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- Fantasia’s Number One Hit
- Jennifer Hudson Tour News and Chart Achievements
- Chart Movers and Shakers
- Idol Alumni Concert and Music News
- Naima Adedapo’s Idol Experience
| Posted: 06 Apr 2011 03:20 PM PDT American Idol’s third winner, Fantasia, has a new #1 hit on the Billboard charts. Her single, “I’m Doin’ Me,” reached #1 on the Adult R&B Recurrents chart. “I’m Doin’ Me” was the second single off of Fantasia’s third studio album, Back To Me. Billboard charts are either based on sales, airplay, or a combination of sales & airplay. The Adult R&B Recurrents chart is for older songs that are still receiving airplay on the radio, even though they are not current. Fantasia has earned an impressive 28 #1s! The American Idols have now accumulated 292 #1s to date, counting all national, domestic charts compiled by the Billboard Information Group. The previous week, Season 7′s fourth place finisher, Jason Castro, reached #1 on the Billboard charts for his second time. His song, “You Are,” landed at the top of the Christian Songs Recurrents chart. Here is a list of all the Idols who have had No. 1 hits, compiled by Music JournalistFred Bronson. Kelly Clarkson – 59
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| Jennifer Hudson Tour News and Chart Achievements Posted: 06 Apr 2011 03:20 PM PDT Season 3 finalist Jennifer Hudson announced her upcoming Summer 2011 “I Remember Me Tour” last week. Details are still to come, but here is a preliminary schedule:
Jennifer’s sophomore album, I Remember Me, debuted last week at #2 on The Top 200 and R&B Albums Charts, selling 165,000 units. Jennifer Hudson sold 24,000 copies of her single, “Where You At,” this past week for a total of 65,000. She performed “Where You At” on a variety of talk shows, late night shows, and she returned to the American Idol stage. Watch our post-show interview with Jennifer.
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| Posted: 06 Apr 2011 03:20 PM PDT The Idols are tearing up the Billboard and music sales chats this week. From Idol winners to a current judge, here’s what happened in the week of Idol music. Billboard Chart News American Idol Kelly Clarkson‘s song featuring Jason Aldean, “Don’t You Wanna Stay,” and Chris Daughtry‘s song “September” hold the #1 and #2 spots on this week’s American Idol airplay chart. “Don’t You Wanna Stay” is also the #2 hit on USA TODAY’s Country chart, while “September” maintains the #2 spot it has held on the Hot AC chart for several weeks. Season 3 stars found success on the charts this week. Jennifer Hudson‘s “Where You At” and Fantasia‘s “I Wanna Be Your Man” are on the Urban AC chart.JHud’s “Where You At” is also on the Urban chart. Season 5 Top 9 finalist Mandisa‘s first single, “Stronger,” from her forthcoming album What If We Were Real, hits the Idol airplay Top 20 this week, and climbs to #6 on the Christian AC chart. Season 7 finalist Jason Castro‘s “You Are” and Season 6 finalist Chris Sligh‘s “One” are also in the Christian … read more
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| Idol Alumni Concert and Music News Posted: 06 Apr 2011 03:20 PM PDT UPCOMING MUSIC Season 6 finalist Phil Stacey released his third studio album Faith last week. The album is available exclusively through Conquer Entertainment and marketamerica. Another Season 6 fianlist, Chris Sligh, covered Katy Perry‘s “Firework” on the soundtrack to Soul Surfer, the Bethany Hamilton biopic starring Season 4 champ Carrie Underwood. In her feature film debut, Carrie plays Sarah Hill, a friend and youth group leader to the injured surfer. Season 7′s American Idol, David Cook, will release his first single, “The Last Goodbye,” from his currently untitled second studio album on Tuesday, April 19, 2011. Season 8′s Anoop Desai plans to release two additional albums this year on top of Zero.0, which will be released on Wednesday, April 20, 2011 via iTunes. He plans to write, produce, and perform all his material. SWEET CHARITY Season 2′s top girl, Kimberley Locke, will perform the national anthem at the EIF (… read more
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| Naima Adedapo’s Idol Experience Posted: 06 Apr 2011 03:20 PM PDT Naima Adedapo came a long way in the competition. When we met her during Milwaukee auditions, she was cleaning toilets at SummerFest. This summer, Naima will be one of the 11 Idol stars traveling across the nation with the American Idols LIVE! 2011 Tour. The morning after her elimination, Naima opened up about some of her favorite things: singing, shopping, and dancing! When Ryan Seacrest revealed that Thia Megia and Naima received the fewest votes, all 11 finalists were very emotional, and so was Naima. “I had my moment when I couldn’t hold it together saying, ‘see you later’…You get emotionally attached to these people because you’re living in such close quarters. You start to learn their stories. You start to learn their personalities and you get attached, and so it hurts to see people go, but we will reunite,” Naima revealed. What will Naima miss the most about the Idol experience? “Shopping!” Naima exclaimed. “I think that was like one of the biggest, best parts for me. I mean, performing is everything, but when you get to shop and you get to do the accessories and the shoes and the-oh my God! I get such a kick out of that…That was my release time, actually. It was really awesome to be able to kind of co-create things with … read more
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