When you think of the most successful Idols of all time, the names Carrie Underwood and Kelly Clarkson spring to mind.
Fantasia Barrino does not. Which might explain why her new album “Back to Me,” released in last August, is looked on as something of a comeback.
When we last caught up with Diana DeGarmo, the runnerup on American Idol season three, she was making headlines by getting nude beside Ace Young in “Hair” on Broadway. Now she’s back on stage in “9 to 5: The Musical.” She plays Doralee Rhodes, the part Dolly Parton played in the hit film, “9 to…
Yep, that’s Taylor Swift in the photo at the top of this blog, not an American Idol. I figure she deserves to be there. I mean, her album just sold 1,047,000 in its first week on sale, more than any album since March 2005. And that’s only part of the story. Check out Billboard’s new…
American Idol fans were just given another reason to watch the Country Music Association Awards next Wednesday night (8 p.m. on ABC). Oh, yeah, Carrie Underwood is hosting the show, along with Brad Paisley again. And Carrie is up for a pair of major awards, album of the year for “Play On” and female entertainer…
Ready for a Lee DeWyze media blitz? You’d better be, because the season nine winner’s album is due out in less than two weeks, and he’ll be all over your TV screen. So far, according to Lee’s website, you can catch him on … * The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on Tuesday night; *…
Jason Castro released a surprisingly solid CD last April. I say surprising because Jason always seemed quite lackadaisical in his approach to his craft en route to a fourth-place finish on season seven of American Idol. But impressive or not, the album wasn’t a major chart success, despite its release by a major label (Atlantic)….
