Question: When did the state that the most successful artist from this season of American Idol is from, become a part of the U.S.?

Despite being eliminated earlier in the season, Chris Daughtry (as lead of the band Daughtry) became the most successful recording artist from this season. Other contestants, such as Hicks, McPhee, Bucky Covington, Mandisa, Kellie Pickler, and Elliott Yamin have had varying levels of success. <SEP> A large number of other notable finalists during the series' run have also hailed from the American South, including Clay Aiken, Kellie Pickler, and Chris Daughtry, who are all from North Carolina. Since the show's inception in 2002, ten of the fourteen Idol winners, including its first five, have come from the Southern United States. In 2012, an analysis of the 131 contestants who have appeared in the finals of all seasons of the show up to that point found that 48% have some connection to the Southern United States. <SEP> theories given for the success of southerners on idol have been: more versatility with musical genres, as the southern u.s. is home to several music genre scenes; not having as many opportunities to break into the pop music business; text-voting due to the south having the highest percentage of cell-phone only households; and the strong heritage of music and singing, which is notable in the bible belt, where it is in church that many people get their start in public singing. others also suggest that the southern character of these contestants appeal to the south, as well as local pride. according to season five winner taylor hicks, who is from the state of alabama, "people in the south have a lot of pride ... so, they're adamant about supporting the contestants who do well from their state or region." <SEP> in what was to become a tradition, clarkson performed the coronation song during the finale, and released the song immediately after the season ended. the single, "a moment like this", went on to break a 38-year-old record held by the beatles for the biggest leap to number one on the billboard hot 100. guarini did not release any song immediately after the show and remains the only runner-up not to do so. both clarkson and guarini made a musical film, from justin to kelly, which was released in 2003 but was widely panned. clarkson has since become the most successful idol contestant internationally, with worldwide album sales of more than 23 million. <SEP> In 1840, it completed the state capitol building in Raleigh, still standing today. On November 21, 1789, North Carolina became the twelfth state to ratify the Constitution. Most of North Carolina's slave owners and large plantations were located in the eastern portion of the state. Although North Carolina's plantation system was smaller and less cohesive than that of Virginia, Georgia, or South Carolina, significant numbers of planters were concentrated in the counties around the port cities of Wilmington and Edenton, as well as suburban planters around the cities of Raleigh, Charlotte, and Durham in the Piedmont. Planters owning large estates wielded significant political and socio - economic power in antebellum North Carolina, which was a slave society. They placed their interests above those of the generally non-slave - holding ``yeoman ''farmers of western North Carolina. In mid-century, the state's rural and commercial areas were connected by the construction of a 129 - mile (208 km) wooden plank road, known as a`` farmer's railroad'', from Fayetteville in the east to Bethania (northwest of Winston - Salem).