American Idol Season 10 Auditions Commercial

This was actually pretty well edited, I like it. Check out this new commercial promoting auditions for the upcoming season of American Idol. Which will also be the first without Simon Cowell. The commercial features images from the auditions of all of the nine winners. Check it out above!

The American Idols- "Together We Are One" - A Tribute to Simon Cowell

The American Idol Winners: Kelly Clarkson, Ruben Studdard, Fantasia, Carrie Underwood, Taylor Hicks, Jordin Sparks and Kris Allen were joined by other alumni including David Archuleta, Bo Bice, Michael Johns, Kimberly Caldwell, Constantine Maroulis, Carly Smithson, Elliott Yamin, Kristy Lee Cook, Brooke White, Justin Guarini, Matt Giraud, Allison Iraheta, Diana DeGarmo, Jason Castro, Melinda Doolittle, Chris Richardson, Anoop Desai, Vonzell Solomon, Blake Lewis, this season's Top 12 and many others got together to perform "Together We Are One" - a tribue for Simon Cowell who is now gone from American Idol. Missing from this performance sadly were David Cook, Kellie Pickler, Jennifer Hudson and Chris Daughtry.

(Download) American Idol Winners - The Singles

Here's another gift from The Best Damn Blog to you. Eight seasons of American Idol have passed and we've gotten a winner single from each of the seasons, so now I've taken the time to make another compilation will all the winner singles starting from Kelly Clarkson to now Kris Allen.

Track List:

1. Kelly Clarkson- A Moment Like This

2. Ruben Studdard- Flying Without Wings

3. Fantasia Barrino- I Believe
4. Carrie Underwood- Inside Your Heaven

5. Taylor Hicks- Do I Make You Proud

6. Jordin Sparks- This Is My Now

7. David Cook- The Time of My Life

8. Kris Allen- No Boundaries

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DOWNLOAD:

[DL] Link #1 - MediaFire

[DL] Link #2 - ZShare

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Enjoy!

Top Earning American Idols of the Past Year

1. Carrie Underwood - 14 million
- The Muskogee, Okla.-born country girl used Idol to launch a massively successful recording career. A three-time Grammy country vocal winner, Underwood has sold 9.6 million albums.

2. Jennifer Hudson - 5.0 million
- The multi-talented singer-actress won an Oscar in 2006 for her role in Dreamgirls. Her 2008 self-titled album has sold over 750,000 copies. Hudson was chosen to sing the national anthem at the 2009 Super Bowl.

3. Kelly Clarkson - 4.2 million
- Idol’s original queen has sold over 10 million albums. Her latest release, “All I Ever Wanted,” hit No. 1 on Billboard charts.

4. Jordin Sparks - 3.1 million
- The season six winner broke out with “No Air,” a duet with R&B crooner Chris Brown. She has toured with Alicia Keyes and is now on the road with tween sensations the Jonas Brothers

5. Kellie Pickler - 2.3 million
- Like fellow Idol alum Underwood, Pickler is more cowgirl than diva. She has sold 1 million records since the show. She is paid to endorse Sexy Hair products.

6. Clay Aiken - 2.2 million
- The Raleigh, N.C., native maintains loyal following six years after finishing second on Idol. He has sold 4 million albums and penned a New York Times best-selling memoir. Aiken recently finished a run in Broadway’s “Spamalot.

7. Chris Daughtry - 2.0 million
- One of the first Idol rockers to reach the final four, Daughtry’s debut album sold over 4 million copies. His follow-up is slated to hit stores this July.

8. David Cook - 2.0 million
- Once a small-town songwriter, Cook has a top-selling album and a lucrative endorsement deal with Skechers.

9. David Archuleta - 1.3 million
- Edged out in the seventh season by Cook, baby-faced Archuleta has gone on to release a successful album of soulful pop. The self-titled debut record has sold 700,000 copies. The 18 year-old has played more than 100 live shows since Idol.

10. Taylor Hicks - $300,000
- Prematurely gray-haired soul master Hicks charmed Idol audiences and won the fifth season. He’s now playing Teen Angel in a national tour of Grease.

- Source: Forbes

Taylor Hicks- "Seven Mile Breakdown" [Video]

Taylor Hicks gone country! The American Idol winner has resently released his newest album The Distance from which we've gotten the single "Seven Mile Breakdown". The song will impact Country radio at the end of May and until then, you can check out the music video for that song above. Interesting.

[Download] Taylor Hicks- The Distance (Retail)

Another American Idol winner has an album coming out today. The Distance is Taylor Hick's sophomore album in stores now, and below you can find the track listing and the download link thanks to Mithoos. Enjoy.

Track Listing:

01. The Distance 4:06
02. What's Right Is Right 3:48
03. New Found Freedom 4:26
04. Nineteen 3:11
05. Once Upon A Lover 4:08
06. Seven Mile Breakdown 4:18
07. Maybe You Should 3:44
08. Keeping It Real 3:46
09. I Live On A Battlefield 4:08
10. Wedding Day Blues 2:45
11. Woman's Got To Have It (Ft. Elliot Yamin) 3:39

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Taylor Hicks The Distance Retail

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American Idols: One More Group Picture

Don't they look like a real family? Haha! The seven winners of American Idol posed together for a group shot with Mickey Mouse last night at the American Idol Experience opening at World Disney World. From left to right: Fantasia Barrino, Taylor Hicks, Kelly Clarkson, Carrie Underwood, David Cook, Ruben Studdard and Jordin Sparks.

The American Idols: Together For the First Time

The seven winners of American Idol were awarded with their own trophees at the opening of the American Idol Experience at Disney World. From left to right, we see: Ruben Studdard, Kelly Clarkson, Fantasia Barrino, David Cook, Carrie Underwood, Taylor Hicks and Jordin Sparks. Great to see them all together!

The DownFall of American Idol Contestants

And it appears as if the interest on American Idol contestants has dropped severely lately. Over the past few months, fellow Idol winners and runner-ups have gotten dropped by their record labels due to poor album and singles sales. Season 2 winner, Ruben Studdard was dropped by his record label, J, after releasing a series of unsuccessful singles and albums. The "Velvet Bear" failed to score a top 5 single or album since his debut in 2003. Sad. Another dropped Idol alum was season 5 winner, Taylor Hicks who was dropped by his record label, Arista. The failed winner failed to impress and his debut album was a commercial failure with no full singles released. Finally, Katharine McPhee was just dropped by RCA, her record label. McPhee's debut album failed to be certified and her released singles failed to crack the Top 20 in the U.S. Who's next? Fantasia? Clay Aiken? Perhaps newbie Blake Lewis? Simon Cowell, Simon Fuller and Clive Davis must not be happy these days.
At all this, I wonder if we've gotten all we ever wanted from American Idol... it seems that all interest was lost on other contestants after the mega success of Grammy-winners and multi-platinum recording artists Kelly Clarkson and Carrie Underwood and the rise of Daughtry and his widely successful debut album. The new season of American Idol starts later this month... we'll see what's in store this time around.