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a big musical winner. Katharine Hope McPhee was born in Sherman Oaks, California, on March 25, 1984, McPhee to a mother who was an accomplished singer in her own right, and who had performed and recorded as Peisha McPhee. She encouraged Katharine to develop as a vocalist and gave her more formal singing lessons than many American Idol hopefuls receive. McPhee was a musical theater major in college, but eventually dropped out to move to Los Angeles and audition for film and television work. McPhee landed parts in the film Crazy, a musical about Hank Garland, and an MTV series, You Are Here, which never aired. She also appeared in productions of Annie Get Your Gun and The Ghost and Mrs. Muir before trying out for American Idol in 2005.
McPhee pleased the judges and television audiences through her Idol run, performing such songs as "Someone to Watch Over Me," "Come Rain or Come Shine," and "Black Horse and the Cherry Tree." Though she lost to Taylor Hicks in the finals, the judges predicted that McPhee had a bright future and that we would be hearing Katherine McPhee songs for many years to come. Sure enough, after the American Idol season ended, McPhee was signed by show creator Simon Fuller's 19 Recordings Limited label and released her first single, Somewhere Over the Rainbow/My Destiny; it became the second best-selling single of 2006.
Following this, McPhee joined the Idol tour and also toured with Andrea Bocelli, who appeared on American Idol as a guest judge. McPhee began recording her self-titled debut album in the fall of 2006, working with collaborators such as Timbaland's production partner, Nate "Danja Hand" Hills, Chad Hugo of the Neptunes, and songwriter Kara DioGuardi. "Over It," which was written by the songwriting team of Billy Steinberg, Josh Alexander, and Ruth-Anne Cunningham, arrived a few weeks before Katharine McPhee was released in early 2007. The song debuted at #1 on the VH1 top 20 countdown, and maintained the top position for three consecutive weeks, proving that McPhee not only has talent, but staying power as well.