Three former American Idol contestants helped ring in the New Year over the weekend. That would include Katharine McPhee, who appeared on FoxNews All American New Year; David Archuleta, who sang two songs on Fox New Year’s Eve Live; and Jennifer Hudson, who performed during New Year’s Rockin’ Eve (hosted by Ryan Seacrest). Jennifer, the…
Compared to 2009, this seemed like an off year for Idol music releases. But at least 15 former Idol contestants released music videos in 2010, including some featuring music released last year. I’ve reviewed them all. Without further ado, here are my picks for the five best. And, for your viewing pleasure, I’ve embedded all…
It’s time to report the results from the final Billboard chart of 2010. Here’s hoping Billboard 2011 is kinder to the Idols. Most of the albums released in 2010 where gone from the Billboard 200 in a blink. Anyway, on to this week’s highlights: * Carrie Underwood’s “Mama’s Song” continues to inch closer to that…
This is part four of my look at 2010 in review, the year in American Idol. Previous blogs include the best of Idol in 2010, the worst of Idol in 2010 and the top 5 Idol albums of 2010. Today, a look at my picks for the top 10 Idol songs of 2010. The only…
This wasn’t the kindest of years to American Idol in terms of CD sales. The three albums that hung around on the Billboard 200 the longest — Carrie Underwood’s “Play On,” Daughtry’s “Leave This Town,” and Adam Lambert’s “For Your Entertainment” — were all holdovers from 2009. The only 2010 Idol release to make a…
If, like me, you plan on spending Friday evening at home, you at least have to welcome in 2011 with a good New Year’s Eve special, right? FOX is offering up New Year’s Eve Live, featuring a performance by American Idol season seven runnerup David Archuleta. The show will air from 11 p.m. to 12:30…
Yesterday, I took at look at the best of Idol in 2010. Today, the worst. And in 2010, it was more difficult narrowing down the worst than the best. Yet to come this week: Best Idol albums of 2010 (Wednesday), best Idol songs of 2010 (Thursday) and best Idol videos of 2010 (Friday.) So keep…
Paige Miles is working on a post-Idol EP titled “StarDust,” according to her MySpace page. And she’s inviting listeners to help decide which song will be released as the first single from the EP. Paige has posted 90-second snippets of four songs on soundcloud.com. The songs are “Shine,” “Lucky,” “Waste of Time” and “Sucker Free.”…
Over the next five days, I’ll take a look back at 2010, American Idol style. Today, my picks for five Idol highlights of the year that’s about to conclude. Coming up later this week, the worst of Idol (Tuesday), the top albums of 2010 (Wednesday), the top Idol songs of 2010 (Thursday) and the best…
After the poor reception to Lee DeWyze’s debut album, I was really worried Crystal Bowersox would set a new record for Idol album sales futility. She didn’t, though landing at number 28 on the Billboard 200 chart released this morning gives her the distinction of having the second-lowest debut of an Idol finalist. But let’s…
