LaKisha Jones
Season 6 · Eliminated 4th
Where are they now
LaKisha Jones competed on the 2013 season of The Winner Is and was eliminated in the first round. Her album So Glad I'm Me was released on May 19, 2009, on Elite Music LLC, followed by the single Same Song in August 2009.
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 months4,863 pageviewsRank on Encore Index: #224 of 303
- Wikipedia views since 201577,542 pageviewsRank on Encore Index: #225 of 303
Known for
Interest over time
Monthly views of the English Wikipedia article, July 2015 – September 2026.
Career
- 2007
American Idol, season 6
Eliminated 4th
- 2007
Sang the Star-Spangled Banner at Comerica Park before the Detroit Tigers game on June 8, 2007.
- 2007
She performed on the American Idols Live! Tour 2007 with the season 6 top 10. The tour ran from July 6 to September 23, 2007.
- 2008
In late September 2007 she was announced to take the church-soloist role in the Broadway musical The Color Purple as of January 9, 2008. She played Sofia at matinees.
- 2008
In June 2008, vocal coached the girls on MTV's Legally Blonde: The Musical – The Search for Elle Woods.
- 2008
Her debut single, So Glad I'm Me, was released in 2008. Sources give two release dates, October 21, 2008, and November 2008 on iTunes.
- 2009
Released the studio album So Glad I'm Me on May 19, 2009, on Elite Music LLC.
- 2013
She competed on the 2013 season of The Winner Is. In the first episode, on June 10, 2013, she sang Lady Marmalade and was eliminated in the first round.
More milestones
- Date not documented
So Glad I'm Me reached number 47 on Billboard's Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart and number 24 on Top Heatseekers.
Discography
| Title | Type | Year | Label | RIAA certification | U.S. sales |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LaKisha Jones | EP | 2007 | Not documented | Not documented | Not documented |
| So Glad I'm Me | Album | 2009 | Elite Music LLC | Not documented | about 7,0002009 |
Sources
- LaKisha Jones (Wikipedia revision 1371034210) — Wikipedia, August 24, 2026.
- The Winner Is (Wikipedia revision 1375318223) — Wikipedia, September 17, 2026.
- So Glad I'm Me (Wikipedia revision 1292999888) — Wikipedia, May 30, 2025.
- The best-selling Idol albums from 2009 — USA Today (Idol Chatter), January 17, 2010.
- American Idol season 6 — Wikipedia, July 26, 2026.
- List of American Idol finalists — Wikipedia, June 10, 2026.
- American Idols Live! Tour 2007 (Wikipedia revision 1322937451) — Wikipedia, November 18, 2025.
- MusicBrainz release groups for LaKisha Jones — MusicBrainz.
- Monthly pageviews of the English Wikipedia article "LaKisha Jones", July 2015 – September 2026 — Wikimedia Foundation.
