Background
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.
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.
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 Maine", 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.
Stacey grew up in Fairfield, Ohio and began singing in church.
In 2001, he joined in the United States. Navy, and was the lead vocalist for the Navy Band Southeast. Stacey graduated from Wichita Northwest High School in Wichita, Kansas in 1997.
He attended Lee University in Cleveland, Tennessee. He was eliminated from American Idol along with Chris Richardson in the top six results episode.
Number one had been eliminated the week before.
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.