Some stars climb while others fall. Or in this case, some stars get dropped. Lee DeWyze, winner of American Idol, has been cut from RCA Records due to poor performance with album sales. His debut album, Live It Up, sold only 168,000 copies. Not very good for an Idol winner. Lee’s option for renewal came [...]

After a surprisingly decent start for our new judges on American Idol 2011, it’s time to look ahead to Milwaukee where many hopefuls waited into the night for a chance to sing in front of Randy, Steven and Jennifer.  Steven Tyler stood out as my new favorite with his sense of humor and borderline perverted [...]

The other week Lee DeWyze, the winner of last season’s American Idol, debuted his contract-awarded album, “Live It Up.” If you missed that news then you wouldn’t be alone because according to the results, DeWyze had the absolute worst sales numbers ever. Ever! “Live It Up” sold a measly 39,000 units in its first week [...]

American Idol winner Lee DeWyze’s new album, Live It Up hits the shelves today just a short six months after last season wrapped up. The price is right with the CD at $8 and MP3 album at $10. Check out Lee’s performance of “Sweet Serendipity” yesterday morning on the Today Show and then grab those [...]

Yesterday was a good one for the final 2 contestants on American Idol as they both signed recording contracts.  Lee signed with 19 recordings limited and RCA, the same as Daughtry and Adam Lambert while Crystal signed with 19 recordings limited and Jive records who produced Kris Allen and Jordin Sparks’ albums.  Look for their albums [...]

It was an awesome ending to an otherwise boring season on American Idol and Lee Dewyze broke down even before he was announced the American Idol winner while Simon Cowell managed to tear up a little during his farewell speech.  I was shocked and in a good way when the opening song was the Top 12 singing Alice Cooper’s “Schools Out” (For [...]