"This Is My Now" is a song written by Jeff Peabody and Scott Krippayne. It is Jordin Sparks's first single. The top two finalists of the season 6 finale of American Idol. (Blake Lewis and Jordin Sparks) sang it during the May 22 and May 23, 2007 finale shows. It was chosen over thousands of other entries in a songwriting contest for fan-written songs to be sung on the show. The song was included on her debut album, Jordin Sparks.
Lewis sang it first during the May 22 show and received poor reviews from the judges, because the song was not Lewis' style of music. He later revealed in an interview that the producers of the show did not allow him rearranging the song because "it was the song that won the contest".[1] Sparks received better feedback and Simon Cowell stated that she "wiped the floor" with Lewis' rendition. Sparks sang a reprise of "This Is My Now" after winning the competition on the May 23 show.
The song was distributed online at americanidol.com and iTunes Store.
[edit] Charts
It is one of the six American Idol coronation songs not to reach the number one spot on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, others include Ruben Studdard's "Flying Without Wings" (number two), David Cook's "The Time of My Life" (number three), Kris Allen's "No Boundaries" (number eleven), Lee DeWyze's "Beautiful Day" (number twenty-four) and Scotty McCreery's "I Love You This Big" (number eleven). It was the second coronation song not to have a physical release and first to miss the top ten on the Hot 100. The song has so far sold 301,000 copies in the United States.[3]
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