Remember how we were supposed to get American Idol winner Candice Glover’s new album almost immediately after season 12 wrapped? And then how it was delayed to October, and then delayed again until February? Did all those delays end up hurting Candice, rather than helping?
When Candice Glover’s “Music Speaks” finally hit shelves last month, it ended up being the worst debut for an American Idol winner in the show’s long history. Music Speaks sold only a sad 19,000 copies in the first week it was out. Compare that against season 9 winner Lee DeWyze, who virtually no one seems to remember was an “American Idol” winner. He sold 39,000 copies of his debut album “Live It Up” in the first week it was out.
Candice Glover is an amazing vocalist and she is a seriously talented woman all around. The problem is, she just never really stuck in our heads, and that may be why her debut album sold only a sad 19,000 copies in the first week it was out. Last season was kind of a bust all around, but when you ask us who we remember most, it isn’t Candice. We are more likely to remember runner-up Kree Harrison, if anyone.
We have to wonder if not releasing her album right away as promised may have ended up hurting Candice more in the end than maybe putting out a product that wasn’t quite perfectly polished. When you take a singer who just got their 15 minutes of fame out of the spotlight for that long, is it any wonder that some of her fans had already moved on?
Season 12 never happened. Wipe it from your consciousness.
i’m still waiting for melanie amaro’s album!!
I only remembered Kree and Angie. No surprise it flopped since it took so long to release.
It wasn’t a flop it peaked at and debut at #3 on the best album in R&B on billboard the first week it was out and was 14 last week, meanwhile she debut in Itunes at #1 the 1st week under best R&B. Im tired the lies
Phillip Phillips was given two great songs to sing in his winning season (Home & Gone). last season they let Candice help write her own (with paid help) resulting in a disastrous song “I’m Beautiful”. This season they need to get it right- like Phillip’s winning season!
That’s what I’ve always said too. Phillip got a great coronation song with Home, while Candice was stuck with the forgettable I’m Beautiful.
I have said this since day one of the finale, The outcome of season 12 was rigged. I suspect the producers of Idol wanted a black winner due to the fact that several previous black contestants were claiming Idol was racist and were threatening a lawsuit. This is a fact and you are free to research this claim on your own. The winner should have been Angie Miller (mysteriously the Northeast USA votes were blocked from being counted when determining the outcome of the final three), and since Angie was from Boston a good percentage of her votes did not get tabulated. American Idol eventually got what they wanted, a black Idol winner. Since television is about ratings and only ratings, once the Idol television season was over and the weekly ratings were no longer a concern they let Candice wilt on the vine like an overripe tomatoe. No more support for her, no more advertising, their job was done. Candice has a great voice but she lacks showmanship. As Simon Cowel once said to Candice, “people will be eating peanuts while you perform and soon forget about you”. Angie and Janelle were the real talents of the season as well as the girl from Belmont University who got cut prematurely, I saw her perform last October at Belmont and she is leaps and bounds above most of the Idol finalists both in voice and talent. I no longer watch Idol and I could care less about it. Nicki and Mariah totally ruined last season with their bickering and “I’m better than everyone” attitude. I am just glad I am not married to either of them, they would drive me nuts.
Fantasia is black and won, so was Ruben studded as well as Jordan sparks…that’s 4 out of the 12 winners so far which means 1/3 of idols winners were black so shut up doofus candice won because she had the best voice and delivered the best performances week in and week out (love song, I who have nothing, straight up, somewhere, don’t make me over, you’ve changed, when you believe etc…
I have said this since day one of the finale, The outcome of season 12 was rigged. I suspect the producers of Idol wanted a black winner due to the fact that several previous black contestants were claiming Idol was racist and were threatening a lawsuit. This is a fact and you are free to research this claim on your own. The winner should have been Angie Miller (mysteriously the Northeast USA votes were blocked from being counted when determining the outcome of the final three), and since Angie was from Boston a good percentage of her votes did not get tabulated. American Idol eventually got what they wanted, a black Idol winner. Since television is about ratings and only ratings, once the Idol television season was over and the weekly ratings were no longer a concern they let Candice wilt on the vine like an overripe tomatoe. No more support for her, no more advertising, their job was done. Candice has a great voice but she lacks showmanship. As Simon Cowel once said to Candice, “people will be eating peanuts while you perform and soon forget about you”. Angie and Janelle were the real talents of the season as well as the girl from Belmont University who got cut prematurely, I saw her perform last October at Belmont and she is leaps and bounds above most of the Idol finalists both in voice and talent. I no longer watch Idol and I could care less about it. Nicki and Mariah totally ruined last season with their bickering and “I’m better than everyone” attitude. I am just glad I am not married to either of them, they would drive me nuts.
I watched the show just like you watched the show and candice didn’t pick herself America did so they obviously didn’t think angie was the best! Who are you gonna blame now?
Like I said, last season was a bust because they had Nicki Minaj as a judge. I still don’t understand how they could be so stupid to do that. And Nigel even said in an interview at one point that Nicki would have been welcome back to judge this season had she wanted to, but she ended up quitting after one season.
As for last season, no one remembers it because none of the contestants were as good as contestants from previous seasons and they all had no personality. They showed more personality in that 3 minute skit during the finale than they did the rest of the season. Candice Glover is definitely a good singer, but she wouldn’t have won on any other season. In fact, she tried out twice before and didn’t make the top 24 those times. That is why more people remember Angie, Lazaro and Zoanette from last season, because they were the only things that kept it interesting.
I liked Nicki, and without her, the show is less interesting. I know I know a lot of people hated her, but I would say that would make THEM stupid. Right Greenleaf?
Candice has a huge voice but not something I want to listen to. I prefer Kree’s soothing voice
I love love love Candace Glover! She is an amazing singer. I could listen to her sing her rendition of “I who have nothing” a million times.
I also thought Candice was amazing unfortunately her cd wasn’t that great I wish they included “I who have nothing”. The female singers last year were all fab and much better than this year. I believe it was rigged to make sure a female won (black or white) because a female hadn’t won for a few years.