Elliott Yamin (real name - Efraym Elliott Yamin) is an American singer. He was born on July 20, 1978 in Los Angeles, California to an Israeli father of Iraqi Jewish descent, Shaul Yamin, and a Jewish American mother of Ashkenazi descent.

Yamin first discovered his vocal talent while singing karaoke in his late teens. Although he had not been musically trained, he sang in a local jazz band and in amateur performance forums emulating Stevie Wonder, Whitney Houston, and Donny Hathaway. He attended Douglas S. Freeman High School in Richmond, Virginia.

On December 6, 2006, Yamin released a single, a rendition of "This Christmas," on AOL Music.

On December 8, 2006, Yamin sang the National Anthem, Marvin Gaye's "What's Going On?" and Donny Hathaway's "This Christmas" as part of the 2006 Genworth Children's Advantage Classic (sponsored by the Genworth Foundation) at the Alltel Pavilion at the Virginia Commonwealth University's Stuart C. Siegel Center in Richmond. He sang it at a tennis event featuring James Blake, Andre Agassi, Lindsay Davenport, and Steffi Graf.

Yamin started his first solo tour on May 17, 2007, in Alexandria, VA., and lasted until June 21, 2007, in Anaheim, California.

As a teaser for his album, Yamin released a song from his album, "Movin' On", on AOL's first listen and iTunes. His first radio single, "Wait For You", was released on March 13.

Yamin's debut album was released on March 20, 2007. On May 16, 2007, Yamin performed his hit single, "Wait for You", on the American Idol Season 6 Top 3 results show, which caused the song to jump 60 spots on Tunes in a few hours as well as from 80 to 31 on the Billboard Hot 100. Also, the performance saw an increase in sales for his self titled album, Elliott Yamin, jumping 47 spots on the Billboard 200, from 67 to 20.

On October 12, 2007, the album was certified gold status.