Andrew Garcia

Season 9 · Eliminated 8th–9th

Where are they now

Andrew Garcia is a singer-songwriter who built a following on YouTube before American Idol. After the show he released the EPs Hell & Back (2015) and Love Wounds (2017), the acoustic set Agoustic Pack (2019) and a series of singles. On September 25, 2026, he was credited with Alexcis on her single Almost Understood.

Key figures

Career score7 points of 100Rank on Encore Index: #191 (tie) of 688
Studio albums1 studio albumRank on Encore Index: #124 (tie) of 238
Wikipedia views, 12 months5,953 pageviewsRank on Encore Index: #205 of 303
Wikipedia views since 2015154,025 pageviewsRank on Encore Index: #173 of 303

Interest over time

Monthly views of the English Wikipedia article, July 2015 – September 2026.

Career

2010
American Idol, season 9
Eliminated 8th–9th
January 12 – April 14, 2010
2010
Tour · July 1, 2010 – August 31, 2010
He toured with the season 9 finalists on the 44-date American Idols Live! Tour 2010 from July 1 to August 31, 2010. His songs in the set list were Straight Up and Sunday Morning.
2011
Release · June 7, 2011
He released his first single, Crazy, on June 7, 2011.
2011
Other · October 9, 2011
In 2011 he performed shows with Yesterday, Today, Forever (YTF), a music and comedy group of YouTube performers that included Ryan Higa and KevJumba. The group's first concert was in Honolulu on October 9, 2011.
2011
Release · November 1, 2011
He sang the hook on BRB, a track on Dumbfoundead's album DFD, released on November 1, 2011.
2012
2013
Release
In 2013 he released the singles Dumb and Airplanes & Terminals; he recorded the second with G Seven and Traphik.
2014
Release
In 2014 he released the single Ghost ahead of his EP Hell & Back.
2014
Chart
Ryan Higa's song GTFO My Room, which Higa and Garcia recorded together, debuted at No. 6 on Billboard's Comedy Digital Tracks chart in 2014. Garcia was the first Idol contestant on that chart.
2014
Award · September 4, 2014
With Andy Lange, Chester See and Josh Golden he was nominated for Cover Song at the 4th Streamy Awards for their version of Roar. Pentatonix won the award on September 4, 2014.
2015
Release
He sang with Avalon Young on Waiting, from her 2015 EP Redline.
2015
Release · January 1, 2015
He released the seven-track R&B and soul EP Hell & Back on January 1, 2015. It includes Ghost.
2016
Release
He released the single Too Fast in 2016.
2017
Release · April 2017
In April 2017 he released the singles Colder, Hold You Down and Hollywood Hills.
2017
Release · August 28, 2017
He released the five-track EP Love Wounds on August 28, 2017. Its single Hurts Like Hell premiered on Billboard a week earlier. A music video for Pray for Me, directed by Soben Phy, was out by January 18, 2018.
2018
Release · March 26, 2018 – August 15, 2018
In 2018 he released the singles Lose You on March 26 and Groupie on August 15.
2019
Release · March 1, 2019 – September 4, 2019
In 2019 he released the singles To the Moon, TCR and Drip, and on September 4 Agoustic Pack, seven acoustic versions of his songs including Crazy, Dumb and Hurts Like Hell.
2020
Release · April 17, 2020
He released the single Won't Stop on April 17, 2020.
2021
Release · April 9, 2021
He was the featured singer on Brian Puspos's single Skin Deep, released on April 9, 2021.
2022–2025
2026
Release · September 25, 2026
He is credited with Alexcis on Almost Understood, a single by Alexcis released on September 25, 2026.

More milestones

Date not documented
Other
Before American Idol he built a following on YouTube with covers of songs.

Discography

Releases of Andrew Garcia
Title	Type	Year	Label	RIAA certification	U.S. sales
Hell & Back	EP	2015	Not documented	Not documented	Not documented
Love Wounds	EP	2017	Lefty Records	Not documented	Not documented
Agoustic Pack	Album	2019	Summerchild Records	Not documented	Not documented

Cover images: Cover Art Archive (MusicBrainz).

Awards

Award wins and nominations of Andrew Garcia
Year	Award	Category	Work	Result
2014	Streamy Awards	Cover SongShared: Andy Lange, Chester See, Andrew Garcia, Josh Golden	Roar	Nominated

Sources

Andrew Garcia | Spotify — Spotify.
iTunes Lookup API: Apple artist 442409104 (Andrew Garcia) albums — Apple.
iTunes Lookup API: Agoustic Pack tracks — Apple.
Almost Understood - Single by Alexcis | Spotify — Spotify.
American Idol season 9 — Wikipedia, August 11, 2026.
List of American Idol finalists — Wikipedia, June 10, 2026.
Andrew Garcia — Wikipedia, August 24, 2026.
YouTube celebrities to perform in Honolulu — Kapi'o News Press, September 20, 2011.
American Idols Live! Tour 2010 (Wikipedia revision 1255661444) — Wikipedia, November 6, 2024.
MusicBrainz artist Andrew Garcia — MusicBrainz.
'American Idol' on the Charts: Andrew Garcia Returns — With a Comedy Hit? — The Hollywood Reporter, February 17, 2014.
Dumbfoundead :: DFD :: Dumbfoundead — RapReviews.
iTunes Lookup API: Dumbfoundead, DFD tracks — Apple.
Idol Chatter: Allen's broken wrist and more — The San Diego Union-Tribune, February 13, 2013.
2014 Streamy Award nominees revealed — USA Today, August 18, 2014.
Streamy Awards Big Winners Include 'Video Game High School,' LGBT Vlogger Tyler Oakley — TheWrap, September 8, 2014.
Meet Avalon Young of American Idol Season 15 — Idol Chatter & Voice Views (Mark Franklin), January 24, 2016.
2015 Idol albums and EPs — Idol Chatter & Voice Views (Mark Franklin).
Check out the singles released by former American Idol singers in 2016 — Idol Chatter & Voice Views (Mark Franklin), December 28, 2016.
2017 post-American Idol singles — Idol Chatter & Voice Views (Mark Franklin), January 16, 2018.
2017 post-American Idol albums and EPs — Idol Chatter & Voice Views (Mark Franklin), January 17, 2018.
New music video lands from Andrew Garcia — Idol Chatter & Voice Views (Mark Franklin), January 18, 2018.
2018 post-American Idol singles — Idol Chatter & Voice Views (Mark Franklin), December 30, 2018.
Monthly pageviews of the English Wikipedia article "Andrew Garcia", July 2015 – September 2026 — Wikimedia Foundation.

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