Carly Smithson (born September 12, 1983 as Carly Hennessy), is a Meteor Award-winning Irish rock/soul singer-songwriter, who was born in Dublin, Ireland. In 2001 Smithson released her first studio album for MCA Records called Ultimate High. Smithson was dropped from the record label in 2002. Smithson was the sixth place finalist on the seventh season of the television series American Idol and she had finished the American Idols LIVE! Tour 2008 fr...
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Carly Smithson (born September 12, 1983 as Carly Hennessy), is a Meteor Award-winning Irish rock/soul singer-songwriter, who was born in Dublin, Ireland. In 2001 Smithson released her first studio album for MCA Records called Ultimate High. Smithson was dropped from the record label in 2002. Smithson was the sixth place finalist on the seventh season of the television series American Idol and she had finished the American Idols LIVE! Tour 2008 from July 1, 2008 to September 13, 2008. She is now the lead singer of the new rock group, We Are the Fallen.
Carly (Hennessy) Smithson was born on September 12, 1983 in Dublin, Ireland to parents Marie Murray and Luke Hennessy. After living 6 months in Dublin, Smithson and her parents moved to Johannesburg, South Africa. She lived there till they moved back to Dublin when she was 4 years old. She started singing at the age of around 4 and also has some experience with acting. She was featured in advertisements for Denny's Sausage for three...
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