', was released in October 2011 and was certifi ...

's " I Love You This Big" (No. 11), Candice Glover's " I Am Beautiful" (No. 93), Caleb Johnson's " As Long as You Love Me", Nick Fradiani's " Beautiful Life" (No. 93), Trent Harmon's " Falling", and Maddie Poppe's " Going, Going, Gone". As of June 2009, the song has sold 301,000 downloads in the United States.How the American Idol coronation singles stack up
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Charts

Jordin Sparks version

References

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