AI_NEWS~ NY Post - 30 Sexiest Stars of 2010

#18 Kris Allen

 

http://www.nypost.com/p/blogs/popwrap/sexiest_stars_of_Ktpo4FB6usUzZooDOVJYrM?photo_num=18

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AI_NEWS~ Idol Radio Chart - Carrie Underwood's 'Mama's Song' continues as radio's most-played 'Idol' track

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/idolchatter/post/2010/12/carrie-underwoods-mamas-song-continues-as-radios-most-played-idol-track/1

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AI_NEWS~ Ruben Studdard: Latest Victim of Internet Death Hoax

http://www.bvbuzz.com/2010/11/30/ruben-studdard-not-dead/

Ruben Studdard: Latest Victim of Internet Death Hoax

By Jawn Murray on Nov 30th 2010 10:45PM
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It seems that almost every week another entertainer or Hollywood star is being killed off via the internet.

Last week, on Thanksgiving Day, word quickly spread on Twitter and Facebook that the 'American Idol' winner Ruben Studdard had died.

Fans quickly began posting "Rest in Peace" messages to the singer, who won season two of the hit Fox talent competition in 2003.

On Black Friday, Nov. 26, Studdard took to his Twitter page to assure fans he had not passed.

"And I'm alive yall," he posted via @RubenStuddard. "I hate stupid rumors."

Despite the NAACP Image Award-winning artist announcing he was alive and though he has continued to post messages since then, BlackVoices.com has still received emails and messages inquiring about Studdard's "death."

For the last time: Ruben Studdard is ALIVE!

Studdard recently performed with Natalie Cole during the 'David Foster & Friends Tour' at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada.

The singer's last CD, 'Love Is,' was released in May of 2009.

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AI_NEWS~ Holiday tunes take over 'American Idol' airplay chart

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/idolchatter/post/2010/11/holiday-tunes-take-over-american-idol-airplay-chart/1


Now that Thanksgiving's done, radio stations across the nation are switching to their holiday formats. As a result, Christmas tracks on the American Idol airplay chart take huge jumps, and acts rarely seen throughout the rest of the year -- Clay Aiken and Kimberley Locke, for instance -- suddenly have prominent spots. Clay's O Holy Night, for instance, more than doubles its spins, rocketing from No. 26 to No. 11 on the Mediabase-powered chart.

Additionally, five Christmas tracks show up on the chart for the first time this season, knocking Danny Gokey, Bo Bice and George Huff out of the top 100.

The top 10 remains the same, though there's some shuffling of the order: Fantasia's I'm Doin' Me goes up a couple spots, Kelly Clarkson's Already Gone drops two.

If you really want to see the impact holiday music has on airplay, look at the cumulative plays for the acts. One month ago, Kimberley and Clay barely were registering any airplay at all; now, they're both among the 10 most-played acts fromAmerican Idol.

David Archuleta nearly doubled his spins from last week to this, and it wasn't Elevator or Something 'Bout Love making the difference, it was Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas, currently at No. 17. David Cook, who had more than 2,000 weekly spins just a month ago, has only 1,548 this week.

Carrie Underwood, however, has a healthy catalog of Christmas tunes to go with her hits; between those and Mama's Song, she overtakes Daughtry as this week's most-played Idolact.

In non-holiday action, Lee Dewyze's Sweet Serendipity breaks the top 30 on the Hot AC chart. Crystal Bowersox's Farmer's Daughter fails to make the top 100, but it does get 21 spins, most of them coming from 102.1 FM KPRI in San Diego, Calif. Crystal's scheduled to open for Shawn Mullins and the Doobie Brothers at KPRI's Holiday Soiree Sunday.

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AI_NEWS~ Lee DeWyze's first-week sales lower than all winners or runner-ups

http://blog.zap2it.com/frominsidethebox/2010/11/american-idol-lee-dewyzes-first-week-sales-lower-than-all-winners-or-runner-ups.html

'American Idol': Lee DeWyze's first-week sales lower than all winners or runner-ups

The numbers are out for "American Idol" Season 9 winner Lee DeWyze's debut album "Live It Up" and they are not good. The album debuted at No. 19 on the Billboard 200 chart, selling 39,000 units, according to Nielsen Soundscan.

And actually, Lee isn't only the lowest-selling winner, but he's lower than any runner-up, beating Diana DeGarmo by 8,000 less albums sold. Now granted, that was in 2004 and this is 2010 -- people don't buy entire albums like they used to. But even just last year, Kris Allen sold 80,000 albums in one week and Glambert sold almost 200,000.

USA Today has compiled all first-week sales figures for each winner and runner-up so that you can compare. We wonder how Crystal Bowersox's "Farmer's Daughter" will do? Her album drops Dec. 14.

Season 8

No. 11, Kris Allen, Kris Allen (80,000)
No. 3, Adam Lambert, For Your Entertainment (198,000)

Season 7

No. 3, David Cook, David Cook (280,000)
No. 2, David Archuleta, David Archuleta (183,000)

Season 6

No. 10, Jordin Sparks, Jordin Sparks (119,000)
No. 10, Blake Lewis, Audio Day Dream (98,000)

Season 5

No. 2, Taylor Hicks, Taylor Hicks (298,000)
No. 2, Katharine McPhee, Katharine McPhee (116,000)

Season 4

No. 2, Carrie Underwood, "Some Hearts" (315,000)
No. 4, Bo Bice, "The Real Thing" (227,000)

Season 3

No. 8, Fantasia, Free Yourself (240,000)
No. 52, Diana DeGarmo, Blue Skies (47,000)

Season 2

No. 1, Ruben Studdard, Soulful (417,000)
No. 1, Clay Aiken, Measure of a Man (613,000)

Season 1

No. 1, Kelly Clarkson, Thankful (297,000)
No. 20, Justin Guarini, Justin Guarini (57,000)

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AI_NEWS~ A conversation with Clay Aiken about Unicef

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67cyk8jz578

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AI_NEWS~ Concert Riders and Concert earnings chart

Concert Riders

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/backstage

 

Earnings chart per concert

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/file/bieber-money-chart?page=0

 

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AI_NEWS~ U.S. Fund for UNICEF: Clay Aiken on Pakistan flooding

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AI_NEWS~ Alex Lambert - Video on If I Can Dream

http://www.ificandream.com/#/videoarchive/video/1462

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AI_NEWS~ Timeless Tour Videos

 

Most of the videos are from their last stop on the tour in Biloxi.

 

 

Ruben & Clay:  Flying Without Wings/This Is The Night mash-up

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJAM3rWKix8

 

Opening Banter

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nty6mv0Fdx0

 

Clay:  Suspicious Minds

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4Wq2wOZlQg

 

Ruben:  Bring It Home To Me

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIvmKFGYNtw

 

Pre-60's Banter

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xT6iJEe_Ig

 

60's Medley: 

In The Midnight Hour, Up On The Roof, Someday We'll Be Together, Goin' Out Of My Head, Can't Hurry Love, Happy Together, Can't Help Myself, Cryin', Soul Man,

Wouldn't It Be Nice, Shotgun, Sugar Sugar, Just One Look, Harper Valley PTA, Ain't To Proud To Beg, Ain't No Mountain High Enough

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FaQ3gpJlRg4

 

Casey Intro

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiY1v0C3pcw

 

Casey Thompson:  Natural Woman

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ReJwAzOUXk

 

Clay:  Still The One

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oT2xGE0Yb5A

 

Ruben: Mercy Me

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsRSDhPLIBE

 

Pre-70's Banter

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IF63KfdycMM

 

70's Medley:

Night Fever, Ain't No Stoppin Us Now, Oh, What a Night, Oh Girl, On The Radio, Turn The Beat Around, Sex Machine (Get on Up), Don't Go Breaking My Heart,

More Than A Feeling, September

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-_UrGGQOg8 

 

After 70's Banter - They need a theme song.  Audience suggest Spaghetti & Meatballs.  Ruben makes up a song and sings opera.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ObmdBsLbFQ

 

Clay:  Mandy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozPxwZShL-8

 

Ruben:  Superstar

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aigHyjl17kA

 

Quiana - I'm Every Woman

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5dED20tyeE

 

Ruben:  Baby, Stay With Me Tonight?

no video

 

Revival Skit - Ruben heals Clay

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lix08Jsx9kE

 

Clay:  When I See You Smile

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60365unrpG4

 

Pre-80's Banter

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOitXdRUmgo

 

80's Medley

Eye of The Tiger, Rhythm of The Night, Glory of Love, Shout, Africa, Can't Fight This Feeling, Through The Fire, All Night Long, If This Is It, Alone,

Caribbean Queen, Nothing's Gonna Stop Us, Footloose

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tQny0t2F2I

 

Ruben:  Everything I Do, I Do It For You

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tiirCfh-6U

 

90's Medley

This is How We Do It, Poison, Achy Breaky Heart, The Right Stuff, Mmm, Bop, End of The Road, I Swear, I Want It That Way, Remember The Time, You Oughta Know, Jump Around,

Baby Got Back, Livin La Vida Loca, One Sweet Day

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQJeWa_Pe3I

 

Clay & Ruben:  I've Had The Time of My Life

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTjtNxo_d10

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AI_NEWS~ Photos - Clay Aiken & Ruben Studdard In Concert - August 13, 2010

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AI_NEWS~ Kara DioGuardi Fired? Idol Going Back to a 3 Judge Panel Consisting of Randy Jackson, Jennifer Lopez and Steven Tyler?

http://mjsbigblog.com/kara-dioguardi-fired-idol-going-back-to-a-3-judge-panel.htm

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AI_NEWS~ Fw: E! Breaking News: Ellen's Leaving "Idol"!

 

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Emmy winner Ellen DeGeneres steps down after one year on the American Idol judging panel, saying it was hard to "hurt people's feelings."

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AI_NEWS~ Phineas and Ferb

 

http://disney.go.com/xd/phineasandferb/videos/ 

 

password is "platypus"

 

Clay's duet with Chaka Chan is at the 6 minute mark

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AI_NEWS~ WATCH: CLAY AIKEN AND RUBEN STUDDARD DISH ON 'TIMELESS' TOUR

Tonight on ET

 

http://www.etonline.com/news/2010/07/89421/

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AI_NEWS~ MUSIC INDUSTRY WOES

 

If you can't see the chart.

 

http://www.claynewsnetwork.com/2010/07/17/clay-aiken-music-industry-woes/

 

 

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Clay Aiken – Music Industry Woes Posted: 17 Jul 2010 10:17 AM PDT It is a changing world for professional musicians today. According to the latest Nielsen research, only 2.1 percent of the albums released in 2009 sold even 5,000 copies – that breaks down to just 2,050 records out of nearly 100,000.  It seems that everyone in the process really takes a big chance and needs to have a back-up plan.  The latest research also shows that the record label still takes less of a risk than the artists. Did you know that for every $1000 we spend on music CDs, the artist only gets $23?  At the same time the record label and distributors will share $870. Wow! Something is wrong with this picture, and there are many who believe that this work formula is about to change. It seems strange that the musician that makes the music receives a minor part of the revenue while the business that has the job of helping the artist gets the big part of the pie. This distressing data by Nielsen research was published in an article on The Root titled "The Music Industry Funny Money". The research from this report indicates that the record labels get 63% of the music sales, the distributors get 24% and the band gets the remaining 13%. But if you look at the graph at the right, you will see that "the band" includes a whole team of people besides the musicians. Based on a performance group with 4 musicians, each of the musicians would get 18% of the 13% part for "the band" (or $23.40 for every $1000.00 in CD sales) with the personal manager, business manager, lawyer and producer getting their hand in part of the money. Where does all the money go?  Why do the labels feel they can take so much of the money?  Here are a few of the places the money goes.  The following information comes from Don Passman, the author of All You Need to Know About the Music Business SLRP: The suggested list retail price of a CD is currently $16.98, but retail stores have a wholesale price that is about $10. Once the retailer gets the CD, they can sell it for however much they'd like – ergo "suggested." Artist's royalties are a percentage of the retail price. The musicians get anywhere between 12 to 20 percent of the SLRP. Packaging charge: Most Cd's are in a plastic case so the label charges the artist for the case by immediately taking 25 percent of the SLRP. Free goods: Labels discount the records so stores will buy them.  They do it in a roundabout way.  The label will sell the retailer 100,000 for the price of 85,000.  So, if the store sells all, the artist only gets paid for the 85,000. Reserves: Retailers don't want to lose money on the CD so they can return whatever copies they don't sell and get a full refund.  The label doesn't want to miss out on the money either so they usually pay the artist for only 65,000 copies out of each 100,000.  If all the CD's are sold, the label will pay back the musician, but it usually takes years. Distributor: Music distributors promote and distribute records. The major labels maintain in-house distributors and the distributor can take between 14.2 to 24 percent cut of the SLRP. Songwriter/publisher: If a musician buys the song, the writer and publisher receives 9.1 cents for every copy of the song sold. They must split that amount. Personal manager: The manager's job is to guide the career of the artist. They get about 15 percent of the artist's gross earnings. Business manager: A business manager charges 5 percent of an artist's gross. Lawyer: Most lawyers charge hourly but some charge 5 percent. AFTRA and AFM: These are the musicians unions. If an musician makes an album, he is required to join a union, which will then take $63.90 in base dues plus 0.743 percent of the artist's first $100,000. Record advance: If the label fronts an artist $75,000 to pay for whatever he or she needs to record an album, the artist then owes the label that initial $75,000, regardless of whether the record is a success or not. Both musicians and record labels are starting to react to the new music business market realities. Musicians are leaving record labels in droves, to work on their own. Warner Music is starting a new 360 type of contract in which they offer to manage not only the musicians recordings, but also their other business ventures like concerts tours, social media, sales of accessories and t-shirts, etc, etc. This 360 contract is supposed to balance the distribution more evenly with the musician.  This contract idea is getting mixed reviews.  The musicians do not like this contract unless the percentages change in their favor. The music industry and, in particular, record labels need to realize that the market has changed and the time for the record labels to make all the money is over. Musicians have been jumping ship due to these problems, and they need new models where the musician gets to make and control their music. If instead of trying to prolong the status quo, the record labels get ahead of the curve and think of new models that provide more fairness in the distribution of money, they will realize that there is still enough pie for everyone. What do you think about the amount of money musicians receive ? Post from: Clay Aiken News Network Clay Aiken – Music Industry Woes

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AI_NEWS~ Season 8 Arianna Afsar is Miss California

 

 

http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local-beat/UCLA-Freshman-Named-Miss-California---98201284.html