Reader, VegasDee, sent me an interesting little tidbit she found on the net:
I got an email from Andrew Hey (BS ‘06) who’s working as an engineer at Underdog Entertainment in LA. Andrew says ” I’ve been working like crazy on all sorts of stuff”. He sent me a list that reads like a who’s who of contemporary R & B: Jordin Sparks, Chris Brown, Toni Braxton, David Archuletta, Elliot Yamin, Jojo , Brandy, and Jennifer Hudson.
Hm. The Underdogs are working with David Archuleta (as well as a few other Idols like Elliott Yamin, Jennifer Hudson and Jordin Sparks)… Archie also has songwriter Kara DioGuardi, who has written song songs for Taylor Hicks and Kelly Clarkson, penning songs for him (as well as Cook). David has been busy writing his own songs too, as he tells a reporter for the Salt Lake Tribune that he stayed in and worked on his songwriting during a recent vacation to Lake Powell. Hard working guy!
According to Amazon, David’s CD is scheduled to be released on November 4. I have a feeling the date is random. Release dates are subject to change, and they almost always do…
Lastly, David asks the teens out there, in a recent blog post–well actually, it sounds like a request from his people–to please vote for him in the Teen Choice Awards.
His category? Most fanatic fans…
The awards will be presented on FOX, August 4, 8 pm.
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sherryw, I understand what you mean and I really don’t know how I feel about it because I like both Davids exactly the same. I thought Archie may be treated special because he was extremely popular and probably got as many votes as previous winners but that doesn’t explain why Kristy is first. *shrugs* Basically, I think we should just enjoy all the music and personalites that we would never have known about it if it wasn’t for this show and not worry about the details. We can’t change it so I don’t want to cloud my happiness.
CRUSH - How perfect is that! August 12, is not that far away. BTW, I think despite his repeated *I’m too young* comments, he’s a little wistful about not having a girlfriend. Quote from Fox News Entertainment, yesterday (sorry if it’s been up before) - Find a crush Archie - go boy, go!
Here you go MJ, http://studio5.ksl.com/?nid=71&sid=3740610
I’m more excited about him singing Crazy than I am about the single. LOL
http://media.myfoxutah.com/archuletatracker/index.html
here’s another appearance. Good day Utah on Monday.
Woah sherryw hold up. I didn’t say I thought he was getting the Taylor treatment and I think it’s REALLY premature to make such a bold statement. It could be something, it could be nothing. Maybe they don’t think Archie is a threat to DC? Maybe this is just how Jive operates? As for Kristy, Pickler also got a very early single. Yes, TOML did very well on the radio and I don’t believe it magically went up the charts. I think there had to be some label support there. It got more summer airplay than most coronation songs and is still getting airplay so he does have some radio presence. I’m not convinced RCA is ready to screw him over and David should start getting lawyers. Very premature to say such a bold thing.
Neither Kristy or Archie releasing first has any bearing on Cookies sales, does it? Every year the fanbases get their hackles up about something. I don’t think Daughtry releasing first, or Clay releasing first had any negative impact on the winners those respective years. Taylor didn’t sell mega units because his cd was less that what his fans wanted. Ruben sold well, not as well as Clay but close to 2 million certainly wasn’t underperforming.
I mean as an Archuleta fan, I could have complained about him not having a single I could purchase after the show. I could have accused tptb of giving him the Guarini treatment. I mean I read about a little disappointment here and there, but not much. I had a wait and see attitude. I had heard from the beginning that he would have a single this summer. I am happy and don’t think it takes away one iota from Cookie’s win. How could it?
ETA; I think there will be a bigger uproar over Archie singing Crazy, than this. Should there be? Nah!
At least Cookie will be wearing his free shoes when they choose the semi to run over him.
I don’t think it’s premature at all. The only seasons where other contestants released before the winner were seasons in which the winner went on to fade into obscurity. And, it’s a damn shame, because Cookie really does have potential and has proven that but he is still getting screwed.
Wonder how poor Jason feels about DA singing “Crazy”? A little unfair to him isn’t it?
One of the perks to WINNING is that your album and/or single should be released FIRST! Basta!
Good for Archie! Sounds like he had a pretty good team behind this one. I hope it turns out to be a good song, since I’m sure I’ll be hearing a lot of it : )
As a Cook fan, I find it slightly annoying that we have release dates for #7 and #2 and not for David’s first single, but I realize that it’s a bit irrational to predict doom for DC’s career because Archie has a single being released in August. As far as I can tell, they’ve both been working equally hard on their albums and there’s no reason not to expect that DC will also have a single well before his album is out. For all we know, DC will have a single released in August, too, and we just don’t know about it yet.
I do hope that DC’s single quickly follows because if Archie’s “Crush” does better than say, Magic Rainbows, (which it probably will, since it is presumably a real, actual song, with real songwriters) things could get ugly!
I cannot help but tire of how DA always has to be in the limelight when in actuality it should be the winner. Just had to say that as I am annoyed right now…I’m sure I won’t be tomorrow but I am now.
Ok, isn’t magic rainbow the single of Cook’s?
There is Kristy who is releasing first. Why not blast her for always in the limelight? It’s not just Archie…
Dave C and Archie are going to have such different types of music so it won’t matter. Dave C is definetly not getting screwed because he has some of the best talent working with him. Taylor’s best songs were the ones he wrote.
I think Jason is probably cool with it. Actually Archie wanted to sing it for the concerts but Jason got it first.
I think you know very well my point.
Wow I’m sorry I posted what I did. I think I’ll back away and take a little break from here because regardless I choose to believe DC will be fine but I guess I’m being silly and naive. Someone should probably tip David off and tell him to get Taylor’s number so they could mourn they’re singing careers together.
I don’t believe we can really know if Jason is okay with this can we?
If Archie got more votes than previous winners then that means that Cookie who actually won, got more votes than previous winners. Neither of them were ever in the bottom two so how is Cook not just as popular, if not more so?
This Is My Now was technically Jordin’s first single as well but that didn’t stop them from releasing Tattoo two months before Blake released anything. And….I said nothing, because she won and deserved the winner’s treatment.
I think I “know.” But Amazon preorder says magic rainbow is featured in Cook’s album, so it is technically a first single for the album. Archie didn’t get a single, as other runner-ups.
In addition, Kristy is the one releasing her album in September. So I think it is a bit unfair to blame Archie on RCA’s delay.
I don’t see how that is unfair to Jason. David wanted to sing “Crazy” on tour but couldn’t because Jason wanted to. David is only singing it one time for his fans who have been unable to see it. I also don’t think that Jason would mind given that he gets to sing the song on tour.
I also don’t think that David releasing a single in August means that 19 is going to screw over Cook. I don’t see that at all. They got him a huge endorsement deal where he will be plastered on billboards. The producers have been raving about how many albums Cook is going to sell.
I also think that just because David didn’t win doesn’t mean that he shouldn’t have a chance to have a successful album.
I don’t understand why Cook fans are complaining that Archie’s single is released before Cook’s. I thought TOML was Cook’s single. It was hell for Archie fans to not be able to listen to any of Archie’s songs after AI and be stuck with TOML. I’m pretty sure Cook’s album is gonna be released before Archie’s. 19E is spending lots of dough on Cook to promote him as well like the Sketchers deal.
I was going to ask if there had been any news of release dates for Cook. If we don’t know the dates of release for his next single and CD, it’s hard to make these comparisons.
As an Archie fan (who really likes Cook too, I might add), I don’t see that he is “always in the limelight.” Archie is getting attention, but Cook is still being treated as the winner and his media coverage seems much more extensive to me.
I know that I am naive, but I think that they are both strong enough to do just fine. In my mind the competition is over and I’m ready to enjoy both of their CDs, no matter whose is released first.
ETA: Again, maybe I’m naive, but I would think Cook would rather take longer to put together an album he really wanted than to throw one together quickly just to “beat” Archie’s release. (And that’s IF his album is released later, which I don’t think it will be.)
I do wish DA the best, he seems to be a really sweet kid…his style of music is far from my taste, but nevertheless he deserves success.
However, I think it is unfair and wrong if indeed DA has a single released before DC…and doubly so if DA’s album is released before DC’s.
Hence why I said think and probably. I’m also basing that on Jason’s laid back demeanor. Also it is not like it is on MTV or something.
Your misunderstanding me. I am not comparing the two Davids popularity against each other, obviously Cook is the more popular or he wouldn’t have won. I’m simply saying that Archie was an extremely popular contestant with a huge talent and potential period. They would be stupid not to do something with it.
A bit of an over-reaction, methinks… While I personally enjoyed the performances of both Davids, their style of music caters to very different demographics. And Kristy Lee Cook is, of course, country. I seriously doubt KLC and DA coming out with singles and albums first will have any impact on DC’s eventual sales. If anything, those releases might serve to increase the anticipation of DC’s own fanbase.
Like blockbuster movies during the summer, as long as the album releases are not too close together, no one will be stealing anyone else’s thunder.
“I do wish DA the best, he seems to be a really sweet kid…his style of music is far from my taste, but nevertheless he deserves success.
However, I think it is unfair and wrong if indeed DA has a single released before DC…and doubly so if DA’s album is released before DC’s.”
Dude Cook fans..Archie fans had to listen to TOML on the radio without anything from Archie..how can you say it’s still unfair to Cook? Trust me, 19E is spending lots and lots of dough trying to promote Cook.
What about Kristy? What about Clay, Kellie and Daughtry?
You get a great career by putting out a good album, not by releasing first.
OMG. This isn’t IDF, it’s not the Scary boards. It isn’t the place to fan wank. I hate that shit. If you want to hand-wring and overreact, if you want to bait the other side, you ain’t doing it here. Go to a fan board.
We have no idea whose single is being released first at this point, and in any case, what does it matter? The Davids are out in the real world now, they aren’t competing against each other any more. They have enough to worry about surviving in this cut throat business than to be worrying about who outsells who and which of this year’s crop releases first.
This is teetering on the edge of a fan war. If it escalates, I close the thread, and I put the instigators in moderation.
I suddenly had a mental image of the two Davids reading this thread and looking at each other like, “what the…?”
Oh shit! We’ve brought out MJ! I guess we all need to chill. However the singles are released and the order really isn’t up to us. We will just have to be content with being excited about buying our faves singles and/or albums when they are released.
I haven’t read the entire thread here yet, but my comment that I made that all of Archie’s fans are teenybopper girls, was not directed at MJ.. it was directed at the general consensus regarding his fanbase. So if that’s really true, all the widespread generalizations that only young 13 year olds are his fans, then his win would be accepted as a true win right? One where I do not expect any negative talk anywhere about how his adult fans voted for him? I hope so. But from the talk I see going on here already, I am thinking not. But what about if Cook wins, then will it be b/c his adult fans “pathetically” voted for him, too?
Any adult who pretends to be a teen to vote in the Teen Choice awards is pathetic, in my opinion, I don’t care who they are voting for.
Whatever ppl..just vote for both Davids. Archies have been busying voting for Cook too and Archie is against some tough competition
I wasn’t above having my two teen daughters vote for DC…and I didn’t even have to bribe them!
Archie and the tough competition - someone put up somes of the people that are this tough competition of his, they said Jonas Brothers, Britney, Miley Cyrus - was that a joke? That is his tough competition? Really????
Miley Cyrus and the Jonas Brothers are INCREDIBLY popular right now amongst young people. Any Idol would be lucky to outsell either of them, particularly Miley.
Yes, it’s very tough competition.
Well considering how massively popular the Jonas Brothers & Miley Cyrus are at the moment…. yes, David Archuleta has some tough competition indeed. I hope his teen fans are voting like crazy for him, but I’m sure they are!!!
And really, I do hope that both Davids win in their category .. it’d be a great day if that happens.. keeping my fingers crossed.
Am I a bad Archie fan if I say that I won’t be too upset if he doesn’t win this award? Of course, Hooray for Archie! if he wins, but in light of all of the big things happening for him this summer, this particular award seems rather (for lack of a better word) silly.
I agree lefty. I think it would have been more fun to see Archie present the award to Dave C. Of course TCA couldn’t be sure that Dave would win.
Now THAT I would have loved to see.
just for the sake of accuracy, 19 is MAKING money off the skechers deal, not spending it.
It’s just my personal opinion that David Archuleta has tougher competition against the current teen titans. I don’t remember who David Cook was against except for Brody Jenner.
“Miley Cyrus and the Jonas Brothers are INCREDIBLY popular right now amongst young people.”
I have a 10 year old daughter with a whole lotta friends so that is not news to me. I just didnt think of David A is that category - for the most part on AI he sang ballads that the older set seemed to love too. So, I was thinking of it in that direction. I wouldnt compare him to Cyrus or Jonas brothers in that way - or in the same league as those kids as far as his voice and the types of songs he sings compared to their bubble gum. So, seeing him compared to them struck me funny. I was just skimming thru this, didnt read it all and my daughter was with me and of course caught the names of her favs. But as I went back and read over the rest I see where that statement came from now and that silly award most likely will not go to David A against the likes of the ones mentioned.