Happy Birthday, Lauren Alaina!
Season 10's top girl, Lauren Alaina, turns 17 years old today, and what a year the teen has had! We first met Lauren when she wowed the judges in Nashville with "Like We Never Loved At All" and "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing." The judges instantly connected with Lauren, who was only 15 at the time!
Throughout her time on Idol, Lauren stuck to her country roots, performing songs by Reba McEntire, Shania Twain, and her Idol, Carrie Underwood. Fans voted for Lauren in droves, and she was sent to the...
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...
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...
‘Idol’ Winner Scotty McCreery Aiming For Hot 100′s Top 10
Now that "American Idol" has crowned 17-year old Scotty McCreery as its latest winner, how is his coronation single, "I Love You This Big," selling?...
Jennifer Hudson’s Sophomore Album is Now Available
Season 3 Idol finalist, Jennifer Husdon, released her sophomore album, I Remember Me, is in stores and online today! The highly anticipated follow up to her self-titled album, I Remember Me features the hit single "Where You At" as well "Angel" and "I Got This." The album is already getting rave reviews from EW, 4 stars from NY Daily News and 3 1/2 stars from USA Today.
"Where You At" reached the #1 spot on the Bubbling Under the Hot 100 Billboard chart two weeks ago. Jennifer Hudson returns to ...