Jordin Sparks crowned `American Idol'
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Jordin Sparks grew up on "American Idol," watching the show since she was 12 years old and telling her mother it was what she wanted to do.
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AUSSIE country music sensation Keith Urban has finally been crowned the King of Nashville after 12 years of back-breaking touring to crack the elite music market.
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The integrity of "American Idol" as a contest for raw, undiscovered talent was called into question again after an Irish singer who once had a major-label deal, and solo album that flopped, advanced to the top rung of the competition this week.
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Four saw the door as `American Idol' whittled its 24 semifinalists down to 20 Thursday night. Amy Krebs, Nicole Tranquillo, Paul Kim and Rudy Cardenas were cast off by viewers getting their first chance to vote in the top-rated talent contest's sixth season.
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"American Idol" host Ryan Seacrest says he believes judge Simon Cowell was the reason the show had low ratings last season.
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Some pop stars want fame and money. &quot;American Idol&quot; winner Taylor Hicks just wants to ride the tour bus. Hicks gets to do just that on the &quot;American Idols Live&quot; cross-country tour, which kicked off Wednesday in Manchester, N.H. The tour, which reunites Hicks with castmates from the fifth edition of the hit Fox show, ends Sept. 24 in Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
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The "American Idol" triumph of 17-year-old Jordin Sparks drew nearly 6 million fewer viewers than last year's finale, in the latest sign that U.S. television's highest-rated show may have finally hit its peak.
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"American Idol" alumnus Clay Aiken, the most commercially successful graduate of the Fox talent show series, is planning to tour the United States for five weeks this holiday season backed by a full orchestra.
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Attention, Brad Pitt: "American Idol" winner Jordin Sparks has a crush on you. "He's just really cute," Sparks, 17, said Friday, hastening to note that she doesn't know the actor. Pitt is currently involved with an older woman, Angelina Jolie.
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Thousands of "American Idol" hopefuls descended on the Rose Bowl before dawn Tuesday with wide-eyed dreams of becoming the next Taylor Hicks or Carrie Underwood.
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Two former "American Idol" rivals &#151; second-season winner Ruben Studdard and runner-up Clay Aiken &#151; will battle again when their new albums are released next month.
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NEW YORK (Billboard) - In yet another week where no album sold more than 100,000 copies, former "American Idol" finalist Chris Daughtry flip-flopped with Norah Jones to reclaim the top spot on the U.S. pop charts Wednesday.
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On Friday the gang from Idolâs Season 6 came to the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum: one winner (Jordin Sparks) and nine losers, putting on a show that amounted to high-energy karaoke.
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Sanjaya Malakar, 17, is the first Indian-American finalist on American Idol.
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The tears flowed on "American Idol" Wednesday night as the show trimmed the competition to 24 semifinalists.
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LOS ANGELES - R&B casanova Usher, whose album "Confessions" steamed up the charts with songs about sex, affairs and breakups, received a leading four nominations Tuesday for the American Music Awards.    Many categories included last year's winners - Toby Keith, Tim McGraw and Linkin Park - and previous nominees Beyonce, Avril Lavigne, Norah Jones and R...
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Despite his Jay Leno look, a soulful voice that recalled another era and a manic, rhythm-less dancing style, Taylor Hicks beat the odds (and a comely Katharine McPhee) to become this year&#039;s &quot;American Idol.&quot;