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)….
When Kelly Clarkson performed the national anthem Saturday night before game three of the World Series, it wasn’t the first time an American Idol has had that honor. It’s happened at least twice before. Idol runner-up Clay Aiken performed the anthem prior to game one of the 2003 World Series between the Florida Marlins and…
The Billboard Music Charts BTS (before Taylor Swift’s new album hits) aren’t exactly filled with great news for former American Idol contestants. Sure “September,” the Daughtry single, has reached a new peak of 36 among the Hot 100 singles. But Taylor has three singles in the top 30 on the same chart. Sure “Mama’s Song,”…
The Rangers and the Giants begin their quest to become World Series champions tonight. But with the series being televised on FOX, you just knew there would have to be American Idol connections. So far, Kelly Clarkson, Randy Jackson and Ryan Seacrest are getting in on the action. Kelly will sing the national anthem before…
Update: In a tweet sent out last night, Adam Lambert clarified his comments to Dylan Lewis about an acoustic album. It won’t really be an album, Adam said. It will be an EP including three to five songs. Original post: Adam Lambert is planning to release an acoustic album before Christmas. Idol’s season eight runner-up…
Gotta admit, I totally missed this one until I stumbled upon his song on the latest Billboard music charts. Chris Sligh, the 10th-place finisher on American Idol season six, recently released a second album, “The Anatomy of Broken.” The Christian-pop album was released under the Word Entertainment label, and the first single (“Only You Can…
My all-time favorite singer-songwriter and my all-time least favorite American Idol judge are teaming up for a new reality competition. Because the world apparently can never have enough such shows, Bravo plans to launch “Going Platinum” in 2011. Jewel, the singer-songwriter referenced above, will mentor the contestants in songwriting. According to the video posted on…
