Archie Williams

ABOUT ARCHIE WILLIAMS

Singer who rose to fame during his time as a season 15 contestant on America's Got Talent , where he progressed to the finals. In 2018, he also performed at The Apollo Theater in Harlem, making it to the semi-finals of Amateur Night. His archiewilliamsofficial Instagram account, which has accrued 40,000 followers, features performance photos, selfies, outtakes from his advocacy work and travel photo.

He spend 36 years wrongly imprisoned for a violent crime that he did not commit. With the help of The Innocence Project, he was fully exonerated on March 21, 2019.

As a result of his story, Simon Cowell became an ambassador for The Innocence Project.

He grew up Baton Rouge, Louisiana. His sisters are Charlotte Aleander and Sheila Varner.

For his AGT audition, he sang "Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me," an Elton John song. Elton John later reached out to him, praising him and inviting him to appear on his show.