Kelly Clarkson’s “Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You)” Reaches #1 on Billboard’s Hot 100
Season 1 winner Kelly Clarkson is on a roll, fresh off her stunning performance of The National Anthem at Super Bowl XLVI, Kelly's current single "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)" reached #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 Chart. This mark's Kelly's 3rd #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 after 2002's "A Moment Like This" and 2009's "My Life Would Suck Without You." The single also remains #1 for the second straight week on Billboard's Digital Songs Chart.
On Sunday, Kelly is performing her single "Don't You Wa...
Happy Birthday, Ryan Starr!
Season 1 finalist Ryan Starr celebrates her birthday today. She was just 19 when she appeared on American Idol's first season as the California girl who liked rock 'n roll and had a knack for fashion design.
Since her time on Idol, Ryan released a single called "My Religion" in September 2004. The track, which Ryan co-wrote, performed very well, reaching number one on the US Billboard Hot Digital Songs chart. As a result, she was in the 2005 edition of the Guinness Book of World Records be...
Scotty McCreery’s Next Single
Reigning American IdolScotty McCreery will release his second single, "The Trouble With Girls," tomorrow (Tuesday, August 30) via radio. Via Twitter, Scotty said, "Listen for it, request it, and let me know what you think."
Scotty's debut single, "I Love You This Big," was his American Idol corronation song and was recently certified Gold by the RIAA. This past week, ILYTB landed on five Billboard charts: Hot 100, Country Songs, Radio Songs, Digital Songs, and Ringtones. Scotty's debut album, Cl...
Idol Round-Up
Some of your favorite American Idol alumni are in the news. Take a look at the latest chart, music, and performance news.
CHART NEWS
Carrie Underwood has made the #11 spot on Rolling Stone magazine's Queen of Pop Index.The Queen of Pop Index ranks solo female artists based on album and digital song sales, Hot 100 rankings, radio airplay, YouTube views, social media, concert grosses, industry awards and critics' ratings. Carrie's latest single with Brad Paisley, "Remind Me," leaps from #21 to #17...
Lauren Alaina’s Post-Idol Success
American Idol runner-up and Mercury Nashville/19 Recordings/Interscope artist Lauren Alaina is receiving tremendous support from fans and country radio alike for her first recordings, which hit No. 9 on the Billboard Digital Albums and Country Albums charts and No. 11 on the Digital Songs chart in last week's chart debut.
"Like My Mother Does," which was sent to radio after she performed it on American Idol on May 24, debuted at No. 11 on the Digital Songs chart and No. 20 on the Hot 100 chart f...
Scotty’s Single Gives Idol 300th No. 1
He's only been the American Idol for a week, but Scotty McCreery has his first #1 single on the Billboard charts. Scotty's Idol anthem and debut single, "I Love You This Big," reached #1 in its first week on the Country Digital Songs chart. This became the 300th #1 song on the Billboard charts by an Idol alumnus.
In addition, Season 10's top girl, Lauren Alaina, had success on the Billboard charts this week with her debut single, "Like My Mother Does."
Just counting the Idol finalists, 54 have l...
New Billboard #1s from Kelly, Fantasia, JHud, and Carrie
Four of American Idol's top women had new #1 hits on the Billboard chat this week.
American Idol Kelly Clarkson has a new #1. Her single, "Don't You Wanna Stay," with Jason Aldean reached #1 on the Hot Country Songs Recurrents chart.Kelly is the Idol with the most #1 hits at 60. Season 3's American Idol, Fantasia, has two new #1's!Her single, "I'm Doing Me," reached #1 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Recurrents chart and the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay Recurrents chart. Billboard charts are either ba...
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