Idol News Roundup: David Archuleta, Carrie Underwood, Daughtry and More
- David Archulta has a busy, busy summer ahead of hem. He’s already working on the followup to his 2008 debut album, David Archuleta. Plus, he’s got a Christmas album in the works, and is set to embark on a summer tour with Disney star, Demi Levato. via Hollywood Outbreak.
- Carrie Underwood’s incredible merlot silk taffeta gown she wore during her performance at the 2009 Academy of Country Music Awards will be featured in a special exhibit at the Country Music Hall of Fame beginning June 11. Carrie took home awards for Entertainer of the Year and Top Female Vocalist at the ACM Awards. The exhibit will run through December 31. via Americanidol.com
- Kellie Pickler has been added to the performance lineup for the 2009 CMT Music Awards, and American Idol’s Randy Jackson, will serve as a presenter. The awards show takes place June 16 at 8 p.m. ET/PT at Nashville’s Sommet Center and will be telecast live on CMT and CMT.com. via CMT.
- Hit record producer Tricky Stewart (“Single Ladies”) is currently in talks with Idol judge Simon Cowell to produce a vocal talent search competition. The details are under wraps for now, but will be revealed later this year. via singersroom.
- Rumor has it Australian singer, Kylie Minogue, is planning to work with Idol judges, Paula Abdul and Kara DioGuardi on her next album. Minogue worked with Paula and Kara before, on her hit single “Spinning Around” back in 2000. According to sources, Kylie hopes to record with Paula and Kara while she’s in the US on a mini-tour later this summer. via AngryApe.
- Daughtry is set to perform tonight with Foriegner in Fayettesville AR as part of the weeklong festivities for Wal-mart shareholders and employees leading up to the shareholders meeting on Friday. Still no word on whether Idol winner and fellow Arkansan, Kris Allen will be performing for shareholders–as Idol winners typically do–on Friday. via Arkansas Democrat and Gazette
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Kellys doing a bunch of shows during the summer in the US but the “All I Ever Wanted Tour” will start in the fall and will cover US, Europe, Australia and Asia.
huh, I wonder what Simon is planning heh. Maybe he’s seriously leaving…?
And yeah, David doesn’t like to “do nothing”. He’s like an energizer bunny lol. You can tell he loves every minute of it.
Although David also seems to have Ray on call full time now too. Ray was at the Z100 sponsored concert helping out with soundcheck last week and he was also in Virginia with David for the charity cook off thing he did. So I guess Ray also serves as an assistant/tour manager for David even in those times when Jeff can’t be around. Ray went to the Asian promo tour with David and Jeff stayed home in Utah. David tweeted about this little debate he seemed to have with Ray about the proper spelling/pronunciation of a Japanese word for the cook off. Turns out David was right. lol
In any case, I’m thinking the overblown urban legend of David’s evil stage dad is more entertaining than the boring truth, even a year later.
According to Rickey.org…Archuleta earned 1.3 mil last year. I expected more since that kid worked so hard.
1.3 mil is a lot of money. Taylor Hicks only made 300,000 last year, and that is a lot of money too.
here is a fox 13 vid he did today.. talks about the albums in both interviews(2 in 1 vid)
http://www.fox13now.com/news/seenontv/kstu-video-interview-david-archuleta,0,6958879.worldnowvideo
(bonus, david yelling GOOOOOOOAAAAALLLLLLL, rofl)
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Also here is another article from today(cute pics too hahaha)
http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705308344/David-Archuleta-Already-serving-a-mission.html
“We’re still trying to decide what songs might be best,” he said about the Christmas release. “They’ll probably be my favorite Christmas songs, and we might need to come up with more different approaches.
“The pop album is different, (because) you need to try to find what suits you best,” he said. “I definitely want to get more involved with the writing. But I feel like I have writer’s block 24/7, with little openings. We’ve all got our weaknesses, and that’s mine.”
more at link
That’s great news! Thanks!
Methinks you just have Adam Lambert on the brain and that’s why you drew a comparison somehow. I read that article this morning and never once thought they were trying to invoke some sort of comparison to a guy who wasn’t even mentioned.
The Forbes article reported earnings from record sales only and it covered only a few months–not even the full year. It didn’t include the various tours, the Manila Concert, the tour with Levato or the summer fairs. (He will receive, for instance, $100,000 for the San Diego fair–same as Cook.)
Archie didn’t choose Longer–the producers chose the song for him. He didn’t much care for the choice either–but was told he had to sing it straight instead of using a more contemporary arrangement–which he had already worked out with a friend.
He chose Another Day in Paradise because of clearance problems with other songs. He had already had several other songs turned down by the producers, so it was a last-minute choice. Besides, Besides, he couldn’t have chosen a more recent song–since the format–choosing a song from the year of his birth–would have prohibited such a choice.
And he chose the Beatles song We Can Work It Out because he was familiar with the Stevie Wonder version. He didn’t have an option to sing anything more current–those were the choices dictated by the format of the show itself. To suggest Archie’s Dad was behind these choices is simply wrong.
Finally, almost everyone concedes Archie is a nice kid, a loving, kind, affectionate, considerate human being. He didn’t get that way by having a negative upbringing. He got that way because he was surrounded by love and affection all his life. To imagine the opposite is to ignore the laws of human psychological development.
Speaking of which–during the AI tour he got in more time with the fans than any other idol.
The TCA, my mom knows someone that gave her a hint. They couldn’t tell her everything cause it’s to early. She did tell her that we will be happy and the Archie will be up in the music section this year.
Sooo I was hoping somebody knew more. lol
I am going to be voting everyday this year cause I want to see Archie get his own surfboard on TV. If he wins I soooo hope they show it.
Just the opposite–his father is the one who makes it possible for David to function successfully. Do you think he’d be so joyful if he had to worry about contract clauses, tour dates, hotel arrangements, etc.?
How many 18 year-olds do you know who earn $1.3 million in just a few months?
Archie is successful for someone his age.He really is the most successful runner-up.He’s very smart with dealing with the public and the media.
I do hope everyone keeps this figure in proper perspective. These are gross earnings paid to the David Achuleta Franchise and not to David himself. There are tons of stuff that come off of this figure before David gets a dime. As an example: taxes, management fees, security, his band, tour overhead not covered by promoter or record company and the list goes on. It’s still a nice chunk of change but I think if he pocketed 20% of that he was fortunate.
For little old cynical me the biggest winner was his church who got 10% straight off the top.
desert news put up a video it look like. Basically the same as the article with a bit more in it
http://www.deseretnews.com/video/1,5143,870,00.html
FYI – Not that anyone will really see this, but David’s church does not get ten percent off the top. David chooses to pay the ten percent and he only pays on his personal earnings, after all the business expenses have been paid.
Forbes also reported that David Cook made $2 million. This makes me wonder just how much the artist makes from album sales and downloads. By the time of the Forbes report, I think Cook had sold close to 400,000 more albums. During Season 7, I think he also sold the most downloads. With all this and his national shoe contract, I expected the difference to be a lot more than $700,000. Just how much (or how little) do they get from each album?
Regarding the summer tour with Demi Levato: tickets have been reduced drastically, suggesting problems filling those big arenas. Levato apparently is not that big a draw. As it is, a lot of Archie’s over 20 fans won’t be caught dead at a tween concert–so his potential to pull in his own fans will be lessened. It was a stupid strategy to begin with.