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Cam Anthony from The Voice Season 20

Here’s more about Cam.

* He’s an 18-year-old from Philly who’s already enjoyed a series of career highlights.

* He says his parents discovered he could sing at age 4 when a Folgers commercial came on TV and he started singing along.

* He began posting covers to YouTube when he was 11 and had his cover of “Royals” go viral when he was just 12.

* Cam would up singing the national anthem at the White House for the Obamas and says he even got to play basketball with the former president.

* He’s been interviewed on both the Ellen Show and the Steve Harvey Show. The latter came after he won FOX’s Showtime at the Apollo in 2018 with a performance of Bill Wither’s “Ain’t No Sunshine.”

* In the latter interview, Cam said his career goal is to bring back the type of excitement created by Michael Jackson’s music.

* Cam released a debut single called “How Can I Forgive Ya?” back in 2016 on his 15th birthday. The same year, he released a music video cover of One Direction’s “If I Could Fly.”

* His only release since appears to be a 2019 single called “Leave Your Troubles.” That single also features the vocals of Breana Marin. You can check it out below.

* Cam enters The Voice with a sizeable social media following, including 329,000 followers on Facebook and more than 32,000 on Instagram. Plus more than 4 million views of his YouTube videos.

Editor’s note: Season 20 of The Voice is scheduled to kick off Monday, March 1 on NBC.

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