The Voice has announced most of its plans for its two-night season finale. And, yep, BTS will be on hand — or at least on tape — even though they weren’t mentioned as promises on Tuesday’s results show. The Top 4 will square off Monday night. Each will take the stage three times, twice…
Maddie Poppe’s new album dropped Friday, and fans are liking what they’re hearing. At noon, 12 hours after its release, “Whirlwind” was number 14 on iTunes’ overall albums chart and number two on its pop albums chart. “Whirlwind,” of course, is Maddie’s first album since winning Season 16 of American Idol. The title, Maddie has…
There are no iTunes results to track on American Idol like there are on The Voice. But there are YouTube videos. YouTube videos with hundreds of thousands of views to tell us which performances and which performers are favorites with fans. And those videos indicate Alejandro Aranda and Laine Hardy are locked in a tight…
Melanie Martinez fans are getting excited, and with good reason. This week, Melanie released a 19-second trailer for the movie that will accompany her upcoming album. And Thursday, she revealed the cover art for that album, called “K-12.” “K-12” will be Melanie’s first album since her 2015 “Cry Baby” project made her the most successful…
Okay, I’m getting really worried about this American Idol season finale. As longtime Idol fans know, the season finale has always been a two-night affair, with three performances by each of the finalists one night, followed by a star-studded finale and results the next. In Season 17, Idol decided to roll the two shows…
Team Blake Shelton dominated the cross battles. Team Blake Shelton dominated the live playoffs. And now Team Blake Shelton has three of the four spots in The Voice Season 16 finals. Prediction: A Team Blake Shelton artist will not win the Season 16 title. In fact, the biggest winner of this week’s instant save…
Adam Lambert dropped the first single from his upcoming album Wednesday. It’s called “New Eyes,” is accompanied by a music video and it quickly jumped into the Top 30 on iTunes singles chart. As of 7 p.m. Wednesday evening, it was still at number 27. And we’ll get to see Adam perform the song live…
Katie Stevens and her fellow The Bold Type cast mates shared good news at the Walt Disney upfronts earlier this week, Their show, which airs on Freeform, has been renewed for a fourth season. Katie, the eighth place finisher on American Idol Season 9, plays a character named Jane Sloan, a writer for Scarlet magazine…
American Idol on Wednesday provided more details on the performances planned for Sunday’s three-hour Season 17 finale. And there will be an appearance, if not a performance, by Season 16 champ Maddie Poppe. The release even mentions her new album “Whirlwind,” which comes out Friday. Still, that’s not the same as a live performance…
My ears perked up at something Lionel Richie said on American Idol Sunday night. He called this year’s Top 5 Idol’s best ever. This coming from a judge who has been a judge for a whole two seasons. Now, look, I know part of its was hype. Heck, I’ve heard Adam Levine call performances…
