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Thursday, October 16, 2008
10/17: Simon Cowell fed Nikki McKibbon’s depression with his remarks, that mean, mean man!
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Nikki McKibbin said Simon Cowell’s negative comments toward her during the first season of “Idol” fueled her low self esteem and “drove me deeper into depression,” she told US magazine
McKibbin is talking in advance of her show I wrote about a couple days ago, “Celebrity Rehab With Dr. Drew” on VH1, which debuts October 23.
“We were heavily chaperoned, but I would buy vodka and sneak it into the refrigerator on the bottom floor,” McKibbin tells Us. “If I wasn’t too exhausted, I’d have one or two drinks.”
Here’s a quick weekly rundown in sales and radio airplay:
- Jordin Sparks saw his “One Step at a Time” drop from 4 to 6 on the Radio & Records top 40 chart. Download sales: 43K, 833K total (courtesy of Idol Chatter). Her album sold another 5K and 932K total. Like I said, this album may have trouble hitting 1 million unless she gets a fourth single aboard and I’m not sure if anything else on the album is top 40 worthy. We’ll see.
-David Archuleta’s “Crush” is stalling out a bit, holding at 15. It’s also No. 15 on the download chart with 60K sold and 694K total.
-David Cook saw his single “Time of My Life” hold at No. 38, an impressively slow fall off. It sold 13K downloads and 946K total. It should hit million downloads within a month or so. “Light On” fell sharply on the download chart, selling 31K and 140K total.
-Daughtry sees his “What About Now” slip from 19 to 20. Looks like it has peaked. Downloads sales are stuck 17K (409K total.)
-Carrie Underwood moves up to No. 3 with “Just a Dream” and has a shot to be her seventh No. 1 single. Incredible, eh? Download sales: 20K for week, 270K total. Album sales are down to 8K and 2.37 million total.
-Bucky Covington keeps edging up with “I’ll Walk” to 16 after 25 weeks. He sold 5K in downloads and 77K total.
-Kellie Pickler saw a major dropoff in sales of her album week two to 16K from 43K. Her single “Don’t You Know You’re Beautiful” takes a jump from 25 to 21 after 21 weeks on the chart and 8K in sales on the download chart for 103K total.
-Jennifer Hudson watched sales of her album drop 71 percent week two to 63K and 280K total. “Spotlight” hits the top 5 of the urban chart and remains at No. 1 on urban AC for her third week. It sells 25K on the downloads chart and 202K total.
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10/16: Melinda Doolittle’s album to hit stores January 2009, Constantine Maroulis on (off) Broadway
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Season six top 3 finalist Melinda Doolittle has an album set to drop in January. I don’t know what the single is yet. Here’s the “sell” job from the publicist:
Melinda Doolittle will release her hotly-anticipated debut solo album, Coming Back to You, on Hi Fi Recordings in January 2009. Featuring production by Grammy-nominated producer Mike Mangini (Joss Stone, Run DMC, The Jonas Brothers), Melinda’s debut solo album is an R&B tour de force that combines the fiery electricity of Tina Turner’s early years with the slick production and lush instrumentation of today’s pop-soul renaissance.
“I’m so excited to be using live instruments and to be singing music that really paints a picture,” said Melinda. “I knew my task was to just go in the studio and be me and the music would take care of the rest.”
Melinda’s undeniable talent has resulted in a timeless collection of 13 songs that will take listeners on a journey from the blues clubs of Louisiana to the churches of Mississippi, to the piano bars of New York City and back. From the first horn blasts of “Declaration of Love,” listeners will feel a driving pulse and unstoppable energy that is reminiscent of Tina Turner’s iconic hits, while “Coming Back to You” and “Wonderful” feature Melinda’s silky voice wrapped around the smooth, sleek sounds of classic R&B. Melinda commands the emotional storytelling and funky delivery of the blues in “Dust My Broom” and “Walkin’ Blues”, and her impeccably artful and expressive voice has never been more on display than on the beautifully lush ballad “I’ll Never Stop Loving You” and the stripped down jazzy melody of “Wonder Why.”
-Constantine Maroulis is back on stage, playing a wannabe rock star on an off-Broadway play called “Rock of Ages.” There are lots of ’80s cheeseball songs by the likes of Bon Jovi and Whitesnake.
Here’s a Fox 5 report from New York. The show opens tonight. He tells the reporter he’s single.
