On musical influences section Musical influences Archuleta s mother is from Honduras and much of the music he listened to as a child was Latin influenced including watching his mom sing at events with her sisters 19 21 She also was big on dancing according to Archuleta and would make him dance to traditional music with his older sister 22 He also listened to jazz music he said from his father s collection as well as gospel pop rock and soulful music 17 In a later interview he revealed that his father was a jazz musician Archuleta also said he enjoys Broadway musicals 23 On his American Idol Fast Facts page Archuleta cited his musical influences as Natalie Cole Stevie Wonder Kirk Franklin and Bryan Adams 18 When he listed his top pop music artists he cited Natasha Bedingfield Natalie Cole Celine Dion Mariah Carey Michael Jackson Stevie Wonder Bryan Adams Kirk Franklin and Robbie Williams 18 Like Elliott Yamin and another singer he admires John Mayer Archuleta tries to infuse his pop selections with a soulful vibe 17 In a Seventeen interview he cites Sara Bareilles as a clever singer songwriter he looks up to 24 Fair presentation but the 3rd paragraph is a cheap shot to build up charice s image 20 27 8 June 2009 Alexander hugh george talk contribs 40 665 bytes Vandalism Not degrading Supported facts and adds to neutrality of the article To Alexander hugh george Yes Archuleta is amazed with charice s voice leave it at that and be thankful if ur a fan but to the point that SHE INFLUENCED his singing come on I have nt seen heard any archuleta music that would prove it ANd what are you telling archuleta fans that HE HAS NO BALLS to just follow what others told him JUST TO PROMOTE HIS CONCERT and HIMSELF And that DAVID suddenly became a BIG LIAR when HE FACED an INDONESIAN MEdia last APril 2009 As for Regine she never needed international exposure to be appreciated She had her chances but decided to just maintain a stable career in our country Don t drag her name into this She s a music icon in the Philippines She already belongs in our HISTORY SHe does nt deserve any of these And I do nt believe that David Archuleta is so corrupt to be involved in such scheme HE s to sweet and sincere to do that Preceding unsigned comment added by talk contribs If there s this contractual publicity agreement between the parties you mentioned then why issue guidelines like this during the press conference of two davids RUSHES SUNDAY What not to ask the 2 Davids Source Philippine Daily Inquirer First Posted 22 44 00 05 16 2009 MANILA Philippines Media people who attended the press conference of Idols David Cook and David Archuleta were given instructions not to ask three questions The off limits topics included 1 the recent death of Cook s brother 2 Archuleta s fascination for local diva Regine Velasquez and 3 rumors concerning Archuleta s gender No one dared end of article pls ALSO NOTE that DAvid mentioned Regine first before an Indonesian press in Malaysia here is the ORIGINAL TRANSCRIPT of the Interview source Transkrip Wawancara David Archuleta in Malaysia heuheu ngepost disini aja ah hehehe ini transkrip versi Indonesia uuhh jadi tambah pengen ngilat David scara live T T enjoy it So here we go David selamat datang di Asia Sayang kali ini kamu nggak bisa datang ke Indonesia yaaa Aaaaaaw dengan nada menyesal khasnya aku tau Aku pengen banget datang ke Indonesia sebenarnya Tapi mungkin lain kali Kamu harus tahu kalau seluruh fans di Indonesia mengharapkan kamu datang Mereka semua juga titip salam buat kamu Awwww lagi lagi dengan ekspresi khasnya thud thanks Bilang sama mereka aku juga titip salam balik cieee dapet salam tuh dari David Hihi Oke sekarang pertanyaan pertama Apa sih yang pernah kamu dengar soal Indonesia Hmmm nggak banyak jawabnya sambil ngemil kacang kacangan gitu Haha Aku pernah dengar soal Jakarta Aku juga tahu Indonesia salah satu kota eh negara berpenduduk terbanyak di dunia Pas jawab ini ngomongnya agak belibet gitu deh Lucu bangettt Gara gara konsentr