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Five for Fighting

American singer-songwriter (born 1965)

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Born: January 7, 1965
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Birthplace: Los Angeles
Citizenship: United States
Occupation: singer-songwriter
, record producer
, singer
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Education: University of California, Los Angeles
Languages spoken, written or signed: English
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Vladimir John Ondrasik III, known professionally as Five for Fighting, is an American singer-songwriter and pianist. He is best known for his piano-based soft rock, such as the top 40 hits "Superman " (2001), "100 Years" (2003), and "The Riddle" (2006). He also had a string of moderate hits on the adult contemporary charts in the late 2000s and into the 2010s, including "World" (2006) and "Chances" (2009).

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Sex or gender: male
Website: fiveforfighting.com web feed url: fiveforfighting.com · language: English
Given name: John
Genre: rock music
Label: Sony Music
Instrument: piano
voice
Member of political party: Republican Party
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1.facebook.com/fiveforfighting/posts/i-have-been-a-moderate-republican-for-most-my-life-i-am-not-an-ideologue-but-bas/10155670670991515/Retrieved 2026-02-17
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Start of work period: 1997
Social media followers: 22,059(February 7, 2023) x (twitter) numeric user id: 18070110
20,919(February 21, 2022) x (twitter) numeric user id: 18070110
13,524(May 4, 2021) x (twitter) numeric user id: 18070110
Birth name: John Ondrasik
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Pseudonym: Five for Fighting
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