The Top-Earning ‘Idols’ Forbes’ rankings of the top-earning American Idol alums are based on earnings from album sales, concerts, endorsements and other income for the year from June 1, 2009, through May 2010. No. 1: Carrie Underwood $13 million The Muskogee, Okla.-born country pop singer has won four Grammys, 14 Billboard Music Awards and five [...]
Little Rock, AR – FOX16 Top Stories of the day — American Idol Finalists: Allison Iraheta, Scott MacIntyre, Michael Sarver and winner Kris Allen talk to FOX16. Kris dishes they’re “watching a lot of ‘Family Guy’” and Michael Sarver says there’s a lot of junk food eating in the bus that Allison Iraheta calls “party [...]
The Idols run through their finale song at their rehearsal space before hitting the road- the classic Journey Song: “Don’t Stop Believing.” The American Idol Summer Live Tour kicks off in Portland, OR at the Rose Garden on July 5. Sorry we’re not watching. Not paying to see Michael Sarver, Scott McIntyre and Lil Rounds [...]
After winning American Idol in the most shocking finale in the show’s history, Kris Allen has inked a record deal with 19 Entertainment and Jive Records. “Kris won the hearts of millions of Americans with his soulful voice, good looks and gracious demeanor,” Simon Fuller, Idol’s creator and executive producer and CEO of 19 Entertainment, [...]
By Lorenzo Benet and Jenny Sundel Although he’s encouraged people to keep speculating about his sexuality, Adam Lambert now says, “all your questions will be answered” in an upcoming issue of Rolling Stone. “Finally,” he said at the 11th Annual Young Hollywood Awards Sunday in Santa Monica, where he was named artist of the year. [...]
American Idol Kris Allen charmed viewers all season long with his guy-next-door appeal and ability to rework popular songs into new works of art. On a press call soon after his win, Kris opened up about life as a newlywed, the winning song, and his future album. Kris’ first audition was a very scary experience [...]
24 of the current Top 100 iTunes downloads is from American Idol Season 8. If we add past American Idol contestants, that is another 7 – 31 pop tracks total in the iTunes chart. David Cook, Carrie Underwood, Kellie Pickler and Jordin Sparks singles are among included. As of May 23, 2009 Kris Allen’s single [...]
You can create your own profile, upload photos and videos to your personal page, blog, send Kris messages, find friends in your area and so much more! Kris will be checking the site, interacting with fans, and listening to your suggestions to make the site the best it can be! Be sure to check the [...]
We were not totally surprised, but we also felt that America let us down, or somehow the system did. Idol prevented the first openly gay idol to emerge. Adam clearly won the competition. Even Kris knew it. Adam has more range, more diversity, more power. But he has black fingernails and he wears a guy [...]
“The Acoustic Rocker vs the Glam Rocker. Conway vs California, The guy next door vs the guy liner.” Kris Allen vs Adam Lambert. This week was rather surprising for us. Kris did an excellent job on his first two songs, especially his first, to make it at least seem to be a horse race. 1 [...]
