Lauren Alaina released her first major project on her new label Friday. And “Unlocked,” out on Big Loud Records, is making quite the splash. The six-song EP was number nine on the Apple Music country albums chart Saturday evening. And “Thicc as Thieves,” a fun duet with label mate Lainey Wilson that caps the project…
A year after his American Idol victory, Noah Thompson released his debut EP on Friday. The Season 20 champ dropped a six-song project called “Middle of God Knows Where,” and it almost immediately climbed into the Top 10 on Apple Music’s country albums chart. Friday evening, it was still sitting at number seven on that…
Eight American Idol standouts, including all three finalists from the just completed Season 21, performed at a show in Nashville this week. The free show was hosted at The Valentine in Nashville and featured new champ Iam Tongi, runner-up Megan Danielle and third-place finisher Colin Stough. Also performing were Haven Madison, Season 20 champ Noah…
Lots of country favorites from past seasons of The Voice showed up for Blake Shelton’s last night as a coach on The Voice. Turns out, lots of them also released new music this spring. Here’s a look at the new music from past champs Craig Wayne Boyd, Todd Tilghman, Danielle Bradberry and past standouts The…
Three country artists who made the finals on The Voice have new music out. Here’s a bit on new songs from Emily Ann Roberts, Andrew Sevener and Josh Gallagher. Emily Ann Roberts, the Season 9 runner-up, released “Infinity” on Friday and the song almost immediately landed on the Apple Music Top 200. Emily wrote the…
Three former American Idol standouts — Ava August, Allegra Miles and Beane — have new music out. Here’s more about their releases. Ava August, Top 12 on Season 19 of American Idol, dropped a single called “Beauty Queen” on Friday. Says Ava: “I wrote this song when I was 16 years old during the pandemic…
Corey Kent from Season 8 of The Voice has released his first album as a Sony Music artist. It’s a 10-track project called “Blacktop” and features his signature hit, “Wild As Her,” which now has nearly 100 million streams on Spotify. As for that album name, Corey explains on his social media. “When the world…
Catie Turner from American Idol Season 16 has a new single out, just embarked on a U.S. tour and will be dropping an EP this week. The 23-year-old finished seventh on Idol and is now signed to Atlantic Records. The new single is “Hometown.” Catie is from Langhorne, Pa., in the Philly suburbs, and the…
American Idol’s Top 3 released music videos Thursday for the singles they released in conjunction with the Season 21 finale. And Iam Tongi and Colin Stough are still charting, two weeks after their songs were released. That’s especially good news for Iam, who was still number 51 on the overall Apple music singles chart…
David Archuleta released an uplifting new pop single called “Up” on Friday. And the song almost immediately found its way into the Apple Music Top 200. David, runner-up on American Idol Season 7, came out in 2021 after years of struggling with his sexual identity. “‘Up’ is about hitting what we feel is rock bottom…
