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Archuleta going on 2-year church mission

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American Idol runner-up David Archuleta will be taking a two-year break from music to work with the Mormon Church. UPI/Alexis C. Glenn 
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Published: Dec. 20, 2011 at 3:40 PM

SALT LAKE CITY, Dec. 20 (UPI) -- Season 7 "American Idol" runner-up David Archuleta says he is taking a two-year break from his music career to fulfill a mission with the Mormon Church.

TMZ said the 20-year-old singer was emotional at a concert in Utah Monday when he made the announcement, which was met by cheers from the crowd.

"It's not because somebody told me that I was supposed to do it, not because I no longer want to do music anymore. But it's because it's the feeling that I felt that I need to do next in my life," TMZ quoted Archuleta as saying.

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