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Happy Birthday, Kimberley Locke!
Season 2's top girl, Kimberley Locke, celebrates her birthday today. Although it has been nine seasons since Kimberley was on American Idol, she is still busy making music, working with charities, and more.
To celebrate the holidays, Kimberley released a music video for her cover of "Silver Bells." The single is also available on iTunes. It was just announced that Kim was chosen as the cover model for Daily Venus Diva's January 2012 edition. Over the summer, Kimberley released a new dance EP cal...
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Celebrate the Holidays with New Music and More
Jennifer Hudson's amazing story of dreaming big, winning big, and losing big is captured in her first ever book, "I Got This." This uplifting memoir tells the story of Jennifer's meteoric rise from American Idol to Dreamgirls to her amazing weight loss. "I Got This" will be available January 10th in hardcover, ebook, and audiobook wherever books are sold.
We have new music from two of Season 2's biggest stars. Runner-up Clay Aiken released a new song called "Bring Back My Love." Top girl Kimberl...
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Weekly Scoop: Tis The Season
Tis the season for your favorite Idols to be busy performing at holiday events all over the nation. Be sure to tune in to FOX tonight to see if your votes for Carrie Underwood, Scotty McCreery, and Kelly Clarkson paid off. While you're at it, mark your calendar for January 18, 19, and 22 for the anticipated return of American Idol with the Season 11 premiere! Find out more.
Take a look at what some of the alumni are up to this week:
Monday, December 5
Watch the American Country Awards tonight on...
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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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Happy Birthday, Chikezie!
Season 7's tenth place finalist, Chikezie Eze, turned 26 on September 11th. The former TSA screener at LAX originally auditioned for Season 6 and made it to Hollywood Week. Not one to give up, Chikezie worked hard and came back for Season 7 auditions. The judges were impressed with Chikezie's improvement and he became a Top 24 finalist. While on the show, Chikezie's smooth voice and big smile gave him the votes to make it to the Top 10. As the tenth place finalist, Chikezie was able to join his ...
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Kimberley Locke’s Dance EP
Back in May, Season 2's top girl, Kimberley Locke, posted 3 new songs to her Facebook page allowing fans to vote on their favorite to become her next single. The winning song through this campaign was "Finally Free," but the response to all the songs was so great that she has decided to release all three as a new EP, Four For The Floor. The dance EP also features the other songs included in the campaign, "I Can't Get Enough" and "Sirens," as well as a new version of the previously unreleased tra...
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Happy Birthday, Randy Jackson!
The dawg, Randy Jackson, celebrated his birthday today. Last season, Randy served as the returning judge on American Idol-he's been with the show since it's start! Having worked in the music industry for over two decades, Randy has worked with many of the biggest stars around, from Mariah to Whitney and from *NSYNC to Elton John. Randy got his big break when he joined the band Journey, which he's never too shy to talk about on American Idol!
The Grammy Award-winning producer was the Vice Preside...