Musical talent certainly runs in American Idol star Cadence Baker’s family Sun 13 March 2022 22:00 Helen Williams
Daniel Johnston
Published Apr 05, 2026
American Idol is back in 2022 with a brand new batch of hopeful performers walking through the doors. Lionel, Katy and Luke have the difficult task of deciding who gets to go to Hollywood and who will get turned away at the audition stage. Many of the artists so far have blown the judges away. Some have seen the judges in tears, while one saw Katy Perry storm off set.
The auditions continue for a third week on March 13th on American Idol. The show airs each Sunday at 8 PM ET on ABC. So, let’s find out more about Alabama-based singer Cadence Baker…
Who is Cadence Baker on American Idol?
Cadence Baker is an auditionee on American Idol in 2022.
She’s 18 years old and hails from Muscle Shoals, Alabama.
Cadence performed alongside her father during her American Idol audition and she chose to sing Whitney Houston’s I’m Your Baby Tonight.
In response to Cadence’s show-stopping performance of the famous song, Lionel Richie said that he “loved it” and Katy Perry admitted that she didn’t think that Cadence would be able to pull off the performance. Luke added that he thought it was one of the “best auditions he’s seen“, adding it was “awesome, awesome, awesome“.
Luke added that Cadence is a “star” and she is now off to the Hollywood stage of the show.
Cadence Baker’s family explored
Cadence said that her father and grandfather are her biggest inspirations musically and that she’s been singing since she was around four years old.
During her audition video, Cadence’s father says: “It’s really cool knowing that you’re doing this because I did it and it because your grandfather was doing it.“
She said that her grandfather has a recording studio and that he wrote the country hit song I Swear.
Is Cadence on Instagram?
Yes, Cadence can be found on Instagram with over 3.6K followers. She’s also on TikTok with over 1400 followers.
Follow singer-songwriter Cadence on Instagram @cadencebakerr. She first took to the ‘gram in 2017 but only has 13 posts at the time of writing.
Cadence’s TikTok features many videos of her performing and she sings all kinds of songs by artists including Whitney Houston and The Rolling Stones.
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