
"I remember times when I'd gotten up on stage and it totally just flopped. Poppe also admitted she has stage fright.

"This sounds terrible, but I don't want to go into things with super high hopes because then, obviously, I would be super let down if it doesn't work out," she told Bobby Bones. Katy Perry said she had a "distinctive quality in your voice" and Luke Bryan said "I'm not critiquing you, 'cause you got me, I'm saying yes." After singing her original song "Don't Ever Let Your Children Grow Up," Perry said Poppe reminded her of herself as they "write a little bit of the same style." īefore her Top 24 performance, Poppe admitted that she didn't expect to win American Idol, planning to make it to Top 24 and get eliminated at some point. Judge Lionel Richie said she had a "storytelling voice" and that "we need you in this show". In an audition held in New York, Poppe sang " Rainbow Connection" from The Muppet Movie. Despite her elimination, Clarksville honored her with a city event at the Clarksville Library. The program aired on Februwhere she sang " Dog Days Are Over" from Florence and the Machine, but none of the judges (who were Adam Levine, Pharrell Williams, Christina Aguilera, and Blake Shelton) turned their chairs, thus being eliminated. Prior to Idol, she auditioned for the tenth season of The Voice in 2016. That same month, Poppe opened for Diamond Rio at the Butler County Fair. Poppe independently released her first album, Songs from the Basement, on June 20, 2016. She remarked, "I was trying to get gigs while I was supposed to be paying attention to a lecture." More than fame, Poppe has a career longevity and the enjoyment of being in music and performing.Ĭareer 2015–2016: Songs from the Basement and The Voice Poppe has talked about not wanting to settle for things she did not like to do.

Poppe had also been a stagehand, setting up equipment for musicians at the county fair. She got her start performing at the Butler County Fairgrounds in Allison, Iowa. She used to perform with her father and his band at the Pioneer Days festival. Her father is also a musician and is a guitarist. She graduated Clarksville High School in 2016, attended Iowa Central Community College and then went to Hawkeye Community College.

As a young girl, Poppe loved to sing for her family, but did not start performing until she was in middle school. Maddie Poppe was born to Trent and Tonya Poppe in Clarksville, Iowa. Poppe released her first studio album, Whirlwind, with Hollywood Records in 2019. Prior to winning American Idol, Poppe released an independent album titled Songs from the Basement. She is a multi-instrumentalist-playing the guitar, piano, and ukulele.

Madeline Mae Poppe (born December 5, 1997) is an American singer-songwriter, musician, and the sixteenth season winner of American Idol.
