Last season on American Idol Jennifer Lopez gave us insightful, thoughtful judging comments like “you gave me goosebumps” and “ohh, more goosebumps!” This year, Lopez promises us she’ll be tougher now that the bar has been set. “We’re a little tougher on everybody. Because of last season and the standard that we set, it’s easy [...]

Steven Tyler took a nasty fall on Tuesday during his Aerosmith tour in South America, but he seems to be doing alright after performing the following night and even joining the Today Show via phone to do an interview about the injuries. Tyler explained that it was definitely not a drug induced injury but rather [...]

American Idol judge Steven Tyler was injured Tuesday in Paraguay when he took a nasty tumble in the shower. Tyler sustained injuries to his face and teeth requiring four hours of medical attention (surgery) to fix facial cuts and two teeth knocked out (ouch!). Aerosmith was forced to reschedule an event for the next night [...]

Kelly Clarkson’s fifth studio release, “Stronger,” is now available for download for $4.99 and on store shelves. Listen to a preview of “Stronger” and see what you think of the original American Idol winner’s latest album release. Here’s a rundown of the full list of songs, but depending on which album you purchase you may [...]

Last week Scotty McCreery hit #1 on the Billboard charts, a first since 2003, with the release of his debut album, Clear As Day. This week he falls back to #4 overall with 88,000 sold, but manages to hold on to #1 in the country charts. Lauren Alaina had her first week in the charts [...]

James Durbin has been hard at work on his upcoming American Idol debut album, Memories Of A Beautiful Disaster (pre-order here), and is set to release 2 singles for radio play. The first song, “Love Me Bad,” is an exclusive to his new album while the second, “Stand Up,” was previously released as part of [...]

Adam Lambert‘s sophomore album will be a little delayed, but he’s promised it will all be worth the wait. Now we’ve got a few more details on what to expect from the man himself. In an interview with The Advocate, Lambert revealed the new album would be an interesting mash-up of styles with a combination [...]

Kelly Clarkson, the original American Idol winner, is set to perform on VH1′s “Unplugged” series in part of the promotion of her upcoming album “Stronger” which you can pre-order now on Amazon ahead of its October 24, 2011 release. Entertainment Weekly reports the Unplugged news, but doesn’t confirm which particular songs Clarkson will be performing [...]

Just a mere four months after their engagement news, American Idol alumni Paul McDonald will marry actress Nikki Reed today in a small ceremony in Malibu. Paul is expected to play at the reception along with his band, The Grand Magnolias. They won’t be the only ones though as American Idol 2011′s Stefano Langone will [...]

Scotty McCreery has really out done himself this time. The American Idol 2011 winner has done something that hasn’t happened since 2003: he’s hit #1 on the Billboard 200 with his debut album, Clear As Day. That’s right, not even Carrie Underwood managed to do that with her debut. Only Kelly Clarkson and Ruben Studdard [...]