Season 6's LaKisha Jones celebrates her birthday today. Her big voice was a standout on the very first live episode of the season when she sang Jennifer Holliday's "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going," during the Top 24 performance show. LaKisha, or KiKi, continued to soar through the competition and was eliminated during the Top 4 Bee Gees week.

Just a month after the Season 6 competition was over, LaKisha released Lakisha Jones - EP. The EP was a collection of her five most downloaded songs that she sang while on American Idol: "This Ain't a Love Song," "Stormy Weather," "Last Dance," "Diamonds Are Forever," and "God Bless the Child." Later that year, LaKisha got to star in Oprah's The Color Purple on Broadway and got to work with Chaka Kahn.

On the day of the Season 8 finale, LaKisha released her debut album, So Glad I'm Me. The record made it to #47 on the US R&B chart and #24 on the US Indie chart. Two singles have been released off this album: "Let's Go Celebrate" and "Same Song."

In 2008, LaKisha married Larry Davis, and she had a baby, Ava LaRynn, in September 2009. KiKi is working on her music while being a mom to Ava and her older daughter, Brionne.

Happy Birthday, LaKisha!

AmericanIdol.com interviewed LaKisha exclusively last spring. Read the interview.