Becoming ... Clay Aiken

See how the singer went from crooning in his living room to filling stadiums. By Serena Kappes

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Family is first for Aiken (with his grandparents Alvis and Catherine at home in Raleigh in 2003), though he jokes that since he found fame on American Idol, "it's amazing how many people now have 'an extremely close relationship' to me."