Scotty McCreery Sets Records
Reigning American Idol and Mercury Nashville/19 Recordings/Interscope artist Scotty McCreery debuts at No. 1 on theBillboardTop 200 and Top Country Albums charts withClear As Day, making him the youngest male in history to open at the top of the all-genre chart with a debut release. This is also the highest first-week album sales of any solo country artist in 2011.
With first-week sales totaling 196,739, he is the first new country artist this year to debut at No. 1 on theBillboard200. Scotty ha...
Lauren Alaina’s Debut Album is Out Now
Season 10's top girl, Lauren Alaina, released her debut album, Wildflower, on Tuesday. The album is now available on iTunes and Walmart among other outlets. Wildflower consists of 12 tracks, one of which is her Idol coronation song, "Like My Mother Does." She collaborated with Season 4 winner, and her Idol, Carrie Underwood on "Eighteen Inches," and acclaimed country music writer Hillary Lindsey on "Tupelo." Lauren recorded the album while on the road with the American Idols LIVE! 2011 Tour.
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Kelly Clarkson Tops the Charts
Season 1 American Idol Kelly Clarkson'snew single, "Mr. Know It All," came in atnumber onefor the first week on the Hot Singles Sales chart.Billboard charts are either based on sales, airplay, or a combination of salesand airplay. The American Idols have now accumulated 309 #1s to date, counting all national, domestic charts compiled by the Billboard Information Group, and Kelly continues to top the charts!
Kelly Clarkson - 61
Carrie Underwood - 53
Chris Daughtry (Daughtry) - 38
Fantasia - 30
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‘Idol’ finalists’ debut DCs reveal stronger effort from McCreery
share: digg facebook twitter Country music has a successful history, y'all, on the American Idol stage. (See Carrie Underwood, Kellie Pickler, Josh Gracin and Bucky Covington.) It seems like a given. The show's mass appeal is built largely on Midwest loyalty....
Review: "Idol" Scotty McCreery aims for the mushy middle
LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - The path Scotty McCreery would take after being crowned king of "American Idol's" 10th season couldn't have been clearer. Like Carrie Underwood before him, the 17-year-old winner would renounce any pop crossover temptations, record contemporary country with a slightly traditional twist, and declare to his handlers, "Music Row, take the wheel."...
Carrie Underwood Gives Album Update at iHeartRadio Music Fest (Video)
edit@hollywoodreporter.com (Jason Lipshutz) The American Idol alum also talks preparations for the CMA Awards, which she will co-host with Brad Paisley on Nov. 9. read more...
Carrie, Scotty, and Mandisa are Number One
Between September 10th through now, five Idol singles landed at #1 on the Billboard music charts. Season 4's Carrie Underwood is continuing to impact the charts with her duet, "Remind Me," with Brad Paisley. The song landed at #1 on the Hot Country Songs and the Hot Country Songs Detections charts for the week of September 10th. Brad and Carriewill team up once again on November 9th when they co-host "The 45th Annual CMA Awards" live from Nashville's Bridgestone Arena. This year's show marks the...
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