Agreed.
In addition, Kelly Clarkson's decidedly light rock album "Breakaway" is still in the top 20 after six months on the charts. (Kelly's staying power in the top 10 and top 20 has been remarkable.)
It definitely is a rock album. Only Breakaway is an adult contemporary song, really, and is almost out of place.
For season 1, Kelly definitely was the only one to release "A Moment Like This" (which became a big hit).
They planned to have Justin release a single but changed their mind because they didn't think people would buy singles in general (Clay and Ruben showed they would if it was done the right way).
In season 2, I don't remember what Ruben's winner song was,
It was "Flying Without Wings"-- yet another recycled song from the people at AI. It was a UK tune by a group called Westlife.
but Clay released his version of "Bridge Over Troubled Water," and it was a hit.
"This Is The Night" was the "new" song on that CD single, the one AI wanted him to make a big hit (rather than a Simon and Garfunkel song), but the judges thought it sucked, and Clay sang the crap out of BOTW. The guy who co-wrote it actually co-wrote a better song for Clay-- his hit single "Invisible," which makes it funny that they chose "This Is The Night."
In season 3, Fantasia released the winner's song, which was forgettable and was not as big a hit as Kelly's and Clay's first singles. Diana DeGarmo, the 2nd place contestant last year, didn't even get a contract, let alone a chance to release the same single Fantasia did.
They had the contestants in Season 3 sing "I Believe" and "Dreams" the Tuesday night before the results show. They decided to make "I Believe" the single because Tamyra Gray wrote it and they thought that made it special, which became obvious, and when Diana was told she'd sing it first Wednesday night, she knew instantly that she'd lost, because they wouldn't have her sing it then and sing it at the end, too, so, therefore, Fantasia would sing it last.
Here are the first week sales figures for each single. Diana was hurt because Fantasia's single was delayed for like two weeks and so Diana's was delayed. Diana was signed by BMG/Sony via RCA, but they didn't really do anything with her (they even used old back-up tracks from the 70s for "Don't Cry Out Loud"). Disney has done more to promote her than RCA and Clive Davis. You can read more about how poor RCA has done with here here.
Not really. Clay and Ruben battled it out and both succeeded from the attention. Their records will be different, too. They have decided to make Carrie as Country as a hayseed. Look at the CD single cover. She looks like she's dressed for chores on the farm.
Anyway, word on the AI boards is that Bo's version is out-stripping the pre-sales orders for Carrie's version on Amazon.com. I have no way to know for certain if this is true, and time will tell.
Diana's pre-sales outnumbered Fantasia's, but that didn't hold as a trend, BTW.
You can listen to a song of hers here.
LOL! That's true.
Are those real CD covers in post #10,275 or are they just photoshopped? I'd prefer either one of those to the "farm girl" look, especially the one with Carrie in profile against a black background.