Idol Headlines For 12/04/09

I can’t get the Simon vetos Lady Gaga to open… but I can just see Simon going all apoplectic at the thought. I’ll have to try the link again later. I’d pay to see and hear this discussion.

Other than Stevie Wonder and Kris, that Disney Christmas special has a pretty shitty lineup. I’d pay good money not to see Yanni or Demi Lovato.

Favorite meal out? Chick-fil-A! They don’t have it in L.A, though.

I’m telling you I feel a product sponsorship coming on from Kris.

Lambs?! I love lambs! And I love butterflies too.

Has this been posted yet?

http://www.queerty.com/how-jarrett-barrioss-adam-lambert-reaction-assured-glaad-remains-an-absolute-joke-20091204/

I’m telling you I feel a product sponsorship coming on from Kris.

Chick-fil-A has some darn good chicken nuggets. Just sayin’.

Someone needs to tell Kris that there actually ARE a couple of Chick-fil-A braches here in L.A. — there are two that I know of pretty close to where I live (South Bay area, south of LAX)! That’s not too close to where he and Katy are living (I think they are living over in Hollywood area), but still…

thedavidcook:

RT @RCAMusic: It’s follow friday! Check out @thedavidcook, now providing updates from the studio! 10 minutes ago from web

up and at ‘em! press time… 11 minutes ago from web

Kelly Clarkson: One Big Hotel Tipper

http://www.popeater.com/2009/12/03/kelly-clarkson-hotel-tipper/

Last year, runner-up David Archuleta likewise arrived at a higher rank (No. 2) than winner David Cook (No. 3).

Billboard

Oh dear. I clicked on this article, and the pile-on from indignant DC fans in the comments section is kind of embarrassing. Okay, it’d be fine if a couple of calm, reasonable DC fans want to state that a look at the actual numbers rather than the chart ranking alone would not support Billboard’s speculation that “the “American Idol” viewing audience [has] come to regret its final vote the last two years”. But the alas, expecting reasonable AI fans in the comments section of an internet article… that’s probably a pipedream.

sma11ie why on earth would you ever expect rational thoughts? lol As soon as I saw the article yesterday I KNEW there was going to be a pile-in towards whoever wrote that. I get wanting to set the record straight but..yikes.

Ooohh I wonder what kind of press he’s doing today?!

But the alas, expecting reasonable AI fans in the comments section of an internet article’ ¦ that’s probably a pipedream.

Pretty much why I avoid the comments sections of these articles … nothing good comes from it – and I’m much calmer this way

Okay, it’d be fine if a couple of calm, reasonable DC fans want to state that a look at the actual numbers rather than the chart ranking alone would not support Billboard’s speculation that ‘the ‘American Idol’  viewing audience [has] come to regret its final vote the last two years’ .

I’m just chuckling at the fact that anyone thinks they need to tell the people at BILLBOARD anything about sales numbers. They have all of that information.

Pretty much why I avoid the comments sections of these articles ‘ ¦ nothing good comes from it ‘“ and I’m much calmer this way

Yeah, I clicked on the Queerty link that rin brought over, and was thoroughly amused. What would be in the comment section? Not a thoughtful debate by regular readers on Glaad or its leadership (which I think is the point the writer was using this example to get across). But a typical AI fanwar.

But the alas, expecting reasonable AI fans in the comments section of an internet article’ ¦ that’s probably a pipedream.

That is the truth. I don’t even read the comment sections of anything about Idols, because even if the article isn’t negative – someone thinks it is. It is mortifying, lol.

girlygirl
12/04/2009 at 10:36 am
Someone needs to tell Kris that there actually ARE a couple of Chick-fil-A braches here in L.A. ‘” there are two that I know of pretty close to where I live (South Bay area, south of LAX)! That’s not too close to where he and Katy are living (I think they are living over in Hollywood area), but still’ ¦

I thought there were… I’m sure Kris would make a late night run if he knew where they were at… someone needs to twitter him.

Ooohh I wonder what kind of press he’s doing today?!

I heard something about some morning radio interviews. Will go investigate.

Maybe this?

@AJintheMorning: Heads up: we’ll be talking to [David Cook] @thedavidcook at 8:30

That’s in San Diego, so 11:30 ET.

Someone catch me up on DC.

I’m a casual fan… hoping his next album has more of his unique voice.

Billboard’s weird. I can understand the need for comparisons but I wonder why they’re basing their argument on ranking rather than numbers.

http://www.hitsdailydouble.com/news/rumormill.cgi

YOUR WEAKEND CHART PREVIEW: Heading into the weekend, we’re expecting a squeaker between Susan Boyle and Andrea Bocelli for next week’s #1 album (never thought we’d ever be typing those words). Neither appear to be suffering from a Black Friday hangover, and either could win the race at this point. Of the debuts this week, only R. Kelly will be 100k. Here’s a look at the current leader board:
Andrea Bocelli (Decca) 400-425k
Susan Boyle (Columbia) 375-400k
R. Kelly (Jive/JLG debut) 105-115k
Taylor Swift (Big Machine) 100-110k
Lady GaGa The Fame (Interscope) 80-85k
Lady GaGa The Fame Monster (Interscope) 70-75k
Norah Jones (Blue Note/EMI) 65-70k
Twilight Saga: New Moon (Chop Shop/Atlantic) 60-65k
Now 32 (Sony Music) 60-65k
Carrie Underwood (19/Arista Nashville) 60-65k
John Mayer (Columbia) 60-65k
Josh Groban Noel (Reprise) 55-60k
Rihanna (Def Jam/IDJ) 55-60k
Justin Bieber (Island/IDJ) 55-60k
You may now return to toasting Ron Artest’s candor with a snifter of Hennessey. (12/4a)

Allison fans – If you haven’t seen Allison’s DWTP on Yahoo (4th story in HL), please, please, please watch it. This one made me cry. (I’m not lyin’!) Its like watching a star being born. Its amazing…

Billboard’s weird. I can understand the need for comparisons but I wonder why they’re basing their argument on ranking rather than numbers.

I have no idea who they are comparing or what the article is about yet… haven’t read it. Maybe because of economy? This has been a point brought up a few times here and in music news. IDK

*rushes off to figure out what everyone is talking about*

ETA: Ok read it.. the entire article is discussing rankings. It would make no sense to add $$ figures.

Craig Ferguson talked about Adam in his monologue on the Late Late Show last night. It starts around 4:15:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECtpIJe9a-o

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YOUR WEAKEND CHART PREVIEW: Heading into the weekend, we’re expecting a squeaker between Susan Boyle and Andrea Bocelli for next week’s #1 album (never thought we’d ever be typing those words). Neither appear to be suffering from a Black Friday hangover, and either could win the race at this point. Of the debuts this week, only R. Kelly will be 100k. Here’s a look at the current leader board:
Andrea Bocelli (Decca) 400-425k
Susan Boyle (Columbia) 375-400k
R. Kelly (Jive/JLG debut) 105-115k
Taylor Swift (Big Machine) 100-110k
Lady GaGa The Fame (Interscope) 80-85k
Lady GaGa The Fame Monster (Interscope) 70-75k
Norah Jones (Blue Note/EMI) 65-70k
Twilight Saga: New Moon (Chop Shop/Atlantic) 60-65k
Now 32 (Sony Music) 60-65k
Carrie Underwood (19/Arista Nashville) 60-65k
John Mayer (Columbia) 60-65k
Josh Groban Noel (Reprise) 55-60k
Rihanna (Def Jam/IDJ) 55-60k
Justin Bieber (Island/IDJ) 55-60k
You may now return to toasting Ron Artest’s candor with a snifter of Hennessey. (12/4a)
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That would put Carrie over 700,000! I’m sticking to my prediction of platinum by New Years, because I think she could be selling around 100,000 each week for the two weeks before Christmas.

That would put Carrie over 700,000! I’m sticking to my prediction of platinum by New Years, because I think she could be selling around 100,000 each week for the two weeks before Christmas.

That’d be great! I hope her special helps with sales.

It also looks like a 2010 tour announcement is imminent because QDR in Fayetteville North Carolina sent out a notice to their listeners that Carrie will be performing at the Crown Coliseum on 4/30/2010! Can’t wait! There’s no word on her opening act or acts yet but tickets are going on sale on 12/12 so I’m sure an announcement’s forthcoming! Excited!!!!

Billboard had to be waiting for that kind of reaction, lol, that’s the only thing that explains their article.

http://www.hitsdailydouble.com/news/rumormill.cgi

Unless they forgot Adam or they’re understimating him that would be at least a 70% drop for him.

ETA: Ok read it.. the entire article is discussing rankings. It would make no sense to add $$ figures.

When they ask if for the past 2 years America got it wrong when picking the idol winner, yeah, it would make sense to add the $$ figures. lol

It also looks like a 2010 tour announcement is imminent because QDR in Fayetteville North Carolina sent out a notice to their listeners that Carrie will be performing at the Crown Coliseum on 4/30/2010! Can’t wait! There’s no word on her opening act or acts yet but tickets are going on sale on 12/12 so I’m sure an announcement’s forthcoming! Excited!!!!

She’s going to do an arena tour, no? I think Carrie is the only idol who can play arenas.

No FYE on that list. Looks like Adam’s album is heading for a 70% drop the second week. That can happen when you have big pre sales.

He needs WWFM to start kicking in on radio. Idol albums frequently take big drops the second week. Some recover the third week. It’s really too early to predict for FYE.

People magazine rated Archie’s “Christmas from the Heart” album 3.5 stars out of 4…

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7D7TMqjqYYU/SxiG3NDkAbI/AAAAAAAAAY4/wMc7m5rrpTs/s1600-h/47117484-47cdb6e1a00964c51cae33bee218f559.4b188680-scaled.jpg

ETA: Andrea Boceli’s Christmas album received 3 stars.

Unless they forgot Adam or they’re understimating him that would be at least a 70% drop for him.

I was wondering the same thing. Are there sales predictions out there for Adam and Kris for this week?

I didn’t leave a comment on that Billboard article because the sales numbers were obviously deliberately ommited to make Adam’s sales sound better or to elicit a bunch of hits and angry comments (Plus it would have been hard to come up with a creative enough comment to stand out in the midst of all the others. LOL!) They also kind of snubbed Cook last week along with a lot of other idols like Daughtry and Kelly when they had their best album of 2009 poll that specifically was for albums from mid-November of 2008 to mid November 2009. Yet somehow Adam made the list and Cook didn’t. I think Cook fans asssumed that he wasn’t eligible so they didn’t write him in (although he was definitly eligible, especially with Beyonce and Taylor Swift making the list). So even Billboard has an agenda. Not sure why. Did they hire someone new?

HDD only predicts the top 10. If you don’t make the Top 10, they don’t predict your numbers. Oops, what Billboard article??

And double oops. HDD has numbers for Adam but won’t put them in their weekend chart preview because he’s not in/near the Top 10.

I’m just chuckling at the fact that anyone thinks they need to tell the people at BILLBOARD anything about sales numbers. They have all of that information.

I agree with that. But I still think it would’ve been okay to calmly disagree with a Billboard article, not about the sales numbers because yes, they know all about that, but rather the conclusion one particular writer seems to be drawing in an article. Cuz let’s face it, how does one conclude that AI audiences are showing they regretted their decision by looking at chart rank alone? Do AI fans think to themselves, oh, well Beyonce and Nickleback are releasing their albums the same week as the American Idol. I need to make sure my Idol outsells these two guys to prove that I don’t regret my decision?! The general public doesn’t know crap about week to week chart rank. That said, it’s just an article, and a stupid TV show. Disagree with one comment post IF you can do so calmly. Otherwise, steer clear of those comments sections! More often than not, even the well-intentioned posters sound stupid and overly invested, IMO. I post stuff here on MJ’s because it’s an AI blog and that’s what we do, debate AI stuff for fun. In the real world, heck, even in the wider Internet world, I don’t actually believe any of this matters.

What is it about those country fans? Other than SuBo fans they seem to be the only ones buying CDs in big numbers. Too bad fans of other genres are not as supportive of their favorite artists.

HDD only predicts the top 10. If you don’t make the Top 10, they don’t predict your numbers.

Well, kinda. Obviously, they’re predicting the numbers of all albums at some level, or else there wouldn’t be an obvious Top 10. But, in any event, they’re not reporting based on what they know.

The Craig Ferguson monologue was hilarious! He went on and on too, not just one little joke and like Leno had a little made-up video clip.

That is the truth. I don’t even read the comment sections of anything about Idols, because even if the article isn’t negative ‘“ someone thinks it is. It is mortifying, lol.

It is pretty nuts. I agree. Really, if 20 other people have made the point before you, what is the advantage of adding your 2 cents? But that kind of thing is an Idol tradition, I guess.

Allison rocked that Yahoo thing.

That would put Carrie over 700,000! I’m sticking to my prediction of platinum by New Years, because I think she could be selling around 100,000 each week for the two weeks before Christmas.

Easily. I think she should pass platinum handily, actually.

When they ask if for the past 2 years America got it wrong when picking the idol winner, yeah, it would make sense to add the $$ figures. lol

But adding the numbers doesn’t change anything unless the rankings were opposite of their sales numbers, i.e. say artist ‘A’ debuted #6 with 150K vs. artist ‘B’ debuted at #4 with 50K. Did this happen with the Davids? Personally, don’t care. It is just one opinion and not one we haven’t heard before.

ETA: I see the David’s comments. I think David A sold less, so yeah. Again whatever.. Those comment are silly. People need to find a RL.

But I still think it would’ve been okay to calmly disagree with a Billboard article, not about the sales numbers because yes, they know all about that, but rather the conclusion one particular writer seems to be drawing in an article.

Eh, there are what? 10 comments in that article? Unless I’m missing other comments, I don’t think that’s such a big deal. But I think it’s natural to talk sales numbers when they ask this
Has the “American Idol” viewing audience come to regret its final vote the last two years? Prior to Allen and Lambert and the two Davids, no debut album by an “American Idol” runner-up had bested the debut rank of the same season’s winning singer. From 2002, the show’s first year, through 2007, the winning “Idol” either topped or tied the runner-up’s initial Billboard 200 entrance.
LOL This is asking for sales numbers, of course.

i.e. say artist ‘A’ debuted #6 with 150K vs. artist ‘B’ debuted at #4 with 50K. Did this happen with the Davids?

Yeah, it happened with the Davids. That’s why people were responding to that article with sales.

What is it about those country fans? Other than SuBo fans they seem to be the only ones buying CDs in big numbers. Too bad fans of other genres are not as supportive of their favorite artists.

I think fans of artists in other genres are stealing a lot more music. (and, when they’re buying, they’re buying singles more than albums — see Sparks, Jordin.)

The Craig Ferguson monologue was hilarious!

The clip and quote from Sen. Buttars is comedy gold. You can’t write shit like that. It just flows from the mouths of idiots. Craig Ferguson is seriously funny.

Wonderful – Cookie radio and Cookie updates from the studio!! I don’t have to go into David Cook withdrawal yet!

So Billboard plays the proverbial numbers game to illicit a response and the general consensus from comments on their site is that they are full of shit….is that how it is playing out? Aww…numbers…the #1 topic associated with American Idol. I am of the camp that you can play with numbers all you want and you can always get them to support your argument….didn’t the billboard guy just prove this?

She’s going to do an arena tour, no?

Seems that way. The 137 date Carnival Ride tour was in half house arenas and I’d guess the Play On tour will do that and possibly open up some more seats.

Where are people getting this idea that country fans are the only ones buying CDs? Taylor Swift is probably drawing A LOT more pop fan sales these days than country sales. Her latest single will probably peak higher on the pop charts than country (seems it’s already peaked on country but it’s soaring up the pop charts). Carrie’s somewhat the beneficiary of the crossover but a lot less so than Taylor. Country sales took a huge hit last year and if you don’t count Taylor then they look at least as anemic as every other genre.

I’d say the big consistent sales are in that teenage/early 20s pop country audience but it’s not like there’s been a huge coattail effect for the rest of the genre.

For those of us following such things, LLWD is finally being played in the LA market. KBIG (HAC station in LA) finally started spinning LLWD yesterday. I guess you need to be high up on the HAC chart before they notice you, lol. It’s nice people in the #2 radio market will be able to hear LLWD now! In any event, Kris will now be able to hear his song on the radio where he lives (if he’s ever home that is).

Where are people getting this idea that country fans are the only ones buying CDs? Taylor Swift is probably drawing A LOT more pop fan sales these days than country sales.

I wouldn’t say they’re the only ones buying CDs, but country seems to move more albums. But yeah, you are right. Taylor is selling what she sells cause she’s not played only on country stations, her songs crossover.

Is David doing interviews to promote Carrie’s special?

Congratulations to the Cook fans if they can keep comments to the BB chart blog to 10. That’s a sign of increased sanity.

HDD chart has sales for 14 albums (minus Miley who keeps sneeking in) and except for SuBo and Bocelli, you can see the drops from Black Friday.

In terms of albums, Idol albums can take big hits in the second week and then keep going strong. It usually depends on radio play (at least it seems to recently).

The general public doesn’t know crap about week to week chart rank.

Also, I don’t think the general public tends to regret their AI voting decisions, because after May, I don’t think they ever even think about those decisions again LOL.

Wonderful ‘“ Cookie radio and Cookie updates from the studio!! I don’t have to go into David Cook withdrawal yet!

LOL, he is feeding the addiction. Thanks, Cookie

I am of the camp that you can play with numbers all you want and you can always get them to support your argument’ ¦

I’m in camp with you, LOL!

What I find interesting about album sales numbers is that we seldom, if ever, get information about the costs associated with producing the album. I think we need this information to rank the financial success of the any of the idols. For movies for example, a $100 million dollar gross does not mean a success if the movie cost $200 million to make. Just from reviewing a list of the writers/producers working on the albums of the Season 8 contestants, I suspect that their albums cost more to produce than the albums for last year’s contestants. It can’t be cheap to get Max Martin or Kevin Rudolf to write and produce a song for you. How do we get the numbers for album costs?

So the pundits are still beating the “real winner” drum, huh. Maybe the question should be whether any real winner will emerge from this season’s train wreck of Idol. No doubt, Kris sales are very poor for the winner and he will struggle to sell gold. And, although Adam started strong, he looks poised for a steep drop this week. Unless his radio play picks up he may struggle for gold as well. I think it too soon to be covering anyone with glory this year.

Thanks for posting the Craig Ferguson clip – so funny and so perfect! I knew Craig would pick up on the Adam news and make it hilarious. Now, Craig needs to have Adam on his show.

Clay Aiken article regarding a NC senator’s horrible remarks.

http://www.queerty.com/clay-aiken-fancies-himself-a-destroyer-of-bigots-careers-20090709/

I think we need this information to rank the financial success of the any of the idols. I think we need this information to rank the financial success of the any of the idols. For movies for example, a $100 million dollar gross does not mean a success if the movie cost $200 million to make.

We have Forbes numbers for the top 10 idols. I would think they take that in consideration, but I really don’t know how they work.

Oh noooos! Is Trina here? Just heard the radio interview with DC where he talks about the Van Halen duet with Carrie being “up in the air” due to tie-ups with the rights!! NOOOOO! Why didn’t they clear this before doing it? They could’ve chosen a different duet if they’d known ahead rather than potentially leaving fans with NO COOKWOOD . Ugh. Why do I feel like it’s Nigel & Co being cheap…? All my fingers and toes crossed!

Just from reviewing a list of the writers/producers working on the albums of the Season 8 contestants, I suspect that their albums cost more to produce than the albums for last year’s contestants. It can’t be cheap to get Max Martin or Kevin Rudolf to write and produce a song for you. How do we get the numbers for album costs?

You are right… we should also include tour costs and merch. sales once they occur. I think we all can dig away at every number possible. Just looking at what billboard writes.. we can twist and turn number in every way to have them read as we will.

How do we get the numbers for album costs?

Hack into Sony’s computer system?

Seriously. This is, like, really really proprietary business information. So there’s certainly no way anybody’s going to hand it out to fans.

Does anyone have a link to the number of spins songs get for the week? Thanks!

from Star 94.1 in San Diego:

AJintheMorning: # Heads up: we’ll be talking to @thedavidcook at 8:30.
about 1 hour ago from web

thedavidcook: bring it on, @AJintheMorning!
18 minutes ago from web

I’m listening now so I don’t know if I missed it or not.

Conan mentioned Adam in his monologue last night, something about the NYE cancellation and how instead of one ball dropping it would have been 2 giant balls.

Not that funny IMO.

Danny is currently #74 on the Country Chart from mediabase. I believe that the highest his song has peaked so far has been #72, which it was ranked earlier today. I am glad to see that Danny is getting more airplay and that his song has risen some on the Country Chart.

Especially since he is also competiting with a lot of Christmas songs on the Country charts in addition to regular Country songs.

I get emails from Country Aircheck, and I saw that Danny has a nice advertisement for his single, “My Best Days” mentioning that the single will be going for adds on December 14.

I hope he will rise up significantly higher on the charts once his song goes for adds and becomes available for purchase. Plus he has more stops on the radio tour to make, and I think that will help him out more.

I have noticed that some of the stations he has visited on his radio tour have been playing his song. I hope that more radio stations will play his song more.

VFTW has identified at least 10 Hollywood contestants – most of them are returning from past seasons…

http://www.votefortheworst.com/20091203/will_american_idol_9_be_retread_season_8

Oh noooos! Is Trina here? Just heard the radio interview with DC where he talks about the Van Halen duet with Carrie being ‘up in the air’  due to tie-ups with the rights!! NOOOOO! Why didn’t they clear this before doing it? They could’ve chosen a different duet if they’d known ahead rather than potentially leaving fans with NO COOKWOOD . Ugh. Why do I feel like it’s Nigel & Co being cheap’ ¦? All my fingers and toes crossed!

I agree. Why didn’t they see of they had permission before picking the song? Ugh! I want that duet. lol
Useful pieace of info from that interview is that David was writing with Gregg Wattenberg, the guy who co-wrote Declaration with him.

I’m listening now so I don’t know if I missed it or not.

It’s over Pam. It was nice interview. I’m sure someone will upload it.

VFTW has identified at least 10 Hollywood contestants ‘“ most of them are returning from past seasons’ ¦

Spoilers. Finally. And at least one name I’m happy to see there.

I think I am amazed (correct me if I am wrong) that I have not seen one single article that supports the second droppings of ABC. I saw some about the GMA performance but all of the articles since dropping JK and NYE have been blasting ABC. Anyone seen any others against Adam-don’t include those from the Christian Right Wing Nut sites. Those are obvious.

Holy crap – Clay’s hair looks horrid in the photo accompanying that article. Has he gone bald and begun wearing some kind of fake hair thingy? Does that even look real?

It’s over Pam. It was nice interview. I’m sure someone will upload it.

I figured that. lol Thanks leome.

Just let us hear Lie. Please!

Based on VFTW, Season9 not looking too interesting.

Just heard the radio interview with DC where he talks about the Van Halen duet with Carrie being ‘up in the air’  due to tie-ups with the rights!! NOOOOO! Why didn’t they clear this before doing it?

I worship the ground that Eddie Van Halen walks on, but he can be a pretty tempermental little dude. So, who knows what might be the cause of this situation – but it might not be sheer stupidity on the parts of the show organizers.

VFTW has identified at least 10 Hollywood contestants ‘“ most of them are returning from past seasons’ ¦

Oh goody.

Maybe I’ll skip the audition/Hollywood rounds this year.

jumpstart
12/04/2009 at 11:57 am
VFTW has identified at least 10 Hollywood contestants ‘“ most of them are returning from past seasons’ ¦

Oh goody.

Maybe I’ll skip the audition/Hollywood rounds this year.

I highly recommend it.

It’s over Pam. It was nice interview. I’m sure someone will upload it.

Found this on Twitter:
http://www.mediafire.com/?d5mom3wiyql

Besides the bad news on the duet, the interview was pretty great. Wait, so DC tweets that he just finished 2 hours of phone interviews?! Where were the others!? Fandom fail. Haha. Guess we can’t be everywhere.

Unpublished Top 40 chart numbers from today:
72 57 ADAM LAMBERT Whataya Want From Me 374 147 227 4.668
66 71 JASON CASTRO Let’s Just Fall In Love Again 174 221 -47 0.332
69 73 ADAM LAMBERT For Your Entertainment 142 196 -54 0.335
77 81 ALLISON IRAHETA Friday I’ll Be Over U 104 112 -8 0.288

WWFM has a strong bulet and should easily enter the Top 40 (can’t say when though)

Just saw the following tweet:

off to the city all day for Joshua radin, twilight and @krisallen! will twitpic the show

This is from @brennaftw… isn’t this the same person that attended a bunch of the idol concerts and had great twitpics? I hope so… something to look forward to tonight!!

We have Forbes numbers for the top 10 idols. I would think they take that in consideration, but I really don’t know how they work.

Carrie’s said they didn’t get hers right (number crunchers in her fandom said they grossly underestimated her last year). I don’t think they know stuff about specific contracts so they make assumptions about what everybody’s making off albums and single sales.

It’s also weird because they operate on a July through June year not a calendar year. I guess any time period you use is inherently arbitrary but still.

*facepalm* @ clearance issues with the Van Halen duet for Carrie’s special. I have a very hard time believing they wouldn’t have gotten clearance before choosing to sing it but I don’t know why there might be a last minute snag.

jpfan - so the number closest to the name is the this week’s right? That makes me a little weepy for Allison

YOUR WEAKEND CHART PREVIEW:

Does this typo bother anyone else? Week after week, HDD makes the same error.

I keep thinking it’s a misspelling of “weakened” and is actually commentary on the state of the recording industry.

Thanks sma11ie.

Wait, so DC tweets that he just finished 2 hours of phone interviews?! Where were the others!? Fandom fail. Haha. Guess we can’t be everywhere.

Fandom fail indeed. Heh No, we can’t be everywhere.

hey jpfan, can you translate those numbers? what do they mean?

Yes, it’s the number nearest the name that is the most current. Allison is getting lots of good promo and Jingle Balls. Maybe that’ll help or they’ll put out a new single.

S8 is just really weird for single/album releases. I don’t think Danny is going to make it on country either. They’re already on his 2nd single.

Last Week This Week Name of Song # of spins tw # of spins lw bullet (increase or decrease in spins in past 7 days) audience

That kind of sums it up.

Wow that is a nice jump for WWFM. I think it is destined to be a top 40 hit – when that happens, I don’t know but probably not until next year

It’s also weird because they operate on a July through June year not a calendar year. I guess any time period you use is inherently arbitrary but still.

It’s inherently arbitrary to rank entertainers in this way at all. Some years one has a brand new album out and a brand new tour – but the other guy may be in the studio the whole time. So guy “A” is ranked far higher than guy “B” for that specific time period, even though perhaps guy “A” is far more successful overall.

It’s kind of like ranking Julia Roberts on the Forbes list in a year when she has some babies and doesn’t work at all. In the next 30 days she could show up for 2 weeks work on a film and pull in more cash than 20 of the people ranked ahead of her.

S8 is just really weird for single/album releases. I don’t think Danny is working on country either.

Well Kris is following a pretty traditional single pattern right? It’s Adam and Allison that are a bit weird, though WWFM seems to be shooting up like a rocket.

The Craig Ferguson monologue was hilarious! He went on and on too, not just one little joke and like Leno had a little made-up video clip.

I love Craig Ferguson! The monologue was so funny and clever. I wish he was on earlier so he could get a larger audience. I hope Adam goes on his show.

I keep thinking it’s a misspelling of ‘weakened’  and is actually commentary on the state of the recording industry.

Bingo.

LOL, DC is tweeting up a storm. Raise your hand if you want to watch “Cooking Up A Big Bowl of Love?”

If WWFM makes Top 40 the last week of Dec or early Jan, that’s great. Hopefully it’ll help sell though the slow months.

I’d still love to see the spin numbers for the week, I’m still looking for a link for those.

jpfan – so the number closest to the name is the this week’s right? That makes me a little weepy for Allison

Also for Jason.

WWFM is up 227 spins over last week, which is really strong movement — a strong “bullet” upwards.

But poor Allison is *down* 8 spins from last week! How the heck did that happen??? … Here’s hoping she can get going back in teh right direction this coming week.

And Jason’s down *54* spins, which is *really* going in the wrong direction. That song is dead in the water, looks like.

Raising hand for a Bowl Of Cookie Love..

And Jason’s down *54* spins, which is *really* going in the wrong direction.

Yeah, I don’t think radio is liking that song very much. I really, really like Jason, but after a while, that song gets pretty dang annoying. So, I can’t say I’m surprised that it’s on the fast track to oblivion.

Numbers for LLWD on Top 40

36 32 KRIS ALLEN Live Like We’re Dyin… 1558 1281 277 17.9

He has a good bullet too.

That Billboard article is totally misleading. So mad, it ruined my day yesterday.

Raise your hand if you want to watch ‘Cooking Up A Big Bowl of Love?’ 

Meeeeeeeeee!

No Cook fandom fail at all – I’m betting I’ll see links for those interviews by the end of my workday, making for fine after-work listening.

S8 is just really weird for single/album releases. I don’t think Danny is going to make it on country either. They’re already on his 2nd single

I think that Danny is going to be fine. “It’s Only” was barely out before they changed his debut single to “My Best Days” “My Best Days” hasn’t even officially gone for adds yet, and it’s not available for purchase but it’s still #74 on the Country Chart and was #72 earlier. I don’t think that’s bad, especially considering he’s also competiting with a lot of Christmas songs being released to Country radio right now.

I think that once his single officially goes for add, and is available for purchase he will go up significantly on the Country chart. And the radio tour has definitely helped him out. Plus he has a lot of gigs coming up that will benefit him as well.

I think ferguson is hands down the funniest of the late and late and late late guys

YOUR WEAKEND CHART PREVIEW:

Does this typo bother anyone else? Week after week, HDD makes the same error.

I keep thinking it’s a misspelling of ‘weakened’  and is actually commentary on the state of the recording industry.

It’s been that way since forever, I think. I remember people complaining about it last year when we were watching their predictions for the Davids. To this day they haven’t corrected it.

36 32 KRIS ALLEN Live Like We’re Dyin’ ¦ 1558 1281 277 17.9

He has a good bullet too.

Woohoo! Glad things are looking up for two of the Season Eighters, in any case.

I hope they can make something happen for Allison, as well. … Although I have to say that I think she’s got a lot more time to make it big in the business than Kris and Adam.

For the guys, I would think the next couple of years will pretty much tell whether they can have substantial careers or just small ones. (hastening to add that small ones would be better than they had before Idol — they’d still be making more money than I do, at my advanced age, I’m sure.)

Whereas I can see Allison being able to still reinvent herself a few times until they find some music that takes off from her, four, five, or even more years down the line.

Here are Kris’ HAC numbers (I don’t have the AI number – this is from this morning’s published chart.

19 19 18 KRIS ALLEN Live Like We’re Dying 1477 1263 +214

Kris has the 3rd strongest bullet on the published HAC chart.

It’s not a typo. It’s a pun.

Excellent numbers for Kris!

‘Cooking Up A Big Bowl of Love’  – sounds Yummy !

Numbers for LLWD on Top 40

36 32 KRIS ALLEN Live Like We’re Dyin’ ¦ 1558 1281 277 17.9

He has a good bullet too.

Thanks for adding this. I haven’t heard Kris on XM for a few days.. I must just be missing him.

Rock on Idols!

Raise your hand if you want to watch ‘Cooking Up A Big Bowl of Love?’ 

Meeeeeeeeee!

Meeeeeeeeee toooooo!

19 19 18 KRIS ALLEN Live Like We’re Dying 1477 1263 +214

Kris has the 3rd strongest bullet on the published HAC chart.

Great!

Adam will be on Larry King Live on Dec 10th!

http://www.cnn.com/CNN/Programs/larry.king.live/

Here is an article on Barbara Walter and her 10 most fascinating people. Looks like the AMA stunt is what got Adam on the list. So I guess the performance did get him on one ABC show he otherwise would not have.

As for her other pop selection Adam Lambert, Walters said that his controversial American Music Awards performance confirmed that she made the choice. She noted, “We said, ‘Should we have done Adam Lambert or should we have done Taylor Swift?’And then he did this huge thing (on the awards show) and we said, ‘Ah! We got the fascinating one!’”

http://www.cjbk.com/news/music/87/1032867

I think in the long he actually got on the more visible program. ( sorry Kimmel) (except NYRE would have been sweet)

19 19 18 KRIS ALLEN Live Like We’re Dying 1477 1263 +214

Kris has the 3rd strongest bullet on the published HAC chart.

Whoohoo!!!

Eileen99

For those of us following such things, LLWD is finally being played in the LA market. KBIG (HAC station in LA) finally started spinning LLWD yesterday. I guess you need to be high up on the HAC chart before they notice you, lol. It’s nice people in the #2 radio market will be able to hear LLWD now! In any event, Kris will now be able to hear his song on the radio where he lives (if he’s ever home that is).

Thank you ! I’ll leave my radio channel on KBIG 104.3.
I got tired switching channels without results.

I can’t wait for some more videos of Kris in concert tonight.
Hopefully he’ll sing different songs. He should change up one / two songs on his list, so people will hear different things and be more excited to buy his album.

19 19 18 KRIS ALLEN Live Like We’re Dying 1477 1263 +214

Kris has the 3rd strongest bullet on the published HAC chart.

Whoo hoo! Go Kris.

Really, is Adam Lambert that fascinating?
http://idol.blogs.pressdemocrat.com/10643/really-is-adam-lambert-that-fascinating/

Check out the comments!

mmb
12/04/2009 at 12:24 pm

I think ferguson is hands down the funniest of the late and late and late late guys

I agree and the whole segment was hysterical…… Banana!!

Looks like the AMA stunt is what got him on the list.

Actually I believe what she is saying is that she was questioning her choice after the fact and then decided after the AMAs that her decision was indeed correct. She choose him over Taylor Swift prior to the AMAs.

Here are Kris’ HAC numbers (I don’t have the AI number

AI from Quickcut is 16.004 (just crossed over getting 3500 spins a week threshold yesterday. He’s up to 3558).

HAC AI is 6.269
Pop AI is 8.839

This is an interview with Rob Halford of Judas Priest that mentions Adam. Pretty nice.
http://www.dallasvoice.com/artman/publish/article_12183.php

AI from Quickcut is 16.004 (just crossed over getting 3500 spins a week threshold yesterday. He’s up to 3558).

HAC AI is 6.269
Pop AI is 8.839

Kirsten I am clueless when it come to these number but what does the 16.004 mean.

Also Last week when Adam numbers for his album came out it had that he had like 464 albums sold the prior week how is that possible if his first week is the 198+K week. Thank you

YouÊ ¼re voice is legend in the genre. Was it restrained at all covering some traditionals? IÊ ¼ve always counted my blessings. This voice can do many things and I see it as a gift. I just finished reading Adam LambertÊ ¼s review and it appears to be a fantastic record. First, thank God for Adam Lambert. We need someone like this in music and the gay community. His voice does many great things

From the Rob Halford interview. Nice.

Re: Kris’s concert tonight in Chicago, he is slated for 50 mins (not sure how much of that is set up for the next act though). I’m wondering how long his set was in Sacramento and whether he may be performing more songs tonight? I am going BTW, although not sure if I will be able to record much– no cameras are allowed, but will try with my blackberry. Certainly going to try to get AWM, especially if Joe King is involved.

HAC AI is 6.269
Pop AI is 8.839

Awesome, thanks Kirsten. The AI should go up quite a bit now that KBIG has started to spin LLWD. Hopefully we’ll see that as an add next week. Meanwhile, my HAC station in Seattle starting playing Christmas music Dec 1 – seems like about every 5th or 6th song is Xmas music. I don’t know if that’s typical of HAC – I thought that was more an AC thing, but our HAC station is independently owned, so we may not be the norm here.

On a humorous note – every once in a while I tweet the Top 40 station here (it’s Clear Channel) and ask them to play LLWD, or at least to tell me if they’re planning to. I’ve probably tweeted once a week for the past month. Since I always get a “form” tweet back thanking me for tweeting, I finally tweeted this week and asked if anyone ever reads the tweets. Got an immediate response “sure do”. So at least someone is seeing my request, even though they aren’t spinning LLWD. I’ll keep trying every once in a while!

aa618892
12/04/2009 at 12:35 pm

This is an interview with Rob Halford of Judas Priest that mentions Adam. Pretty nice.
http://www.dallasvoice.com/artman/publish/article_12183.php

Thanks for post I love what he said:

YouÊ ¼re voice is legend in the genre. Was it restrained at all covering some traditionals? IÊ ¼ve always counted my blessings. This voice can do many things and I see it as a gift. I just finished reading Adam LambertÊ ¼s review and it appears to be a fantastic record. First, thank God for Adam Lambert. We need someone like this in music and the gay community. His voice does many great things.

wow, Vevo, the new music video site that is launching, is selling 3 autographed FYE albums on EBay for DonorsChoose.org

That is so awesome!!

http://www.examiner.com/x-23720-Celebrity-Charity-Events-Examiner~y2009m12d4-Adam-Lambert-autographed-album-For-Your-Entertainment-up-for-auction-on-eBay-for-DonorsChooseorg

Kirsten I am clueless when it come to these number but what does the 16.004 mean.

Audience impressions in millions. It means that LLWD was heard 16,040,000 times in the last 7 days.

Arbitron determines how many average listener each station has for different periods of time (ovn (overnight), am (morning drive), mid (middle of the day), pm (evening drive home), eve (time between the evening drive home and overnight)). Mediabase monitors the spin for each song on each station at each time. Then you multiple the number of listeners for each spin and add them all toegether to get the AI.

This does not mean that 16 million people heard the song. It just means that it was heard 16 million times.

so funny, Urban Dictionary definition of Adam:

http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/606/picture26g.png

I can’t wait for some more videos of Kris in concert tonight.
Hopefully he’ll sing different songs. He should change up one / two songs on his list, so people will hear different things and be more excited to buy his album.

I think the Sacramento set list was perfect pretty different. The Fray, Josh Radin, and Colbie Callait is a much different lineup. Maybe we’ll see one of the ballads? However… remember, most of the people in Chicago probably didn’t hear the Sacramento show – so there’s not much to mix up for them. The people that benefit most from mixing it up are those of us that stalk twitter and you tube for videos

Looking forward to seeing videos from Kris’ concert tonight. Hope Joe King will take part in AWM (I’m assuming Kris will perform that one).

I think Allison has a JingleBall concert tonight as well, right? Hopefully we will get videos from that, too.

I’m hoping someone with more tech skills than I have will set up a cell cast for the Z-100 concert on the 11th since Adam is emcee and both Kris and Allison are performing.

This does not mean that 16 million people heard the song. It just means that it was heard 16 million times.

Ok thanks for clarifying. That seems really good regardless if it is actually 16 million people or not.

What about the Adam Album question?

Anyone know exactly when Adam will be on Leno? Can’t seem to find a date.

Mimi

Kris did 5 songs in Sacramento — so figure that his set (including banter, pausing between songs, etc) was probably 30-35 minutes?

As far as I know, there are only 3 acts for tonight’s concert (Kris, Colbie Caillat and The Fray), which should result in Kris doing more songs. Fingers crossed!!!

Fandom fail indeed. Heh No, we can’t be everywhere.

Have you met the awesome Brazillian Word Nerds yet? <3

Raise your hand if you want to watch ‘Cooking Up A Big Bowl of Love?’ 

Depends if we’re talking Food Network or VH1. Oh, who am I kidding… o/ (That might be his best tweet ever, lulz)

girlygirl-I’m hoping someone with more tech skills than I have will set up a cell cast for the Z-100 concert on the 11th since Adam is emcee and both Kris and Allison are performing.

What girlygirl said!!!!!!!!

What about the Adam Album question?

What question?

aa618892

I read that Adam is on Leno on Dec. 21st. You might want to double check that on the show’s website, though

I can’t stick around today, during R/L situatons (boo), but I wanted to say Craig Ferguson is my favorite late night host (except it’s laaaaate night, so too late for me to wach)). His monologues border on hysterical (in a good way), and he has terrific interviews w/ this guests. That Adam segment made me laugh out loud several (esp around Ryan Seacrest). There is someone on Twitter who has been trying to get Adam on Ferguson’s program for a while. I hope it happens. Brilliance will ensue. Perhaps I should start a Twitter campaign???

Kris radio interview coming up in about fifteen minutes.

http://www.971zht.com/main.html

I watched Perez Hilton on Joy Behar last night. Maybe someone has the youtube vid,cause i don’t

she asked him about Adam and he said that the double standard for females vs gay male is what happened here.

He also said how much he likes Adam and wants him to succeed because pop music really needs Adam Lambert because we need a male pop star in the music industry

I think I am amazed (correct me if I am wrong) that I have not seen one single article that supports the second droppings of ABC. I saw some about the GMA performance but all of the articles since dropping JK and NYE have been blasting ABC. Anyone seen any others against Adam-don’t include those from the Christian Right Wing Nut sites. Those are obvious.

Yeah, for the most part – except for one of the morning radio shows this morning (which tends to skew more safe/conservative, to begin with) – they seemed to support ABC, and blasted Adam, and even quoted him (a quote I don’t remember hearing him say) about how he was going to keep going crazy in performances and people would get with it eventually.

I was ticked off at the spin they gave him – first, if he said anything like that, it was out of context, because all I’ve heard him say is that he will continue to interpret the songs as they are, etc. But he definitely seems to be recognizing the rules he has to play by on TV (even if they’re stupid rules imo), and he’s respectful of those. Stupid radio. Oh well.

Have you met the awesome Brazillian Word Nerds yet? <3

They are awesome.

Love Rob Halford. Man can sing, and his parts in Brutal Legend just made me love him more.

Good numbers for Kris today… thanks people for posting!

thanks jmaster for the link to Kris interview

Also Last week when Adam numbers for his album came out it had that he had like 464 albums sold the prior week how is that possible if his first week is the 198+K week.

Oops. Now I see it. Need more caffiene.

Those 464 are what are known as street violations. Some store (probably several stores) in some place somewhere put the FYE CDs out for sale before Sunday at midnight. Sometimes a clerk just gets an early start on the setup for the week or just opens a box of new CDs and decides to put them out. They have to get the CDs to the store before the release date to ensure that they are available on the release date.

You can chart on street violations, but the industry considers the first week sales to be the week the CD is released.

Online retailers ship prior to the release date (so that they can compete with the brick and mortar stores), but they post the sale as having had occured on the release date.

suebrody,

start a twitter campaign for both Carson Daly new year’s eve and craig ferguson, perhaps?

Kirsten
12/04/2009 at 12:46 pm

What about the Adam Album question?

What question?

Oh sorry I thought I wrote this down. Last week when the numbers came out for Adam album it had LW numbers of 464 how is that possible if the 198K was his first week of sales?

ETA Never-mind you answered Thank you.

BTW, I tweeted Monte that Adam and the band should have their own new years eve party,

@Monterrific Hey, why don’t you guys put on your own rocking new years eve? Just you and Adam and the band? Be much more fun!!! about 2 hours ago from Tweetie in reply to Monterrific

Monterrific

@suebrody1 I think that’s a terrific idea. no pun intended

Others on Twitter are down w/ it and even suggested a live stream. Whom do I contact to make it happen?

suebrody,

start a twitter campaign for both Carson Daly new year’s eve and craig ferguson, perhaps?

Yeah, I was thinking that.

@ girlygirl,

Actually Joshua Radin is scheduled too. Here is the line up:

7:30 Joshua Radin
7:50 Kris Allen
8:40 Colbie Caillat
9:45 The Fray

I think it is likely that we will hear more than 5 songs! SO EXCITED!

Westlife Interview

Having sold a squillion albums and racked up oodles of No.1s in their 11 years of existence, Westlife are back with new album Where We Are and new single What About Now…

Your new single is a cover of Daughtry’s What About Now ‘“ why did you choose that?

‘As a band we wanted to shake things up musically and then Simon Cowell brought us the Daughtry track and said we should find something original that sounded like that. But we didn’t find anything as powerful and as it had never been released in the UK, we didn’t technically see it as a cover.’ 

http://www.clarelydon.co.uk/2009/12/westlife-interview/

Why did you suggest that to Monte Suebrody? It’s important that Adam gets exposure on a gig for New Years Eve like CBS or NBC. I think it’s a horrible idea to do something like a web concert. Only fans will tune in.

7:30 Joshua Radin
7:50 Kris Allen
8:40 Colbie Caillat
9:45 The Fray

This is such an AWESOME lineup.

I can’t stick around today, during R/L situatons (boo), but I wanted to say Craig Ferguson is my favorite late night host (except it’s laaaaate night, so too late for me to wach)). His monologues border on hysterical (in a good way), and he has terrific interviews w/ this guests. That Adam segment made me laugh out loud several (esp around Ryan Seacrest). There is someone on Twitter who has been trying to get Adam on Ferguson’s program for a while. I hope it happens. Brilliance will ensue. Perhaps I should start a Twitter campaign???

I loved it too! Laughed out loud several times. And yes the Ryan Seacrest thing was fun. I think you should start a twitter campaigne…

dunno if this was posted.. didnt see it off hand.. if it was just say something:

David Archuleta launches Christmas Iphone appl
USAtoday
http://content.usatoday.com/communities/idolchatter/post/2009/12/david-archuleta-launches-xmas-iphone-app/1?csp=34

David Archuleta has a new iPhone/iPod Touch app that lets fans compare just how well they can sing songs from his new Christmas From the Heart CD. The David Archuleta Open Mic – Christmas From the Heart app features five songs from David’s holiday CD — Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas, O Come All Ye Faithful, The First Noel, Joy to the World and Silent Night — and listeners can sing along with them (a la Rock Band), then post their scores to see how they fared against other Archie fans across the country and in their own region. (I scored 20317 on the easy level of The First Noel — see if you can beat me.) And if you just can’t get the hang of singing like Heaven and nature, there’s also a video of David offering singing tips and game instructions.

(he also posts davids vlog and a link to him singing “The Riddle”)
more at link

did anyone actually see Adam’s predicted numbers and Whitney at top of list, really? This was just on twitter

marlin6 @deratlas @marcus_72: did u all see Hits prediction for next week? Adam Lambert and Rihanna’s cd fall quite a bit- Whitney will outsell all 7 minutes ago from web

David Archuleta launches Christmas Iphone appl
USAtoday
http://content.usatoday.com/communities/idolchatter/post/2009/12/david-archuleta-launches-xmas-iphone-app/1?csp=34

That’s really great for David A. Though I doubt there are too many people out there that can sing a well as him and will get such a good rating on the advance levels of the application.

Koshka, you could maybe make the argument that the sales numbers are not relevant to the argument if they tended the same direction, were immaterially different, and/or drove the same conclusion the writer made in this article. To argue that AI voters regretted making David Cook the winner based on rank, ignoring that he sold about 279,000 albums to Archie’s approximately 180,000 albums in the first week – is nothing short of absurd. This is not an insignificant difference. Considering DC is now over 1.2 million in sales and Archie was somewhere in the 700-800k range, the picture is even more clear long term.

That being said, I think only one person needed to make this point in the comment section unless there was a continuing rebuttal the other direction. And it should have been more rational.

Yeah, for the most part ‘“ except for one of the morning radio shows this morning (which tends to skew more safe/conservative, to begin with) ‘“ they seemed to support ABC, and blasted Adam, and even quoted him (a quote I don’t remember hearing him say) about how he was going to keep going crazy in performances and people would get with it eventually.

In the hard rock interview he said he would continue to interpret the lyrics of a song-when a reporter asked him about future performances. I will check the video an let you know exactly where he said it. I did wince a little at that spot and was surprised more media didn’t pick up on it.

The podcast of the AJintheMorning interview with DC is here for those who don’t want to DL a recording (I usually prefer not to).

‘As a band we wanted to shake things up musically and then Simon Cowell brought us the Daughtry track and said we should find something original that sounded like that. But we didn’t find anything as powerful and as it had never been released in the UK, we didn’t technically see it as a cover.’ 

Technicalities, technicalities. But they are still wrong.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/03/AR2009120304474.html?hpid=sec-artsliving

Did anyone bring this over already?

Love this article so much:

http://ow.ly/Ipky

Craig Ferguson doesn’t have a Twitter account, apparently (tho there is one for him), so I emailed the show. Will keep you posted.

Ok thanks for clarifying. That seems really good regardless if it is actually 16 million people or not.

Audience impression is usually pretty important for sales, because if you have a lot of people hearing a song several times apiece each week then that seems to be the condition under which radio play can induce people to buy.

We seem to have a bit of evidence that that’s happening with Kris, at least, seems to me, so here’s hoping the trend continues — with LLWD sales continuing to solidify, and then the single buying translating to album buying.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/03/AR2009120304474.html?hpid=sec-artsliving

Did anyone bring this over already?

That was a great article! Thanks! Lisa de Morreas is a big snark monster when it comes to idol in general, but she was surprisingly good to Adam most of the season. Glad to see she’s sticking by him

ETA: I especially love that they put more of the blame on ABC, in terms of kind of a “you should have known what you were getting into” stance – based on what ABC actually did ok from Adam’s rehearsals.

I am so there for the Kris/Allison/Adam cellcast! What about the ustream ppl that set up the Adam casts? Maybe they could be notified via Twitter or AO or whatever? This needs to happen!!!

I think Adam’s appearance on Leno on 12/21 is confirmed. (I know, I said think, which mean I don’t know for sure ). Someone tweeted that she has received her Conan confirmation, however.

interesting perspective:

http://www.popeater.com/2009/12/04/adam-lambert-abc/

from CNN:

From CNN: Adam Lambert’s Favorite Things http://linkbee.com/AdamLambert

Did I miss the Kris radio interview? Has he been on already?

In the hard rock interview he said he would continue to interpret the lyrics of a song-when a reporter asked him about future performances. I will check the video an let you know exactly where he said it. I did wince a little at that spot and was surprised more media didn’t pick up on it.

Yeah, I remember that quote from him, and see nothing wrong with that. To me it shows more integrity to say “hey, I’m gonna keep singing the songs based on the lyrics and meaning.” If he said he would start doing otherwise I would be way more upset.

So I think he SHOULD keep performing even FYE as the lyrics suggest, but I’ve also heard more reserve in his latest comments too, meaning he realizes there are broadcast TV standards that have to be obeyed, that he went too far with the AMAs, and that he will make sure to stick more closely to the script in the future. That doesn’t go against his first comment – you can still do FYE sexily, but not anger the network and censors. It’s a fine line (and a harder one for Adam to walk, I think, because he is such a spontaneous, live in the moment kind of performer). But as he said, he’s learning.

Did I miss the Kris radio interview? Has he been on already?

No…they just exchange for 2-3 minutes. He’ll be back in a few minutes.
.. will be back and will be asked AGAIN about Adam at AMA…sigh

rick Springfield, realllllly?

@TheTVShowGirl David Duchovny cracks me up. Very enjoyable interview, including Rick Springfield desires & jabs at Adam Lambert. Look for it next week! 5 minutes ago from web

For all those of you who keep saying it – Allison is NOT performaing at the Z100 Jingle Ball. She is listed as a special guest, as is Adam. Kris is the only one of the 3 scheduled to perform.

Mary102,

I actually tweeted thanks to Lisa of Wash post, cause she really ‘gets it’- it is really a great article

LOL – Kris just said he’s goingto get a t-shirt with an “I Don’t Know Face” on it that reads “That’s Adam!” to answer the questions he gets about Adam’s performances. Kris also said he thought Adam’s AMA performance was fun.

They are playing LLWD now!

(There will be more of his interview)

@ girlygirl,

Actually Joshua Radin is scheduled too. Here is the line up:

7:30 Joshua Radin
7:50 Kris Allen
8:40 Colbie Caillat
9:45 The Fray

So, this is on the East Coast , right ?
I’m on the West Coast, so I have to be in front of computer “stalking” this site waiting for news by 4:50 pm PST.

I found the video where Adam talks about “continuing to push” when asked-”depends on the song”

its on this page to the right;

http://www.cbs8.com/global/story.asp?s=11618467
at about 1:55 or 2:00

So, this is in the East Coast , right ?

Nope, Chicago is central time… so you get to wait til 5:50.

start a twitter campaign for both Carson Daly new year’s eve and craig ferguson, perhaps?

YES! THIS!!

girlygirl
12/04/2009 at 1:32 pm

LOL ‘“ Kris just said he’s going to get a t-shirt with an ‘I Don’t Know Face’  on it that reads ‘That’s Adam!’  to answer the questions he gets about Adam’s performances. Kris also said he thought Adam’s AMA performance was fun.

Kris is so funny. I also think he should really get one.

Kris just said he’s going to be on Letterman. Didn’t say when, though

oh Kris will do Letterman this year!

the t-shirt comment = hahaha

Kris needs to wear the “I Don’t Know” shirt on Letterman. Now THAT would be funny. I wonder if he’ll be on around the time of the Z100 Jingle Ball, since he’ll be in NYC then.

oh Kris will do Letterman this year!

I’m glad that Kris will be on Letterman as well, even if it is LLWD. sigh.

Anyone hear anything about this?

@bombalurina03 @daveryankdwb There’s a recent rumor amongst the Adam Lambert fans that he may be performing & not just hosting JingleBall. Fact or Fiction? 4 minutes ago from web

I wonder if he’ll be on around the time of the Z100 Jingle Ball, since he’ll be in NYC then.

Which would be next week….

Truthiness: You’re gunna have to get onboard with LLWD sooner or later

@bombalurina03 @daveryankdwb There’s a recent rumor amongst the Adam Lambert fans that he may be performing & not just hosting JingleBall. Fact or Fiction? 4 minutes ago from web

Which one? I doubt it will be in NY because they set that line-up a long time ago.

Eileen99, nooooooooooooooo to Kris wearing a t-shirt with Adam name on it!

goddam David Cook should be on Letterman.

anovich,

Trying to find out which one– the tweet was to a Minneapolis Radio DJ-

wellhesback
goddam David Cook should be on Letterman.

Cook hasn’t been on Letterman yet? What’s up with that!

jpfan: It’s a pun.

It’s a pretty weak one.

rick Springfield, realllllly?

@TheTVShowGirl David Duchovny cracks me up. Very enjoyable interview, including Rick Springfield desires & jabs at Adam Lambert. Look for it next week! 5 minutes ago from web

Rick Springfield had a story arc on David’s show Californication. David Duchovny is very funny and imo, totally hot. A thinking woman’s sex symbol.

It really is pretty amazing how Adam is all over this week’s People magazine (Tiger cover).

Not only does he have a nice size picture in the Table of Contents section, and three pages devoted to him in the actual article (and two of the three pages are full-page pictures), they also mention him in at least two other places. In the Music review section under Recent Raves, they have a picture of his album cover and state, “On his post-Idol debut, the season 8 runner-up struts his guyliner-wearing stuff with a confident display of glam pop-rock. Best is the stomping opener ‘Music Again.’” 3 1/2 out of 4 stars.

And in their TV section, under the heading, “3 Reasons I’ll Miss … Glee” they have this sentence: “But you can tell these performers – especially Lea Michele – are Broadway babies with a love for singing, and loud. It’s like Adam Lambert High.”

7:30 Joshua Radin
7:50 Kris Allen
8:40 Colbie Caillat
9:45 The Fray

Wow, they’re only giving Joshua Radin 20 minutes?? I could listen to him all night. Strange.

Has he got anything on the radio at the moment?

This is what I get for getting music from everywhere except radio — my perception of what is popular is sometime seriously skewed. Reality rarely parallels what I think should be popular (see: Iraheta, Allison).

Kris also said that they are currently working on setting up dates for his own tour. He is still saying the tour will start in February. Hopefully they will announce some firm dates shortly.

Truthiness: You’re gunna have to get onboard with LLWD sooner or later

No I won’t. I pretty much hate the song as song. Happy for Kris’s success with it thus far and wish for continued success…and will be perfectly happy never hearing it again

Kris also said that they are currently working on setting up dates for his own tour. He is still saying the tour will start in February. Hopefully they will announce some firm dates shortly.

If they are working on setting up dates, it means the tour format has been decided.. i wonder how it will go

@bombalurina03 @daveryankdwb There’s a recent rumor amongst the Adam Lambert fans that he may be performing & not just hosting JingleBall. Fact or Fiction? 4 minutes ago from web

LOL All I’ve read is… wouldn’t it be nice… or ‘hey, I might happen, you never know. We can hope”. Twitter is the devil. LOL

Favorite meal out? Chick-fil-A! They don’t have it in L.A, though.

I’m from LA. I grew up on Chick-fil-A. So I’m not sure where Kris has been looking! I was just in Redondo Beach — ate at a Chick-fil-A. Someone help the man find a Chick-fil-A

Why is everyone surprise/pleased/excited about tour dates? Don’t all the idols that cut albums tour late winter/early spring?

Does this not always happen? Or is it about who they tour with?

About Kris on Letterman’s show…..yay!

I checked the Letterman schedule here:

http://www.interbridge.com/lineups.html

He doesn’t have an announced musical guest next Monday. If not next Monday it seems more likely Kris’ll be on his show week after next.

Kris’s rep @ginaorr confirms Letterman on 12/16!

Gina Orr tweeted that Kris will be on Letterman 12/16

David Duchovny is very funny and imo, totally hot. A thinking woman’s sex symbol.

Well, in my opinion he’s a serial cheater who was clever enough to come up with a sex addiction defense. Totally not hot. He should offer his services to Tiger as a consultant.

Kris also said that they are currently working on setting up dates for his own tour. He is still saying the tour will start in February. Hopefully they will announce some firm dates shortly.

Any hints on whether Kris will be doing a solo tour or opening for someone else?

Letterman is great news. I was really hoping for more national tv appearances, and now we have SYTYCD next week and Letterman the week after. Woohoo!

Kris also said that they are currently working on setting up dates for his own tour. He is still saying the tour will start in February. Hopefully they will announce some firm dates shortly.

If they are working on setting up dates, it means the tour format has been decided.. i wonder how it will go

Well, if they’re setting up dates themselves, then it kind of sounds like it might be a solo tour, doesn’t it? …. If you’re opening for somebody, then they do the setting up of dates, etc. So maybe they’re planning a Cook-style tour for Kris, hitting those college audiences? That would seem to make sense, to me, anyway.

Kelly mentioned her grammy nom during her concert yesterday

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPLQxozF9_A

“If I don’t win it then i hope she (Pink) wins it, but i hope i win”

Yay for Kris getting on Letterman. I’m assuming it will be performance only, no sit-down interview (and likely LLWD), but still — yay!

girlygirl
12/04/2009 at 2:19 pm
Yay for Kris getting on Letterman. I’m assuming it will be performance only, no sit-down interview (and likely LLWD), but still ‘” yay!

Yeah, this is cool for Kris. I just wish these late night shows would do a short interview and then let them sing.

Kris is supposed to be interviewed on this station sometime prior to 3 p.m. Central time

http://www.957thevibe.com/ListenLive/tabid/381/Default.aspx

Kris #23 on this list of 100 sexiest men on t.v.

(IMO, he should be higher than #23, but whatever)

http://www.buddytv.com/slideshows/tvs-100-sexiest-men-of-2009-511-20977.aspx

Kris #23 on this list of 100 sexiest men on t.v.

(IMO, he should be higher than #23, but whatever)

http://www.buddytv.com/slideshows/tvs-100-sexiest-men-of-2009-511-20977.aspx

I just saw that too! Here’s the writeup on the picture they chose:

‘Sure Adam Lambert may have had the voice, but Kris Allen had the good looks of an average American, the hotness of the completely unattainable boy next door. His singing only makes him sexier.’ 

I’m not picking on anyone but I always think it is funny when peeps want a Singing guest to be interviewed on a late night talk show since the whole purpose of the show is to promote their songs/album. A lot of music buyers could really care less about the Artist….they just want to hear the music and buy based on that listen. I don’t think Kris would sell more because he talks about his wife, or Allison talking about being hispanic, or Adam talking about being gay.

I am just thrilled when Artists I like show up to Sing and their music gets sent out into consumerdom.

100 Sexiest Men on TV

Ohhh John Cho was listed in the teens! To go from being stoned on Harold and Kumar to sexy man on TV is a quite an accomplishment. Glad he made the leap.

David Archuleta’s concert tonight in Idaho is sold out! According to FansofDavid, the Hart Auditorium has a seating capacity of 3471.

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mTMx779hd-4/SxliScFGyYI/AAAAAAAAAGA/X9bG_T9rx4Y/s1600-h/sold+out.jpg

From Diana DeGarmo’s Facebook message, it appears she had an adventure on Wednesday:

So, my crazy/random day (Wed) involved me shooting a short film for the NY Times all day in Central Park with Macaulay Culkin. Yeah, we totally made out…. ha!

An AI runner-up and Kevin McAllister making out in Central Park. Sounds like a perfect pop culture mix.

Tess
12/04/2009 at 2:31 pm
I’m not picking on anyone but I always think it is funny when peeps want a Singing guest to be interviewed on a late night talk show since the whole purpose of the show is to promote their songs/album. A lot of music buyers could really care less about the Artist’ ¦.they just want to hear the music and buy based on that listen. I don’t think Kris would sell more because he talks about his wife, or Allison talking about being hispanic, or Adam talking about being gay.

Tess I found myself agreeing with you.. but then I stopped short. There are times when I see performances of new artists and I have no idea who they are and quickly forget their names. Maybe the memory isn’t as good as it used to be. Either way.. for the most part I agree and yeah for all our idols getting appearances these days.

I remember when Adele was on SNL, and I was like “Who is she?!!” I would like a short interview, and with Kris I would like a long interview. hahaha

http://www.buddytv.com/slideshows/tvs-100-sexiest-men-of-2009-511-20977.aspx

Yucky, yucky….my guys didn’t even make the top 50: The Criminal Mind guys:

Shemar Moore, Matthew Gray Gubler, Thomas Gibson, Joe Montegna…..that’s the hottest of the HOT, HOT, HOT, HOTs.

And in their TV section, under the heading, ’3 Reasons I’ll Miss ‘ ¦ Glee’  they have this sentence: ‘But you can tell these performers ‘“ especially Lea Michele ‘“ are Broadway babies with a love for singing, and loud. It’s like Adam Lambert High.’ 

Lea will be over the moon when she sees this, she loves Adam!

I think the interviews are nice, but usually by the next day most people have forgotten what is said. The main thing is the performance, that’s what will stick in the back of people’s mind. If an interview is funny or was fun to watch, then people will associate a good feeling with it, but it still doesn’t carry as much weight as actually hearing the song.

Ohhh John Cho was listed in the teens! To go from being stoned on Harold and Kumar to sexy man on TV is a quite an accomplishment. Glad he made the leap.

Recommend you to watch Flash Forward, you will see why he’s listed high.

It looks like Adam will be on Larry King on Thurs, Dec 10 @ 9PM.

got this from Twitter:

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=223918401209

Is Larry broadcast from LA or NYC?

Does this not always happen? Or is it about who they tour with?

It’s about whether they headline their own tour (Cook) or open for somebody else (Jordin, Archie) right out of the gate, and whether they go with big venues or small ones, college-town clubs or urban theaters or suburban arenas, etc. They have to predict how many tickets they’ll sell, how much the band and its bus or vans or whatever will cost, how much the production side of the show will cost, and what they can pay for based on what they expect to make. For Jordin, they seem to have gone with her opening for somebody else so she didn’t have to take on all those costs and risks by her lonesome. Cook had a pretty low-budget operation, without costumes or pyrotechnics or major technical requirements, and he went for a college-town tour in pretty small venues. The different approaches worked for the two of them to get touring and concert experience under their belts as Idol artists and to make it profitable and positive for everybody.

I *think* Daughtry had a mix of solo concerts as a headliner and then he opened for Bon Jovi in arenas, finally moving on to his own arena tour. That was after huge success with his singles and cd, so that sales aren’t the only factor they consider when deciding how to shape the tour.

I would be surprised if Kris weren’t opening for someone, frankly, mostly because he doesn’t have the five-guys-in-a-van experience Cook already had or the huge sales to offset the cost of headlining his own tour.

outer
12/04/2009 at 2:49 pm
Ohhh John Cho was listed in the teens! To go from being stoned on Harold and Kumar to sexy man on TV is a quite an accomplishment. Glad he made the leap.

Recommend you to watch Flash Forward, you will see why he’s listed high.outer
12/04/2009 at 2:49 pm
Ohhh John Cho was listed in the teens! To go from being stoned on Harold and Kumar to sexy man on TV is a quite an accomplishment. Glad he made the leap.

Recommend you to watch Flash Forward, you will see why he’s listed high.

NO, no, no… I love him. I think he is HOT. I’m GLAD he made the leap.

It won’t let me edit that last post, so I should clarify that I meant Daughtry did small, college concerts as a solo act and then did the Bon Jovi thing and only THEN his own tour in good-sized arenas.

It sounds from what Kris has hinted at that they might end up doing both types of tours — a solo tour of college and other smaller venues and also opening for someone else playing larger venues. He has said that he expects to be touring most of next year, a la what David Cook did this past year

Surprisingly, I heard both Kris and Adam on the radio today while doing my errands (not the same station – I’m a surfer). That’s the first time I’ve heard Kris, and only the second time for Adam (the first being yesterday). I heard Kris on my way out, and Adam on my way home. In my own little head, I thought it was a good sign for both of them.

I wanted to be like woo hoo! both times, but I was the only one in the car LOL. And, I almost didn’t post this, because I honestly, I don’t know if I’d believe me if I didn’t hear it with my own ears!

It also cemented my opinion that I like both WWFM & LLWD very much.

Kris did an interview with a Kansas radio station today. The DJ (@brodie957) tweeted for questions, and several people asked him to ask Kris about his studio time. When the DJ tweeted his thanks for Kris, I asked him if he got an answer about this. Here is his response to me:

@kt_cle I did…he said he was recording a track for a tv show and a “cool cover song”..

Woohooo!

I would be surprised if Kris weren’t opening for someone, frankly, mostly because he doesn’t have the five-guys-in-a-van experience Cook already had or the huge sales to offset the cost of headlining his own tour.

Thanks for answering me. Personally I think all of them would do well to open or tour with someone. It is hard to fill stadiums even for some of the well known artists.

oh, okay…

suebrody1

@carsonjdaly Carson/show, is there any chance that you could get @adamlambert on your NYE special? He is available, thanks to @abc. Thanks!

(Nothing from Craig Ferguson and his peeps yet, lol)

It sounds from what Kris has hinted at that they might end up doing both types of tours ‘” a solo tour of college and other venues and also opening for someone else playing larger venues. He has said that he expects to be touring most of next year, a la what David Cook did this past year

In my mind, that would be the perfect mix for Kris, and follow the Daughtry plan as I recall it. Hope that’s how it shakes out and he does lots of Midwestern dates near me!

I’m not picking on anyone but I always think it is funny when peeps want a Singing guest to be interviewed on a late night talk show since the whole purpose of the show is to promote their songs/album.

Big musical acts get interviewed in addition to performing. It’s like when the big actor shows up and gets two segments. If a guest on a talk show gets more than the usual alloted time, it implies importance. It implies they are interesting. It implies that they can carry more of the show. Regular viewers would know that and it would peak their interest. Further, the more time you are on, the more time you have to make an impression.

So, some fans want the interviews not because they want to hear the same question answered for the thirty-thousandth time, but because it means “their guy” gets more exposure and more “respect”.

Oh, I bet Kris recorded the “going home” song for AI! I bet it is a cover like Carrie did.

SpencerJ – was it 93.3 playing WWFM again? what station was playing LLWD?

from twitter

muchmoretv: One Republic frontman Ryan Tedder on the Kelly Clarkson/Miley Cyrus similarity dust-up.Tonight on The Daily Fix at 7pm ET on MuchMore

kt_cle
12/04/2009 at 2:57 pm
Kris did an interview with a Kansas radio station today. The DJ (@brodie957) tweeted for questions, and several people asked him to ask Kris about his studio time. When the DJ tweeted his thanks for Kris, I asked him if he got an answer about this. Here is his response to me:

@kt_cle I did’ ¦he said he was recording a track for a tv show and a ‘cool cover song’ ..

Woohooo!

Thank you for this huge crumb!!! I didn’t think we’d get a serious answer from Kris!! YAY!

Y’all know that I am a huge Adam fan but I am also a fan of Kris and Cook and just wanted to comment on the Billboard article about chart rankings. IMO that is one of the most foolish conclusions I have ever seen, and just proves that Billboard chart rankings do not mean much. Their simplistic premise:

Has the “American Idol” viewing audience come to regret its final vote the last two years? Prior to Allen and Lambert and the two Davids, no debut album by an “American Idol” runner-up had bested the debut rank of the same season’s winning singer. From 2002, the show’s first year, through 2007, the winning “Idol” either topped or tied the runner-up’s initial Billboard 200 entrance.

My response is NO!

David Archuletta did really well, but David Cook clearly won the vote, sold substantially more in the first week and sold almost twice as many albums in the US.

And and even bigger NO! on the Kris-Adam question. If the vote was held again today I think Kris would win again. And although I agree that record sales are an indication of popularity — they are only an indication of how many people are still willing to pay for your music.

Here is a link to the Billboard article which I do not recommend even bothering with, but to be complete: http://www.billboard.com/column/chartbea….004050559.story

Late but good Billboard review of Play On:

http://www.billboard.com/new-releases/carrie-underwood-play-on-1004044869.story#/new-releases/carrie-underwood-play-on-1004044869.story

There’s no doubt that Carrie Underwood’s third album, “Play On,” is her best collection yet: Here, the artist seems to finally feel comfortable in her own skin. It’s a wide-ranging album-she’s in love, out of love, light-hearted and playful. But isn’t that real life? The bass-heavy and lyrically light first single, “Cowboy Casanova” (which Underwood co-wrote), makes for fine radio candy, but it’s not the type of song that defines the album. The socially conscious anthem “Change” and the spiritual-sounding “Temporary Home” (another Underwood co-write) provide the meat and potatoes that make the syrupy-sweet dessert offerings more palatable. “What Can I Say” (featuring Sons of Sylvia) is a soaring lamentation about how love was lost, while “Someday When I Stop Loving You” is a well-written look at a life that’s going downhill. Elsewhere, Vince Gill’s high harmony on “Look at Me” helps elevate a simple song to a potential country classic.-Ken Tucker

dv Is that about the beginning riff of Kelly’s If I Can’t Have You and Miley’s Fly On The Wall?

I saw that Danny has gotten another add for his single “My Best Days” from a radio station in Spokane, Washington. I hope that Danny keeps getting more adds for his single.

I can remember when Carson was the host of the Tonight Show and the signal you had “finally” made it in the industry was when a musical guest or a comedian was asked to “sit down” with Johnny and have a chat. Those were the days when being on the Tonight show really meant something and was a feather in a performers cap.

Today with so many “talk shows” and night time shows and late night shows the glitter is pretty much off. No longer is it a coup (sp) to get a sit down…it’s nice but it doesn’t have the “wow” factor it once did. It’s just kind of ordinary now. I think I liked the old days better.

Shemar Moore

**Drools**

How do you have a hot TV guy list and not include Shemar Moore! Boo!

Oh, congrats Kris. LOL

I can’t get on mediabase from my work computer, so let me just ask you guys — has Danny gotten any adds from stations in states that would be considered more of a country music market? So far I’ve seen WI, WA and NJ — not exactly states I think of when I think about country music hotbeds

dv Is that about the beginning riff of Kelly’s If I Can’t Have You and Miley’s Fly On The Wall?

Yep.

I would be surprised if Kris weren’t opening for someone, frankly, mostly because he doesn’t have the five-guys-in-a-van experience Cook already had or the huge sales to offset the cost of headlining his own tour.

The finances of an opening act can vary in a lot of ways too, though…. In some cases, I think you might even have to *pay* the headliner for the privilege of touring with them.

The main thing that’s true of being an opening act is that you make very little money doing it, though, usually. So you’re doing it for the exposure, period. … Whereas a tour that you headline, you at least have a shot at making money from….

And then you need to calculate whether the exposure to the audience of the particular headliner you’re touring with can actually end up being a lucrative audience for you — and even if you locate some headliners who you think would do that, you’ll only get to tour with them if they’re willing, *and* if they’re planning a tour at the same time that yours should start.

Very complex calculations involved in all of this, in other words.

It also cemented my opinion that I like both WWFM & LLWD very much.

I would say Woohoo! for that.

In DC I don’t expect to hear either of these songs until sometime in mid-2010 or so.

Sr4mjc – yes 93.3 for Adam again during the seacrest show. For kris it was 100.7.

OMG Kris actually gave the d.j. real information about what he was doing in the recording studio! Ha – maybe now that his album’s out he doesn’t have to be so secretive about this stuff.

But track for a t.v. show!!! Cool cover!!! Yayayayayayayayay!

According to Interbridge, Kris Allen will be on Letterman on Dec 16

http://www.interbridge.com/lineups.html

Whoa to Dave for suddenly have Idols on his show. Maybe it was 19 who wasn’t interested in the bookings. Dave’s ratings are higher now.

Without the Seacrest show, I’ve only heard 93.3 in Tampa spin WWFM once and that was when they announced the Jingle Ball emcee gig. Get with the program, peeps!

Giving Kris the S9 boot song makes sense. I think the last two years they’ve gone with Idol winners doing covers and Kris fits the trend.

Kris is getting some nice promo: Disney Xmas, Letterman, SYTYCD. Maybe winning S8 does have some perks. He’s lucky that LLWD is turning into a modest hit. Maybe they won’t even hide his picture behind a plant.

I’m happy Danny is getting adds. I wish him well. Although if he just does inspirational stuff, I’ll never listen to any of his music.

Pretty much why I avoid the comments sections of these articles ‘ ¦ nothing good comes from it ‘“ and I’m much calmer this way

Yeah, I clicked on the Queerty link that rin brought over, and was thoroughly amused. What would be in the comment section? Not a thoughtful debate by regular readers on Glaad or its leadership (which I think is the point the writer was using this example to get across). But a typical AI fanwar.

I have to mention that I scanned some of the first comments and I only saw 1 Kris fan commenting. Of course I’m not sure why he did since the article is about Adam and GLADD, but again it’s only 1 from what I saw.

Oh yeah and I’m sure I’m probably pretty far off topic in the comments at this point. Sorry.

ETA: I’m thinking this guy is a regular reader of info. on Glaad, btw.

The photographer (Tim Boyles) who took those wonderful pictures of David Cook with Lindsey Rose posted a response to everyone’s responses on DCO.

http://www.davidcookofficial.com/us/content/david-cook-big-voice-huge-heart

Another good review in a college newspaper for Kris’ album. I haven’t seen a lot of reviews in the college papers, but the ones I have seen have been positive, so that could be a good sign if Kris does decide to go the college/small venue route for his tour…

http://media.barometer.orst.edu/media/storage/paper854/news/2009/12/04/Diversions/idol-Winner.Releases.First.Album-3845733.shtml

oh, and lots of people on twitter will be at the concert in Chicago tonight. Someone has even made a separate page for all the different tweeters — I don’t know if this will be the one place to go to check on the tweets once the show starts, but here’s the link anyhoo…

http://twitter.com/dy7764/kriscago-tweeters

@kt_cle

Did you take the DJ’s response to mean he is doing a cover song for a TV show or 2 songs: a song for a TV show and a cover?

I took it to mean 2 songs…. a TV song AND a cover – but that’s just because of the way the DJ phrased his reply to me. I’ll have to analze Kris’s own words when the interview is available

seems i have never noticed the boot song in season 8. What is it and who sang it?

Boot songs
S6 =Daughtry(Home)
S7 – Ruben (Kenny Loggins cover?)
S8 – Carrie (Home Sweet Home)

All managed by 19 as is Kris.

Girlygirl, thanks for the link to the review. I could definitely see Kris and his band doing a successful college tour. All this Kris news today is making me very happy.

In DC I don’t expect to hear either of these songs until sometime in mid-2010 or so.

DC is notoriously slow to add new songs. But LLWD is actually finally getting airplay (I’ve heard it a few times on 99.5) I heard the last notes of WWFM on the same station the other night during their “Hot or Not” contest. I tried to call in to give my “hot” vote, but couldn’t get through.

Vail Valley music: American Idol star hits Vilar for holidays

‘Christmas music is something I’ve been involved with since I was a little kid,’  Archuleta told the Vail Daily during an interview this week. ‘We used to sing in hospitals and retirement homes. It’s always been a fun, special time for music with my family.’ 

Vail Daily
__________________________________________________________

Apparently, David is still doing this kind of thing to this day. He was singing to some old folks at a retirement home just an hour ago according to the tweets below. Such a charitable heart David has.

tammy_m: David Archuleta is about to sing at my grandma’s assisted living center, 15 feet from me!!!

tammy_m: I can’t wait to see how adorable he is in person. What a sweetheart for singing here, right? No TV cameras or press. Top secret.

tammy_m: Guys, I just shook David Archuleta’s hand!! I might never wash it again…

@kt_cle

Thanks. Oh good, so it sounds like the DJ asked the question on air, I thought all we were going to get was your tweet for info (hence my over-analysis) .

thanks jpfan for the answer on the boot songs!

this is off topic, but lately i’ve seen a cover of Deep Purple (highway stars) done last summer by a French artist from Montreal. It made me think about Adam covering WLL. This guy has sung in many musicals; i’ve seen him and he has quite a voice. I’m posting the snippet he did for your entertainement … check out the first note..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivpop8lZZRA

I just had this thought – does it seem possible that AI could actually try to distance itself from Adam because of the controversies? Maybe to keep the show as “clean, family friendly” as possible? IDK, but I just had that thought…

GLAAD put out ANOTHER NEW statement:

GLAAD Urges Community to Contact ABC Over Cancellation
of Adam Lambert’s Performances
‘We appreciate ABC’s commitment to gay and transgender inclusion in other programming,’  said Jarrett Barrios, President of the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation. ‘However, let us be clear that GLAAD remains steadfast in our assertion that Adam Lambert is being subjected to a double standard by ABC as an openly gay performer. We do not support ABC cancelling Adam Lambert’s past and future performances. We urge the community to reach out to ABC and express their concerns that Adam Lambert is being subjected to a double standard.’ 

ABC Contact Information:
Brad Jamison, Vice President of Corporate Communications, brad.jamison@abc.com

ABC line for viewer concerns: (818) 460-7477

This week ABC announced that Adam Lambert’s performances on Jimmy Kimmel Live and Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve were cancelled.

Patrick Preblick, Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve, Publicity: patrick.k.preblick@abc.com / (212) 456-7819

Aime Wolfe, Jimmy Kimmel Live, Publicity: edwin.escobar@abc.com / (818) 460-7758

Sounds like to me GLAAD is doing a little backpeddling.

Matt says he wrote a song yesterday with JT Harding called “4AM” and performed it today at a middle school.

@ImMattGiraud:
RT @ItsJuicy19: @ImMattGiraud What did you sing for them??… I sang one of my new songs called 4 AM that I wrote yesterday with JT Harding

Picture: http://twitpic.com/s4rts

I had to look up JT Harding, but one of his recent co-write hits is “Smile” by Uncle Kracker. I keep being impressed by the talented people Matt is working with in spite of no record deal. He must be doing something right. Yeah!

Kelly, Daughtry, Jennifer Hudson and Carrie appear in Entertainment Weekly’s ‘Bullseye Of The Decade’

Kelly official site has a scan up HERE.

GLAAD put out ANOTHER NEW statement:

Oh brother. Can we not put an end to this?

GLAAD put out ANOTHER NEW statement:

GLAAD Urges Community to Contact ABC Over Cancellation
of Adam Lambert’s Performances
‘We appreciate ABC’s commitment to gay and transgender inclusion in other programming,’  said Jarrett Barrios, President of the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation. ‘However, let us be clear that GLAAD remains steadfast in our assertion that Adam Lambert is being subjected to a double standard by ABC as an openly gay performer. We do not support ABC cancelling Adam Lambert’s past and future performances. We urge the community to reach out to ABC and express their concerns that Adam Lambert is being subjected to a double standard.’ 

What???

csprof, I really think that all the efforts Matt put in since the tour will pay off soon. He’s very talented.

GLAAD put out ANOTHER NEW statement:

I don’t like it. Smell like someone figure out another way to use Adam.

WTF GLAAD? Way to backpedal there, must have gotten some pushback on it.

Which making 3 different, or clarifying statements in two days? way not to be effective.

Looks like GLAAD got some heat from its original statement(s). How many times do they need to talk about this, already?

kt_cle
Kris’ concert – So, this is in the East Coast , right ?

Nope, Chicago is central time’ ¦ so you get to wait til 5:50.

Oh good, I have a life for one more hour.

There’s a recent rumor amongst the Adam Lambert fans that he may be performing & not just hosting JingleBall. Fact or Fiction

I want to know if it is true which JingleBall this is. I guess if it is the one with Kris performing, Kris won’t get any publicity at all then. SIGH.

oh Kris will do Letterman this year!

Maybe Kris can sing something else beside LLWD, since the lyrics “if a plane falling down…” thing.

Yeah, that GLAAD statement is very interesting – definite, like, complete reversal there. TBH, didn’t GLAAD’s original statement say that they were told by ABC that the original decision had nothing to do with Adam’s sexuality – yet ABC themselves remained rather silent on the whole issue, and never really bothered to explain the cancellations themselves. That never sat well with me…

Definitely looks like GLAAD got some flack from their original assessment.

Melanie VanDerveer, a reporter for Pocono Record, tweeted this about an hour ago…

David Archuleta was an amazing interview!! He is just what you would expect – giggly and friendly. He deserves all the fame and more!!

Make sure to check out my interview w/ him on Dec.18 in weekend of the Pocono Record. I’ll post it on here too.

smartcookie
12/04/2009 at 2:51 pm
Does this not always happen? Or is it about who they tour with?

“It’s about whether they headline their own tour (Cook) or open for somebody else (Jordin, Archie) right out of the gate, and whether they go with big venues or small ones, college-town clubs or urban theaters or suburban arenas, etc.”

Hi, long time lurker, first time poster here delurking to say that David Archuleta completed a very successful headliner tour that begain in February, 2009 (I attended his Reno show). Of the 23 shows, I believe 22 were sold out (the 23rd show was added late in the tour). He then went on to open for McFly in the UK and, of course, for Lovato for her Summer show. He is currently on his 2nd headlining tour “Christmas From The Heart” to support his lastest cd of the same name.

Hello Mj, Kirstin (who is a riot ), and Mj’s posters.

…..but Kris Allen had the good looks of an average American, the hotness of the completely unattainable boy next door. His singing only makes him sexier.’ 

Somehow that sentence is funny to me. Aren’t you supposed to be able to attain the boy next door ? If not what is the point ?
But, absolutely agree . He also doesn’t act like a star, but in fact he is a star. IMO

http://www.davidcookofficial.com/us/content/david-cook-big-voice-huge-heart

How nice of him to post a thank you on DCO .

…but I always think it is funny when peeps want a Singing guest to be interviewed on a late night talk show since the whole purpose of the show is to promote their songs/album. A lot of music buyers could really care less about the Artist’ ¦.they just want to hear the music and buy based on that listen.

Maybe you have to be a Carrie Underwood caliber to get interviewed and then sing. Carrie got both recently at Conan and J. Kimmel.
But since she did not get interviewed on Letterman, nor did Kelly C there; maybe it is a West Coast / East Coast thing also ?

Thank you, goboywonder, for that post. You should delurk more often. The relatively few Archie fans who are regular posters here can sure use the company.

Thank you Ozarka. I appreicate all of the up-to-date DavidArchie info you always post.

Oh here is some rather sweet set of tweets from the girl who was at the assisted living home that archie sang at. I dont usually post these but hey its slightly cook related too haha.

OK, here’s what he sang: The Christmas Song, Mary Did You Know?, then he had a sweet older guy come up and sing Silent Night with him.

Then a lady requested that he sing I’ll Be Home for Christmas. I honestly started to cry at the end, it was so beautiful and sweet of him.

I got several videos of him singing, I’m uploading them to vimeo now and I’ll post when they’re there.

I told him my grandma’s name was Elinor, and he was like, “Oh, like the song!” and sang a few lines of Eleanor Rigby (Beatles) to her. <-heh cookie sang this(my edit)

He's so genuinely nice: after shaking everyone's hand on the 1st row, he brushed off security and went down the other rows.

And asked everyone's name, told every old lady he liked their Christmas sweater! They didn't know who he was before; now they love him.

http://twitpic.com/s5gew

yet ABC themselves remained rather silent on the whole issue, and never really bothered to explain the cancellations themselves. That never sat well with me’ ¦

Definitely looks like GLAAD got some flack from their original assessment.

Mary102 though I think you are right…Possibly ABC had told GLAAD to take their word for it and that they would give them an official statement. ABC could have back tracked on saying anything and so now GLAAD is putting the pressure back on because they were duped. Trying to give them the benefit of the doubt.

@mimi

Did you take the DJ’s response to mean he is doing a cover song for a TV show or 2 songs: a song for a TV show and a cover?

Yeah THIS. The way I read it, they are 2 separate things.
I think (hope) Kris was editing Let It Rain for the boot song for AI S9, and since he is a busy guy, he also used the studio time to record a cool cover song.

I’m really greedy concerning Kris.

Kanadie, THANK YOU for the email links!!!!! I have just emailed all of them letting them know how disappointed I am with their decision to cancel Adam. I urge everyone to do the same.

The Tampa Jingle Ball is in the same arena that the Idol concert was. But instead of the stage at the end of the hockey arena like a usual concert, it’s set up in the middle (center ice?) and faces one half of the arena. I’d say looking at the seating map, it might hold 6-8K for this event?

Maybe you have to be a Carrie Underwood caliber to get interviewed and then sing. Carrie got both recently at Conan and J. Kimmel.
But since she did not get interviewed on Letterman, nor did Kelly C there; maybe it is a West Coast / East Coast thing also ?

Carrie got interviewed at Conan & Kimmel because she was promoting her holiday variety special at the time. When she was on Letterman it was the week her album came out and she was mainly promoting her album with the only other gig mentioned that week being her cohosting the CMAs.

Once the CMAs were over the focus shifted to promoting her album and the special and the fact that she was promoting a TV special rated interviews for the shows she was performing on. IMO Carrie would be getting interview spots if not for the special.

I’m looking at the mediabase site to see where Danny’s song My Best Days are Ahead of Me is being played the most, and it is just weir. The station that has played it the most times this week is in Salt Lake City — and there is another station in SLC that has played it the 4th most times. Granted, I don’t listen to country music, but that is just odd

Stations with Most Spins in last 5 days for MBDAAOM
KUBL-FM – Salt Lake City 11
WYCD-FM – Detroit 10
WSOC-FM- Charlotte 7
KSOP-FM- Salt Lake City 5
WBCT-FM-Grand Rapids 3

Does this seem odd to anyone here who follows country music? Anyone know whether SLC is a big country music market?

Michael’s new single just debuted on Ryan Seacrest’s website

Link:

http://www.ryanseacrest.com/blog/whats-happening/idol-alum-michael-sarver-releases-debut-single-you-are/

My reaction: Didn’t like it. But good for him at getting a record deal and a single. Wish him luck.

huh. FYE is not in top 10 of HDD. Galmberts worship of RCA and 19 is over. Expect new phase – RCA and 19 suck. It is coming.

Michael’s new single just debuted on Ryan Seacrest’s website

Link:

http://www.ryanseacrest.com/blog/whats-happening/idol-alum-michael-sarver-releases-debut-single-you-are/

I had second hand embarrassment just listening to that. Sounds dated and cheesy.

But good luck with it anyway, Sarver. Seriously. He seems nice enough, and he’s got kids to feed. Go Sarver!

Speaking of HDD and Adam, I think this is the first week he makes the Vibe Raters. Sorry if this has been posted, but here’s what they say

Huge buzz on Idol runner up as LP debuts #3 nationally! New track seeing immediate love from Top 40 and Hot Adult. Early adopters: Z100, KIIS, KHKS, KZZP, KHTS, KDWB, WFLZ, WPLJ, KYKY, much more. Ellen 12/1, Barbara Walters’ ’10 Most Fascinating’  12/9, Conan 12/14, Kimmel 12/17. Huge AMA performance. ‘For Your Ent.’  added MTV, MTV Hits. Mgmt: Simon Fuller & Iain Pirie/19 Ent.

Fuller is listed, he wasn’t for Kris, right? I hope Allison can make this list next week.
And both The Script and GRO are listed there too, and in their little blurbs it says they’re on tour with Cook, which I think it’s cool.

And that Michael song is horrible. I thought Danny’s was cheesy and bad, but that one beats it. ewww

Michael’s new single just debuted on Ryan Seacrest’s website

Link:

http://www.ryanseacrest.com/blog/whats-happening/idol-alum-michael-sarver-releases-debut-single-you-are/

I liked it! The melody is pretty and the lyrics are nice too…its much better than Danny’s single IMHO

Michael’s new single just debuted on Ryan Seacrest’s website

Link:

http://www.ryanseacrest.com/blog/whats-happening/idol-alum-michael-sarver-releases-debut-single-you-are/

it might be popular but for me it is ordinary. Michael has a pretty voice but it’s not a standout for me

In case anyone is wondering, FYE is definitely not dead on NYC radio. It is still in rotation at WPLJ and was played about an hour ago. WWFM is also in rotation there. I’m glad because, frankly, I love it. I really do. I actually just rewatched the FYE performance from AMA and it certainly wasn’t his best, but still had some great moments, like the opening and the final vocal run, which nobody ever talks about. And the video is awesome – just incredible I think.

Leome

Actually Simon Fuller IS listed for Kris. If I could get on the HDD archive for vibe-raters I could show you that for Kris’ management it reads: Simon Fuller/Sterling McIlwaine

I read the Simon interview. Simon says:

I love Christina Aguilera, I think she’s incredible.

That’s so heartwarming! I love it that he’s acknowledging her even though she’s been out of the spotlight for a while and some think she’s not current anymore. He always brings up Christina when asked about favorite artists/songs, consistently, and while he mostly mentions other artists as “she’s been so successful” or “he’s so fun”, he is effusive in praising Christina every time. I think she may be his favorite singer. We have something in common, because she’s also mine. ^_____^

That was a happy moment in the past few stressful days (in real life as well as online).

I haven’t seen much posts on Allison’s radio interviews – so if you’re inclined to listen to them, there’s a whole bunch collected here.

I’m looking at the mediabase site to see where Danny’s song My Best Days are Ahead of Me is being played the most, and it is just weir. The station that has played it the most times this week is in Salt Lake City ‘” and there is another station in SLC that has played it the 4th most times. Granted, I don’t listen to country music, but that is just odd

Stations with Most Spins in last 5 days for MBDAAOM
KUBL-FM ‘“ Salt Lake City 11
WYCD-FM ‘“ Detroit 10
WSOC-FM- Charlotte 7
KSOP-FM- Salt Lake City 5
WBCT-FM-Grand Rapids 3

Does this seem odd to anyone here who follows country music? Anyone know whether SLC is a big country music market?

I don’t know whether Salt Lake City is a big country music market, but country music is played all over the country. So I don’t think that it’s surprising that Salt Lake City or Detroit plays Danny’s song a lot. Country music does get played a lot at different places across the country.

Plus Danny did visit at least one of the stations in Salt Lake City on his radio tour, and he visited the Detroit station that has added his song, and plays it a lot. ‘

Other stations he has visited have also played his song including a station in Raleigh today, where he is performing tonight. I think that the radio tour is definitely helping Danny. I am glad that Danny is getting airplay regardless of where it is at.

I saw that he went back up to #72 and is still holding steady at that spot. I am looking forward to seeing him move up higher on the chart. I think that he will move up the chart significantly once his song goes for adds, on December 14 and becomes available for purchase.

People in Chicago just ran into Kris on the street:

Elle_Higgins
# Lol ran into kris, jesus, and andrew on the sidewalk. Chatted for a moment. He is rad and presh and ahhhh 8 minutes ago from UberTwitter

King_Styles
# Met Kris on the street!!! 8 minutes ago from mobile web

waylluy
# Lol @krisallen and band just walked by. He smiled and waved back. 8 minutes ago from txt

BTW, from the sound check reports, he’s going to be doing his Heartless/Gangstas Paradise mashup at tonight’s concert

Jeez, a whole bunch MORE people met Kris! Check out all the people tweeting about this!

http://twitter.com/dy7764/kriscago-tweeters

Mgmt: Simon Fuller & Iain Pirie/19 Ent.

This is the combo that’s managing Adam Lambert and David Cook.

Simon Fuller/Sterling McIlwaine

This is the combo that’s managing Chris Daughtry and Kris Allen.

From HDD Rumor Mill The only Idol still up there is Carrie, and I’m sure she’ll remain after her Christmas special:

YOUR WEAKEND CHART PREVIEW: Heading into the weekend, we’re expecting a squeaker between Susan Boyle and Andrea Bocelli for next week’s #1 album (never thought we’d ever be typing those words). Neither appear to be suffering from a Black Friday hangover, and either could win the race at this point. In fact, it’s now a dead heat. Of the debuts this week, only R. Kelly will be 100k. Here’s a look at the current leader board:
Andrea Bocelli (Decca) 400-425k
Susan Boyle (Columbia) 400-425k
R. Kelly (Jive/JLG debut) 105-115k
Taylor Swift (Big Machine) 100-110k
Lady GaGa The Fame (Interscope) 80-85k
Lady GaGa The Fame Monster (Interscope) 70-75k
Norah Jones (Blue Note/EMI) 65-70k
Twilight Saga: New Moon (Chop Shop/Atlantic) 60-65k
Now 32 (Sony Music) 60-65k
Carrie Underwood (19/Arista Nashville) 60-65k
John Mayer (Columbia) 60-65k
Josh Groban Noel (Reprise) 55-60k
Rihanna (Def Jam/IDJ) 55-60k
Justin Bieber (Island/IDJ) 55-60k

Neither appear to be suffering from a Black Friday hangover…..

Looks like someone’s gonna get hit HARD.

Jeez, a whole bunch MORE people met Kris! Check out all the people tweeting about this!

http://twitter.com/dy7764/kriscago-tweeters

Can you just imagine walking down the street and you pass Kris. And you just say “hi” to him. It would be so crazy!

Oh, that Sarver song He lost me at, “you’re the kerosene that lights my fire.” But he seems like such a nice guy.

It is really strange that WWFM never cracked the top 100 in Itunes. He did some TV performances of it. And it seems like they had no effect on anything.

Apparently, David Archuleta is still doing this kind of thing to this day. He was singing to some old folks at a retirement home just an hour ago according to the tweets below. Such a charitable heart David has.

tammy_m: David Archuleta is about to sing at my grandma’s assisted living center, 15 feet from me!!!

tammy_m: I can’t wait to see how adorable he is in person. What a sweetheart for singing here, right? No TV cameras or press. Top secret.

tammy_m: Guys, I just shook David Archuleta’s hand!! I might never wash it again’ ¦

Thanks Ozarka for this ‘“ one reason I admire Archie besides his enormous talent. I love this kind of news ‘“ and Archie have lots of news like this.

thanks again. enjoyed reading it.

http://www.ryanseacrest.com/blog/whats-happening/idol-alum-michael-sarver-releases-debut-single-you-are/

Hmm. That was pretty… just didn’t stand out at all? I wish him good luck, though, he seems like a sweetie. Is that song a country-targeted song or Christian radio? It sounds more Christian radio to me.

This is cool
“@WearYourMusic: David Cook bracelets sold out in ONE DAY! http://bit.ly/6wgoT4 ”
Wear Your Music is a company that sells bracelets made from musicians’ guitar strings… money from sales of David’s bracelets went to ABC2, the organization that funds brain cancer research.

OMG so many headlines today! I don’t even think I can bring myself to dig into them this late at night!

Josh Groban Noel (Reprise) 55-60k
Rihanna (Def Jam/IDJ) 55-60k
Justin Bieber (Island/IDJ) 55-60k

If Adam isn’t even there…yikes! I was actually thinking he could have an 80% drop from last to this week and those kinds of numbers would indicate that. So he’ll make maybe 40K…maybe. Yowza. Very TfM like and exactly what I expected.

So, sadly, not wholly surprising to me. The media attention for Adam has been so much about the other crap, and not the music and while WWFM had lots of adds…they were THIS week and the spins of it are still in their nascent stage. So Adam is not getting his music out and that might still be a while to do so. And yeah, he NEEDS to do that.

Well Kris definitely had the better drop from his first week to second week in terms of percentage of drop. So good! That being said and LLWD spins aside, where is his album this week? Is LLWD being able to buoy that?

That with Allison’s first week of sales…okay den S8.

David Archuleta’s concert tonight in Idaho is sold out! According to FansofDavid, the Hart Auditorium has a seating capacity of 3471.

A friend of mine who lives up there said she couldn’t get tickets because they sold out in 7 minutes.

This is cool
‘@WearYourMusic: David Cook bracelets sold out in ONE DAY! http://bit.ly/6wgoT4 ‘ 
Wear Your Music is a company that sells bracelets made from musicians’ guitar strings’ ¦ money from sales of David’s bracelets went to ABC2, the organization that funds brain cancer research.

That ABC2 must really be close to his heart. Jeez that is awesome.

As long as Adam has a single moving in the right direction (and not at a snails pace) I am fine with wherever his album ends up this week. The key is getting a top 40 song, and this is the most confident I have ever felt about that. Now if only Chicago would start playing it.

Adam tweeted

#Hey friends! I will be performing and hanging w the ladies of ABC’s The View Thursday the 10th! 36 minutes ago from Echofon

So, what happened here? The View is on ABC. Did Barbara pull some strings?

Anyone have any clue why Allison’s best charting song on iTunes is “Scars”? Has she even performed this anywhere?

girlygirl
“Anyone have any clue why Allison’s best charting song on iTunes is ‘Scars’ ? Has she even performed this anywhere?”

girlygirl, I though mj posted a video of “Scars” not too long ago. May be not a vid but just the song and it’s the best song on the album for me anyway.

But Adam;s appearance on The View will be pre-recorded, no live.

Not sure I believe the “scheduling conflict” — he would be in NY on the 10th anyway, probably, since he’s emceeing the JingleBall on the 11th and wouldn’t fly across the country on the 11th, I wouldn’t think.

But whatever…

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/showtracker/2009/12/adam-lambert-to-appear-on-the-view-next-thursday.html

Anyone have any clue why Allison’s best charting song on iTunes is ‘Scars’ ? Has she even performed this anywhere?

Because it and Holiday are the two best songs of the album? Really, this might be a case where not just promotion, but people just buying what they like, is in effect. Plus much as I love Holiday, it’s harder, Scars appeals to a wider audience.

lovemymatthew – More tweets you might enjoy from the lady at the nursing home when Archie was there.

OK, here’s what he sang: The Christmas Song, Mary Did You Know?, then he had a sweet older guy come up and sing Silent Night with him.

Then a lady requested that he sing I’ll Be Home for Christmas. I honestly started to cry at the end, it was so beautiful and sweet of him.

I got several videos of him singing, I’m uploading them to vimeo now and I’ll post when they’re there.

I told him my grandma’s name was Elinor, and he was like, “Oh, like the song!” and sang a few lines of Eleanor Rigby (Beatles) to her.

He’s so genuinely nice: after shaking everyone’s hand on the 1st row, he brushed off security and went down the other rows.

And asked everyone’s name, told every old lady he liked their Christmas sweater! They didn’t know who he was before; now they love him.

http://twitpic.com/s5gew – David Archuleta, close up!

http://twitpic.com/s5i9v – Another closeup. I still can’t believe this happened! Btw, he said he didn’t want to take the coat off b/c it was cold and he didn’t want to get sick before his performance tonight.

Ozarka, thanks so much.

@WearYourMusic: David Cook bracelets sold out in ONE DAY! http://bit.ly/6wgoT4 ‘ 

That is really cool.

girlygirl
12/04/2009 at 10:23 pm

But Adam;s appearance on The View will be pre-recorded, no live.

Not sure I believe the ‘scheduling conflict’  ‘” he would be in NY on the 10th anyway, probably, since he’s emceeing the JingleBall on the 11th and wouldn’t fly across the country on the 11th, I wouldn’t think.

But whatever’ ¦

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/showtracker/2009/12/adam-lambert-to-appear-on-the-view-next-thursday.html

girlygirl, Larry Ling Live’s primary studio is in Los Angeles as Larry King lives near L. A. Occasionally it is shown out of the NYC studio when Larry King is on vacation and the guest host is in NYC or Washington, DC

WOW!! An 80% drop in sales the 2d week is BAD. That is exactly what they don’t like to see from Idols. There has been lots of news about Adam but all of it involves controversy and nothing is being said about his music. I cannot imagine that this is the way Adam and RCA wanted things to play out. Yes the first week sales were good but a 70 to 80% drop definately is NOT. I am not surprised at all that Allison is not expected to sell more than 30,000. She has no hit on the radio and doesn’t have a large AI fanbase. I can tell you that a couple of months ago I would not have predicted this for these three. What happened to the Adam storm?

A 70% or more drop looks likely at this point. The third week is actually even more important. If the album shows another big % loss, it’s in serious trouble. If it can maintain sales or even improve, a much better prognosis obviously.

I was never a fan of Michael on AI…in fact he irritated me most of the time!! But I gotta say I really like his new single.

As long as Adam can get a single moving into the Top 40, he will be just fine. He has big promotion coming up in the next couple weeks, I think the album is fine. No worries.

As long as Adam can get a single moving into the Top 40, he will be just fine. He has big promotion coming up in the next couple weeks, I think the album is fine. No worries.

Yup!! Week 2 doesn’t mean one’s career is either made or over. lol

WWFM is doing A LOT better than FYE and has a lot of potential. Adam had really good first week sales. Now that he’s singing his song and doing more positive type interviews, more album units will follow. His drop doesn’t seem that far off from some of the established artists like Leona Lewis, John Mayor, egc.

Adam is also coming off huge presales and Black Friday. With no big charting single at the moment, obviously week 2 was going to drop hard. Give it a couple more weeks. I feel really good right now (finally!) about the direction things are headed.

I remember Simon saying when Carrie was on Idol that she would go on sell more records than anyone else from Idol. He sure was right about that. She’s good, but it’s also her genre. Those country folks don’t mind plunking down their cold hard cash and actually buying the music. Well, she’s not my favorite, but good on her. She’s at the top of the Idol heap, made 14 mil last year, not too shabby.

I saw Sarver, Gina, Alexis and David Hernadez tonight in the AI Holiday Tour. I was planning on wrting a recap for MJ, but I can’t download any of my photos because I left my camera bag at the venue and now . . .its gone. Have the camera just not the card reader or the charger!

Oh well. Michael says he is very familiar with this site and planned to look for my recap so I guess he reads MJ’s. Gina does too, she told Alexis that is was a “huge, huge, Idol blog,” when Alexis asked what it was. David wasn’t part of this discussion.

Alexis says to tell everyone “Hi” and “Merry Christmas” and for all of her fans to “come see us” on the tour. They did a good job. I will try to send MJ a recap.

Michael looked a little sad when we were talking about the blog. I hope that doesn’t mean he has been hurt by anything he has read here. He was so excited to tell everyone his song debuted nationally on ryanseacrest.com.

They all did very well. It is a good holiday show. They are driving seven hours tonight to their next stop.

Michael looked a little sad when we were talking about the blog. I hope that doesn’t mean he has been hurt by anything he has read here. He was so excited to tell everyone his song debuted nationally on ryanseacrest.com.

If an Idol is that sensitive, they shouldn’t be reading *shrug*. He also might be upset that I never got around to writing up the interview I did with him on the Idol tour. Oops. I hope he didn’t spend that much time looking for it.

If you want to write a little something up, send it to me at mjsbigblog at gmail dot com and I’ll post it!

MJ. I didn’t mean to imply anything was wrong here. I just was struck by the look on his face. I didn’t ask him about it so I could be totally reading something that wasn’t there. I thought it was great that they were familiar with your site. Gina sounded like a fan.

Kanadie, THANK YOU for the email links!!!!! I have just emailed all of them letting them know how disappointed I am with their decision to cancel Adam. I urge everyone to do the same.

NO CALL TO ARMS ON THE BLOG! Organizing email campaigns belongs on your fan forums. If you haven’t read my guidelines yet, please do.

http://mjsbigblog.com/?page_id=1172

Gina sounded like a fan.

I met gina! She’s a sweetie.

I was away for a week, did I miss the Adam storm?

I was away for a week, did I miss the Adam storm?

It seemed like the storm made mud, and lo! there was mud wrestling.
It was messy, but fun to watch

Meanwhile Kris went to Disneyland.

And Allison just rocks.

It seemed like the storm made mud, and lo! there was mud wrestling.
It was messy, but fun to watch

Meanwhile Kris went to Disneyland.

And Allison just rocks

Wonderings, I think that’s the perfect summary for the week! (Okay, maybe add that David Cook finished the never-ending tour and went off to write DCTR2 in NYC. LOL)

Oh wait, Kris didn’t just go to Disneyland/world whatever, but he rocked it while there!!!

Michael and Alexis, you’re awesome, btw! I hope/wish the best for both of you!

so, to summarize-

there was Adam Mud Storm, Kris Drizzle, and Allison went up like a Rock Balloons? Must have been an exciting week?

Glee – Sectionals Preview Scene:

Preview

If anyone is interested this is the latest on Kradam concert. New York is ahead.

1) New York City metro area 4,042

2) Little Rock metro area 3,567

3) Los Angeles metro area 1,445 people

Glee ‘“ Sectionals Preview Scene:

Preview

This is the last episode before the big break, yes? Looks kind of interesting. I’m pleased at some of the movement in the stories. Or maybe just really relieved that the fake baby story ended.