The album was certified gold in the Philippines (10,000 units) as of June 2012. This was his first Original Filipino Music (OPM) album, composed of several covers of Filipino songs. In March 2012, Archuleta released his fourth album, ' Forevermore', exclusively in the Philippines.
As of February 2012, Archuleta had sold 1,108,000 albums and 3,327,000 tracks in the United States. On March 28, 2012, Archuleta left on a two-year hiatus to be a missionary of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Chile, but stated that he would continue his music career afterwards. In October 2010, he released a third album, The Other Side of Down, featuring lead single ' Something 'Bout Love'. The album, released three months later, debuted at number two on the Billboard 200 chart it has sold over 750,000 copies in the United States and over 900,000 worldwide. In August 2008, Archuleta released ' Crush', the first single from his self-titled debut album. In 2008, he finished second on the seventh season of American Idol.
When he was twelve years old, Archuleta became the Junior Vocal Champion on the second season of Star Search known as 'Star Search 2'. At ten years old, he won the children's division of the Utah Talent Competition leading to other television singing appearances. David James Archuleta (born December 28, 1990) is an American singer-songwriter and actor.
