Mariah Carey and Nicki Minaj performed, Nicki won an award and Jordin Sparks was among those in the audience at the BET Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday. Nicki took the female hip-hop artist of the year award, beating out Azealia Banks, Eve, Rasheeda and Rye Rye.
Season 1 American Idol runner-up Justin Guarini is heading back to Broadway. And he’ll be appearing in the classic of all classics.
With the launch of his summer tour just a week away, American Idol Season 11 winner Phillip Phillips took the Today Show stage on Friday. He played his signature song “Home,” confessed that live TV still makes him nervous and admitted he’s still sometimes insecure about his singing voice.
Season 4 Voice winner Danielle Bradbery cracked the top 20 on the Billboard 200 chart this week. And that’s in spite of the fact that the songs include on her Voice compilation album were already available for download as singles.
The singing shows seem to be cranking out lots of new country music lately. From Season 12 Idol runner-up Kree Harrison, to Season 3 Voice winner Cassadee Pope to Season 4 Voice winner Danielle Bradbery, an awful lot of new or semi-new country singers are vying for the public’s attention.
We caught a glimpse of Gwen Sebastian singing backup for Blake Shelton on The Voice this season. But the Season 2 contestant is still making her own music.
Now that The Voice has ended for Season 4, I can catch up with news about former American Idol contestants. Let’s start with Josh Gracin, who finished fourth way back on Season 2 of Idol.
For a ninth-place finisher on American Idol, you could say Mandisa has carved out a nice career for herself in Christian music. So nice that her latest single is soaring up the Christian charts, even though it won’t be released for another two weeks.
For all her chart success, Kelly Clarkson needed 10 years in the music business to find her way to the top of the Billboard dance/club play chart. Now she’s done it three times in a little more than a year.
DeAndre Brackensick released his first post-Idol single earlier this month. Over the weekend, he released the video for “Her Crazy.”
