Happy Birthday, Paige Miles!
Season 9s Paige Miles celebrates her quarter-century birthday today! After the preschool teacher made it to the Top 24 of American Idol, she kicked off the live performances with Frees All Right Now. The judges were fans of Paige and this performance, and Simon Cowell said, Out of all the girls, you have the best voice. She returned the following week and put her all into Kelly Clarksons Walk Away, and unfortunately she strained her vocal chords and had severe laryngitis throughout the rest of t...
Idol Round-Up
American Idol winner Fantasias newest album, Back To Me, sold nearly 117,000 entering her on The Billboard 200 chart at #2.She was the only Idol alum that made the Billboard chart's Top 40 this week.Carrie Underwood, Adam Lambert, and Chris Daughtry also have albums in the Top 200. In addition, Fantasia's album debuted at #1 on the R&B/Hip-Hop albums chart.The American Idols have now accumulated 279 #1s to date, counting all national, domestic charts compiled by the Billboard Information Gro...
Fantasia’s New Album Tops the Charts
Just one week ago, American Idols third winner, Fantasia, released her third album. Back To Me debuted at #1 on the Billboards R&B Albums Chart and #2 on the Top 200 Albums Chart. With over 117,000 units sold since its August 24th release on J Records, Back To Me marks Fantasias first #1 R&B album and her highest Billboard Top 200 chart ranking.
Leading the way for the albums chart-topping debut is the hit single Bittersweet, which currently claims the #1 position on the Urban Adult Radi...
The Idols to Ring NASDAQ Bell
The American Idol Live! Tour will visit the NASDAQ MarketSite in New York Citys Times Square. In honor of the occasion, the Top 10 Season 9 American Idol finalists (Season 9 winner Lee DeWyze, runner up Crystal Bowersox, Casey James, Michael Lynche, Aaron Kelly, Siobhan Magnus, Tim Urban, Katie Stevens, Andrew Garcia, and Didi Benami) will ring the NASDAQ Closing Bell. The event will take place on Monday, July 19th at 4pm ET at the NASDAQ MarketSite 4 Times Square 43rd & Broadway Broadcast...
Kellie Pickler is Engaged
American Idol sweetheart and Season 5 Finalist Kellie Pickler is engaged to Kyle Jacobs. The two met over 2.5 years ago and songwriter Kyle proposed to Kellie on a Florida Beach on June 15th, her late grandmother Fayes birthday. Kellie told PEOPLE, It turned out to be the most amazing day of my life. My whole world changed. We both feel like we got my grandmother's blessing.
No wedding date has been revealed as of yet, and currently Kellie is busy on tour with the Rascal Flatts. To see when Kel...
Clay Aiken: Tried, True, and Timeless
Clay Aiken recently released his fifth full length studio album, Tried & True. The album includes classic songs performed by the Season 2 runner-up. In an interview about the album, Clay said Tried & True is special to me simply because these are songs that everyone recognizesThese are songs that I grew up listening to and grew up singing, and they are just gorgeous.
Here is the track list for Tried & True:
Cant Take My Eyes Off You
What Kind of Fool Am I? (featuring David Sanborn)
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Happy Birthday, Lisa Tucker!
Little Lisa Tucker is all grown up. The Season 5 singer turned 21 years old on June 13. The Lion King alum was only 16 years old when she appeared on American Idol. While on the show, Lisa found success with songs by Jennifer Holliday, The Jackson 5, and Tiffany Taylor. She made it all the way to tenth place, so she got to spend the summer touring the nation with the rest of the Top 10 Idols, where she impressed fans with her guitar and piano skills.
Since appearing American Idol, Lisa has found...
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