Jordin Sparks

"Live every moment like it was my last one," sings Jordin Sparks on her smash hit "Tattoo," and it's a sentiment that she clearly takes to heart. Jordin was the youngest [i]American Idol[/i] champion ever, but by the time she took the title, the 17-year-old Arizona girl was already an award-winning gospel singer and plus-size model. Being an overachiever wouldn't have meant much without the pipes — a voice as lustrous and as perfect for pop glory as her dark-eyed good looks were camera-ready. It's a voice that propels the single "Battlefield" to victory over the charts and stirs patriotic inspiration into "The Star Spangled Banner," as she performed it — fittingly for the daughter of a pro football player — at the Super Bowl. Our [i]Jordin Sparks[/i] Essentials brings you the very best of this freshly minted star, from the warm glow of the season's greeting "I'll Be Home for Christmas" to her aptly titled, post-[i]Idol[/i] single "This Is My Now."