Kris Allen is one of the most popular and richest Pop Singer who was born on June 21, 1985 in Jacksonville, Arkansas, United States. Singer from Arkansas best known as the Season 8 winner of American Idol. His debut single “Live Like We’re Dying” sold 1.7 million copies. He released his fifth studio album, Letting You In, in 2016.
He and Carrie Underwood both won American Idol.
Kristopher Neil Allen (born June 21, 1985) is an American musician, singer and songwriter from Conway, Arkansas, and the winner of the eighth season of American Idol.
Allen realized during college that he wanted to play music professionally and began trying to write music. He played his first gig at a local venue in downtown Conway during his sophomore year, and he went on to drop out of college in the middle of his junior year to follow his dream of becoming a professional musician. He worked as a shoe salesman at a sporting goods store during the day to make ends meet and continued playing gigs in Little Rock and Fayetteville at night. In 2007, Allen wrote and self-produced an album entitled Brand New Shoes with college friends and bandmates Michael Holmes (drums) and Chase Erwin (bass). The album’s title makes reference to Allen’s days as a shoe salesman, and only 600 copies of the album were produced, most of which were given to family and friends.
He married Katy O’Connell on September 26, 2008. He and Katy had a son named Oliver in 2013. They welcomed their second child, Rose Elizabeth, in June of 2016.
