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Encyclopedia > Inspiration (William Hung album)
Inspiration
Album cover
LP by William Hung
Released April 6, 2004
Recorded March 6-7, 2004
Genre Pop
Length 45 min 1 sec
Record label Koch
Producer Dee Sonaram
Professional reviews
Allmusic.com 1 out of 5 Link
William Hung Chronology
Inspiration
(2004)

Miracle: Happy Summer from William Hung
(2005)
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Inspiration is William Hung's first album. It was released on April 6, 2004 by Koch Entertainment and debuted on the Billboard Top 200 charts at #34, selling 37,676 units during its first week. The album also includes a 40-minute DVD documentary entitled A Day In The Life of William Hung. William Hung on American Idol (courtesy Fox Broadcasting) William Hung (Traditional Chinese: 孔慶翔, Simplified Chinese: 孔庆翔) (January 13, 1983-2005?) is a Chinese American college student who gained fame and notoriety in early 2004 as a result of his audition performance of Ricky Martins hit song She Bangs on the television... April 6 is the 96th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (97th in leap years). ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Koch Entertainment is an American entertainment company, based out of New York City and Nashville, Tennessee. ... An example of a Billboard Magazine. ... DVD is an optical disc storage media format that can be used for data storage, including movies with high video and sound quality. ...


To promote his album, Hung performed before nearly 20,000 fans during half-time at a Golden State Warriors game on April 6. Later that week, he performed his signature song, "She Bangs," on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and appeared on The Today Show. The First Lady of the United States, Laura Bush and current host Jay Leno. ... Today (commonly referred to as The Today Show) is a morning news and talk show airing on the NBC television network in the United States. ...


Hung's album also debuted at #1 on the Billboard Independent Album chart. Prior to the album's official release, several of his songs reached the top 10 on Apple's iTunes charts, and his album reached as high as #3 on Amazon.com's sales rankings. iTunes is a media player, written by Apple Computer, for playing and organizing digital music, video files, and purchasing digital music files in the FairPlay digital rights management format. ... Amazon. ...


Tracks

  1. "She Bangs" (o.a.: Ricky Martin)
  2. "Bailamos" (o.a.: Enrique Iglesias)
  3. "I Believe I Can Fly" (o.a.: R. Kelly)
  4. "Hotel California" (o.a.: The Eagles)
  5. "Can You Feel the Love Tonight" (o.a.: Elton John)
  6. "Two Worlds"
  7. "Rocket Man" (o.a.: Elton John)
  8. "Free"
  9. "Circle of Life" (o.a.: Elton John)
  10. "YMCA" (o.a.: The Village People)
  11. "Shake Your Bon-Bon"

She Bangs is a song originally performed by Ricky Martin, from his 2000 album Sound Loaded. ... Ricky Martin Ricky Martin (born Enrique José Martin Morales in Hato Rey, Puerto Rico on December 24, 1971) is a popular music singer, who rose to fame, first as a member of the Latin boy band Menudo, then as a solo artist since 1984. ... For the economist and president of the Inter-American Development Bank, see Enrique V. Iglesias. ... I Believe I Can Fly is a 1996 song by R&B singer R Kelly. ... R. Kelly R. Kelly (born Robert Sylvester Kelly on January 8, 1967 in Chicago, Illinois) is an African American R&B and soul singer, songwriter and record producer who found international acclaim in the 1990s for his diverse talents as a singer, songwriter, producer, multi-instrumentalist and musician. ... Hotel California was the title song from The Eagles 1976 album of the same name. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Elton John Sir Elton Hercules John, CBE (born March 25, 1947) is a British rock music singer, songwriter, and pianist who is one of the most successful solo artists in music history. ... Rocket Man (full title Rocket Man (I Think Its Going to Be a Long, Long Time)) is a song composed by Elton John and Bernie Taupin, and popularized by John. ... Categories: Movie stubs ... Members of the Yankee Stadium grounds crew pause to do the YMCA dance. ... Village People were a disco band of the late 1970s. ...

External links

  • Clips from four album tracks
  • Full album on the iTunes Music Store

  Results from FactBites:
 
William Hung - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (873 words)
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.
Hung also remarked, "I have no professional training," eliciting a response of mock surprise from Simon Cowell, saying that it was "the surprise of the century".
Hung played a good-natured village kid who sells Chinese pancakes to pay his mother's medical bills and gets discovered as a singer and helps a woman protect her business from a jealous and scheming older sister.
William Hung (553 words)
William Hung ( Traditional Chinese : 孔慶翔, Simplified Chinese : 孔庆翔) (born 1983) is a Chinese American college student who gained fame in early 2004 as a result of his notoriously poor, but confident, performance of Ricky Martin 's hit song " She Bangs " on the television series American Idol.
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".
In his free time, Hung is an fan of the anime Pokémon, and is an avid player and online strategy writer for the trading card game based on the series.
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