{{short description|Canadian rock singer-songwriter}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2020}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Billy Klippert | image = | caption = | image_size = | origin = Canada | instrument = Vocals, piano | genre = Rock | occupation = Singer-songwriter | years_active = 2004–present | label = | associated_acts = | website = }}

'''Billy Klippert''' is a Canadian rock singer-songwriter who rose to fame via the first season of Canadian Idol, in which he finished third.

==Career== His self-titled debut album on the Orange Record Label reached 36th spot on Canada's top 100 albums chart in July 2004.<ref>[http://www.soulshine.ca/features/featuresarticle.php?fid=69 Billy Klippert : Leaving Levon Far Behind? : Soul Shine Magazine<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> His second album ''Naked & The Simple Truth'' was released on 3 October 2006, the first single from which was 'Going Under'. In March 2007, Klippert won a Canadian Music Week Indie Award for Favourite Pop Artist of the Year.<ref>[http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20061218/CI5_billy_klippert/20061218/?s_name=idol2007 CTV.ca | Billy Klippert<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080518234430/http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20061218/CI5_billy_klippert/20061218/?s_name=idol2007 |date=18 May 2008 }}</ref>

== Discography ==

=== Albums === {| class="wikitable" |- ! rowspan="2"| Year ! rowspan="2"| Album ! colspan="1"| Peak |- style="font-size:smaller;" ! width="40"| CAN |- | 2004 | '''''Billy Klippert''''' * <small>Debut album</small> * <small>Released: 15 June 2004</small> |align="center"| 36 |- | 2006 | '''''Naked & The Simple Truth''''' * <small>Second studio album</small> * <small>Released: 3 October 2006</small> |align="center"| &mdash; |- | align="center" colspan="8"| <small>"&mdash;" denotes the album did not chart.</small> |}

=== Singles === {| class="wikitable" |- !rowspan="2"| Year !rowspan="2"| Single !colspan="1"| Chart peaks !rowspan="2"| Album |- style="font-size:smaller;" !width="30"|<small>CAN</small> |- | 2004 |"Levon" |align="center"| &mdash; | ''Billy Klippert'' |- | 2006 |"Going Under" |align="center"| &mdash; | ''Naked & The Simple Truth'' |- |} "—" denotes releases that did not chart.

== References == {{Reflist}}

==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20080518234430/http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20061218/CI5_billy_klippert/20061218/?s_name=idol2007 Billy Klippert profile at CTV's Canadian Idol site] * [http://www.soulshine.ca/features/featuresarticle.php?fid=69 Billy Klippert: Leaving Levon Far Behind?] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20071125081548/http://www.billyklippert.ca/ Billy Klippert Official Site]

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