- Had no intention of trying out for American Idol but at his brother Andrew's insistence he tried out and made it to the final two with David Archuleta.
- Won American Idol (2002) by 12 million votes.
- David's brother passed away at 11:52pm Eastern, May 2, 2009. David was scheduled to fly to Washington D.C., to be a part of the Race For Hope-D.C., a fund raiser for research and development of a cure for brain cancer on May 3, 2009. David participated in the race as a tribute to Adam.
- Favorite quote is "Pain don't hurt", from the Patrick Swayze movie, Road House (1989).
- Refers to himself as a "word nerd" owing to his love of word puzzles.
- The initials "AC" stand for his brother's names Andrew Cook and Adam Cook. David uses them for good luck.
- Was a bartender in Tulsa, Oklahoma when he tried out for American Idol (2002).
- He began singing in second grade, when his elementary school music teacher gave him a solo in a school choir performance.
- Music video for first song "Light On" debuted on VH1's Top 20 Countdown at #1 in its first week of voting.
- Video for "Light On" placed number #28 on VH1's Top 40 Videos of 2008.
- Has a dog named Dublin.
- Asked out American Idol (2002), Season 2 alum, Kimberly Caldwell, while on the red carpet, before the show's seventh season finale, after hearing she liked him. They dated until they broke up before the holidays. Rumors emerged saying she cheated on him, however, Kimberly has denied it, and her rep has confirmed that they are still friends.
- Is the first Midwestern and first rocker to win American Idol.
- On May 21, 2009, David performed the song "Permanent" from his self titled, major label debut CD on the Season 8 American Idol finale. The audio of that performance was sold as a download on Itunes, with 100% of the proceeds being donated to Accelerate Brain Cancer Cure (ABC2).
- Had eleven songs entered in the Billboard Hot 100 and fourteen songs on the Hot Digital Songs lists. His eleven songs on the Hot 100 chart are the most songs in a week by any artist in the Nielsen Music era.
- Is not related to Kristy Lee Cook.
- Had a specially made white Luna Apollo Electric Guitar.
- While in college, he was a member of the Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity.
- Best friend on American Idol (2002) was Michael Johns. They did different types of dances on the American Idols LIVE! Tour during the final number, which resulted in a lot of attention from the fans, who dubbed them "Mavid".
- Axium was named one of the top 15 independent bands in the country in the "Got Milk?" independent band contest. Axium also was chosen as the best band in Kansas City in 2004.
- One of Axium's songs, "Hold", from their "Blindsided" CD was picked up by AMC Theatres Movie Tunes and was played nationwide on over 20,000 screens prior to the movie previews.
- David formed a band in his junior year of high school called Axium. They recorded 3 albums - "Matter of Time" (2002), "Blindsided" (2003), "The Story Thus Far" (2004), and 4 live CDs, "Cain's Ballroom Recordings" (2003), "Live @ Fishbonz" (2004), "Alive in Tulsa @ The Venue" (2004) and "Welcome to the Funeral" (live, 2006).
- Holds the record for most downloaded song from American Idol (2002). His song, "Time of My Life", has been downloaded more than 300,000 times.
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