Joel Philip "Phil" Stacey (born January 21, 1978) is an American singer who first gained national attention on season 6 of the television talent show American Idol. After being eliminated from the competition on May 2, 2007, he was signed to a recording contract with Lyric Street Records. His debut single, "If You Didn't Love Me", was released to radio in early 2008 as the lead-off to his self-titled debut album, which was issued April 29, 2008 on Lyric Street. Stacey's second album, Into the Light, was released on August 25, 2009 via Reunion Records.

Life and career

Stacey was born in Harlan County, Kentucky. His mother, Adrell Horn, was born in Madison County, Kentucky and works as a nurse in Smyrna, Tennessee. His father, Gary Stacey, is a Church of God (Cleveland) minister who pastors a church. Both of Stacey's grandfathers, Carlie Horn and E.T. Stacey, were also Church of God pastors. Stacey grew up in Fairfield, Ohio and began singing in church. In 2001, he joined in the U.S. Navy, and was the lead vocalist for the Navy Band Southeast. In 2006, he served as the music minister for First Coast Christian Center in Jacksonville, Florida. His father-in-law, Mark McIntosh pastors a church in Shawnee Oklahoma called Evangelistic center church. He currently resides in Hendersonville, Tennessee with his wife Kendra and their two daughters, Chloe and McKayla.

Stacey graduated from Wichita Northwest High School in Wichita, Kansas in 1997. He attended Lee University in Cleveland, Tennessee. He holds a degree in vocal performance from Lee, where he was a member of one of its auditioned choirs, Lee Singers, and part of that choir's internally selected traveling ensemble, Second Edition. He was eliminated from American Idol along with Chris Richardson in the top six results episode; no one had been eliminated the week before.

Albums

In late 2007, Stacey signed to a recording contract with Lyric Street Records. His first single "If You Didn't Love Me" was released to country radio on January 7, 2008 and peaked at number 28 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs charts. It was written by Jason Sellers, Wendell Mobley, and Rascal Flatts' lead vocalist Gary LeVox. His self-titled debut album was released in April 2008. Stacey also released a promotional single entitled "Old Glory" in July, and parted ways with Lyric Street soon afterward.

On January 28, 2009, Stacey signed to Reunion Records, a Christian music label. His first album for the label, Into the Light, was released on August 25. It has sold 18,000 copies so far.

Discography

Studio albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions			Sales
		US Christian	US Country	US
Phil Stacey	Release date: April 29, 2008 Label: Lyric Street Records	"?	8	43	US: 40,000
Into the Light	Release date: August 25, 2009 Label: Reunion Records	27	"?	"?	US: 18,000
Faith	Release date: March 29, 2011 Label: Conquer Entertainment	"?	"?	"?
""?" denotes releases that did not chart

Extended plays

Title	Album details	Sales
Phil Stacey	Release date: 2007 Label: American Idol	US: 500

Singles

Year	Single	Peak positions		Album
		US Country	US Christian
2008	"If You Didn't Love Me"	28	"?	Phil Stacey
2009	"Inside Out"	"?	"?	Into the Light
	"You're Not Shaken"	"?	17
2010	"Some Kind of Love"	"?	32
""?" denotes releases that did not chart

Other charted songs

Year	Single	Peak positions	Album
		US Country
2008	"Old Glory"	57	Into the Light

Music videos

Year	Video	Director
2008	"If You Didn't Love Me"	Roman White

American Idol performances

Week #

Theme

Song Choice

Original Artist

Order #

Result

Top 24 (12 Men)

N/A

I Could Not Ask for More

Edwin McCain

12

Safe

Top 20 (10 Men)

N/A

Missing You

John Waite

1

Safe

Top 16 (8 Men)

N/A

I Need You

LeAnn Rimes

7

Safe

Top 12

Diana Ross

I'm Gonna Make You Love Me

Dee Dee Warwick

7

Bottom 3

Top 11

British Invasion

Tobacco Road

The Nashville Teens

6

Safe

Top 10

No Doubt/Artist who inspire Gwen Stefani

Every Breath You Take

The Police

6

Bottom 3

Top 9

American Classics

Night and Day

Fred Astaire

2

Bottom 3

Top 8

Latin

Maria Maria

Santana & The Product G&B

5

Bottom 2

Top 7

Country

Where the Blacktop Ends

Keith Urban

1

Safe

Top 6

Inspirational

The Change

Garth Brooks

5

Safe (Non-Elimination Week)

Top 6

Bon Jovi

Blaze of Glory

Bon Jovi

1

Eliminated

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