Day: January 6, 2009

The Hits Daily Double sales numbers are in, and yep, it’s January, typically a horrible month for record sales. This week’s numbers: 16 David Cook, David Cook 31, 252 47 David Archuleta, David Archuleta 13,

The music rating website Rate The Music has just issued a new survey for Idol David Cook. It’s a good indication that Cook’s label is getting ready to release a new single from his post-Idol

Phoenix, AZ will be the first audition stop when American Idol premiers next Tuesday, January 13 on FOX at 8 pm ET. Next stop, will be Kansas City on Wednesday January 14… I’m especially curious

Joesplace added another contestant to her list of those rumored to have made the American Idol Season 8 Top 50. Her name is Lil Rounds. Rumor has it, she got a standing ovation from the

Seriously, I’m blushing here. A big thank you to Richard Rushfield of the Los Angeles Times. He just posted the 20 questions I answered for his Idol Tracker blog. He twisted my arm a bit

Taylor Hicks is in Chicago with the road tour of Grease, playing the Teen Angel, and he stopped by the WGN studios for an interview and a live performance. He sang one of my favorite

As I said yesterday, Kelly Clarkson’s new album will NOT be called Masquerade as reported by the Wall Street Journal.  That’s according to Kelly’s publicist, I’m hearing. Her peeps wouldn’t spill the title, but the

The new Disney attraction, “American Idol Experience” opens at Disney’s Hollywood Studios in Orlando, FL February 14. The park is gearing up for the attraction’s debut, and I got a tip about what will be

Archuleta rocks Governor’s inauguration (with video) Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr. might be considered a media-savvy, polished politician, but at his inauguration on Monday even he couldn’t compete with David Archuleta for the screams and

Another installment of American Idol Season 7 redux!   I had no major revisions after watching Top 16 week on the Fox Reality Channel tonight, but here are my thoughts anyway. The boys totally brought