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
Simon is cool. You know, it's different if you ever see him around his mom. He acts totally different.
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.
I want to be around for a long time. I don't want to be a one-hit wonder.
I want to make sure I continue to make good music that my mom and everybody around me can be proud of.
You can be confident and secure and know that you do a good job at what you do. But you don't know to be arrogant about it.
I feel as if I've been able to do so many things I never expected to do.
And to be able to do it, to be able to accomplish the goal you've always set for yourself is always a blessing.
Because I gave myself - I left school after the second semester of my junior year to pursue a career in music. and I gave myself five years to make it and I made it in three.
I mean I've always been a big dude.
I never knew that the things I wanted to do would come this fast, but this is the route that God took me, and so I'm excited.
I think I look good. I think I look real good.
I think the best part for me is just being able to perform for people every week.
You have to learn that if you start making sure you feel good, everything will be okay.
We became somewhat household names really quickly, within a matter of - what? - three, four months. So it's hard to get used to, and it's really sometimes hard to understand.