William Hung

William Hung (Traditional Chinese: 孔慶翔, Simplified Chinese: 孔庆翔) (born January 13, 1983) is a Chinese American college student who gained fame and notoriety in early 2004 as a result of his audition performance of Ricky Martin's hit song "She Bangs" on the television series American Idol, Season 3.

Record deal

At a February 18 volleyball game at University of California, Berkeley, Hung again performed his rendition of "She Bangs", and was offered a surprise $25,000 check from the Fuse music channel and a record deal from Koch Entertainment. On March 8, Koch Entertainment announced that Hung had decided to sign the record deal he was offered in February. Hung's first single, a cover of The Village People's "YMCA," debuted on March 19. Hung's debut album, Inspiration, recorded over the weekend of March 6, was released on April 6 and includes covers of Ricky Martin's "She Bangs" and "Shake Your Bon Bon" and Elton John's "Rocket Man," as well as a 40-minute DVD documenting the making of the album called A Day In The Life of William Hung.

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February 18 - University of California, Berkeley - Fuse - Koch Entertainment - March 8 - The Village People - YMCA - March 19 - Inspiration - March 6 - April 6 - Shake Your Bon Bon - Elton John - Rocket Man - DVD

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To promote his album, Hung performed before nearly 20,000 fans during half-time at a Golden State Warriors game on April 6. Several of his songs reached the top 10 on Apple's iTunes charts, and his album reached #3 on Amazon.com's sales rankings. With the release of his album, Fuse also aired a half-hour special called Idol Worship: The William Hung Story, featuring Hung in his first music video, another rendition of "She Bangs".

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Golden State Warriors - April 6 - ITunes - Amazon.com - Music video

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Hung released a Christmas album, Hung For The Holidays, on October 19 2004.

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Hung For The Holidays - October 19 - 2004

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Hung's album, ', was released July 12 2005. Its poor reception perhaps indicated that Hung's fifteen minutes of fame had quickly run out.

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July 12 - 2005 - Fifteen minutes of fame

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