Idols on the Billboard Decade End Charts

Published on 12/28/2009 in American Idol and Charts. 2 Comments

Last week, I brought you the Idols Billboard 2009 chart, now here’s where the Idols stand on Billboard’s decade-end charts.

American Idol debuted in the summer of 2002, giving its artists plenty of time to make their mark on the decade, and that they did.

  • See the entire chart HERE.

Check out these highlights:

There’s one #1:  Carrie Underwood’s debut album, Some Hearts is the #1 Country Album of the 00’s. It’s the highest-ranking Idol album on the Billboard 200 chart at #14. Carrie is the #10 Country Artist of the decade. “Before He Cheats” is the #14 country song and Carrie is the #13 Top Country Songs Artist.

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X Factor’s Joe McElderry beats Rage Against The Machine for New Years #1

Published on 12/28/2009 in American Idol, Simon Cowell and X Factor. 5 Comments Tags: , .

X Factor winner, Joe McElderry finally got his #1.

via NME.

The X Factor winner Joe McElderry has taken the Number One spot in the UK singles chart for the New Year tonight (December 27).

McElderry comfortably beat last week’s (December 20) chart topper Rage Against The Machine’s ‘Killing In The Name’, which had claimed the Christmas Number One spot thanks to a Facebook campaign against Simon Cowell.

His song ‘The Climb’ has since sold 196,000 copies in the last week, beating ‘Killing In The Name’ by over 130,000.

I’m not surprised the momentum dissipated quickly for the “Killing in the Name of  Love” campaign, once it successfully messed with X Factor’s 4 year Christmas #1 winning streak.  The feat was pretty remarkable for a 17 year old song.

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Jason Castro: Car Chases, Cops and Trailer Parks!

Published on 12/28/2009 in American Idol and Jason Castro. 12 Comments Tags: .

Jason Castro, back home with the family in Texas for the holidays, had quite an adventure last night.

His car was re-ended by a dude who did not stop. Jason took off in hot pursuit of the perp, and with help from the local cops, trapped him in a trailer park.

Jason tells the story, via twitter:

tonight i got rear ended and the person didn’t stop so i chased him and wound up trapping him in a trailer park. crazy annoying.

he lost me in the trailer park. it was a green 90s chevy truck single cab short bed with ground effects. he must live in the neighborhood bc

there’s only one way out of that neighborhood and cops came after me and monitored the exit. so annoying. my little hybrid was too slow!

tonight was kind of fun though… haha you should’ve been there!

for the record i did call the cops… they backed my up like within 2 minutes. they were awesome!

ive also had a sore throat for the last 4 days… all this and its still been an AWESOME WEEK HOME! wouldn’t trade it for anything :)

Er. Sounds a little dangerous!

Jason begins a nationwide tour on January 20th in Jacksonville FL, opening for Matt Hires.  His 5-song EP, The Love Uncompromised EP, drops on January 12.

Idol Headlines for 12/28/09

Published on 12/28/2009 in American Idol and Headlines. 97 Comments

2009 In 60 Seconds: Relive Lady Gaga’s Breakout, ‘New Moon’ Fever, More

At least that’s how MTV News’ Jim Cantiello sees things, and he should know, because he spent the year summing up just about every major event — from the inauguration to “American Idol” and the VMAs — in, you guessed it, 60 seconds or less.

On TV, “Project Runway” crashed, and Jay Leno dropped an atomic bomb on prime time when his five-nights-a-week talker sizzled for a few days and then flopped faster than an “American Pie” sequel. But the big news, of course, was “American Idol,” where new judge Kara DioGuardi didn’t totally ruin the show (but didn’t really add anything either) and sometimes made it run way over schedule. The soft-spoken kid from Arkansas, Kris Allen, won out over season-long favorite Adam Lambert, the flamboyant crooner who has since announced the obvious (he’s gay), shocked middle America at the AMAs (think men on leashes, man-on-man kissing) and beat his rival on the Billboard charts. Oh, and loopy judge Paula Abdul left the show, announcing her departure on — wait for it — Twitter, of course.

MTV.com

Fans ready to see Simon Cowell go

Simon Cowell is leaving “American Idol” — but does anyone really care?

Although Cowell’s departure comes at a critical time for the show — “American Idol” has been steadily losing viewers since it hit its peak in the first weeks of Season 6 in January 2007 — the news, oddly enough, has barely caused a ripple in the online “Idol” universe.

NY Post

Kelly Clarkson tops Christmas week Idol airplay

With holiday music in full swing and radio stations not really making decisions about which songs to add and which songs to drop until next week, there’s not much to read into this week’s American Idol airplay chart. Kelly Clarkson’s Already Gone remains an easy Number One, with nearly triple the airplay of the Number Two song, Kris Allen’s Live Like We’re Dying. (Kelly, by the way, says she recorded a version of I’ll Be Home for Christmas as a present for her mother and she hopes to post it for her fans sometime.) This week, we’ll let the Mediabase airplay numbers speak for themselves.

USA Today

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Season 9 Preview: Moorea Masa

Published on 12/28/2009 in AI Season 9. 12 Comments

This is our continuation of our preview of possible Season 9 contestants. Remember, that the Hollywood round doesn’t occur until January 9th this year. We don’t know how far any of these contestants might go. And since we never see some of the competition round contestants until the competition starts, we might never see some of these people.

Number 9: Moorea Masa
Age: ~17
Hometown: Portland, Oregon
Style: Rock/Blues

Pictures/Myspace/Links after the jump

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Monday Morning Mediabase Update – Dec 20-27

Published on 12/28/2009 in American Idol and Charts. 67 Comments

Christmas is over, but it occured in the last 7 days so it’s still leaving an impression on our credit card bills and our charts. A prime example of this is the Country chart which only has 3 non-Christmas songs (if that) with bullets. One has to look all the way down the chart to the 21st song to get the first bullet of any kind on that chart and it belongs to that unstoppable Carrie Underwood.

Overall, this is a pretty rough week for Idols with everybody just hopping to hang on until the Christmas songs and yearly/decade countdown shows work their way through the system. So, other than Kelly Clarkson continuing to dominate the HAC chart for the lucky-7th week, there isn’t much else to report. Elliott Yamin did vault onto the AC chart to the 40th spot with “This Christmas” and it’s nice to have him back.

Based on the poll we held last week, these airplay rankings are from the last chart of the night on Sunday night.

Here are your Monday Morning Mediabase Updates for airplay as of 10pm of 12/27/09 after the jump.

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Adam Lambert: FOX TV US Promo Featuring “For Your Entertainment”

Published on 12/28/2009 in Adam Lambert and American Idol. 34 Comments

Many of you have seen the promo for FOX Asia. Now, by popular demand, check out the promo for FOX US, featuring the Adam Lambert song,  “For Your Entertainment.”

24, The Simpsons, House, American Idol and more are promoted in the spot.

Sweet promo!

Chris Golightly – More American Idol 9 FOX Promos – Plus “Michelle”

Published on 12/27/2009 in AI Season 9 and American Idol. 44 Comments

UPDATE: I knew that wouldn’t take long! His name is Chris Golightly, but he also calls himself Orphan. Check out his myspace HERE, and a really terrible dance/electronic song HERE. ETA:  He really IS an orphan! (My Space) Cue the music! We’re going to be seeing more of this dude, for sure.

thank you angel78

Check out these new (to me) American Idol 9 commercials, after the jump.

Do any of you spoiler experts recognize the blond curly haired guy singing “Stand By Me” in the first video?

The second video is a quick 15 second deal, but you do get a nice montage of some potential candidates.

ETA: Just added another promo. It’s a two parter. The first half introduces the audience to “Michelle” who loves the show. “But Can She Sing?” flashes across the screen. The second part airs a few commercials later: “Did You Guess Right?” Michelle sings…beautifully. The judges advance her to Hollywood.

More promos: HERE and HERE.

Videos after the JUMP…

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Danny Gokey – National Anthem – Lambeau Field – Green Bay, WI

Published on 12/27/2009 in American Idol and Danny Gokey. 25 Comments Tags: .

Danny Gokey sang the National Anthem before the Green Bay Packers/Seattle Seahawks game today at Lambeau field in Green Bay, WI.

The videographer missed the first part of the song, if I find a clip of the entire anthem, I’ll post it here.

video via CV1966 photo via Fox11

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Kelly Clarkson New Songs! “So Far Apart”, “Last Cup” Plus Covers: Miranda Lambert, Rolling Stones, Dixie Chicks

Published on 12/27/2009 in American Idol and Kelly Clarkson. 9 Comments Tags: .

I’ve got more Kelly Clarkson tunes from the “All I Ever Wanted” tour VIP preshows.

Two more new tunes, “So Far Apart” and “Last Cup”, plus covers from Miranda Lambert, The Rolling Stones, Dixie Chicks and Shane Mack. Enjoy!

Audio courtesy of annechantal1 AnneChantal’s blog.

More new songs from Kelly Clarkson: HERE, HERE, HERE and HERE…

“So Far Apart” NEW SONG

“Last Cup” NEW SONG

“Wild Horses” Rolling Stones Cover

“The House that Built Me”  Miranda Lambert cover

“Let ‘Er Rip”  Dixie Chicks cover

“Wreckage”  Shane Mack cover

Adam Lambert Tweets: Gridlock New Years Eve Will Not Be Televised Plus FOX Promo featuring “For Your Entertainment”

Published on 12/27/2009 in Adam Lambert and American Idol. 163 Comments Tags: .

Adam Lambert tweets the news–his New Years Eve gig, headlining the big Gridlock bash at Paramount studios in LA will not be streamed or televised, despite the rumors.

“unfortunately Gridlocked NYE will NOT be filmed/televised/streamed. It’s a LIVE event only. Hope to see you there!!

So sads.

Ok, now we’re really counting on the peeps who are attending the concert to bring back video!  Adam will be headlining the show, featuring Pamela Anderson as MC, and Kevin Rudolf, Wonderland, Qwes, Dakota Lamas, and Far East Movement as supporting acts.

The party features replicas of Time Square and Rockefeller Center, plus a fireworks display.  Sounds like a little Vegas right in Hollywood.  If you still haven’t got tickets and want to go, there’s more info HERE.

A small consolation:

FOX is using Adam’s “For Your Entertainment” to promote their January schedule. The vid below is a promo for Foxtvasia. I’ll post up the US promo when it becomes available.

Idol Headlines for 12/27/09

Published on 12/27/2009 in American Idol and Headlines. 58 Comments

Linda Holmes: 10 Reasons This Was TV’s Decade

And then Survivor came along, and two summers after that, American Idol. Then a whole variety of branches sprang from the same roots of low cost and high (or respectable) ratings: the competition shows like The Amazing Race and The Apprentice; the home-ec line including Trading Spaces and, increasingly, food shows; the celebrity-voyeur shows like Being Bobby Brown; the job shows like Deadliest Catch; the sappy “transformation” shows like the unsuccessful Extreme Makeover and the wildly successful Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. The list goes on, and most cable channels and networks have found their own niches.

NPR.org

Winner Kris Allen rings in new year on Fox special

As the seconds ticked down on New Year’s Eve 2008, Kris Allen was hosting a party at which someone’s pants caught fire.

Any blowout involving scorched trousers is a memorable one, but the reigning “American Idol” winner has upped the ante with his plans this year.

Allen and fellow “Idol” finalist Allison Iraheta are among the performers singing live from the Las Vegas Strip as part of “Billboard’s New Year’s Eve Live”

Boston Herald

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