It was just announced that the Supreme Miss American Idol, Season Four winner, Carrie Underwood will be singing the National Anthem at the Super Bowl on Sunday February 7th! She joins Season Six Miss American Idol winner Jordin Sparks and Season Three finalist Jennifer Hudson who have already had this honor. Carrie is sure to do a fantastic job!
Meanwhile, on the Billboard HOT 100 singles chart the Season Eight Miss American Idol winner, Kris Allen, has reached a new peak with his single, Live Like We're Dying, coming in at #25. Also, The Season Eight Miss American Idol 1st runner-up, Adam Lambert, is also seeing some gains as his single, Whataya Want From Me, jumps up to #37.
Switching gears to the reality television world of Season Three Miss American Idol winner, Fantasia, we learned that she is struggling with her record company over the first single to be released from her new album. Fantasia is so firm that her favorite track called Move On Me should be a single, that she is considering switching to a new record company who will see things her way.
We also had the chance to see Fantasia celebrate her 25th birthday with friends and family. Missing from the festivities was her estranged brother who is so self-absorbed in his desire to be a rich and famous recording star that he keeps refusing to patch things up with his sister. In addition, Fantasia has another older brother who has aspirations to be front and center in the singing spotlight. He has been very supportive working all these years as one of Fantasia's back-up singers, but he has announced that he can't take it anymore and he has to take the chance to be a star in his own right.
Both of these brothers seem to have a sense of entitlement at being mega rich superstars and their inability to learn from everything that Fantasia has gone through to maintain her career is evident.
Fantasia For Real on VH1 is continuing to be a very insightful and entertaining glimpse into the world of life after being crowned the Miss American Idol. If you haven't seen it yet, I suggest that you give it a look.
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Sunday, January 24, 2010
Fantasia For REAL!
While there was another week of Season Nine Miss American Idol auditions, the season Three Miss American Idol winner, Fantasia, exposed more of her real life to the world in another episode of her VH1 reality show Fantasia For Real.
These new kids auditioning for season nine could learn a lot by watching Fantasia's show. There's a lot of hard work that has to go into maintaining a career after winning the Miss American Idol crown.
Fantasia really wants to put out another album and have another hit song on the radio, but she and her manager have to debate this with the record company all the time. While waiting for an album to come out Fantasia has decided to keep an income coming in by performing live on stage in the touring production of the musical The Color Purple. It was great to see her work with the director who helped her become an even better live performer and actress.
Rehearsing and performing in the show keeps her away from home and her family. While she's gone, her brother goes way over budget in the renovation of the pool house to a recording studio. This guy with no job has no problem with spending all of his sister's money. Fantasia had to take a stand and ask him to move out. It was a very hard choice, especially when she ended up loving the new recording studio. With family being very important to her, Fantasia now has to deal with the drama of rebuilding her relationship with her brother, even though he still seems to have no interest in getting a job.
These new kids auditioning for season nine could learn a lot by watching Fantasia's show. There's a lot of hard work that has to go into maintaining a career after winning the Miss American Idol crown.
Fantasia really wants to put out another album and have another hit song on the radio, but she and her manager have to debate this with the record company all the time. While waiting for an album to come out Fantasia has decided to keep an income coming in by performing live on stage in the touring production of the musical The Color Purple. It was great to see her work with the director who helped her become an even better live performer and actress.
Rehearsing and performing in the show keeps her away from home and her family. While she's gone, her brother goes way over budget in the renovation of the pool house to a recording studio. This guy with no job has no problem with spending all of his sister's money. Fantasia had to take a stand and ask him to move out. It was a very hard choice, especially when she ended up loving the new recording studio. With family being very important to her, Fantasia now has to deal with the drama of rebuilding her relationship with her brother, even though he still seems to have no interest in getting a job.
Friday, January 15, 2010
Another Season of American Idol
We've survived the first two cities of the Season Nine Miss American Idol auditions in Boston and Atlanta. It looks like we may have already seen a couple of contestants who may make it pretty far in the competition this year!
Until the crowning of the Season Nine Miss American Idol winner here's a look at what's going on with the previous group on this week's Billboard charts. There's actually quite a bit happening:
The Supreme Miss American Idol, Season Four winner Carrie Underwood is still going strong on the Top Albums chart with her latest, Play On, hanging in there at #18.
The Season Five Miss American Idol 1st Runner Up, Katherine McPhee manages to make a ripple on the chart with her album, Unbroken, debuting at #27.
The Season Eight Miss American Idol 1st Runner Up, Adam Lambert is at #40 with his release For Your Entertainment.
The Season Five Miss American Idol 3rd Runner Up, Chris Daughtry is hanging in there at #59 with his sophomore album, Leave This Town.
Finally, holding on for dear life at #97 this week is the self-titled debut album from the Season Eight Miss American Idol winner, Kris Allen.
There's also quite a bit of activity on the Billboard HOT 100 Singles chart this week:
After peaking at #13, the Season One Miss American Idol winner Kelly Clarkson is now at #25 with Already Gone, the third single from her album, All I Ever Wanted.
Despite the weak showing of his album, Kris Allen's single, Live Like We're Dying is at #33 this week after peaking at #30.
The lead single, Cowboy Casanova, from Carrie Underwood's album Play On peaked at #11 and it is at #43 this week.
Chris Daughtry is at #56 with his single Life After You.
The title track from Adam Lambert's For Your Entertainment pretty much fizzled at radio so he is already working the second single, Whataya Want From Me, which is at #65. In fact, all day today VH1 has been playing the video at the top of every hour, so hopefully that will give it a push.
Carrie Underwood is also already working the second single from her album with Temporary Home making it's debut this week at #89.
The premiere episode of Season Three Miss American Idol winner, Fantasia's reality show on VH1, Fantasia For Real was on this week. We got an inside look at how even after winning, it takes a lot of hard work to stay on top. We learned that at only 25, Fantasia is supporting 6 members of her family - and they aren't all that appreciative of her work. Especially her 28 year old brother who would rather go test drive Ferrari's than get a real job. Fantasia seems to have a pretty smart manager who is working closely with her to get a new album and single released so we'll have to wait and see how successful it turns out to be in the next few weeks....
Until the crowning of the Season Nine Miss American Idol winner here's a look at what's going on with the previous group on this week's Billboard charts. There's actually quite a bit happening:
The Supreme Miss American Idol, Season Four winner Carrie Underwood is still going strong on the Top Albums chart with her latest, Play On, hanging in there at #18.
The Season Five Miss American Idol 1st Runner Up, Katherine McPhee manages to make a ripple on the chart with her album, Unbroken, debuting at #27.
The Season Eight Miss American Idol 1st Runner Up, Adam Lambert is at #40 with his release For Your Entertainment.
The Season Five Miss American Idol 3rd Runner Up, Chris Daughtry is hanging in there at #59 with his sophomore album, Leave This Town.
Finally, holding on for dear life at #97 this week is the self-titled debut album from the Season Eight Miss American Idol winner, Kris Allen.
There's also quite a bit of activity on the Billboard HOT 100 Singles chart this week:
After peaking at #13, the Season One Miss American Idol winner Kelly Clarkson is now at #25 with Already Gone, the third single from her album, All I Ever Wanted.
Despite the weak showing of his album, Kris Allen's single, Live Like We're Dying is at #33 this week after peaking at #30.
The lead single, Cowboy Casanova, from Carrie Underwood's album Play On peaked at #11 and it is at #43 this week.
Chris Daughtry is at #56 with his single Life After You.
The title track from Adam Lambert's For Your Entertainment pretty much fizzled at radio so he is already working the second single, Whataya Want From Me, which is at #65. In fact, all day today VH1 has been playing the video at the top of every hour, so hopefully that will give it a push.
Carrie Underwood is also already working the second single from her album with Temporary Home making it's debut this week at #89.
The premiere episode of Season Three Miss American Idol winner, Fantasia's reality show on VH1, Fantasia For Real was on this week. We got an inside look at how even after winning, it takes a lot of hard work to stay on top. We learned that at only 25, Fantasia is supporting 6 members of her family - and they aren't all that appreciative of her work. Especially her 28 year old brother who would rather go test drive Ferrari's than get a real job. Fantasia seems to have a pretty smart manager who is working closely with her to get a new album and single released so we'll have to wait and see how successful it turns out to be in the next few weeks....
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
The People's Choice
The 2010 People's Choice Awards were on tonight and as expected, The Supreme Miss American Idol, Season Four winner Carrie Underwood has added yet another award to her collection. Based on the online voting process Carrie won the award for Favorite Country Artist. She was up against Brad Paisley, Keith Urban, Rascal Flatts and Taylor Swift and managed to come out on the top of the heap!
Season Five Miss American Idol 3rd Runner Up Chris Daughtry was in the category of Favorite Rock Band, but he ended up losing to Paramore. Season Three finalist and Oscar winner Jennifer Hudson was in the category of Favorite R&B Artist but she was up against the biggest superstar of all-time, who of course ended up getting the most votes, Mariah Carey.
And in another instance where there was no competition, in the category for Favorite Competition Show it's no surprise at all that American Idol, still the highest rated show on TV, was clearly the People's Choice and the winner.
As we get closer to the start of the ninth season of American Idol we can look forward to meeting an entirely new group of finalists who will hope to someday be the people's choice. We can look forward to Ellen Degeneres joining as a judge and seeing if any of the music will make an impact on the charts this year. And as a matter of fact, the winner of the People's Choice award for Favorite Talk Show was the Ellen Degeneres Show!
Speaking of having high hopes of having chart impact, Season Five Miss American Idol 1st Runner Up Katherine McPhee is releasing a new album today called Unbroken. In her new video for the single Had It All she's almost unrecognizable from the finalist who stood next to Taylor Hicks when he won the crown as she has dyed her hair blond! Will the music buying public know it's even her? Next week we'll be able to see how well it sells to debut on the Billboard albums chart.
Also coming up this Monday January 11th is the premier of something new and completely different from Season Three Miss American Idol winner Fantasia. She will be starring in her own reality show on VH1. I can't wait to see it and see if she can get some more singles or albums back on the charts as a result of this kind of promotion.
Season Five Miss American Idol 3rd Runner Up Chris Daughtry was in the category of Favorite Rock Band, but he ended up losing to Paramore. Season Three finalist and Oscar winner Jennifer Hudson was in the category of Favorite R&B Artist but she was up against the biggest superstar of all-time, who of course ended up getting the most votes, Mariah Carey.
And in another instance where there was no competition, in the category for Favorite Competition Show it's no surprise at all that American Idol, still the highest rated show on TV, was clearly the People's Choice and the winner.
As we get closer to the start of the ninth season of American Idol we can look forward to meeting an entirely new group of finalists who will hope to someday be the people's choice. We can look forward to Ellen Degeneres joining as a judge and seeing if any of the music will make an impact on the charts this year. And as a matter of fact, the winner of the People's Choice award for Favorite Talk Show was the Ellen Degeneres Show!
Speaking of having high hopes of having chart impact, Season Five Miss American Idol 1st Runner Up Katherine McPhee is releasing a new album today called Unbroken. In her new video for the single Had It All she's almost unrecognizable from the finalist who stood next to Taylor Hicks when he won the crown as she has dyed her hair blond! Will the music buying public know it's even her? Next week we'll be able to see how well it sells to debut on the Billboard albums chart.
Also coming up this Monday January 11th is the premier of something new and completely different from Season Three Miss American Idol winner Fantasia. She will be starring in her own reality show on VH1. I can't wait to see it and see if she can get some more singles or albums back on the charts as a result of this kind of promotion.
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
A Decade of American Idol!!!
Can you believe in 2010 we will be starting the 9th Season of American Idol? Here we are as 2009 comes to an end we also reach the end of the first decade of the 2000's. Billboard has released their ranking of the top artists, songs and albums of the decade and it's no surprise that many of our favorite Miss American Idols showed up on many of the charts.
The #1 song for the entire decade is the huge smash by Mariah Carey that spent 14 weeks on the top of the Billboard HOT 100 singles chart in 2005, We Belong Together. The only single by an Idol finalist to rank along side Mariah on this chart is the Season One Miss American Idol winner, Kelly Clarkson, with her 2005 mega hit Since U Been Gone coming in at #47 for the decade.
Billboard's HOT 100 Artists of the Decade List ranks artists and takes into consideration all of the songs that have charted from 2000-2009. On this chart, Usher comes in at #1 and once again the highest ranking Miss American Idol Finalist is Season One winner Kelly Clarkson coming in at #9 for the decade. Other Miss American Idol finalists making this chart are The Supreme Miss American Idol, Season Four Winner Carrie Underwood at #65, Season Five 3rd runner up Chris Daughtry at #87, and Season Six Winner Jordin Sparks at #91.
When it comes to albums, the Supreme Miss American Idol, Season Four winner Carrie Underwood ended up having the #1 Country Album of the ENTIRE DECADE with her debut release, Some Hearts. This hit-filled, multi-platinum album ends up at #14 on the comprehensive list of top albums of the decade. Also on the top comprehensive albums of the decade list at #29 is the Grammy winning pop album Breakaway from Season One winner Kelly Clarkson. The debut album from Chris Daughtry lands at #48 and the second album from Carrie Underwood, Carnival Ride comes in at #132 for the decade. (Carnival Ride is #26 on the list of Top Country Albums of the decade.) Rounding out the top albums for the decade, we find the debut album, Measure of a Man, from Season Two Miss American Idol 1st Runner Up, Clay Aiken, at #170.
On the Top Albums Artists list which takes into consideration all of the albums that have charted from 2000-2009 Billboard places the Supreme Miss American Idol, Season Four winner Carrie Underwood at #42. Season One Winner Kelly Clarkson is at #50, Season Five 3rd Runner Up Chris Daughtry is at #99 and Season Two 1st Runner Up Clay Aiken is at #120.
What an impressive record of success on the Billboard charts!
Carrie Underwood
Kelly Clarkson
Chris Daughtry
Clay Aiken
Jordin Sparks
The #1 song for the entire decade is the huge smash by Mariah Carey that spent 14 weeks on the top of the Billboard HOT 100 singles chart in 2005, We Belong Together. The only single by an Idol finalist to rank along side Mariah on this chart is the Season One Miss American Idol winner, Kelly Clarkson, with her 2005 mega hit Since U Been Gone coming in at #47 for the decade.
Billboard's HOT 100 Artists of the Decade List ranks artists and takes into consideration all of the songs that have charted from 2000-2009. On this chart, Usher comes in at #1 and once again the highest ranking Miss American Idol Finalist is Season One winner Kelly Clarkson coming in at #9 for the decade. Other Miss American Idol finalists making this chart are The Supreme Miss American Idol, Season Four Winner Carrie Underwood at #65, Season Five 3rd runner up Chris Daughtry at #87, and Season Six Winner Jordin Sparks at #91.
When it comes to albums, the Supreme Miss American Idol, Season Four winner Carrie Underwood ended up having the #1 Country Album of the ENTIRE DECADE with her debut release, Some Hearts. This hit-filled, multi-platinum album ends up at #14 on the comprehensive list of top albums of the decade. Also on the top comprehensive albums of the decade list at #29 is the Grammy winning pop album Breakaway from Season One winner Kelly Clarkson. The debut album from Chris Daughtry lands at #48 and the second album from Carrie Underwood, Carnival Ride comes in at #132 for the decade. (Carnival Ride is #26 on the list of Top Country Albums of the decade.) Rounding out the top albums for the decade, we find the debut album, Measure of a Man, from Season Two Miss American Idol 1st Runner Up, Clay Aiken, at #170.
On the Top Albums Artists list which takes into consideration all of the albums that have charted from 2000-2009 Billboard places the Supreme Miss American Idol, Season Four winner Carrie Underwood at #42. Season One Winner Kelly Clarkson is at #50, Season Five 3rd Runner Up Chris Daughtry is at #99 and Season Two 1st Runner Up Clay Aiken is at #120.
What an impressive record of success on the Billboard charts!
Carrie Underwood
Kelly Clarkson
Chris Daughtry
Clay Aiken
Jordin Sparks
Friday, December 18, 2009
2009 Year End Charts
The #1 album on the Billboard charts for all of 2009 is Fearless by Taylor Swift. None of the Miss American Idol finalists managed to get into the top 10 on the year end albums chart, but it's somewhat of a surprise to see who got closest...
Coming in all the way up at #13 is the debut album from Season Seven Miss American Idol winner, David Cook! Who would have thought that his album that failed to generate any hit singles would end up selling this well and staying on the chart for so many weeks?
Further down at #33 for the year is the fun and hit packed release by Season One Miss American Idol winner, Kelly Clarkson, All I Ever Wanted. The second album by Season Five Miss American Idol 3rd Runner Up Chris Daughtry, Leave This Town, lands at #37 while the debut from Season Seven Miss American Idol 1st Runner Up, David Archuleta, ends up at #59 for the year.
The Supreme Miss American Idol, Season Four winner, Carrie Underwood, places two albums on the year end chart with Carnival Ride still going strong at #60 and her latest release, Play On, coming in at #73 after only a few weeks on the chart during the year.
Rounding out the top 200 albums of 2009, we find Jennifer Hudson's album at #103, Chris Daughtry's first album sticking around at #130, and the album with the super fun hit single, The Best Days of Your Life, Kellie Pickler coming in at #152.
The Top 5 singles for 2009 are only by three artists! The Black Eyed Peas come in at #1 with Boom Boom Pow, Lady Gaga takes both #2 and #3 with Poker Face and Just Dance and then the Black Eyed Peas return at #4 with I Gotta Feeling. Taylor Swift manages to squeeze in at #5 with Love Story.
The American Idol finalist who makes the highest showing on the year end singles chart is Season One Miss American Idol winner Kelly Clarkson at #23 with her #1 smash My Life Would Suck Without You.
Also landing in the top 100 songs of the year is Season Six Miss American Idol winner Jordin Sparks at #57 with Battlefield, Chris Daughtry at #63 with No Surprise and then Kelly Clarkson comes back at #91 and #95 with her follow up singles, I Do Not Hook Up and Already Gone.
With all of this Miss American Idol success on the albums and singles charts, they also did very well on the Billboard 2009 Top Artists of the Year chart: #14 - Kelly Clarkson, #33 - David Cook, #35 - Carrie Underwood and #37 - Daughtry.
Coming in all the way up at #13 is the debut album from Season Seven Miss American Idol winner, David Cook! Who would have thought that his album that failed to generate any hit singles would end up selling this well and staying on the chart for so many weeks?
Further down at #33 for the year is the fun and hit packed release by Season One Miss American Idol winner, Kelly Clarkson, All I Ever Wanted. The second album by Season Five Miss American Idol 3rd Runner Up Chris Daughtry, Leave This Town, lands at #37 while the debut from Season Seven Miss American Idol 1st Runner Up, David Archuleta, ends up at #59 for the year.
The Supreme Miss American Idol, Season Four winner, Carrie Underwood, places two albums on the year end chart with Carnival Ride still going strong at #60 and her latest release, Play On, coming in at #73 after only a few weeks on the chart during the year.
Rounding out the top 200 albums of 2009, we find Jennifer Hudson's album at #103, Chris Daughtry's first album sticking around at #130, and the album with the super fun hit single, The Best Days of Your Life, Kellie Pickler coming in at #152.
The Top 5 singles for 2009 are only by three artists! The Black Eyed Peas come in at #1 with Boom Boom Pow, Lady Gaga takes both #2 and #3 with Poker Face and Just Dance and then the Black Eyed Peas return at #4 with I Gotta Feeling. Taylor Swift manages to squeeze in at #5 with Love Story.
The American Idol finalist who makes the highest showing on the year end singles chart is Season One Miss American Idol winner Kelly Clarkson at #23 with her #1 smash My Life Would Suck Without You.
Also landing in the top 100 songs of the year is Season Six Miss American Idol winner Jordin Sparks at #57 with Battlefield, Chris Daughtry at #63 with No Surprise and then Kelly Clarkson comes back at #91 and #95 with her follow up singles, I Do Not Hook Up and Already Gone.
With all of this Miss American Idol success on the albums and singles charts, they also did very well on the Billboard 2009 Top Artists of the Year chart: #14 - Kelly Clarkson, #33 - David Cook, #35 - Carrie Underwood and #37 - Daughtry.
Thursday, December 17, 2009
SUPREME Miss American Idol....
It's official American Idol Fans!!!
Season Four Miss American Idol winner, Carrie Underwood, is indisputably the Supreme Miss American Idol!
She has won 4 Grammys including the honor of 2006 Best New Artist and she is the 2009 ACM Entertainer of the Year.
But with regard to overall sales, Carrie was just a little bit behind the Season One Miss American Idol winner, Kelly Clarkson.....until now...
Kelly is holding steady at 10.4 million in sales of her four albums: Thankful, Breakaway, My December and All I Ever wanted.
With just three albums released: Some Hearts, Carnival Ride and her latest, Play On (which is still in the top 10 this week selling over 100,000 more copies) Carrie Underwood now has total sales over 10.7 million!
So it's official. She really is the indisputable SUPREME Miss American Idol!
Carrie Underwood!
Season Four Miss American Idol winner, Carrie Underwood, is indisputably the Supreme Miss American Idol!
She has won 4 Grammys including the honor of 2006 Best New Artist and she is the 2009 ACM Entertainer of the Year.
But with regard to overall sales, Carrie was just a little bit behind the Season One Miss American Idol winner, Kelly Clarkson.....until now...
Kelly is holding steady at 10.4 million in sales of her four albums: Thankful, Breakaway, My December and All I Ever wanted.
With just three albums released: Some Hearts, Carnival Ride and her latest, Play On (which is still in the top 10 this week selling over 100,000 more copies) Carrie Underwood now has total sales over 10.7 million!
So it's official. She really is the indisputable SUPREME Miss American Idol!
Carrie Underwood!
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