Caleb Johnson

Asheville, North Carolina's Caleb Johnson is best known as the versatile rock singer who was crowned the winner of American Idol's 13th season in 2014. Raised on a steady diet of classic hard rock and metal, Johnson had begun to make his name regionally as the frontman for Asheville rockers Elijah Hooker, who released their self-titled debut album in 2013. By this point, at his parents' suggestion, he had already auditioned for both the tenth and 11th seasons of Idol, making a respectable showing each year, but it wasn't until the winter of 2014 that his impressive renditions ...