LaKisha Jones

S6 · Eliminated 4th

Latest documented update, 2013

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.⁠[1][2]

Career

After the show

  1. June 8, 2007Sang the Star-Spangled Banner at Comerica Park before the Detroit Tigers game on June 8, 2007.⁠[1]
  2. July 6, 2007–September 23, 2007She performed on the American Idols Live! Tour 2007 with the season 6 top 10. The tour ran from July 6 to September 23, 2007.⁠[1][6]
  3. October 21, 2008Her debut single, So Glad I'm Me, was released in 2008. Sources give two release dates, October 21, 2008, and November 2008 on iTunes.⁠[1][5]
  4. May 19, 2009Released the studio album So Glad I'm Me on May 19, 2009, on Elite Music LLC.⁠[1][5][7]

Date not documented

  1. So Glad I'm Me reached number 47 on Billboard's Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart and number 24 on Top Heatseekers.⁠[1][5]

Discography

TitleTypeYearLabelRIAA certificationU.S. sales
LaKisha Jones⁠[1][7]EP2007
So Glad I'm Me⁠[1][5][7]Album2009Elite Music LLCabout 7,000⁠[1][5][8]2009

Awards

Checked October 7, 2026; none found.

Other activity

  • January 9, 2008In 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.⁠[1]
  • June 2008In June 2008, vocal coached the girls on MTV's Legally Blonde: The Musical – The Search for Elle Woods.⁠[1]
  • 2013She 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.⁠[1][2]

Sources

8 sources

  1. LaKisha Jones (Wikipedia revision 1371034210) — Wikipedia, updated August 24, 2026. Reference work (secondary). Retrieved October 7, 2026.
    Cited parts (8)
    • Post-American Idol: “LaKisha Jones competed on the 2013 season of The Winner Is.”
    • Post-American Idol: “The album with the same title was released on May 19, 2009.”
    • Singles table: “Same Song”
    • Singles table: “Released: August, 2009 (U.S)”
    • Infobox label: “label = Elite Music LLC”
    • Albums table, So Glad I'm Me: “Label: Elite Music LLC”
    • Post-American Idol: “performed the Star-Spangled Banner at Comerica Park before the Detroit Tigers game on June 8, 2007”
    • Post-American Idol: “Jones toured with the Top 10 Idols on the Idols tour.”
  2. The Winner Is (Wikipedia revision 1375318223) — Wikipedia, updated September 17, 2026. Reference work (secondary). Retrieved October 7, 2026.
    Cited parts (2)
    • Contestants, Episode 1 (June 10, 2013), Round 1 table, Lady Marmalade row: “LaKisha Jones (33)”
    • Contestants, legend for the lightpink cell: “The contestant lost the round and was eliminated.”
  3. American Idol season 6 — Wikipedia, updated July 26, 2026. Reference work (secondary). Retrieved October 6, 2026.
    Cited parts (1)
    • Elimination chart row LaKisha Jones: Pl. 4, Eliminated in the Top 4 column (5/9); ratings table episode 'Top 4 Results', May 9, 2007
  4. List of American Idol finalists — Wikipedia, updated June 10, 2026. Reference work (secondary). Retrieved October 6, 2026.
    Cited parts (1)
    • Contestants table, row LaKisha Jones: season 6, place finish 4th
  5. So Glad I'm Me (Wikipedia revision 1292999888) — Wikipedia, updated May 30, 2025. Reference work (secondary). Retrieved October 7, 2026.
    Cited parts (6)
    • Infobox label: “label = Elite Music LLC”
    • Lead: “The first single, "So Glad I'm Me," was released to iTunes in November 2008.”
    • Lead: “released on May 19, 2009”
    • Lead: “It reached #47 on Billboard's Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.”
    • Infobox: “released = May 19, 2009”
    • Lead: “The album sold around 7,000 copies in 2009.”
  6. American Idols Live! Tour 2007 (Wikipedia revision 1322937451) — Wikipedia, updated November 18, 2025. Reference work (secondary). Retrieved October 7, 2026.
    Cited parts (3)
    • Infobox start and end dates: “start_date = July 6, 2007”
    • Infobox end date: “end_date = September 23, 2007”
    • Performers table: “LaKisha Jones (4th place)”
  7. MusicBrainz release groups for LaKisha Jones — MusicBrainz. Release database. Retrieved October 7, 2026.
    Cited parts (3)
    • Release group So Glad I'm Me: "first-release-date":"2009-05-19"
    • Release group LaKisha Jones: "first-release-date":"2007-06-12"
    • Release group So Glad I'm Me: "primary-type":"Album"
  8. The best-selling Idol albums from 2009 — USA Today (Idol Chatter), published January 17, 2010. News report. Cited by another source; not opened by our researchers.

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