"Idol" champ Hicks covers Gaye, Robinson on debut
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"American Idol" season five champ  Taylor Hicks will tackle songs written by Bryan Adams, Rob  Thomas and Marvin Gaye on his upcoming self-titled effort.
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The commercial impact of âAmerican Idolâ recalls Elvisâs teenage-idol phase, Beatlemania and the heyday of Motown.
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Ayla Brown is wasting no time moving "Forward" after her experience with "American Idol." Just hours after her contractual obligations expired with the Fox talent contest, Brown signed a CD recording contract Thursday with Double Deal Brand Records. Brown, 18, made it to Hollywood with "Idol" and finished 13th.
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NEW YORK  - Simon Cowell is not always the friendliest guy around, but that's not stopping "American Idol" from teaming with McDonald's for a Happy Meal promotion.
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Bradley Walker is being called one of the best new singers to hit Nashville.
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Cue the wooo! Taylor Hicks&#039; shtick is playing big with music fans.
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Mandolin virtuoso Sam Bush will  cover some serious mileage this summer in support of his new  Sugar Hill album, "Laps in Seven."
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Taylor Hicks, below, the 2006 winner of âAmerican Idol,â has followed Ruben Studdard, the 2003 winner, out the door of J Records, The Associated Press reported. âTaylor is going to record on his own for the next album,â said Liz Morentin, a public relations representative for J, a label within Sony-BMG. Mr. Studdard left his contract with the label late last year but remains under contract with 19 Entertainment, a company managed by Simon Fuller, creator of âIdol.â Mr. Studdardâs last album, âThe Return,â sold only 236,000 copies. Mr. Hicksâs self-titled album, released in December 2006, reached No. 2 on the Billboard chart and sold 699,000 copies, failing to reach the million mark achieved by the debuts of previous âIdolâ winners, Nielsen SounScan reported.
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Pink, the Grammy Award-winning singer known for her single "Get the Party Started," has recorded the opening music for "NBC Sunday Night Football."
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Jennifer Lopez, Gwen Stefani, Tony Bennett, Diana Ross and Bon Jovi are among nine musical stars who are set to appear on "American Idol" this season.
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"American Idol" presented "the best of the rest" Wednesday, unveiling a number of good singers &#151; and some duds, too.
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Before Aretha Franklin was crowned the Queen of Soul, before the Supremes had their first hit and before anyone even knew who Stevie Wonder was, Bettye LaVette was the emerging star of Detroit.
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Taylor Hicks, the mop-topped manic dancer who wooed TV audiences with his raw singing style and boisterous personality, was named the new &quot;American Idol&quot; Wednesday.
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NEW YORK  - Coca-Cola, Ford and AT&T are back again as the three main sponsors of "American Idol," which returned to the airwaves on Tuesday.
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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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Your singing voice might make Simon  cringe and your two left feet might not endear you to Paula,  but the chance to look like an American Idol could still be in  the stars.
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&quot;American Idol&quot; finalists Taylor  Hicks and Katharine McPhee sing for the hearts and votes of  television viewers on Tuesday in a nail-biting showdown that  pits passion against poise.