Will Young & Gareth Gates

In February 2002, 23-year-old British singer Will Young became the winner of Pop Idol''s inaugural season, making him the first in a long line of Pop Idol, American Idol, and X Factor champions. His debut single, "Anything Is Possible," was released two weeks after the show's finale and became the fastest-selling single in the U.K., a title previously held by Band Aid's 1984 hit "Do They Know It's Christmas?" Young followed the song's success with a string of platinum-selling albums, as well as detours into acting and philanthropy. As a teenager, Young studied politics at Exe...